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MoinMoin! In one of the sequels to the best-selling series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency author Alexander McCall Smith made a sweet reference to Bob. Its quite ridden, but - then again - knowing Bob, I think it is rather obvious all the same: Heres the quote from the book: How slowly the hours can pas, thought Mma Ramotswe [proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Garborone, Botswana]. After the writing of the letter to Aunty Emang, the letter that she was confident would draw the blackmailer from her lair, she found it difficult to settle down to anything. Not thatshe had a great deal of work to do; there were one or two routine matters that required to be worked upon, but both of these involved going out and speaking to people and she did not wish to leace the office that day in case Aunty Emang should arrive. So she sat at her desk, idly paging through a magazine. Mma Ramotswe loved magazines, and could not resist the stand of tempting titles that were on constant display at the Pick-and-Pay supermarket. She liked magazines that combines practical advice (hints fort he kitchen and the garden) with articles on the doings of famous people. She knew that theses articles should not be taken seriously, but they were fun nonetheless, a sort of gossip, not at all dissimilar to the gossip exchanged in the small stores of Mochudi [Botswana] or with friends on the veranda of the President Hotel [in Garborone, Botswana], or even with Mma Makutsi [Mma Ramotswes assistant] when they both had nothing to do. Such gossip was fascinating because it dealt with day-to-day life: the second marriage of the man who ran the new insurance agency in the shopping centre; the unsuitable boyfriend of a well-known politicians daughter; the unexpected promotion of a senior army officer and the airs and graces of his wife, and so on. She turned the pages of the magazine. There was Prince Charles inspecting his organic biscuit factory. That was very interesting, thought Mma Ramotswe. She had her strong likes and dislikes. She liked Bishop Tutu and that man with the untidy hair who sang to help the hungry. She like Prince Charles, and here was a picture of a box of his special biscuits, which he sold for his charity. Mma Ramotswe looked at them and wondered what they would taste like. She thought that they would do rather well with bush tea, and she imagined having a packet of them on her desk so that she and Mma Makutsi could help themselves at will. But then she remembered her diet, and her stomach gave a lurch of disappointment and longing. Taken from: Alexander McCall Smith: Blue Shoes And Happiness the sequel to the best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, p. 222 Published by Abacus Fiction ;) Corinna.
