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Updated 1000 Friday 1st April 2011

The piece below was first on the GPSS homepage during 1st April '98 :

April and the Spaghetti Tree is in flower
Robin poses proudly beside the Spaghetti Tree in his back garden which continues to flower every year. The tree is now over 30 years old, having been raised from a small seed collected by June and Robin during a holiday in northern Italy. These trees, very rare outside Italy, cannot be grown from cuttings or the fruit - many have tried planting spaghetti, but with disappointing results. We've also tried tagliatelle, but that also did not grow. This particular variety is "Spaghetti Monstera Grande" - known to some seasoned gardeners as "Big Whopper". You can see the original BBC TV broadcast about the 1957 bumper italian spaghetti harvest if you click here.

Here are a few of my favourite quotes and cartoons.

"If you hate back seat drivers, you'll really hate this..." - Alistair Stewart, Carlton
(introduction to one of three Television broadcasts in London Motor Show week)

"I'd rather know where the next eating place is .."

- from an original design concept of Robin's friend Ted :-)

Any ideas for this one ?

"It's like having a little friend in the car with you" - Steve, a friend of the family.

".. The system should be designed so that it does not unduly distract the driver, nor give rise to potentially dangerous driving behaviour by the driver or other road users.."
- extract from "Code of Practise" for In-Vehicle Information Systems.