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  Sent from my BlackBerry

  From: David Crutton

  To: Janice Crutton

  Sent: 11 January 2009, 16.05

  Subject:

  Hi Jan—they’ll be calling my flight any minute, but I wanted to check in before I leave. If I make my connection at Dulles, I should be back in London first thing tomorrow. Thought I’d go straight to the office—you guys won’t be home anyway—but I’ll definitely get away early.

  We parted on poor terms, but please can we make a fresh start? I really want to put last week behind us. I’ll even go to prenatal classes. How about it?

  Love to Noah and Tamara. And to you.

  Sent from my BlackBerry

  From: Janice Crutton

  To: Paula Sterling

  Sent: 11 January 2009, 16.18

  Subject:

  Hi Paula—really sorry to bother you on a Sunday. I know you’ve got a house full of relatives, but I need you to pass on a message to David. Just paste the text below onto a new e-mail and add the usual preamble and sign off. Thanks and sorry again—Janice x

  Ms. Crutton wishes to inform you that, at the age of forty-five and being in possession of two children already, she knows all she needs to know about pregnancy and labor. You, however, having been a non-attendee at the births of said children, might find the prenatal course to be instructive.

  From: Ted Berry

  To: David Crutton

  Sent: 11 January 2009, 16.21

  Subject: Re: GIT

  Yo geezer. You won’t fucking believe this. Writing e at 2000m strapped to hang glider! !Phones are the dog’s bollocks. You’re never fucking offline. Great news on GIT. Look forward to debrief. Gotta go. Just spotted thermal. Beattie’s at 3500m. Can’t let the cunt beat me to new Brit alt. rec.

  Sent from my !Phone

  Monday

  Mood: lilac. Or paisley. No, definitely lilac. OMG, it’s so hard to decide, isn’t it?

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 08.48

  Subject: Ted

  Ted sprained his ankle in a hang-gliding incident at the weekend and needs to keep his foot on his desk to minimize swelling. Can anyone who needs to see him please schedule meetings in his office?

  Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Assistant to Ted Berry

  From: David Crutton

  To: Ted Berry, Caroline Zitter

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 08.50

  Subject: I love the smell of new business in the morning!

  Let’s touch base on my trip to VA. Ten minutes? Ted’s office, I guess.

  From: Caroline Zitter

  To: David Crutton

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 08.51

  Subject: Out of Office AutoReply

  I am in Brighton with my twins, attending Tot Tycoons: Leadership Skills for Under-Fives. If you have an urgent request please contact my assistant, Milton Keane, on milton@meerkat360.co.uk

  From: Dotty Podidra

  To: David Crutton

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 08.53

  Subject:

  Morning! Didn’t expect you in so early. Thought you might nip home first. Did you have a good flight? And do you want coffee?

  From: David Crutton

  To: Dotty Podidra

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 08.54

  Subject: Re:

  Coffee would be superb, thank you. Excellent flight. Landed early so I got in a stint at the gym. Did a series of squats and ab crunches that would make a Royal Marine puke up his immune system. I sense it’s going to be an excellent week.

  From: David Crutton

  To: Donald Gold

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.00

  Subject: new assignment

  G’day, Don, and what a beautiful day it is too. Don’t you find the wind chill truly invigorating?

  I spent the flight from VA configuring an elite team to handle GIT. I reached the conclusion that you are the ideal pick for senior account director. Should you take this on, you will direct activity across all GIT brands.

  I trust you will take up this offer. It reflects the confidence that the partners and I have in you.

  From: Dotty Podidra

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier, Milton Keane

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.03

  Subject: bosses are mad

  DC’s in a really good mood and it’s scary. He’s bouncing around singing “Somewhere Only We Know,” but a sort of 120bpm hienergy version. Think I prefer him when he’s Mr. Grouchy!

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Dotty Podidra, Milton Keane

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.04

  Subject: Re: bosses are mad

  TB in foul mood! Sprained his ankle AND dropped his iPhone from 5000 feet. He wants me to write letter of complaint to Apple because it wasn’t shock-resistant!

  From: Milton Keane

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier, Dotty Podidra

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.05

  Subject: Re: bosses are mad

  Who knows what sort of mood CZ is in? Haven’t seen her since November! She’s probably feeling empowered. And possibly quite enlightened. V excited this morning. Going to see my lawyer at 10.00 re Milton vs UGG. Should I wear my lilac Cerruti tie (with matching hankie) or the psychedelic paisley? I’m veering toward the lilac, but will it make me seem a bit gay?

  From: Dotty Podidra

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier, Milton Keane

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.07

  Subject: Re: bosses are mad

  Warning! According to her sec, your lawyer is schizoid. Probably too long married to DC! Definitely the calming lilac. The jazzy paisley might send her off on one.

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Dotty Podidra, Milton Keane

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.08

  Subject: Re: bosses are mad

  Definitely not the Cerruti, Milton. The psychedelic paisley clearly says “fashion adventurer” and it’s crucial that your lawyer understands you’ve always been at the cutting edge of design, even when you were eight.

  From: Milton Keane

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.10

  Subject: tie

  Are you sure, Sooz? I’m in such a dither here.

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Milton Keane

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.12

  Subject: Re: tie

  Absolutely positive. Dotty is perfectly lovely, but (strictly between you and me) who are you going to take style tips from? A girl who wears kitten heels even though her ankles are way too fat, or a Gaultier?

  From: Milton Keane

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.14

  Subject: Re: tie

  Paisley it is. Lilac’s definitely gay. Gotta go. Wish me luck!

  From: Liam O’Keefe

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.17

  Subject: Interns?

  Any interns free to walk my dog? Thick trousers recommended—he’s a biter.

  From: Neil Godley

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.26

  Subject: Am I going bonkers ...

  ... or did there use to be a copier next to the men’s room in the basement? I’m sure it was a Xerox BookMark 55 (with very handy fax option). Can anyone advise? I need to copy 128 time sheets ASAP.

  Neil Godley (Accounts)

  From: Donald Gold

  To: David Crutton

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.34

  Subject: Re: new assignment

  Hi David. I’d be thrilled to work on GIT. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Let me know when you’d like me to make a start. And hopefully it will involve plenty of trips to Virginia. I’m keen to rack up the air miles!

  From: Ted Berry

  To: Creative Department

  Sent: 12 Janua
ry 2009, 09.39

  Subject: Project

  Our first GIT briefing is at 11.30. It’s an exciting project and also a top-secret one. Susi will be round to get your scrawls on the confidentiality agreements.

  From: David Crutton

  To: Donald Gold

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.40

  Subject: Re: new assignment

  No time like the here and now. My office in 5 and I’ll take you through the first brief. We’ll be talking to the Creative Department at 11.30.

  From: Ted Berry

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.43

  Subject: New Face

  I’m chuffed to bits to announce the arrival of Mr. Fraggles, who will take up the new position of Clown in Residence. Mr. Fraggles has worked in circus and street theater and he is a veteran of countless children’s parties. His skills in juggling, mime, conjuring and slapstick (he’s a former European Custard Pie Champion) will give the Creative Department a vital and distinctive edge. Please join me in welcoming him to the team.

  eBay.co.uk

  Xerox BookMark 55

  Item specifics: nearly new B&W copier with handy fax option. 55 cpm. Worth over £10,000 new. Would suit medium-sized company with need for reliable highspeed copier. Or slightly warped individual with need to paper his/her walls with pictures of arse.

  From: Bill Geddes

  To: Liam O’Keefe

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 09.54

  Subject: Fido

  Came up to see how your weekend was, but was driven away by the vicious bastard chained to your desk leg. What the hell are you doing with a pit bull, Liam? Is it a Lorraine substitute? Or, along with the clown, another of Ted’s off-the-wall hirings? Or have you just gone completely mad?

  And while I’m in question mode, how was your weekend?

  From: Sally Wilton

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.03

  Subject: Police

  The police will be in shortly to investigate the missing copier (and sundry other items). Please make yourselves available should they wish to talk to you.

  From: Liam O’Keefe

  To: Bill Geddes

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.04

  Subject: Re: Fido

  He’s called Marcus Licinius Crassus (after the Roman general who defeated the slave army of Spartacus, obviously). I won him in a card game (against a Dalston chav with an OU degree in ancient history). Don’t let the snarling put you off. He’s a softie (unless you cross him). No interns took up my offer, so going walkies now. Might be some time.

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Ted Berry

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.10

  Subject: GIT briefing

  Bit of a problem. Nearly everyone has refused to work on GIT. They say they won’t do tobacco products. Only Zlatan, Adrijana and Harvey Harvey have signed the confidentiality agreements. I can’t find Liam. Shall I ask Yossi and Mr. Fraggles to make up numbers at the briefing?

  From: Ted Berry

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.12

  Subject: Re: GIT briefing

  Go round the department again and remind the sanctimonious twats that the money I pay them gives me ownership of their consciences. Round up Yossi and Fraggles. And find Liam. Tell the fucker that after the Winter Sun fiasco, he’s on a yellow card. He’s a sixty-a-day boy. He’s not going to turn down free snouts.

  VOICEMAIL:

  Liam, Susi here. Ted says you absolutely have to be at the GIT briefing. No excuses. And he says there are free cigarettes. Disgusting habit. The sooner you kill yourself with them the better as far as I’m concerned.

  From: David Crutton

  To: Ted Berry

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.16

  Subject: Re: New Face

  Mr. Fraggles? Explain.

  VOICEMAIL:

  Sweet message, Susi. Tell Ted I’ll be there for free ciggies. As long as they’re not gay menthol.

  From: Ted Berry

  To: David Crutton

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.32

  Subject: Re: New Face

  1. You’ve seen Ocean’s 11? Like Danny and Rusty, I’m putting together a crack team of specialists that covers all possible bases.

  2. You won’t be carping when Mr. Fraggles wins a D&AD gold for Best Use of Spinning Bowtie in a Consumer Campaign.

  From: David Crutton

  To: Ted Berry

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.34

  Subject: Re: New Face

  Sorry, George Clooney. See you at 11.30.

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 10.44

  Subject: interns?

  Any interns free to change Ted’s bandage?

  Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Assistant to Ted Berry

  From: Conchita

  To: Harvey Harvey

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.04

  Subject: need lovin’

  I am gorgeous bubbly teen who want make chat with you. Reply and we have good times. conchita@gotmail.com. My plump breasts ache to be touch.

  From: Harvey Harvey

  To: Conchita, Carmen, Britney, Daniela, Roxette, Brigit and 553 others ...

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.13

  Subject: Re: need lovin’

  Hi girls! I can’t keep up with all your chatty e-mails, so I thought I’d send you a group reply. I can’t believe how many lonely girls there are out there. You need to get together and make friends. There are loads of chat rooms for teenagers. Or maybe you could start your own. I’m sure there are enough of you! Also, I notice that most of you complain about breast discomfort. I checked out some women’s health sites. I found a couple of excellent ones.

  www.bignaturals.com

  www.boobster.net

  On boobster in particular there are some pictures of extremely swollen breasts, so I’m sure there’ll be helpful information there. Anyway, you all have each other’s e-mail addresses now, so you’ve got no excuses. Go on, get chatting!

  All the best

  Harvey Harvey

  From: Róisín O’Hooligan

  To: All Staff

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.21

  Subject: Chav Central

  I’ve got a bastard in Burberry who says he wants his dog back. He’s holding Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, but I suspect it’s not so much reading matter as an offensive weapon. It’s precisely because of fuckers like him that I left Cork, so will someone get him out of my face? Please!

  Róisín

  Reception

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Liam O’Keefe, Harvey Harvey, Zlatan Kovaćević, Adrijana Smiljanić, Yossi Mendoza, Mr Fraggles

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.24

  Subject: GIT

  The briefing is about to start. And if anyone sees Liam (who’s not around, as usual), tell him Ted says he HAS to be there.

  From: Dotty Podidra

  To: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.31

  Subject: Milton

  He just rushed by my desk in floods. Wouldn’t say a word. Now he’s locked himself in CZ’s office. What should I do??

  From: Susi Judge-Davis-Gaultier

  To: Dotty Podidra

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.32

  Subject: Re: Milton

  Got to do cookies and beverages for meeting. Be up as soon as I can get away.

  From: Dotty Podidra

  To: Paula Sterling

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.31

  Subject: what happened?

  Milton has just arrived back very upset. What happened with him and JC?

  From: Paula Sterling

  To: Dotty Podidra

  Sent: 12 January 2009, 11.33

  Subject: Re: what happened?

  Not sure. JC’s been in vile m
ood all morning. Had her door shut since your friend left and isn’t taking calls. He did leave with a very wobbly lip. BTW, is he gay?

 

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