Today I have found myself Super Telling people about Homeopathy for Health in Africa. (Super Telling is when they know vaguely about what you plan to do - “in a hospice, isn’t it?” – but could do with something resembling reality.) Not quite sure how to do the scoring on that, but I'm sure they count.
So first there was the caretaker for the hall where we had the Tea Party - he had been incredibly supportive, despite having only a vague idea what it was all about. He now knows! Then the couple I met in the chemist's, who had heard "something" but were not quite sure. And finally (hooray!) I met with Our Man on the Local Magazine; the editor. He said that if I write 200 words he can include them. (Hmmm.... may have to smarten up my style bit.)
I also tried to persuade him to put together a Quiz team, but there was some reluctance as it was felt that they might not be a strong side. "Fear not" I said (paraphrasing now) "I had a Quiz meeting yesterday and specifically asked for all questions to be easy." (In reality I was told that this would make it slightly pointless, so we compromised on having one or two Tough Questions per round in order to separate the wheat from the chaff - I am definitely chaff).
Later I met up with someone I have sung carols with, who runs another charity in Africa. Not sure if I Told her or Super Told her - the distinction is getting a bit fuzzy now - but she is going to give me tips after the Fringe Event they are running at the weekend.
And in case you are interested, I am now an expert in getting tea stains out & ironing table cloths. Well, to be accurate I cannot iron linen table cloths – whoever invented them was obviously a man, or a woman with a lady-that-does, because they are bloody impossible to iron.
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