Old Fritz book giveaway

Due to an error on my part, I ordered two copies of Der Alte Fritz in 50 Bildern from an Amazon trader in Germany. I tried cancelling the second order immediately but the company seemed to be operating along Schlieffen lines. Once the order was placed, there was no stopping the trains, even though the train wouldn’t depart for a number of days so to speak. I would have to wait for the goods to be posted, then when they arrived send them back for a refund!

I’m sorry but we appear to have accidentally invaded Belgium.

S** that for a game of soldiers. If I’m going to the post office to post the book it may as well go to someone who’ll appreciate it, ‘free, gratis and for nothing’.

If any of (either of?) the blog’s registered followers would like it, add a comment in the usual way by Saturday 1August 12:00 BST, and I’ll post it to you. In case there’s more than one person who would like the book, include with your message a suggestion for the following conundrum. The suggestions will be used as a tie-breaker. Judging will be completely subjective of course.

Years ago on a work trip to Berlin I turned into Unter den Linden in search of the Berlin Zinnfigurinen shop. Who should I come across walking the other way but His Majesty King Frederick II. No one in the street seemed to take any notice of the man. I have no idea whether this was some sort of actor in a tourist role or advertising stunt, a ghost, or a kind of auto-suggestion arising from my mind associating the location with the King. I searched for some appropriate words to say but nothing came and the moment passed. So what, dear reader, should I have said to the apparition?

I’ll announce the ‘winner’ next weekend.

Sample of one of the pics.

Any similarity to the process for giveaways on Prometheus in Aspic is purely intentional.

This is going to be harder than I thought. I’ve already had some cracking suggestions already from the east of England and western US.