General Style 

1 Never write a brief, definitive statement: Ramble, dance around a point that you never actually reveal, write in riddles and then double back again 

2 Refer to examples that you have not mentioned before – as covered in point one 

3 Always equivocate or, at least, sometimes 

Emails 

4 Never say what you want the recipients to do, and make sure there are lots of them by copying everyone you can think of – also blind copy some others just for good measure 

Show you are The Expert 

5 Include a phrase in Latin – or any IT/buzzword/jargon words and acronyms to show you are far more intelligent than anyone reading it – the more of these the cleverer you are 

Pre-Reads for meetings 

6 Send them out with an attachment that has nothing in it – as no-one ever reads them no-one will open it and you can just make some stuff up at the meeting 

Proposals for Customers 

7 Go on and on about yourselves and and how brilliant you are as a company, long before you say what you can do for them, which you can include as an afterthought – if there’s room  

Above all – Enjoy Yourself! 

With my love and best wishes

David  

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We’ve all been in a meeting when an idea is suggested that is so ridiculous it causes silence, mockery or out of hand dismissal.

Well, imagine this:

A group of acting ‘unknowns’ – their word not mine – get together and have a very unusual, crazy and impossible idea – ‘let’s make a musical about Operation Mincemeat.’

This was a true World War II deception plan conducted by British intelligence in 1943. The outcome was to mislead the Germans about the Allies’ intended invasion of Southern Europe. The plan involved the use of a deceased homeless man, Glyndwr Michael, as a fictional British officer carrying misleading documents.

The body was given a false identity as Captain (Acting Major) William Martin of the Royal Marines. The documents suggested an impending Allied attack on Sardinia and Greece rather than the actual target, Sicily. The Germans fell for the ruse, redirecting their forces away from Sicily, which played a crucial role in the success of the Allied invasion and the subsequent liberation of Italy, while saving hundreds of lives on both sides.

OK – but a musical – with comedy, based on war? Come on! – let’s all go and have a lie down.

In every walk of life, there is only one way to find out if something is impossible – do it and see…

And that’s exactly what the newly formed And that’s exactly what the newly formed SpitLip did.

Starting out in small fringe theatres with a virtually blank stage – they decided to see if it was indeed impossible.

Only to discover it…eh…wasn’t.

After many years of no money, false starts and dead ends, SpitLip are now in residence at The Fortune Theatre in London, with five star reviews, standing ovations at every performance, and a small group of massively talented actors becoming very known indeed.

So, next time someone tells you that your idea is ‘impossible’ – just smile, say a polite ‘thank you’ and know you may well be onto something….

With my love and best wishes to SpitLip and to you all

David
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Everything We Need to Worry About Today…

With my love and best wishes to you all

David

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PS ‘If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system’.

Wayne Dyer