tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post5869991642034203437..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Three Thin Women of Antibes - a postscript...(for Suzanne & Lavanya)Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-20340625825532707122013-09-23T22:59:05.907+01:002013-09-23T22:59:05.907+01:00Hi Suzanne,
I know you and Patriciacha were jokin...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />I know you and Patriciacha were joking, but death in flagrante is a very real risk would you believe - for it happened to someone very close to me. Not on the very same day, but with a short delayed effect. Both in their 60s at the time, very sad, as he was a lovely bloke apparently. Happens in hotels quite often too. I don't know who I was speaking to to glean thisVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-68009137751442942632013-09-23T22:51:40.399+01:002013-09-23T22:51:40.399+01:00Hi Ines,
You're right that it is a world that...Hi Ines,<br /><br />You're right that it is a world that no longer exists, before the Internet or the mobile phone - and before I was ready for a serious relationship with a boy... ;-) Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39434113212765742422013-09-23T22:48:53.163+01:002013-09-23T22:48:53.163+01:00Hi Lavanya,
Glad you liked it. ;-) I must say I a...Hi Lavanya,<br /><br />Glad you liked it. ;-) I must say I am not normally that concise, and I thought initially that I might have had a word limit of 250, but it must have been 150 instead, as that totals 148.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-48127522703541337312013-09-23T17:48:21.425+01:002013-09-23T17:48:21.425+01:00Heh heh, I was thinking exactly what Patricia was ...Heh heh, I was thinking exactly what Patricia was thinking: it's a good thing you didn't "walk a portion of the way" with this guy - you might have had to revive him (and considering the shade of purple he turned when he collapsed at his party, over the shock of a fight breaking out, I'm not sure he would have been hearty enough to survive). Glad to hear, though, that he Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-2564442211109834022013-09-23T11:52:14.105+01:002013-09-23T11:52:14.105+01:00I'm with APJ, what a wacky relationship. :-) T...I'm with APJ, what a wacky relationship. :-) Thank you for sharing, it's like a little window into another world that no longer exists.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-76225192086505531982013-09-22T22:54:06.698+01:002013-09-22T22:54:06.698+01:00Haha - nice story,, Vanessa!! I love that he read ...Haha - nice story,, Vanessa!! I love that he read 'overdue library books'..:) <br />Thanks for posting- you've managed to very skillfully condense his essence into few words..:-)Lavanyahttp://purplepaperplanes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-54237264522930985792013-09-22T20:47:25.790+01:002013-09-22T20:47:25.790+01:00Hi tara,
Thanks - I was pleased and gobsmacked to...Hi tara,<br /><br />Thanks - I was pleased and gobsmacked to win all those years ago. I remember thinking that my subject matter might be a bit dark/oddball for the Good Housekeeping target audience, but not so!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-76064437616856323422013-09-22T20:44:48.238+01:002013-09-22T20:44:48.238+01:00Hi patriciacha,
He looks like a warm and friendly...Hi patriciacha,<br /><br />He looks like a warm and friendly family man now, to be honest, with thinning hair and glasses. The punk haircut has long gone. I do think very thin men improve with age as they gain weight, also in the face, which seems to be the case here.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-30661343237086255302013-09-22T20:40:47.004+01:002013-09-22T20:40:47.004+01:00Hi Asali,
Glad you enjoyed it. ;) I am afraid th...Hi Asali,<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it. ;) I am afraid the scrapbook has long since bitten the dust - or rather, I think the Australian High Commission may actually have kept it, which amounts to the same thing!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-3393603427263608192013-09-22T20:38:23.267+01:002013-09-22T20:38:23.267+01:00Hi Portia,
You sum up my time abroad perfectly. ...Hi Portia, <br /><br />You sum up my time abroad perfectly. ;) It was certainly enriched by meeting such unusual characters!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-83976484841124811142013-09-22T20:36:56.443+01:002013-09-22T20:36:56.443+01:00Really evocative, V.
Third prize is impressive. ...Really evocative, V. <br /><br />Third prize is impressive. GH is no small magazine. I bet you were really chuffed. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90141888089053441892013-09-22T20:36:13.654+01:002013-09-22T20:36:13.654+01:00PS Oh yes, very much alive. Has filled out a bit ...PS Oh yes, very much alive. Has filled out a bit - suits him. Remarkably easy to google in fact.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8355780041581257272013-09-22T20:30:50.481+01:002013-09-22T20:30:50.481+01:00Hi Carol,
Sorry to disappoint, but I have no phot...Hi Carol,<br /><br />Sorry to disappoint, but I have no photos of Pierre - or my villa mates come to think of it. I think there is only one of me taken the entire year, no idea why. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69373150291233191772013-09-22T20:27:47.199+01:002013-09-22T20:27:47.199+01:00If he was thin and sickly back then i don't th...If he was thin and sickly back then i don't think he's at all very good looking now. I could be wrong but just in case-Vanessa i'm going to disreguard your description of him and go with my imagination instead. I see in my minds eye a tortured Johnny Depp type.patriciachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016876576256658062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-29594571230235641692013-09-22T19:46:23.692+01:002013-09-22T19:46:23.692+01:00I loved this, Vanessa. Now we want the Kangaroo sc...I loved this, Vanessa. Now we want the Kangaroo scrapbook too :-DAsalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-48254447279847303292013-09-22T19:38:28.582+01:002013-09-22T19:38:28.582+01:00Oh poor Pierre! Now I want to see a photo of him...Oh poor Pierre! Now I want to see a photo of him, to see if how I picture him matches up with the real thing. BTW, is he still alive?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-91558564272829452352013-09-22T14:12:29.939+01:002013-09-22T14:12:29.939+01:00What a wonderful place to have a wacky non relatio...What a wonderful place to have a wacky non relationship. The story is perfect.<br />Portia xAustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32252999982070697392013-09-22T13:16:34.479+01:002013-09-22T13:16:34.479+01:00Hi patriciacha,
Haha! Or we might just have disc...Hi patriciacha,<br /><br />Haha! Or we might just have discussed philosophy and both lived to fight another day...<br /><br />Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-89025874243071496882013-09-22T13:03:22.849+01:002013-09-22T13:03:22.849+01:00You deserved a box of chocolates just for the expe...You deserved a box of chocolates just for the experience. I was thinking if you did go to his room, that might have done him in-thus changing the ending. patriciachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016876576256658062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-51799497784090666182013-09-22T08:46:47.338+01:002013-09-22T08:46:47.338+01:00PS I guess with so few words, pithy and obscure in...PS I guess with so few words, pithy and obscure inference is the name of the game, though it is hard to fit all the relevant facts in!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-53243521849268368462013-09-22T08:42:55.544+01:002013-09-22T08:42:55.544+01:00Hi Undina,
Yep, it did! 150 word limit. The fact ...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Yep, it did! 150 word limit. The fact that Pierre survived the shock of the fight is intended to be the 'surprise denouement'. His health was always presented to me as very fragile you see, following an encounter with a dog which had triggered a (very serious) heart attack. Consequently I was always on my best behaviour towards him during our brief friendship. He is Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-91418448860041631632013-09-22T08:33:13.203+01:002013-09-22T08:33:13.203+01:00Where's the rest of the story? I can't bel...Where's the rest of the story? I can't believe that paragragh (as great as it is) won you a box of chocolates... Or did it?Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.com