name:

Lily Frank

comments:

Merry X´mas!

I luv your stories and laughed till I wet my pants!!

Greeting from an Indonesian in France,

Lily

24th December 2004

response:

name:

Jake (ginger kid)

comments:

now then mate, i couldnt sleep tonight i dont know why i thought id come on line and i decided to check out my mate josephs website and i have to say i love it i cant stop laughing, anyway mate ill message you over christmas have a good one we need another catch up remember our amazing convo on the bus it was class anyway mate ill e-mail you some jap soc vidoes masa gave me, keep up the good work and look forward to many a drink over the univeristy period take care mate,

jake, got loads more stories for you

24th December 2004

response:

name:

Karen

comments:

Hello.

I stumbled across your very entertaining life looking for somewhere to ski in Japan. Thanks for a good laugh and fascinating reading (it helps that you're photogenic). I'm from Merewether, NSW, Aus. Have a great Christmas and good luck. Bye!

23rd December 2004

response:

name:

wei liang choong

comments:

oioioi~~~

wassup wasup!! this's ur frenly neighbour next door!!!

17th December 2004

response:

name:

Stephen

comments:

Hi Joseph

Nice to see things are looking up. Not sure about "chavscum" (21st November) - certainly makes me uncomfortable. Hearing it used in Sheffield, looking at their website, I'm left feeling that there's a fine line between affectionate humorous banter on the one hand and sneering at the culture of others on the other hand. I've just been reading 'A little book on the Human Shadow' by Robert Bly which seems to throw some light (excuse the pun) on the whole thing.

Ho humm - I really must write my lesson plans for the Ofsted lessons tomorrow.

love stephen

6th December 2004

response:

name:

Aniela Zylinski-Morris

comments:

Joseph - I am missing the Mumble!!! I hope they are not making you work too hard Up North.

Lots of love

Aniela xx

30th November 2004

response:

name:

Flo - gal : )

comments:

Hei..there.. I like ur site..U wouldn't believe it I found it when searching for epilesy infos... Weird huh!! By the way, I m from Malaysia. :)

18th November 2004

response:

Hi Flo - gal :)

Thanks for your message. Epilepsy? Not so strange when you consider that I have a whole page devoted to epilepsy!!

I live with two Malaysians at the moment, and very nice people they are too!

name:

Flat Mate No.3

comments:

get back to your japanese studies and stop checkin ur mail!!!!

11th November 2004

response:

Flat mate No. 3? But that's me! I'm in Room 3!!

Crikey, I don't remember sending myself that message. This sleepwalking business is getting out of hand; I wonder who else I've been sending messages to...

name:

Melissa

comments:

I love your pictures, they are great. I wish I were that good of a photographer.

29th October 2004

response:

thank you kindly melissa, it's always nice to receive positive feedback!

name:

jo girl

comments:

Hey you, love the site only rarly get chance to check it out, as have quite night at work doing it now. hee hee have finally moved house, but still very chaotic, so when can we come and visit as your student uni sounds sooooo much better than ours was. love and hugs, xxx

28th October 2004

response:

Hello stranger! ...at least stranger to this neck of the woods!

Hope to see you b4 chrimbo

xxxmuch love

name:

Kathleen

comments:

hi joseph,

dont know what happend that i found this site. its great to see how your live is going on-exciting! i still stay in switzerland...no mountains anymore... changed to downtown schaffhausen. got a great job, as second manager in a restaurant.

hey joseph, take care and wish you all the best for your future hugs kathleen

28th October 2004

response:

WOW!! I can't believe it's you!! We haven't had any contact since i left Switzerland, years ago!! So good to hear from you!!

If you see this message, please do email me, you can find my email address here, but don't forget to put the code "tgw" in the subject line.

Wow, it really is great to hear from you!

name:

Ruth

comments:

liking the site, the photo's from kingdom are so much fun, though despite being sober i don't remember posing for that one.

nice trousers too! and as a female i'm officially obliged to hate you as you look better in lingerie than i do. -_-o

see you in 'understanding japan' *shudder*

21st October 2004

response:

Hello hello!!

Thanks for you message!

... the photo… I think kathryn took that one whilst I was busy dancing like a monkey.

ah, yes, so you found The Daily Mumble eh (or was it just the photo albums)? I wouldn’t go reading that if I were you… dangerous stuff. tends to involve quite a lot of truth. rather bizarrely I find it a little disconcerting when people I know find it, as it’s private you know (quite how I can say that when I publish it on the www I’m not sure!).

ah, yes, my underwear, yes, I wouldn’t say that rocking around with a vacuum is a regular occurrence, but well, life’s for living, deshou…

anyway, I must get on with the kanji, they are dying to get out of the book and into my brain. See you sooooooon jaaa ne bai bai!

Joseph

name:

Shari (from OBC)

comments:

Hello from Tokyo, Joseph. Long time, no see. ;-) Tito and I are still here and I'm still at OBC. Things have changed quite a bit since you spent your busy season here. I can't recall if you were here before or after it was sold to a new owner. The office was moved to Kudanshita (a real craphole compared to Shinjuku) and business has been steadily dropping each year. Anyway, I'm glad to hear things seem to be going well for you. If you make it back here before we (Tito and I) finally pack things in and head home, you can embarrass us with your superior Japanese ability.

Best wishes,
Shari

12th October 2004

response:

Hello hello!

Great to hear from you! So you’re still in Tokyo eh? I’m hoping to come over next summer for a month or two, otherwise I won’t be touching down at Narita until summer 2006 when my year abroad (in a Tokyo university) starts. Finances are stretched as I went bankrupt last april having racked up about US$30,000 of debt! Still, living on a nice tight budget now, and have so far managed to save about USD$800 which is enough for the airfare for starters. So yes, hope to see you then!!

Where’s Mr. Darryl these days? I’ve not heard from him in a while.

Well, anyway, study of the Kanji started yesterday, so I really must get on and drive myself mad by drawing lots of little symbols and attempting to remember the 3000 different readings each one has!

Take care

Joseph

name:

jeremy and robin owens

comments:

hi joe just got hooked up on net hope you had lovely time at school reunion. did you take many photos? love jeremy.

Hey Joe! Slightly pink faced after seeing some long forgotten photos - great memories though. Was great to see you at the school reunion - haven't laughed that hard for a long time! Come and see us in sunny Exeter. Love Robin. xxxx

1st October 2004

response:

thanks guys! Yes, it was really great wasn't it - quite surreal seeing so many great friends after such a long time! I wasn't feeling terribly photographic that night so the photos are limited to the few found here.

I thought that those skits were absoltely fantastic - so much so that I requested the transcripts from Billy.

All in all a wonderful event, celebrating something that we all should feel justly proud of.

love, joseph

name:

Andrew Jason's dad

comments:

Hi Jo[s]e[ph]

Hope all is well with you and your family.

Just droping you a note to let you know that Jason "Wilf to his friends online" arrived in Bangkok and safely navigated his way through the airport scam artist. He paid £20 to get his head down in some posh hotel and says Bangkok is 1 big shhhh Hole, he can't wait to get out of the city, but I guess all cities have the same appeal :P

My wife Jude and I went on to London for the day after droping him at Heathrow. We were amazed at how efficient the underground network is and at how very few english people are actually in London, so I guess its quite simmilar to Bangkok in many ways. Someone said take all the foreigners and nutters out of london and there won'w be anyone left there.

We did see "the Old Woman, who walk's the streets of London and she did have her home in two plastic bags, as she rummaged for food in the underground rubbish bins. Made us both stop and think for sure!

Your site, as always, is a breath of fresh air Joe and may your next journey prove to be as fascinating as the memories you share with us on here.

Cya

Andrew

1st October 2004

response:

Thank you very much for yoru comments, very kind. You shoudl be very proud of Jason for what he's doing - takes a lot of guts. lets hope it turns out to be a fantastic adventure for him.

take care

name:

Jason Fletchers Mumble!

comments:

well here i go its 3am and very soon im heading for london to catch my plane shame u dont mention ya friends travels or have somewhere i can post :D so have to do it here

laters joseph!

here goes!

30th September 2004

response:

ah, Jason, the message I've been waiting for for a long time! There were times, I must admit, I doubted it would ever happen, but no, you've really done it, that's bloody fantastic! I hope you have a great time - I'm sure you will. Email me won't you - or why don't you set up a Blog - that's what Blogger.com's for (not TGW!)

Take care and I hope to hear from you soon

name:

James Hightower

comments:

I ran into this site by accident at work here in downtown Atlanta. The site looks interesting and I will pull some pages out to learn more about you, "Tame" and the section of England that fills most of these pages, I suppose. It looks very nice and I should learn something about young people in England and what your world is up to.

Here, my little "cottage" near the ocean in Panama City Beach, Fla., manage to dodge the four hurricanes that have hit Florida in the last two months. I've had a new bath and kitchen built into the place and even the roof top deck missed getting blown away. Panama City Beach is known as the "Red Neck" Riveria in the Deep South. But it has some very white sand and pretty green blue ocean. It's near Pensacola, Florida where all the U.S. Navy pilots train who fly off aircraft carriers. You may know that Georgia is known as the "Peach State" in the USA. But South Carolina actually produces many more peaches than Georgia. I'm not from South Carolina but that is a fact. I spent some time in London many years ago when the Beatles were hanging out there with studio recordings, etc. Showing my age but pleased to be here. regards, Jim Hightower

28th September 2004

response:

thanks for your message Jim, always good to hear that my site reaches a wide audience! Hope you continue to escape the hurricanes.

name:

Hunny Bunny

comments:

it's a very good site

25th September 2004

response:

see my response to Jane below...

name:

Jane

comments:

You have a cool site!

23rd September 2004

response:

Thanks Jane... but I wonder, are you a real person or some kind of spiderspider?

name:

Nexus

comments:

got told by wilf(Jason Fletcher)to sign this here book so here we go
hopefully he wont get into too much trouble while he's away but then again i guess he will :)

23rd September 2004

response:

you'll get yourself into trouble if you do what jason fletcher tells you to do! Nice to make your aquaintance anyhow Mr(s). Nexus.

name:

Jason Fletchers Mumble!

comments:

sup Jo[s]eph ya nutta

well feet healed and plans are in motion, got my visa

jus thought ya might wanna know i catch my flight to Bangkok on the 30th of september :D

buhbye UK!

22nd September 2004

response:

No way! I've been looking forward to hearing that from you for a long, long time! Congrats indeed, that's fantastic news, and I'm sure you'll have a great time. Just make sure you keep me informed, I want regular updates on all the trouble you get yourself into ok?!!

name:

Cathy

comments:

What a mess :) That's really nice site.

22nd September 2004

response:

Yes... One does worry about how these people manage to get access to the internet.

name:

Body jewelry

comments:

That's a prety good site! Do you like body jewelry?

22nd September 2004

response:

My, what an unusual name you have, such a unique spelling as well...

name:

Mrs Sankoh

comments:

I am Sankoh from Searra Leaon, i will like to discuss with you an important confidential matter only if you write me back through this my personal private address,then i will open up to you for the benefit of both of us. (sankohsankoh20@yahoo.com).

yours in the Lord,

Mrs Sankoh.

22nd September 2004

response:

Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk to strangers?

name:

Dan

comments:

Just spent the last half hour reading and reminiscing about our time/adventures in Scheidegg.

Ya know, sometimes I really miss that place, sometimes I shudder at the memory. Good times though.

Maybe go back for a visit some day, but as a guest, not an employee.

27th July 2004

response:

Dan Long time no speak!

I know exactly what you mean. Your message prompted me to have a read of our adventures... so many emotions associated with that place, crikey... I know exactly what you mean, shuddering and yet simultaneously longing to take that trip down from the 4th floor to the chocolate vending machine at the deserted, silent railway station. Deserted that is except for Pedro and a couple of other Portuguese...

Boy did we have some good times, and hellish times. That place completely changed my life in many ways (hey, it's because of our time there that next month I'm starting a 4-year degree course in Japanese studies!), I really am a stronger person for the experience. Anyone working in the same building as Mr. Eggen would be!!

If I ever make mega bucks I'll pay for a load of us to get together and have a skiing holiday there... somehow though I don't think it will ever be quite the same again. For a start the cow-shed where we held Cow-Hut Camp Fest has probably got a padlock on it now.

Shit, I've just beeen looking through the photos, makes me feel so nostalgic. So many memories attached to them all.

I think this one sums it up pretty well though, along with the story that goes with it...

Take care Dan,

Till next time we meet for a greasy Rosti mit speck und spiegelei!

Joseph

name:

The 1 and only Me!

comments:

GGGRRrrrrr @ all the comments u have written in your daily mumble about me...most is absolute bollocks!!

....Not 'risen to the bait' HAH was it not u who walks in 2 rooms & farts in my face (c'mon thats disgustin)...dribbles on my back...helps urself 2 my jaffa cakes then hides them from me (sooo very childish)...puts potatoes in my cereal just 2 c my reaction as i open the box... Yes that was all u joseph so i think u got back what u rightly deserved!! mwahaha but we all kno that it was not me who spilt water on your bed but you not being able 2 make it 2 the toilet on time...dam ur secrets now out....what a shame!!Who is the older & more maturer person anyway...!!!how old are u now 26...ooo its a hard life!!Its quite obvious that ive made an effect on u as im that special that u've written about the fun times we shared in ur mumble fingy...awwww & i bet u miss me!!

....you owe me 50p by the way...i wont 4get!!

Kisses Flora x x x x

4th July 2004

response:

Such a heated response - were my Mumble comments too close to the truth for your liking?!!

Tee hee.

Yes, despite you being a complete pain in the arse I must admit it was quite amusing having you around, although I wouldn't voluntarily go through the experience again.

Take care over there in Wales. Perhaps next time we meet you'll be able to do your shoelaces up without Melanie's help.

xx :-p

For photos of Flora, click here

name:

Peter (milton keynes)

comments:

John Y forced me to look briefly at your website yesterday. Today I had insomnia due to romantic stress, and was looking for something to make me sleep :-) So I came back and read some of your site. I think your website is very very nice. You clever thing.

22nd June 2004

response:

he FORCED you to look at it did he? You poor thing, isn't it dreadful what some people put you through...

I hope you're romantic stress is easing. Just don't let it lead you into spending £17,800 in a bid to sort it out as a certain Tame did last year...

It was really great to meet you. Milton Keynes is indeed a weird and wonderful place, and I look forward to my next visit.

Take care.

name:

Jason Fletcher('s Mumble)

comments:

well my trip to oz / thailand has been postponed

has something to do with me fracturing both my feet :P (jumping from a fence ... only 12 ft high)

20th June 2004

response:

Jason you muppet!!

No more jumping off walls ok, and I hope your feet mend quickly so you get out there and have a great Ozzie summer party whilst we're all freezing our arses off!