Wish I were there

The Schaf was on Janice Long in the early hours of this morning, Janice had a good chat with the "seasoned traveller".

First Tomasz told us about his visit to Dubai; all skyscrapers, posh hotels and desert. He went down to the beach one day, and it was "scorchio" {i}; it would be if Tomasz was lying on his towel in his Speedos, but he was referring to temperatures of ~44C.

Poor Tomasz had gone down the beech without footwear-- he felt like an "idiot" because he was hopping around on the hot sand! The Schaf could never look like an idiot. Janice enquired as to whether he had "barbie feet": I'm not sure this was in a barbeque-- or Barbie doll {ii}! A delightfully quaint expression from the Long'un.

He also went to an Arabian camp, sounds fun. Even with my distaste for warm weather, I would go into the desert with Tomasz and a tent, and I'd put it for him. His Loveliness also rode on a jumbo out in the Far East, one of those double-decker airbusses no less.

After informing us about the weather, he told a tale of his soujourn in Paris. After his bike ride to Paris, he lost his rucksack (containing his best T-shirt and music player) in the X-ray machine for the Eurostar. Once aboard said train, he remembered, but it was too late [cue sinister].

Worry not dear readers, because The Schaf is cunning. Since French customer-service is almost as good as it is in the UK, you apparently cannot phone or email the lost-property-- only write to it! So our man did just that, he went to the lost property in Garde du Nord-- and was re-united with his lost property-- hurrah!

He was most upset about his t-shirt. It may be scruffy, but I imagine Tomasz looks a beau mec in it. I'd like to explore some exotic places with Tomasz, out of curiosity.

For the full interview, fast-foward to 1:14:08 in the next six days only.

Meanwhile, a treat on Outtake TV last Saturday for those who round on Tomasz for making mistakes and wonder why he hasn't been sacked: One or two clips of a certain forecaster making gaffes and facetiously reacting to them... step foward Alex Deakin! Another weather forecaster makes gaffes as well, blimey-- enough to make you splutter on one's copy of the Daily Mail.

{i} As for "scorchio", recalls the great days of Paola Fisch. Ah thethetheh Chris Waddle sminky-pinky thalia-he thalia-ha, Bhoutrus Bhoutrus Ghali...

Fast-foward to 2:40



{ii} New Barbie coming out soon. Barbie has a plush penthouse, sports car and expensive clothes. Ken is scruffy, despondent and has no house of his own. Look out for "Divorce Barbie" soon!

A Long chat

Radio 2 fans were blessed last night, as His Loveliness had a lengthy chat with the wonderful Janice Long. It was proof, if any were needed, that Tomasz is not a "diva", but actually down-to-earth and modest.

A very comprehensive six minute chat. First he and Janice shared their humorous outrage at London cinema prices, Tomasz lamenting that a couple can easily spend £50 in one sitting, if one includes popcorn and drinks. "London has always been a rip-off, what can you do", as The Schaf commented.

The Tomasz's voice went strange, almost as if he'd been entered by Frankie Howerd (so to speak), which triggered giggles in him. Luckily he composed himself, before warning us of "Noah's Ark weather" to come-- a new one for The Schaf vernacular! What I want to know is, why did Noah let those two wasps on that ark? He also said it would be "a kaleidoscope of weather", and the rain could block the gutters-- that's my blog washed away then [haha]

Tomasz then commented that despite August, this summer (and late spring) had been very warm and dry; but was gracious enough to admit that was mostly south-east England, "us down here" as he wryly put it. To be fair in Notts we had a scorching April-July, and we had little (although I live in a rain-shadow area anyway).

Then Janice then asked Tomasz if he had badge for jumping into a swimming pool, to 'save' some one for a life-savers badge. He needn't worry about the trousers if he had to rescue me, the sight of that would make me recover pretty darn quick!

The Divine One then explained he was most proud of the medal he obtained for riding from London to Paris-- rightly so-- incredible achievement for charity. He modestly chuckled he was more proud of that than his degree!

You can listen to the full interview here, available for the next six days:
Fast foward to 1:14:23

Have a listen, you know you want to...



Message to Tomasz: When you were doing the World News, your smile when mentioning locales in Canada, was much appreciated by your Canadian following! They have good taste there... although we already know that [thumbs up]

Finally the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph ought to correct there websites. Tomasz's quote was: "Gallery over to you", not "Gary over to you". Always helpful to get the facts right, if you're going to a character-assassination [wink]

Speaking of which, I've just recalled this classic from Jo Malin, formerly of Central News West. She was out in Trentham Gardens with Bob Warman (yes he's still going), when she meant to say "pouring with rain"... except she didn't...