On 8-3-2015 13:45, Stephen wrote:
> On 08/03/2015 12:07, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 8-3-2015 10:43, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 08/03/2015 08:28, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> How true Dr Frankenstein. All those tales about vampires... :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not me. I was nowhere near the place, then. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> What? Where were you on the 6th of July 1816? At midnight? ;-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have an alibi.
>>> I was nursing Dr John back to health after the Battle of Seven Oaks. He
>>> stepped in front of a musket ball aimed at me. Governor Semple was a
>>> fool.
>>>
>> Of course, of course. I should have known... It explains quite a lot
>> though.
>>
>
> It does. Blew half his head off. All over my best uniform as well. Took
> him a deuce of a time to recover. I used some native lichen to pack the
> wound. The same stuff that fellow, John Wyndham, found. He made a full
> recovery, better than ever. Especially in the head department. The
> lichen was assimilated and gave him supper powers. ;-)
>
I should be careful with those 'supper'(sic) powers. Obesitas, you know. ;-)

Glad he recovered though. I remember Wyndham made quite mess of the 
stuff but apparently it was good for something after all. Doesn't John 
clap his hands too often? for no apparent reason?
-- 
Thomas

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