I also wondered what happened to the gift for Mr. Cleese, the signed panties? I would have actually sent him a card, had I known none of this was going to come about, but live and learn, right?
Right, lovely people, time to snap out of your self-loathing and focus.
JC doesn't give a stuff about his actual birthday, but he will probably enjoy your silly gifts, so if your ludicrous but heart-felt items are in the UK, send them here:
Small Pictures PO BOX 14725 London N7 8WD
If not, then let me know where they are and I will find an appropriate address for you.
Thanks for that Dean. I'm penniless at the moment though, so even the idea of a card is too much to ask of me right now. But I will keep the addy for anything I wish to send, like a naked picture of me, for in the future.
Thanks for the address Dean, you're very kind and supportive. Can anyone of us send a card or a gift to JC or should the address be used only for collective presents?
BTW folks, what about our book? what about the gift?
Dean, our gifts aren't silly or ludicrous. We've put a lot of work into them, and it means a great deal to us to be giving something to John. Garry's already given me an address to which to send the gift I'm coordinating. He was going to post an address for forum members to send b-day greetings to, but it was just before the start of the tour, and he must have forgotten.
The birthday package has gone from Chris to a member of Palin's forum just this week. They still have to go to Spain, Italy, Israel, and the US before they go back to John. So PLEASE--when you get them, sign them and mail them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! I don't know how long they'll take getting from England to Spain to Italy to Israel and back to the US, but once they're back in the US, it'll still be about two more weeks, as there are 6 or 7 people left here to sign. Christmas is probably impossible. Maybe they'll arrive in time for Valentine's day. That wouldn't be so bad, I guess. But PLEASE move these things as fast as possible! Thanks.
People may not hear it this way, but just so you know: whenever I disagree with someone or take exception to something someone has said, it's usually in the mildest tone possible. I'm not raving, ranting, or anything, just sort of plaintively disagreeing (with rare exceptions). I like everybody here too much to really fight. I'm truly sorry if it comes off otherwise. It's hard to convey tone online.
I know your presents are genuinely meant and not ludicrous. Garry does far too much already and even those of us who work closely with him have to make allowances for his over-stretched time.
For what it's worth I also love this place which frequently makes me laugh. I send links to Garry to share with John - including Gungas' recent work which has been just wonderful - and it's a nice part of the job.
I hope you guys continue to get along. I'm happy that you organise yourselves but if you need help and I can do within my limited means I'm happy to help.
Yeah, I didn't want to bother Garry when the tour was just starting and he was so busy.
I've been a member of John's forum since 2005; and the regulars have been together a long time. As in any long-term relationship, we have our ups and downs. And as in any GOOD long-term relationship, we eventually resolve our differences.
Could we stop mentioning the unmentionables? We now have several threads discussing the thing that's going around, and we don't want to give it away to John before we...uh...actually give it to John.
So if you could edit your posts to say "gift" or even "thingy" instead of you-know-what, we could continue to keep this a surprise.
Same goes for the other one, the one Chris is taking care of.
I don't care about all you other twats, but I absolutely love Dean.
(So is this anything like that time when everyone apologized? Do I have to also mention when I switch to silly mode? Like add a little unicorn icon or something?)