[ssf] we raise it up, this offering ...

[walking man west riding]

[a]

  i heard one a while ago
  i was just walking, out past
  this group, and one bloke
  turned round, to another
  who turned out later
  to be from, the father land
  and said --

   "do you that story
    i've been telling everyone
    about the story i never wrote
    well, you accused me once
    of being a philosopher
    several years ago
    i remember, i hated it
    but i think i may have accidentally become one
    and i'm not impressed"

          [d]

           oh, er,
           i was at one recently
           where i heard a story
           about a few folk
           in a german audience
           reacting badly, er freaking
           when some of my colleagues
           were delivering some, ah
           some learning ...

  [a giggles]

       and

          [d]

           oh, still receiving feedback
           i have my theories mind
           we could talk about them if you wish
           though, it may well take us
           the rest of the evening
           to get a broad perspective

  [a]

   what off, everything
   tout le monde

          [d smirks]

           no, you know what i mean

  [a]

   yeah

          [d]

           and, be careful

  [a]

   with what

          [d]

           you know, everything
           tout le monde

  [a]

   well, as i say
   i was just walking by
   nowt to do with me


           [d]

            walking by ...

  [a]

   yes, this group

          [d]

           oh, yes sorry

   [a]

    can you remember that old bloke
    bionic, we used to call him
    flap cap, used to catch
    the number five bus occasionally

          [d]

           vaguely ...

   [a]

    always trying to talk to ye
    chat to any body
    he'd sit at the back
    we'd be reading us comics
    and he'd say:

          "that's true that is
           or could be, with modern technology"

    and then he'd pull out
    a big science book, he'd got from
    the library, and show you
    something completely different
    like the inner workings
    of an atom bomb
    can you remember him

          [d]

           vaguely ...

     [a]

      of course you can
      used to call you roy
      after roy orbison
      because of the specs remember


          [d]

           yeah, vaguely

     [a]

      yeah, well, you once said:

        "what are you talking to him for"

      and i replied:

         "i am not
          he is talking to me"

          [d laughs]

     [a]

      i thought that might amuse you

          [d laughs again]

           it amuses me
           that you are on public transport
           and no longer pedestrian

     [a]

       'the man who was too lazy to fail'

       now there's a story
       i don't know why this bloke
       didn't tell that story

       i mean, if one really is
       at that point
       in one's philosophising bonse
       where one needs to tell a story
       about a story that one's never written
       why not tell that one:

       'the man who was too lazy to fail'

       do you know it

          [d]

           no

       [a]

        no, neither do i
        and even if i did
        i'm sure i didn't write it