This morning, before catching the train home from Edinburgh (which I'm still on as we speak; delayed, of course), I took a taxi to the Parcelforce depot and back to my digs, to send my projector, screen and the rest of my equipment down south. Thankfully, this went pretty seamlessly, which was good, as I was worried something would slow me down and make me miss my train.
While there weren't any problems to stall me, the journey was eventful, which I documented for posterity on Twitter. See below a blow-by-blow account of my trip; who says my blog isn't a fascinating and useful resource?
8:55am: Passing through Edinburgh in a taxi to drop off my props at the Parcelforce depot. It's already a ghost town comparatively, post-EdFringe.
9:04am: Passing a shop called Better Tiles. Than whom?
9:05am: Passing Black Dog Barbers. Tailoring specifically to a depressed Winson Churchill?
9:06am: ...and SuperNews. For SuperTed?
9:08am: ...and a Café Bistro. Identity crisis?
9:09am: ...and Edinburgh Carstore. Often confused with Edinburgh Castle.
9:11am: ...and a building called, simply, Restaurant.
9:22am: Picture on a bus stop of a Panda, with the tagline, 'I took a bus to tackle climate change'. Did he though?
9:24am: Just passed a clinic called Babes in the Womb. I don't remember that panto.
9:25am: (We're having fun on this journey, aren't we?)
9:26am: Hello! There's a business next to Better Tiles called Better Bathrooms. Diversifying.
9:28am: Shop called Bitz and Bobz. Eightiez?
9:31am: Tattooist called Three Daggers. Terrifying.
9:32am: Sign reading 'Apologise for any inconvenience caused'. No.
9:35am: ...West End Vets. Pet Shop Boys tribute?
9:45am: Just the Tonic at The Caves is all packed up on the outside. Sad face.
Have Parker from Thunderbirds and Noel Gallagher ever been seen in the same room? The resemblance is uncanny. So much so, I think something’s afoot. If my suspicions are correct, I've stumbled across a secret that will blow the music and puppet industry wide apart. In the mid-60s / mid-90s at least. It doesn’t take long to see the signposts. There’s the similarity between the name of Oasis’ first single, Supersonic, and Supermarianation, Gerry Anderson’s puppetry technique. The Gallagher brothers would often wear Parkas . Live Forever was clearly a reference to Captain Scarlet and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants to the size difference between Noel and his bandmates. The more you think about it, the more brazen it gets. It’s fishier than Area 51, Paul is Dead and JFK's assassination put together. The only glitch to the theory is scale . According to Wikipedia, Anderson’s marionettes were 1’10” and Gallagher is 5’8”. How does he maintain an illusion of avera...