You just never know where your hits are going to come from!Late yesterday afternoon, (Sydney time) I was packing up for dinner when I noticed an Egyptian media report concerning a speech made by Prince Andrew. It took me about three minutes to do a bit of research, knock out a post and publish. It was picked up by a website specialising in royalty and in under 24 hours, I had received 81 hits from that site alone - making it by far the most popular article I have published.
I now know the secret to success - don't worry about spending time writing an article, just jot down a few hurried words and Bob's Your Uncle!
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This afternoon I thought I would pop in to my local bottle-shop and get myself a nice bottle of wine. The shop has recently come under new management so I spent some time looking at their selection. In walk four girls, just barely 18, skirts up to their armpits and necklines down to their ankles. I kept on looking - at the wine that is - and they started talking to each other.
"I dunno, what do you think?"
"I dunno either. There are so many."
"What's the difference between the different sorts?"
"Dunno. I'll ask".
Somehow I just knew the question would be directed at me. Whenever I want to be alone to relax, work something out or consider a purchase, other people always seem to have other plans for me.
"Excuse me Sir".
Sir?? When a girl wearing what she was almost wearing, calls a guy "Sir", you know that no matter how many times you wear a baseball cap backwards, you just aint cool anymore. I smiled and said "Yes?"
"Can you tell us a good wine to get?"
I asked what they had in mind - in the way of wine.
"A girly type wine".
Girly type wine! I know a fair bit about wine, but never have I been asked to recommend a girly type wine!
"Is it for a party?" I asked, trying to sound "in touch" while gathering as much background info as I could so as to make an informed and balanced recommendation.
"Yeah"
"One that's cheap, white and in a fancy looking bottle - like that one. No one will know the difference and after an hour no one will care anyway."
"Gee, thanks mate".
In under 60 seconds, I had graduated from "Sir" to "Mate". I was cool, I was hip, I was hoping they don't hold their party anywhere near me - at my age I need my sleep!
Wherever you may be - be safe!
