AT the Mind shop in Walton Street, Jericho, today I rediscovered an edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais – a first limited edition of 750 copies, my copy is 411. It’s a very beautiful set of two volumes.
I snagged it. It only cost 20 quid. I think that I will have to contribute to Mind more than I take from it.
Let me give you another example of my awful egoism. I won a bottle of boiled sweets in a central Oxford shop – the question was to guess the number of sweets. I guessed 93. I was right. As the lass said, not bad for a 50 pence donation to a charity. I’d just been to the dentist. I should have banged in another two quid to the charity, at least.
I have this notion that I am taking more out of the world than I am giving. I blame the semiconductor companies. They’re easy to blame. I guess I’d better go back and give some more money to Mind. ♦
I’m getting more than my fare share of a bus.
I blame sugar, but it coo be any bloke’s past gas.
I guess I’d better go back and mind some more money to give.