Comments on: Five Things… http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew fryer http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Andrew fryer Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:40:38 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-163 Yes Phillipa, I was happy with the illicit Roman toe that Rosy sent me and still have it, along with the orange ‘colour in my hair on black and white photos’ crayon and the ‘Conspicuous Consumption, Boycott May Balls’ sticker printing kit. I thought at first the toe was one of Rosy’s, as in ‘a little piece of me’ – it’s amazing the lengths some people can go to in the name of love. Congratulations to Rosy on the publication of her novel, an intelligent and brilliantly humorous illumination of the difficult subject of asylum. Andrew Fryer. Yes Phillipa, I was happy with the illicit Roman toe that Rosy sent me and still have it, along with the orange ‘colour in my hair on black and white photos’ crayon and the ‘Conspicuous Consumption, Boycott May Balls’ sticker printing kit. I thought at first the toe was one of Rosy’s, as in ‘a little piece of me’ – it’s amazing the lengths some people can go to in the name of love. Congratulations to Rosy on the publication of her novel, an intelligent and brilliantly humorous illumination of the difficult subject of asylum. Andrew Fryer.

]]> By: Phillipa http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Phillipa Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:53:37 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-118 Monica - these are brilliant! Interviewed TWO PM's and gave blood for your job - that deserves a pay rise and it's a great scene for a book. Good luck with the allotment.:) Monica – these are brilliant! Interviewed TWO PM’s and gave blood for your job – that deserves a pay rise and it’s a great scene for a book. Good luck with the allotment.:)

]]> By: Monica http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Monica Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:51:55 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-117 Apologies for the delay. I've been busy AND I've been trying to think of something interesting to post! At the risk of boring you, here at my five things: 1) I used to work as an asparagus picker in the summer in New Zealand when I was a student. 2) I had soooo many accidents that required stitches when I was really little that my mum swears my head would look like a baseball if I shaved my hair off! 3) I'm on a waiting list to get an allotment. I think it's been about two years now. The waiting list was about three years long when I put my name on it so I should get one soon! 4) I've interviewed two New Zealand prime ministers during my short career as a journalist. 5) Also during my career as a journalist, I did a story on a local blood bank needing donors urgently which featured several photos of me giving blood for the first time and explaining the process. Several months later when I went to the newpaper's general manager and asked for a pay rise, he asked me what I'd done to deserve it and I answered "I gave blood for my job". I got the pay rise! Apologies for the delay. I’ve been busy AND I’ve been trying to think of something interesting to post!

At the risk of boring you, here at my five things:
1) I used to work as an asparagus picker in the summer in New Zealand when I was a student.
2) I had soooo many accidents that required stitches when I was really little that my mum swears my head would look like a baseball if I shaved my hair off!
3) I’m on a waiting list to get an allotment. I think it’s been about two years now. The waiting list was about three years long when I put my name on it so I should get one soon!
4) I’ve interviewed two New Zealand prime ministers during my short career as a journalist.
5) Also during my career as a journalist, I did a story on a local blood bank needing donors urgently which featured several photos of me giving blood for the first time and explaining the process. Several months later when I went to the newpaper’s general manager and asked for a pay rise, he asked me what I’d done to deserve it and I answered “I gave blood for my job”. I got the pay rise!

]]> By: stella http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-116 stella Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:26:05 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-116 got me there *ducks* ;) btw: I second everything Maggie says - they girls are running wild and I had a lot of fun reading your five things! huggles! got me there *ducks* ;)
btw: I second everything Maggie says – they girls are running wild and I had a lot of fun reading your five things!

huggles!

]]> By: Maggie http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Maggie Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:21:55 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-115 Hi Philippa and Rosy Love the Five things each. And as Stella warned the girls are in a fever to know about the call with Guy the Gorgeous!! BTW love this look Blog, it's great. M xx Hi Philippa and Rosy

Love the Five things each. And as Stella warned the girls are in a fever to know about the call with Guy the Gorgeous!!

BTW love this look Blog, it’s great.

M xx

]]> By: Phillipa http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Phillipa Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:21:11 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-114 Stella et al THIS IS OLD NEWS - REALLY VERY OLD NEWS. I do the 'odd' celebrity interview and this included RA in Feb 2005. I wrote two different articles for two regional publications. One is posted on www.richard-armitage.com and I posted a link to the other in the Newbies thread on your board when I joined. I write copy and features under my real name so I won't post a link here in public. :) for all kinds of reasons. I also can't enter into further correspondence about him other than to say  he was, unfailingly, charming.:) I've also interviewed Brian Blessed, Tim Henman, Sue Barker and Robert Powell among others. Stella et al

THIS IS OLD NEWS – REALLY VERY OLD NEWS.

I do the ‘odd’ celebrity interview and this included RA in Feb 2005. I wrote two different articles for two regional publications. One is posted on http://www.richard-armitage.com and I posted a link to the other in the Newbies thread on your board when I joined. I write copy and features under my real name so I won’t post a link here in public. :) for all kinds of reasons. I also can’t enter into further correspondence about him other than to say  he was, unfailingly, charming.:)
I’ve also interviewed Brian Blessed, Tim Henman, Sue Barker and Robert Powell among others.

]]> By: stella http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-113 stella Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:14:26 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-113 Monday afternoon call with RA?... Now the girls will run over you to find out more. You've warned. ;) Monday afternoon call with RA?… Now the girls will run over you to find out more. You’ve warned. ;)

]]> By: Jessica Raymond http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Jessica Raymond Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:46:50 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-112 I laughed at the toe, as well! Did you know that there is a "black market" in Blue Peter badges? Unscrupulous people are buying them on eBay and therefore getting free entry into places that they're technically not eligible for. Society today, eh? ;) Jess x I laughed at the toe, as well!

Did you know that there is a “black market” in Blue Peter badges? Unscrupulous people are buying them on eBay and therefore getting free entry into places that they’re technically not eligible for. Society today, eh? ;)

Jess x

]]> By: Phillipa http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Phillipa Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:14:55 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-111 LOL Rosy. The skeleton confession had me sniggering out loud. I like people doing bad things. I hope your ex was happy with his illicit toe! LOL Rosy. The skeleton confession had me sniggering out loud. I like people doing bad things. I hope your ex was happy with his illicit toe!

]]> By: Rosy Thornton http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Rosy Thornton Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:05:03 +0000 http://phillipa-ashley.com/blog/2006/11/01/five-things/#comment-110 OK, Phillipa, here are my Five Things: 1. I've got a Blue Peter badge, too. Won it for drawing a picture of a city of the future when I was seven. Can't remember anything about what I drew, except that I'm sure there were jet-packs. I always fancied a jet-pack. 2. Are we meant to confess stuff? Because when I was a student I worked on an archaeoloigcal dig in France, and had to excavate a Roman skeleton. I nicked one of the toes and posted it home to my boyfriend of the time as a souvenir. 3. My real name is Rosamund, because when Mum was expecting me, Dad was reading a novel about Henry II's mistress, Fair Rosamund, and had developed a thing about her. Irritatingly, he cannot remember the name of either the book or the author. 4. Before turning my hand to fiction, my only previous published book was the nail-bitingly exciting 'Property Disrepair and Dilapidations: A Guide to the Law'. Seriously, I kid you not - look on Amazon! 5. I have a puppy named W.G. Snuffy Walden, which is now a double allusion: to The West Wing and to my new debut novel. Will this do? OK, Phillipa, here are my Five Things:

1. I’ve got a Blue Peter badge, too. Won it for drawing a picture of a city of the future when I was seven. Can’t remember anything about what I drew, except that I’m sure there were jet-packs. I always fancied a jet-pack.
2. Are we meant to confess stuff? Because when I was a student I worked on an archaeoloigcal dig in France, and had to excavate a Roman skeleton. I nicked one of the toes and posted it home to my boyfriend of the time as a souvenir.
3. My real name is Rosamund, because when Mum was expecting me, Dad was reading a novel about Henry II’s mistress, Fair Rosamund, and had developed a thing about her. Irritatingly, he cannot remember the name of either the book or the author.
4. Before turning my hand to fiction, my only previous published book was the nail-bitingly exciting ‘Property Disrepair and Dilapidations: A Guide to the Law’. Seriously, I kid you not – look on Amazon!
5. I have a puppy named W.G. Snuffy Walden, which is now a double allusion: to The West Wing and to my new debut novel.

Will this do?

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