Comments on: The Fortune Teller

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:54:50 +0000

…the ponty bit.

By: Barry Price

Barry Price — Mon, 29 May 2006 12:51:01 +0000

For ฿200 (each), no I didn’t tip :-)

Which end of an axe is the wrong end?

By: jim

jim — Mon, 29 May 2006 11:59:35 +0000

traditionally, if a fortune teller told a king what they wanted to hear they were likely to be well rewarded, if the king didn’t like what they heard, the could be rewarded with the wrong end of an axe…

…now i’m not meaning to confer ideas of kingship on yer noble(ish) bonce, just the likelyhood that she spotted a quick buck in the offing…

…did you tip well? ;-)

By: Barry Price

Barry Price — Thu, 25 May 2006 01:50:57 +0000

Because I have absolutely no interest in being an apprentice fortune teller? :-)

By: Dad

Dad — Thu, 25 May 2006 00:50:43 +0000

I understand from Israeli friends that palm-prints are sometimes taken of candidates for jobs in Israel, and sent off for analysis, producing just the sort of in-depth insight your Tarot reader came up with.
Seeing as your great-great grandmother, Ellen Elizabeth Taylor (aka Madame Zippia) was a professional palm reader, perhaps it’s in your genes. Why not ask this wizened woman if she would like to take on an apprentice, like Alan Sugar?