A rose, is a rose...

A few adorable moments from The Schaf today: He was doing his bit for 'charidee' today, wearing a small Pudsey bear badge on his suit, for Children In Need.

Naturally this attracted comment from Simone, who asked Tomasz to show it off (the badge that is)-- before heckling him! Mr McCoy just can't resist, can he? Still, we got a close-up of Tomasz, so I won't complain...



Don't worry Tomasz, you bring sunshine to everyone's life. For News At One, Tomasz changed his groovy floral-pattern purple tie, for a white spotted-pattern one-- matching Pudsey's eye-bandage. Louise Minchin called him "fashionable"! I think it's great that Tomasz went to that effort; if anybody get can viewers to donate generously {i}, then it's The Schaf.

In other news, Emma Crosby had trouble pronouncing His Loveliness's name. He kindly commented that "she wasn't the first", and wistfully remarked that his name had given him "trouble" throughout his life {ii}.



Aaah poor Tomasz well I think it's a superb name, distinctive and cool-- one we don't forget for all the right reasons. My heart melts at its very mention. Besides, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

So who is cuter-- Pudsey Bear or Tomasz? Only one way to find out.... fiiiiiight!{iii}

On serious note, if you wish to donate to Children In Need, please confer
www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey and the number is:
03457 33 22 33

Since Tomasz has made an effort to advertise CIN, who are we to refuse? I'm sure you can raise something substantial for him.

PS: Many thanks to Terratec for his amazing work.

{i} I'm talking money here, nothing 'medical'
{ii} I can see the Daily Wail now: "Polish-born Weatherman flusters newspresent with Austrian surname, before disrepecting viewers with a garish tie and badge in sickening charity stunt"
{iii} I merely evoke the playful of spirit of Harry Hill, I don't condone violence between charity mascots and weather forecasters.

Champers, darling?

A couple of amusing moments with His Loveliness today, both involving champagne. Before a certain daily publication starts fulminating, Tomasz was not drunk and disorderly.

It was a story involving the discovery of encased champagne, which was found in a shipwreck. This story was of particular interest to Jane Hill, as Matthew Amroliwala was keen to point out in their banter. Jane wanted to "move on swiftly", but Tomasz was all ears about Jane's champers prediliction...



That raised eyebrow was rather cute, don't you think? Lousie Minchin commented that the champagne story was "delicious"... and speaking of which, she linked to The Schaf, who is equally delicious. Tomasz commented (to Louise): "You like a glass of champagne, don't you? Don't we all sometimes"



During one his weather forecasts, he said it would be "damp on the ground" for many of us. Rings true, when one watches Tomasz do a weather forecast... err.. yess


Appears that some sleet is on the way for north-east England, possibly some snow up the Cheviots. I hope none of my readers in Cornwall, is not badly affected by the floods of the past couple of days.

By jove!

I'm always perked up by northerly winds, but Tomasz did so even more with his 10:56 forecast. He opened it with a groovy bit of 1970s disco-dancing, to highlight his summary caption. I think his pink tie brings out the flamboyance in The Schaf, with his talk of "collllllllld air".

Interestingly Leeds got several mentions. I'm sure they'll be pleased down The Headrow (or if you're from West Yorksire, "Theddraw").



I'm told by a spy, that Louise Minchin threw Tomasz a curved ball over a story preceding Tomasz's weather forecast-- which gave The Schaf a hearty chortle. Anybody got any more details on this? I believe L Minch said: "Here's Tomasz with the weather, and it's getting colder now, isn't it?". Tomasz's reply was: "Yes it's September, that's what usually happens".

Finally, many thanks for the supportive comments on my dream (both literal and metaphorical) of getting Ken Dodd a Christmas #1 with Happiness. For all you fans of Doddy, a medley for you...