Frog is a tad nonplussed. He's been running two externally funded reading projects projects (Book Off and Booked If I Know) for the past couple of years. Up until Mary's retirement she held the purse-strings and had to approve all expenditure. Which is why there hasn't been much, as nearly all the ideas he had were "too expensive." He did manage a "very expensive" launch for the projects, involving a performance poet who offered a mad big discount because he enjoys coming over here, but aside from that, nada.
Frog's received a letter from the funding agency today asking why none of the money's been accounted for and asking for a statement of expenditure by 1st April. So he asked Maisie how much money was left uncommited in that budget...
If you see somebody driving a Maserati full of stuffed pink elephants you'll know where he's been working.
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I guess Frog being a tad nonplussed is a step better than being a tad pole. (sorry. couldn't resist)
Poor frustrated Froggie!
Frog could rename this event "Throw Away Your Accounts Books and Read Some Proper Ones".
"Booked if I know" is a great expression. I'm going to use that at work next time someone asks me a silly question
Naughty Wendy! (-:
eyeball: ah, but he's out of the traps now and can spend, spend, spend, just so long as he does it in the next two weeks.
Gadjo: you'll be winding up that Madame DeFarge. Don't say I didn't warn you.
nursemyra: we've been using it with gay abandon
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