Thanks for those kind words, everyone.

The only puffins that I have ever seen in Kiwiland, Pete, are paperback books. 'Tis possible that one or more of our modestly-sized zoos may have the real thing waddling around.....

Cheers,
'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

Great joke, Eddie, with 8) echoes in real life. (Recently our small capital city, Wellington, has been visited by pairs of little blue penguins, which come ashore and amble across the busy urban roads, in search of warm nooks and possible nesting sites. A fun time was had by both our NZ police and o...

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL

from far distant Kiwiland.


'Aurélien Arkadiusz', who prefers to think of the new year as being really 1959++++++

An Antipodean Merry Christmas to all.

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Eddie 18 +++

Have a great party!

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

A new question is needed.

Yoicks! Yes, Daisy, 'TMO Tally-Ho Cottage' it is. Over to you.

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

:D Thanks, Daisy. As I see it, that doll present demonstrated Fatty's people skills (his awareness of, and sensitivity to, the people around him), showing that he had more than just high intelligence going for him. Of the five FFO novels in which Ern Goon appears, name the middle (ie the third ) boo...

Didn't Fatty give Bets the only doll she received on that occasion? Only, I'm not totally sure that it was a Christmas present, rather than a birthday present.....

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

Correct, Courtenay, Larry is generally accepted as the oldest Find Outer. :D However: 1) in 'TMOT Missing Necklace' Fatty claims to be 14 rather than 13, and 2) in 'TMO Holly Lane' he tells Larry that he (Fatty) is the elder. Misinformation-cum-propaganda-cum-wishful-thinking perhaps? :) Over to you...

Thank you, Daisy.

Of the three Find-Outer lads, who was the oldest?

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

December?

I recall that Fatty's birthday was close to Christmas, so rhat he sometimes received from certain of his relations combined Christmas/birthday gifts. If someone else posts 'January' we should have covered the only two possibilities.

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

You are so right, Courtenay. Over to you.

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

New Question:

Which angler (ie recreational fresh-water fisherman) introduced himself to the five Find-Outers with the remark that he himself was a bit of a Find-Outer?

'Aurélien Arkadiusz'

Shanku, a new question is needed here....