London Calling…

Several days ago, I received a note from Royal Mail, stating that they had attempted to deliver a package, but I had been out/not answering the door/eaten by wolves, and that therefore they could not leave it, as it required a signature/blood sample/cortical scan.

I was mildly surprised, as I had not been expecting a package, and this morning dragged myself out of bed early in order to go and collect it. I was still quite mystified when I collected it, as it was not the shape of anything I could instantly identify. My curiousity overcame me on the tube when the Central Line stopped dead in a tunnel due to an “incident” at Holborn, and I got the package open with the aid of a pen.

Of all the possibilities that had flickered through my mind of what it could be, I must admit that I had never considered that it might be a 5 inch long model of a London bus. Which indeed it turned out to be. At that point I had one of those wonderful photogenic moments where you just stare quizzically at something that is entirely inexplicable, and wonder if someone is in fact filming you.

So I am now the proud posessor of a “Husky 5″ London Tour Bus”. No-one could be more surprised by this than I am.

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