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- The Herald Scotland
Titillating tome as controversial as Lady Chatterley's Mollusc
His son used to help him wash windows during the summer holidays, so he was, of course, known as Shammy Davis Junior.
Red turns bread
A blatant example has been identified by Diary correspondent Alasdair Sinclair, who has uncovered a report stating that the Red Cross and the Red Crescent are to merge.
Says Alasdair: 'It's alleged that a joint committee charged with managing the amalgamation has come up with a name for the combined body which, while reminiscent of the traditional titles of both societies, is shorn of any political association or religious imagery, and is in accordance with modern tastes… the Coloured Croissant.'
Mind your language
DELIGHTED linguist Sally Haggerty says: 'Learning French has encouraged me to live in the moment, because I currently can't conjugate any other verb tense.'
The name game
RESPECTED American author Edmund White died recently, which reminds Edmund McGonigle, the owner of the Voltaire & Rousseau bookshop in Glasgow's Otago Lane, of the time the literary lion stopped him in the street to ask directions to a restaurant.
McGonigle admitted he couldn't assist, then asked if he happened to be chatting to Edmund White, man of letters.
Receiving an affirmative answer, our correspondent announced that he, too, was an Edmund.
At which point the famous novelist revealed that he came from a long line of Edmunds.
'I mentioned this later to a friend called Bill, who had German ancestry,' says McGonigle.
'He replied that he came from a long line of Willys, which gave me pause for thought…'
