fredthe3rd wrote:

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Did he know who you were?

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 Yes, I introduced myself. He was nice.

saw119 wrote:

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Just got back from the signing and, guess what, I couldn't think of anything to say. So he offered me a grape. The I didn't know whether to eat the grape of just hold it as we were still talking. Told him when I'd first seen them and he said 'What was I wearing? I wasn't wearing that stupid rabbit coat was I?' I told him he wasn't and then said how important Pulp had been to me. He signed my book, no special inscription :( I had ticket number 13 so I probably saw you blueowl. I was upstairs when he arrived with his girlfriend and their dog, a cute jack russell, and they looked soaked through, been pissing it down here today. It was all over in the blink of an eye but the time I spent in the queue was brilliant. Was queuing next to two young girls who had Jarvis setlist from Leeds, they were remarking on his handwritten notes on it. One of the notes was about the Heineken festival in 95 so I told them I ahd been at that show and one of the girls said 'I was two'. There were some moments when I felt very old in that queue!

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I was literally right behind you then! I was talking to those girls too (I asked them for a look at the notes just before we went inside and they told me how someone who was jealous deliberately tore the sheet) and was also upstairs when he first arrived.!  There were two guys in front of me so I figured one was you.

I didn't have a lot to say either.. I said 'alright!' and shook his hand. He didn't put anything special in my book, but he wrote something in french for my girlfriends mum (who lives in normandy) and he offered me a snack - I took a grape :)

A very good day, I was out of Waterstones by 17.55 or so! Although I could have done without getting up at 6 so I could start/finish work early!

fredthe3rd wrote:

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Did you make him agree to an interview? Did he explain why he wouldn't be interviewed for the book? Has he read the book? I know... too many questions...

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I wasn't about to get on his back about interviews and stuff. Apart from anything else I was number 248 in the line and he was still managing to maintain good humour, so I didn't want to risk rocking the boat! When I told him who I was he said he'd read a few bit of it and he thought it was "quite accurate", then he signed the book "Here's to Truth & Beauty... love Jarvis". Good enough for me.

blueowl0708 wrote:

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saw119 wrote:

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Just got back from the signing and, guess what, I couldn't think of anything to say. So he offered me a grape. The I didn't know whether to eat the grape of just hold it as we were still talking. Told him when I'd first seen them and he said 'What was I wearing? I wasn't wearing that stupid rabbit coat was I?' I told him he wasn't and then said how important Pulp had been to me. He signed my book, no special inscription :( I had ticket number 13 so I probably saw you blueowl. I was upstairs when he arrived with his girlfriend and their dog, a cute jack russell, and they looked soaked through, been pissing it down here today. It was all over in the blink of an eye but the time I spent in the queue was brilliant. Was queuing next to two young girls who had Jarvis setlist from Leeds, they were remarking on his handwritten notes on it. One of the notes was about the Heineken festival in 95 so I told them I ahd been at that show and one of the girls said 'I was two'. There were some moments when I felt very old in that queue!

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I was literally right behind you then! I was talking to those girls too (I asked them for a look at the notes just before we went inside and they told me how someone who was jealous deliberately tore the sheet) and was also upstairs when he first arrived.!  There were two guys in front of me so I figured one was you.

I didn't have a lot to say either.. I said 'alright!' and shook his hand. He didn't put anything special in my book, but he wrote something in french for my girlfriends mum (who lives in normandy) and he offered me a snack - I took a grape :)

A very good day, I was out of Waterstones by 17.55 or so! Although I could have done without getting up at 6 so I could start/finish work early!

-- Edited by blueowl0708 on Thursday 27th of October 2011 11:03:24 PM

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 I was a little ahead of those two blokes, got paired up with a lovely mum with kids at the same school as my son. Those teen girls were very...excitable! Do you know if they got their setlist signed? Oh, and it wasn't me who tore their setlist. Still it was great to see that Pulp/Jarvis can still attract new fans, he's old enough to be their dad by a long way.

superchob wrote:

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Can anyone decipher the small cluster of letters after the "Jarvis" of his signature? I noticed he did the same in a friend's copy, but he didn't seem to on an earlier sample I have from a few years back. Could it be an "oxo" (i.e. hug, kiss, hug)? Or something else? Is anyone's legible?

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 This has been puzzling me as well. I've had it upside down, on it's side ven the right way up, but as of this moment have no idea what that cryptic arrangement of lines is. Quality isn't great but anyone have any ideas?