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Malone

If you happen to be looking in, would you mind giving me some advice please.

Grunger has told me that my upside-down cake at the market cafe was actually served upside-down, when apparently it should been the right way up. I dont doubt that she is correct, but do you think I should complain about it? I know you appreciate good customer service, but you think I go over the top sometimes. I am going there later this week and would appreciate your comments, if you dont mind.

Good afternoon, jigjag. Yes, Grunger was correct and Chambers and I share her view - 'Upside-down cake: a sponge cake baked with fruit at the bottom and turned upside down before it is served.' If you were served a piece/slab/slice whatever of sponge cake with the fruit (usually pineapple in my eyes, but Chambers seems open to other options) at the bottom, then you didn't get what was expected. I would, however, be reluctant to complain too loudly. I'd simply point out to the cafe owner that you were disappointed with the appearance of the cake, and surely doing it the 'proper' way would have been more pleasing aesthetically? If you want to make more of an impression when you're discussing this, you could of course do a quick handstand and deliver your speech... upside down.

Malone

Absolutely brilliant!! I would like to be there when jigjag attempts his handstand. I am sure he will invite us.

Thanks, Grunger - yes, I think I could maybe even sell tickets for the event if Jigjag was up for it(!).

I know there are some very clever, techy- minded people on the Forum. Some of them would probably manage to do what I couldn't - enter my whole post upside down.

Malone - I always enjoys enjoy your badinage with Grunger and Jigjag. Do you mean like this… :-)

.uʍop ǝpısdn ...ɥɔǝǝds ɹnoʎ ɹǝʌıןǝp puɐ puɐʇspuɐɥ ʞɔınb ɐ op ǝsɹnoɔ ɟo pןnoɔ noʎ ,sıɥʇ ƃuıssnɔsıp ǝɹ'noʎ uǝɥʍ uoıssǝɹdɯı uɐ ɟo ǝɹoɯ ǝʞɐɯ oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı ¿ʎןןɐɔıʇǝɥʇsǝɐ ƃuısɐǝןd ǝɹoɯ uǝǝq ǝʌɐɥ pןnoʍ ʎɐʍ 'ɹǝdoɹd' ǝɥʇ ʇı ƃuıop ʎןǝɹns puɐ ,ǝʞɐɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝɔuɐɹɐǝddɐ ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ pǝʇuıoddɐsıp ǝɹǝʍ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝuʍo ǝɟɐɔ ǝɥʇ oʇ ʇno ʇuıod ʎןdɯıs p'ı .ʎןpnoן ooʇ uıɐןdɯoɔ oʇ ʇuɐʇɔnןǝɹ ǝq ,ɹǝʌǝʍoɥ ,pןnoʍ ı .pǝʇɔǝdxǝ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʍ ʇǝƃ ʇ'upıp noʎ uǝɥʇ ,ɯoʇʇoq ǝɥʇ ʇɐ (suoıʇdo ɹǝɥʇo oʇ uǝdo sɯǝǝs sɹǝqɯɐɥɔ ʇnq ,sǝʎǝ ʎɯ uı ǝןddɐǝuıd ʎןןɐnsn) ʇınɹɟ ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ ǝʞɐɔ ǝƃuods ɟo ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ ǝɔıןs/qɐןs/ǝɔǝıd ɐ pǝʌɹǝs ǝɹǝʍ noʎ ɟı '.pǝʌɹǝs sı ʇı ǝɹoɟǝq uʍop ǝpısdn pǝuɹnʇ puɐ ɯoʇʇoq ǝɥʇ ʇɐ ʇınɹɟ ɥʇıʍ pǝʞɐq ǝʞɐɔ ǝƃuods ɐ :ǝʞɐɔ uʍop-ǝpısdn' - ʍǝıʌ ɹǝɥ ǝɹɐɥs ı puɐ sɹǝqɯɐɥɔ puɐ ʇɔǝɹɹoɔ sɐʍ ɹǝƃunɹƃ ,sǝʎ .ƃɐɾƃıɾ ,uoouɹǝʇɟɐ pooƃ

Yes, Jono - exactly what I had in mind, thanks very much! I can't cope with even the simple bits (making things bold or italics) - and I don't want to learn... so no offers, from anyone, of step by step instructions.

Jigjag, aren't you the lucky one? You can choose the reply - mine or Jono's - which matches your stance at the time...

Malone, Jono, Grunger

Thank you for your efforts. I did indeed enter into the spirit of it by attempting to read Jono's posting whilst standing (if that is the verb) on my head, with support from my son and the wall. I got about halfway before inevitable crashing down.

I may be wrong but it seemed that all of Jono's Capital letters were converted to lower case. Of course, I am used to reading upside-down texts where this does not happen, but am curious to know if Jono has invented something here or possibly encoded the message.

Thanks, Jigjag. I hope it was only your pride that was hurt when you came crashing to the ground?

I was too lazy to walk round to the other side of my desk to read Jono's rendering of my post. That's interesting about the changes to letters within my (carefully honed) message. I am glad I had no desire to learn 'upside down typing', I'll just stick to eating upside-down cakes (if any come my way).

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