I’ve been reading a very funny book called “Are you Dave Gorman?” in which two flatmates, Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace, make a bet that Dave can’t find 54 people with the same name as him. It’s a true story and there was a TV show and a comedy circuit of it, and the book has photo’s of all the Dave Gorman’s met. Now I was wondering if there any other Matt or Matthew Goldspinks in the world. Odds are… no! Goldspink is a very rare name and I don’t think I’ve ever knowingly met anyone with the name that is not related to me. But, if anyone does know a Matt or Matthew Goldspink other than me then I’d like to hear from them! I don’t know why, it’d just be interesting to compare life stories and… well I don’t just have a chat!
In other news, I’ve been granted a US Visa (woohoo!) so I’ll be going to New York with work now. I had a slight break down in communications with the woman interviewing me for my visa. She asked me to place my “right ring finger” on the fingerprint scanner. Unfortunately I had no idea which one my “ring finger” was and so looked at her blankly. She then demonstrated by waving all four fingers at me! I looked even blanker. It was only then I realised she was touching one finger with her thumb. Using my amazing powers of deduction, I guessed she meant that finger. So I put it on, only to hear her say “your RIGHT ring finger, please”. Needless to say she probably thinks I’m far to thick to be harmful to any Americans!
