guest post: Vera

Vera visited me for the weekend, so I thought it appropriate that she should post:

This is Vera Fleischer reporting live from Peter Hall's flat in London, UK. I am on vacation in Germany right now and decided to do a sub-trip to London to say hi to Peter. So far he has made lots of tea, taken me sightseeing to a few pubs, and made me laugh about once every 30 seconds. No complaints in the entertainment department.

Yesterday we went to see Aral Balkan and his wife Emilie. It was a lot of fun. Aral showed us some of the things he has been working on, such as Opal and the resurrections of What is Flash and aralbalkan.com. Then somehow we launched into a discussion about the seagulls in Finding Nemo. The debate was whether they say "Mine! Mine! Mine!" or "Mate! Mate! Mate!" Aral and Emilie were convinced that it is "Mine" since they only shout when there is food nearby. Peter and I insisted that it was "Mate" since the seagulls are Australian. Aral and I thought the issue important enough to go to the bookstore and find out. So we all went to the Finding Nemo section at Borders and looked at some of the Finding Nemo books.

Peter, Aral, Emilie

And wouldn't you know it, Aral and Emilie were right. According to one of the books, they do indeed say "Mine! Mine! Mine!" Now that that is settled I think I am almost ready to head back to Germany.