Same as last year - just the cars, a couple of tall banners and the three-part-pull-up thingy.
We have three cars; courtesy of Lee, Pastor Jay and PhilD - all of whom have stepped up and offered to be there for duration and cover their own costs.
Thanks for the kind offer for the loan of the carpets, plinth etc Ian - that certainly be useful. The only issue is the logistics. I can organise collection like last year, but I would struggle getting the kit from my house to Birmingham. I'll have a think about how we can do it and let you know.
And as always, Ian, if you're free there will be a wristband reserved for you in recognition of your contribution to NEC shows past, present and future!!
By
RichardS ·
Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this today after Hu
Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China.
HU'S ON FIRST?
> > By James Sherman
(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
George Bush: Condi! Nice to see you. What's
happening?
Condi (Bush's advisor): Sir, I have the report
here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the
new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya' asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's name.
George: That's whose name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the
name of the new leader of
China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I
thought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of
the new leader of China.
Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could
use a glass of milk. And
then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just
get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars.
Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg
rolls, too. Maybe we should
send some to the guy in China. And the Middle
East. Can you get Chinese
food in the Middle East?