The Diary of a Nobody
Being the modern day record of Charles
Pooter VI -
direct descendant of the 19th Century original
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Cummings called, bringing his friend Dominic Merton, who’s got this internet wine business. Gowing also dropped in. Dominic made himself at home, and Carrie and I took an instant liking to him. He seemed very much on our wavelength.He leaned back in his chair and said “Forgive me: what you see is what you get”. I replied “Same here – we’re pretty down to earth. We don’t pretend to be better than we are”.
He answered “No, I can see that” and Gowing laughed his head off. But Dominic politely said to Gowing “I don’t think you quite get my drift. What I was trying to say was that Charles and Carrie clearly don’t bother with what’s “in” and what’s “out”, and certainly aren’t the kind of people who’d waste their time hanging out in trendy restaurants and wine-bars, paying for it all on plastic”.
I was very pleased to hear Dominic’s take on things, and wrapped it up by saying “To be completely frank, Dominic, we can’t be bothered with that kind of scene. And when you factor in the cost of cabs and everything else, it simply doesn’t seem worth the money”.
On the subject of “friends”, Dominic said “My motto is “few and true”. And by the way, I also apply that to wine: “little and good””. Gowing said “Yes, and sometimes “cheap and cheerful”, eh mate?" Dominic continued that he’d treat me as a mate, and put me down for a New World Wine Selection sample case. Since I was an old friend of Gowing’s, he’d let it go for £45, which was actually well under cost price. He tapped the order into his iPhone and said anytime we wanted any West End theatre tickets, we should let him know, because he could get us into any of the shows.
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Why shouldn’t
I publish
my diary?
I often see memoirs by people I’ve never even heard of and I don’t see why my diary should be any less interesting, just because I’m not a ‘celebrity’. I only wish I’d started it when I was younger.
Charles Pooter
The Laurels, 32 Elmside,
Barleycorn Mead, Harrow on the Hill.
charles@charlespooter.com
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