G. Pitney (D'csd)
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" Gene Pitney sang. Then, poor bugger, he dropped dead in Cardiff.
So - is he really twenty four hours from Tulsa, Oklahoma? I decided to find out.
I asked Parcelforce. Could they take a 70kg package from Cardiff to Tulsa in less than 24 hours? No, they cannot. Too heavy, too far, and frankly, we can't be arsed.
In desperation, I turned to UPS. Yes. Yes they can take my large pine box to Tulsa, but could not guarantee 24 hour delivery. And the cost? HOW MUCH?
God bless DHL, then. Four hundred and nine quid, overnight, straight into his lover's cold, dead arms. Sorted.
Poor G. Pitney.
I am not mad.
So - is he really twenty four hours from Tulsa, Oklahoma? I decided to find out.
I asked Parcelforce. Could they take a 70kg package from Cardiff to Tulsa in less than 24 hours? No, they cannot. Too heavy, too far, and frankly, we can't be arsed.
In desperation, I turned to UPS. Yes. Yes they can take my large pine box to Tulsa, but could not guarantee 24 hour delivery. And the cost? HOW MUCH?
God bless DHL, then. Four hundred and nine quid, overnight, straight into his lover's cold, dead arms. Sorted.
Poor G. Pitney.
I am not mad.
posted by Alistair Coleman at 4/06/2006 08:02:00 am
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Gene Pitney! Dead!?
Do you reckon something got ahold of his heart?
Sorry.
You are barking mad, Duckers, but that is why we love you.
409 quid? What's with the 9 quid extra?
DHL, the buggers, charged me nearly 100 euro to take a book to the Maldives and it took three weeks to get there. Perhaps I should have told them the box contained a small piece of Gene Pitney.
No pie for them....
The undertakers are using the wrong material for his coffin. Oak will take at least 3 days to make. But it is only 24 hours from balsa...
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