It had to happen one day. Didn't it? Got asked to play Santa by a school where the Bloggs boys went once upon a lonely. Now, I know some of my readers have played Santa before (and you'll be hearing from me soon!), but I had to turn it down. I just couldn't see myself carrying it off and the kids deserved someone with greater thespian qualities. People! You know who you are. Get ready for the call.
Posted by Joe at December 3, 2003 01:40 PMOh, no, not in this lifetime or space dimension.
Posted by: martin at December 3, 2003 02:00 PMOh come on now! Experience is a wonderful thing and can be counted on to transcend time and dimensions. What say ye?
Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2003 02:14 PMNay, no, never,
Will I play the wild santa,
No, never again
I do have another candidate with heritage on his side, but he is reserved, retiring and reluctant. Alliteration I would have difficulty attributing to your significant talents!
Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2003 02:44 PMIf you can swoop so swiftly on my alliterative dyslexia, then imagine how quickly a herd of runny-nosed kids would see through my santa guise, and brand me an imposter - my ego could not live with such a debacle. So I urge you to reconsider, master blog, and don the red (as if for Liverpool)in the jovial manner of Falstaf. Once the limelight falls upon your gracious head, I am sure the sinews of the belly will respond to enable your paunch to take on the merry task.
Posted by: martin at December 3, 2003 06:33 PMBut who ever heard of a Santa with a limp? And if you could fool your own son oh thespian you, think how easy it would be to belch a few merry ho ho, read them a story and exeunt triumphantly to climates cold.
Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2003 06:48 PMOh! you have, of course, also correctly understood my other problem with the colour red! Santa wears blue on our side of the park. ;+)
Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2003 06:50 PMAfter posting my last comment, I, too, gave thought to your limp and sincerely believe it would give your santa role a real Richard-the-III feel, which, as we all know, kids will adore, as they love a wicked character pretending to be good!
Posted by: martin at December 3, 2003 07:49 PMOK, I can see I'm getting nowhere with you. Let's see if Mr Heritage Man shows up here.
Posted by: Joe at December 3, 2003 08:26 PMHave you guys closed the mythical door of Santa right on his amazingly goregeous white beard. May your stockings be filled with hard lumps of coal!! As the cyber world jockeys of Joe's blogg reveal their cynicism and insecurities, I urge you Joe to reach back into your collective childhood memory and relive the inspiration you once got from your first soccer ball, hockey stick(okay this might have beec the field type),your first GI Joe, the sight of that empty plate of cookies... Santa is not deterred by your rare burst of hesitation.
I challenge anyone reading this blogg with a little bit of child left in them to raise up and insist that your blogg hero "Joe" be your choice for Santa, the very guy that can make a difference this holiday season to a bunch of lovely kids --limp or no limp.
Bravo. Give the man a GI Joe (whatever that is).
Posted by: martin at December 4, 2003 06:17 AM> Give the man a GI Joe (whatever that is).
Think of the Martin Johnson doll you bought secretly after the World Cup and imagine military uniform on him! ;+)
Posted by: Joe at December 4, 2003 10:10 AMHey, who told you about my Martin Johnson doll?
Posted by: martin at December 4, 2003 10:20 AM