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 small, Liddle mind

Tomasz has been absent for a few days; so I thought I would write about this article written in The Times a few months ago-- written by Rod Liddle (of Radio 4 fame).

He was sounding off about television weathermen, one in particular-- you can probably guess who....

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rod_liddle/article6736209.ece

I thought he was a bit mean about our weather god-- I love Tomasz's ebullient and animated style! It's refreshing, especially where there are so many 'autocuties' out there with no personality. The only time I find hot and humid weather bearable, is Tomasz tells me about it.

There are many weather-forecasters out there who are dull and lacking charisma; the weather can be depressing enough, without an equally soul-destroying presenter. Just because they are meterologists, doesn't mean they to be have to wooden.

Jon Mitchell of Calendar is a good example: A fully-qualified meterologist, who presents the weather without dumbing down and even including techincal terms-- but he does it in an engaging and lively way. He has more energy than the Duracell bunny {i}

Tomasz: Your enthusiam, cheeky humour, radiant personality and 'campness', is a huge part of your appeal-- don't ever lose it (if you ever read this)! You brighten the weather (however dire it is) with that gorgeous smile and wonderful patter... not forgetting the treats you give us on *those* Country Tracks forecasts!

What does Rod Liddle know anyway? He was barely noble enough to fit into the late, great Alan Coren's shoes on Call My Bluff {ii} for a start. Hmmm... I wonder if the article is still open for comments [evil grin, wink]

{i} ["Adrian Chiles" voice] Other brands of long-lasting battery are available.
{ii} Wasn't the theme-tune for Call My bluff annoyingly catchy?