I lugged some suitcases out of the front room -- we just got home from America last week, and I'd gone straight back to the office so planned this weekend to get the suitcases emptied. Then the groceries arrived. The hall by the front door was filled up with bright orange supermarket plastic bags.
The doorbell rang again and standing on my doorstep was Gareth Epps who is a prospective MP. I apologized profusely for the mess, and he was very nice about it, pretending not to notice that he had to step over bags of milk and cereal to get to our front room.
To make up for this, I offered him Girl Scout cookies that I'd just brought back from Mississippi -- these cookies are an institution in the United States. He said they were delicious (he had the fab chocolate mint ones and some peanut butter ones. My husband refuses to eat anything with peanut butter in it as it's just too American for his taste.)
We had a wonderful visit with Gareth (pictured above), and were out this morning distributing campaign leaflets on this behalf and feeling like we were part of something great.
Anybody in Reading East who reads this post, you MUST vote for Gareth! (or else)
10 comments:
Do you think you caught a political bug while you were in Mississippi?
Epps is a joke... he'll never win in Reading East and will probably lose just as heavily as he lost to David Cameron in Witney in 2005. Odds on to come third place in Reading Est.
Rob Wilson will definitely win again this year. He's a fantastic MP and a hundred times the politician that Epps is.
I wouldn't waste your time with him...
Alex M! Tell us what you really think! (Thanks for your comment but I still think he's a great guy.)
Go go Gareth! I reckon he's Labour, knowin' y'all's taste in politicians, but as it ain't MY money he'll be spending (of which there is none left after the wedding) I'll happily lend my influential voice to his campaign. And MEL---you be a FOOL not to eat those peanut-butter Girl Scout Cookies. They're the only kind I ever buy each year! Mmmmm.
Brenda, he's not a Labour candidate, you'll be happy to know. He's in a third party called the Liberal Democrats.
Bren, I don't know why you think I (or Elizabeth) would support the War Party.
And as for the cookies, I've never understood the American habit of mixing peanut butter and chocolate.
Or flavouring stuff with winterfreen, for that matter!
>>Rob Wilson [is] a hundred times >>the politician that Epps is.
A good reason to vote against him, then?
Oh, Mel! You got the wrong kind of GS cookie! The PB ones I adore are the simple sandwich kind with a bit of not-too-sweet filling. The wafer partt are rather like digestives---grainy and textured I have tried the other kind (creamier with that chocolate coating) and they are not nearly as tasty.
I didn't know that the PB/choc pairing was an American thing. I've never cared for candy much, but I do like the very occasional Reese's Peanut Butter Cup---pure PB and chocolate!
And I make a decadent peanut-butter-mousse dessert with a dark chocolate crust and sauce. Bet you'd go for it.
Lib Dems have the best financial plans out of all the major parties. All the financial people seem to think so. They probably know what they're talking about. I think.
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