[Groop]Autograph policy

[Jason Roberts]

I missed my chance at meeting Terry Pratchett. He was
in Cleveland, Ohio a couple years ago. could have
tried to sell him a signed groo card... na, I went
through too much trouble finding a frame for it.
--- Mark Brown <mark@6thebrownhouse.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
>    >>> Think about why you get items autographed. 
> When I get autographs
> (and it is my favorite occupation at conventions), I
> do it because:
>    >>> 1.  It gives me a good excuse to approach
> these creators and strike
> up a conversation, even if it is brief.
> 
> 
>   I once had the very good fortune to meet Terry
> Pratchet (Prolific author
> of the really rather good The Discworld Books) at a
> book signing and
> immensely enjoyed chatting to him for the couple of
> mins it took him to do
> me a little doodle and autograph the book - and he
> genuinely seemed to take
> great enjoyment from doing it !
> 
>   This is the guy who up until a few years back
> guaranteed that he would
> personally reply to anyone who took the trouble to
> write to him.  The story
> goes that he was motivated to do this after he
> received a signed letter from
> JRR Tolkien, many many years after he had sent the
> original letter.   TP has
> apparently had to give this practise up as he was
> drowning - not surprising
> considering he currently holds (or held - cant
> remember where I saw the
> article) the somewhat dubious title of "The Worlds
> Most Stolen Author".....
> 
>   What was really bizarre about the whole meeting TP
> thing, was that I was
> chatting to a young guy who was in the queue behind
> me and we happened to
> get talking about Lord of The Rings (it was a long
> queue) and this guy who
> must of been about thirteen or so, said that he
> hoped Tolkien would
> autograph his prized and cherished copy of Lord of
> the Rings one day......
> There was a lengthy pause in our conversation as I
> asked myself if he was
> being serious and upon deciding he was,  weighed up
> the pros and cons of
> telling this poor guy that considering the
> circumstances that this was a
> rather unlikely prospect... what with Tolkien having
> died in 1973 (?) and
> all.... but I did tell him - gently - but it still
> broke the guys heart
> !!!!!
> 
>   The whole thing rather put a dampener on the whole
> warm fuzzy feeling you
> get when you finally meet someone you really
> admire...  When the photo Mrs B
> took of me and Rolf Harris actually came out, I
> realized just HOW much I
> loved my wife....  She maintains the jury was out
> while the photo was being
> developed.....
> 
>   I was idly chatting to the aforementioned Mrs B
> the other day and
> mentioned that as we have relatives in San Diego and
> that considering I may
> get to be in Vegas around the same time as the Con
> on business - Mid July
> right ? -  and as SD is practically next door to Las
> Vegas (a mere 258
> miles) - it would be really cool to just pop along
> in my inconspicuous
> orange Groop T-Shirt, say "Hi !" to our relatives
> and then add something
> along the lines of  "can I crash at your house and
> then disappear for two
> days ?????"    After all I said.... it would only be
> polite...  and  I
> said - having carefully planned this conversation
> beforehand... some
> original artwork - purchased from the actual artist
> would look great on the
> wall of the Nursery !!
> 
>   "..... hmmmm......" said Mrs B immediately
> smelling a rat and mentally
> totting up just how much money I may spend if left
> in such a playground
> without a firm restraining hand. "Just remember that
> you will be a Dad by
> then and will have more important things to spend
> our money on than silly
> comics!""    Ackkk....!!!!      Mind you she prob
> still hasn't forgiven me
> for telling her to wash her hands before handling my
> Signed Groo PC #1......
> or.. it could be because I am actually serious about
> wanting ' Tiberius' if
> its a boy....   <sigh>... must be the hormones.
> 
>   M.
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