The Diary of a Nobody
Being the modern day record of Charles
Pooter VI -
direct descendant of the 19th Century original
Monday, June 01, 2009
Carrie and I went round to the Cummings’ place for a quiet night in. Gowing was there, and Stillbrook. Cummings was keen to try out a karaoke DVD he’d bought and his wife did five songs or so. I’m no expert, but I reckoned “The Green Green Grass of Home” and “Songbird” (Eva Cassidy) were the best. Then she sang “Bridge Over Troubled Water” as a duet with Carrie. It was really good. If Carrie had been in better voice, I think it would have been up to professional standards, so after we’d eaten, we got them to do it again.I hadn’t been at all keen on Stillbrook (following the golf club debacle), but when he sang “The Funky Gibbon” (with all the actions), it was hilarious and he had everyone in stitches. He improvised in one verse, but it was slightly racist. I didn’t feel comfortable with it: Gowing thought it was a stroke of genius and the best bit of the whole song.
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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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