I have been having fun with The Office of H.H. The Dalai Lama this week!

I phoned, to see if he had been given my book, "Hugo and Fluffy Tales" yet, and if anything would be sent to me.  Hilarity ensued!

They knew the name of my book, so that was a good sign.  But I heard all of this rushing around, and feet running, and rustling going on.  Shouting in Tibetan, except for the words "HE'S NOT IN HIS OFFICE!!!"

Then, they finally thought to put me on hold.........cheesy music then!  "She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" tinkled at me.   For 5 minutes!!!

Finally...."He's not in.  You will have to call back later."  "Who should I ask for?"  "mumble mumble"  "When will he be there"  "Tomorrow"  "What time tomorrow? "  "Same time"  "ok.  Bye"  "Ok Goodbye"

I called back.  Was transferred to The Grumpy Mail Guy!!!!

He started yelling, "I TOLD you that His Holiness was presented with your book, and he said NOTHING!!!"

I told Grumpy Mail Guy that he'd not told me that, but just to wait.  So he reiterated that The Dalai Lama had been presented with my book, but said nothing about it at all.  But, The Dalai Lama DID put my book into his personal library!  The book, and my covering letter were now in The Dalai Lama's quarters!

I asked the GMG to email me, to confirm this, and had to painfully spell out my email to him.

Then, the line went dead, just as I was trying to thank him for having sent my book on!

I called back, and got a regular person, and told him that I wanted to thank the whole office staff for having given my book to The Dalai Lama.

I still, several days later, don't have an email form the GMG.  I plan to phone again in a while, and beg......

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