
Bill Quinn was sitting having his ritual cup of peppermint tea in Fine Earth Foods at Woodford Folk Festival when a postie came into the venue and started attempting to deliver letters.
To people.
He sought out the recipients by announcing certain characteristics like a writer from Sydney (“Hello!”) with blue eyes (“Strike one!”)
And then someone with odd socks.
What could possibly be happening? What was this specifically non-specific form of delivering items of mail?
After an intrepid search through the back-blocks behind the Holy Cow chai tent, we managed to find Roger the Postie who explained all.

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And as mentioned in the rambling intro, and to Roger off air, the whole shebang gave a strong resonance of Jacques Tati inĀ Jour de Fete.