Farage... well, C Gage knows more about this than I do, but I think his problem is that he has a grudge against the Tories and bearing grudges never leads to a genuinely good outcome. And unfortunately many of his supporters are thugs. Interestingly quite a lot of Tories have now defected to Reform, but they don't have enough MPs to take over yet. Perhaps they will form a coalition. It's extremely unlikely that Labour can survive another three years. Or maybe they can, but the UK can't. At this point im thinking either there will be a civil war ( us v Muslims), or they'll bring in martial law . But I am not an optimist!
I am indeed Ms Pastrami rather than Mr Pastrami but even if I were of the male variety, I would be delighted to know that I had contributed in some small way to your fantasies about sandwiches named after me.
Of course the truth is (if truth is important to you, which-as you are engaging with Oxford Sour is, I think, a reasonable assumption) that I named myself after the sandwiches and not the other way around 😉. Delicious being my middle name, not that it appears in any official documents, I trust you will continue to enjoy the fabulous meals that C Gage prepares for us!!
I still correspond by written letter with two old friends - receiving their replies is wonderful! I settle down with a cup of tea to decipher their beautiful but often illegible cursive - then read, savour and enjoy!
My father RIP was fond of writing letters. Of complaint. He also had a generous helping of the litigious gene. He sued his employer three times. It was the US government. If you don't believe me, Google it.
I spend my days scouring the comments section of the spectator and the daily telegraph, and then I head over to substack to see who is in desperate need of MY opinion.
Mr. Pastrami, suddenly I am hungry, I subscribed to your stack just because of that comment, I hope you've learned your lesson now, young man.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
Mr. Gage...I think I just found my first British Hero! Wait, you are British are you not?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon. (Just copy and paste)
Maybe it is my American English not comprehending your King's English but did you say "uncle/father," insinuating that your uncle and your father are one in the same? In America I am considered to be a very refined Hillbilly, but even I am confused by that one. I might have to reconsider my hero worshiping of you Mr. Gage.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
I love your open mindedness. I can assure that, having met the inimitable Mr Cage in person, he is neither inbred nor has any other discernable impediment physic, mental or otherwise 😉
Thank you Mr. Pastrami for your assurances regarding Mr. Gage in this matter, and I actually consider myself to be quite closed minded. As the great American philosopher, Popeye the Sailor Man, once said, "I knows what I like and I like what I knows."
Thank you Mr. Pastrami for responding, even though I haven't stopped thinking about pastrami sandwiches since I saw your name.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
I see that my extremely witty response has gone awol. It was something alonvg the lines of reassuring you that Indeed I am Ms not Mr Pastrami, and if you are fantasising about pastrami sandwiches then that is something I can identify with although they would have to be purchases and consumed in New York with requisite real pickles, and in no circumstances to be the British version which are as far removed from a real pastrami sandwich as Keir Starmer is from a real prime minister ...
HAHAHA!!!! Oh! Thank you Ms. Pastrami, and thank you for the much needed correction. Yes, I agree about the pastrami sandwiches, but now I want pickles with it. Unfortunately, getting a delicious pastrami sandwich in NYC may cost you your life, and no one wants that. On the other hand, maybe we can convince Keir Starmer to come to NYC and your American cousins can take care of your very British problem for you.
Now, you're going to tell me you are not British...please lie to me Ms. Pastrami (with pickles) if you are not British.
Thank you very much Ms. Pastrami (with pickles) for responding to me and being nice enough not to allow me to wallow in my ignorance, I mean my bliss.
How could I not subscribe to your Stack Ms Pastrami (...and yes, with pickles, how could I forget the pickles?)
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, “The Separation of Corporation and State” subtitled “Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis” Available on Amazon.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter, and your humor.
I do enjoy reading your writing Mr. Gage.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
Sheer brilliance!
Farage... well, C Gage knows more about this than I do, but I think his problem is that he has a grudge against the Tories and bearing grudges never leads to a genuinely good outcome. And unfortunately many of his supporters are thugs. Interestingly quite a lot of Tories have now defected to Reform, but they don't have enough MPs to take over yet. Perhaps they will form a coalition. It's extremely unlikely that Labour can survive another three years. Or maybe they can, but the UK can't. At this point im thinking either there will be a civil war ( us v Muslims), or they'll bring in martial law . But I am not an optimist!
What did you eat?
I am indeed Ms Pastrami rather than Mr Pastrami but even if I were of the male variety, I would be delighted to know that I had contributed in some small way to your fantasies about sandwiches named after me.
Of course the truth is (if truth is important to you, which-as you are engaging with Oxford Sour is, I think, a reasonable assumption) that I named myself after the sandwiches and not the other way around 😉. Delicious being my middle name, not that it appears in any official documents, I trust you will continue to enjoy the fabulous meals that C Gage prepares for us!!
I imagine in the current economic climate, quite a few households may be playing the confetti game. Excellent as ever.
Fun for all the family!
I still correspond by written letter with two old friends - receiving their replies is wonderful! I settle down with a cup of tea to decipher their beautiful but often illegible cursive - then read, savour and enjoy!
Lovely! I write in a kind of modern cursive. My fellow students, locked to their screens, always marvelled at this strange voodoo.
You are the best.
Wow, you fought City Hall and won!
My hat off to you, good sir! Well played...very well played!
My father RIP was fond of writing letters. Of complaint. He also had a generous helping of the litigious gene. He sued his employer three times. It was the US government. If you don't believe me, Google it.
I spend my days scouring the comments section of the spectator and the daily telegraph, and then I head over to substack to see who is in desperate need of MY opinion.
Apple don't fall far from the tree 😕
Mr. Pastrami, suddenly I am hungry, I subscribed to your stack just because of that comment, I hope you've learned your lesson now, young man.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
Mr. Gage...I think I just found my first British Hero! Wait, you are British are you not?
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon. (Just copy and paste)
Very British, my friend. I like the 'always' before Airborne. My uncle/father never left, either!
Maybe it is my American English not comprehending your King's English but did you say "uncle/father," insinuating that your uncle and your father are one in the same? In America I am considered to be a very refined Hillbilly, but even I am confused by that one. I might have to reconsider my hero worshiping of you Mr. Gage.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
I love your open mindedness. I can assure that, having met the inimitable Mr Cage in person, he is neither inbred nor has any other discernable impediment physic, mental or otherwise 😉
Although I do swear an awful lot...
This is of course a significant indication that you are a sentient being, and not remotely related to chatgbt
Thank you Mr. Pastrami for your assurances regarding Mr. Gage in this matter, and I actually consider myself to be quite closed minded. As the great American philosopher, Popeye the Sailor Man, once said, "I knows what I like and I like what I knows."
Thank you Mr. Pastrami for responding, even though I haven't stopped thinking about pastrami sandwiches since I saw your name.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
I see that my extremely witty response has gone awol. It was something alonvg the lines of reassuring you that Indeed I am Ms not Mr Pastrami, and if you are fantasising about pastrami sandwiches then that is something I can identify with although they would have to be purchases and consumed in New York with requisite real pickles, and in no circumstances to be the British version which are as far removed from a real pastrami sandwich as Keir Starmer is from a real prime minister ...
It's at the top of the thread. I thought you were talking to yourself for a moment!
HAHAHA!!!! Oh! Thank you Ms. Pastrami, and thank you for the much needed correction. Yes, I agree about the pastrami sandwiches, but now I want pickles with it. Unfortunately, getting a delicious pastrami sandwich in NYC may cost you your life, and no one wants that. On the other hand, maybe we can convince Keir Starmer to come to NYC and your American cousins can take care of your very British problem for you.
Now, you're going to tell me you are not British...please lie to me Ms. Pastrami (with pickles) if you are not British.
Thank you very much Ms. Pastrami (with pickles) for responding to me and being nice enough not to allow me to wallow in my ignorance, I mean my bliss.
How could I not subscribe to your Stack Ms Pastrami (...and yes, with pickles, how could I forget the pickles?)
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, “The Separation of Corporation and State” subtitled “Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis” Available on Amazon.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Not quite, old chap. But well played.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter, and your humor.
I do enjoy reading your writing Mr. Gage.
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.