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+++ Fforde News Fflash: Fforde, after giving a talk in Dayton, Ohio, was presented with a soft toy V1.2 Dodo by Magda, a Fforde Fforum Stalwart. Fforde was reputedly described as delighted by the gift, and has named the new addition to his office 'Alan'. (Reporter: 'Scoop' Slattersthwaite, Salford Daily Eyestrain) +++
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
It's true - I'm married to a Dodo! Last night I mentioned this 'thread' and said that all he had to do to prove it he is a dodo was to 'plock' - so he went 'plock'. More than once as well.
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
I've just realized that Alan (the soft toy dodo, not Auntysassy's hubby) is likely now significantly better traveled than I am. He's presumably now traveled all over the US with Jasper, and then back to the UK, while I have never yet been to the West coast (although I'm planning to visit my brother in Seattle in August) or to Europe.
Not bad, considering he was "hatched" (well, sewn really) on April 13th, and is thus less than a month old. Apparently dodo chicks are precocious.
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith