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Sir Basil Seal

My Dear readers of PP and fans of Sir Basil Seal:

As you are all aware by now, I was recently paid an indecent amount of money to drop what I was doing and write for PP. It wasn't that I needed the money, it was just the principal of the thing required that I demand it... Now many of you are saying, "but Sir Basil, you have the money, but you haven't written anything for us"...Well, yes, but rank still has it's privileges, does it not? But really, I am off on my summer holiday, which means that for the summer months, I will be back in Merry Old checking up on the ancestral home and mingling with the people, so to speak, visiting my tailor and book seller and what not. We will, the Countess, the Baron and I, make a few flying trips to the Continent over the summer (The Countess always has to do The Hermitage and the Mozart Festival, don't you know) and we will stop by The Vatican for tea with His Holiness. We will be leaving the Baron behind on our return, for he starts at The Oratory School (my old Alma M.) this year. I might skip off to Ireland for a bit as well for my annual pilgrimage to the Guinness brewery, and some possible interview opportunities (I will keep Mrs P posted). So, as you can all see, I will be somewhat busy for a bit, but will return with loads of things to complain about and demean. I am sure you just can't wait...I will be unavailable to all but a few (Mr and Mrs P being two of the few), and completely unavailable by any electronic means...As you know, every advance in communication makes the bore more terrible, so you will understand my absence from the wired world. Anyway working for Mr and Mrs P is good work, if you can get it...Until then.

Sir Basil Seal

You can read more from Sir Basil Seal at his own blog, Man about Mayfair.

Comments

[Crackie]

Sir Basil,
Please do give His Holiness a pitch on behalf of PP. I do not expect that he would sign on as a contributor. But I am sure Mr. and Mrs. P would be delighted to think that he might someday drop by and look around.
Have a wonderful trip.

[Old Dominion Tory]

Please have a most enjoyable summer, Sir Basil. I look forward to any travelogue you might be willing to post here at Patum Peperium.

[the american fez]

What? Only a single post? And just to inform readers that he won't be posting? Perhaps on his tour of England Sir Basil should tarry awhile at Berkeley Castle, where, stripped of his made-to-measure trousers, he should suffer chastisement in a manner similar to that meted out to Edward 2nd, a former guest of that melancholy stronghold.

[Didi aka Nola]

Thank you for commenting on my blog, it would be an honour. Have a nice trip and give the Pope my regards.

[dorothy]

Good to see Sir Basil back for a little bit. Please come back and write some more after your trip.

[Sir Basil Seal]

My Dear Dorothy, I do promise to write...