Michael Palaeologus

Dr Tran, on holding up to the light an X-ray of my rather arthritic neck .. "Look, you have the neck of an old man!" Me: "Would he like it back?" I see one of the nurses (Liz) more than anyone else and cannot speak highly enough of her.

I am sure your wit and wisdom is much appreciated in the many other threads that you have blessed. Not so much here, where your contribution adds no value.

Seconded. If you intend to come to Curry Club, post away. Otherwise, don't.

Supernanny* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are newbies allowed? Absolutely!! Please come along.

Lets try Jaflong, haven't been there since the summer of last year. EDT at 7.15, 8.00 at Jaflong. Usual drill. XX

Not quite. Martin asked "Do you think I did it?" and she replied "You know I do". However, as you say they could be talking about different things, but what? Which does not prove that Martin killed Jens just that Saga thinks he did. Martin did not confirm or deny. > 5 - Saga saw Martin drop an empty coffee cup into a litter bin More than that - she went back to retrieve it and presumably wouldn't have acted without confirmation that the coffee cup contained the poison. Ah, but was there enough time to do the test? She took the coffee cup in the evening, went to see Martin's boss and shortly after arrested him. As yet, we do not know that the coffee cup contained poison. Previously Martin has left Jens with his coffee. Perhaps the coffee cup that Martin had and binned was simply Martin's coffee cup? More to the point, however, was that if Jens was indeed poisoned and it turned out to be the same liquid as was from the missing bottle from the evidence store, trying to find a way to unpin it from Martin is going to be impressive. The only other outcomes would be that either Jens wasn't poisoned (unlikely) or that his poisoning wasn't necessarily from the bottle and that Martin (or someone else) had taken it but for other means. Had Martin considered suicide after Mette rejected him, perhaps? We still have a shadowy bad guy who seems all powerful at the moment. Who is to say that he didn't organise it to disrupt the Martin/ Saga partnership? No more outlandish than any of the other bits of manipulation that he has undertaken.

Nah!! Its all supposition. Saga came to a logical conclusion because: 1 - poison is missing 2 - Martin has access to the poison 3 - Martin blames Jens for the breakdown of his marriage 4 - Martin visited Jens in prison 5 - Saga saw Martin drop an empty coffee cup into a litter bin 6 - Martin habitually takes coffee for Jens in Prison 7 - Jens has died, possibly by suicide, possibly not Saga told Martin that "I know what you did", Martin said "Yes you do", but are they talking about the same thing? There is still nothing to say that Martin killed Jens. If Martin killed Jens, he will be in prison for all of the next series and that is not going to work. I think that the next series will start with Martin completely pissed off at Saga for dobbing him in for something he didn't do when he was distraught and vulnerable after he was kicked out by his wife. Then people die and other stuff happens ...

An excellent summary Foxy. Many thanks to Surma for a great evening with some free salads and drinks provided too. So, where next?

Maybe the plot on ED Road? Where the old offices are. Not the Lane, but plenty of residents nearby and Waitrose itself would be a draw.

A bus that has no access for prams and buggies??? Oh God, Please, bring them back!! Bring them back!!!

Nuremberg? That's a trial ... Arf!! EDT - 7.15ish Surma - 8.00ish Laters .... XX

You have to feel sorry for Martin. He always gets the sh@tty end of the stick at the end.

She must have got it wrong about Martin at the end of the last episode ...

The bus operators use this bus to keep Boris happy, but don't want to spend money on the Conductor, so the back doors stay firmly shut. Boris, having the butterfly interest of a true politician, sees the buses on the road and doesn't ask any further questions.

You and your housemates are most welcome Ferg.

7.15ish at the EDT. XX

Who else is coming?? XX

Yay!! This Thursday everybody!!

The noise has not got worse. I've lived round here since 1988 and the numbers have not increased appreciably. Concorde was loud as a loud thing and was beautiful as it flew over. People stopped to gaze at it as it passed over. To claim that any of the planes flying over my flat as I type is anywhere near as loud as Concorde is a fantasy. Concorde had the same turbo-jets as the Vulcan bomber (RR Olympus) they were designed when noise was never an issue of concern. The Olympus was first run in 1950. Things have moved on a little since then noise-wise.

"Tiger Hibbs" ... that's me editing your name on my mobile :)

Huzzah!!

It is for me.

Do Swadesh not allow people to take their own drink with them and pay corkage?

Thanks Bob. Not Swadesh then.

Great meeting yesterday. Nine people, so a good start to the new year. I enjoyed my Chicken Tikka Massala and generally felt that the food had improved somewhat since our last visit, which was some time ago. Out of interest last year we went to the following: Jan 13 - Jaflong Feb - Surma Mar - Dulwich Tandoori April - Swadesh - (Does anybody know if Swadesh is still alcohol free?) May - Omrith June - Jaflong July - Mirash Aug - Tandoori Nights Sept - Ganapati Oct - Dulwich Tandoori Nov - Curry Cabin Dec - Dulwich Tandoori Jan 14 - Veer Zara So , looks to me like Surma is due a visit on February 6th. Namaste!!