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GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS… 1

GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS…

“Hi, I’m Giles Gordon. Families often have secrets – you always hear stories and rumours. No two families are the same. So this is my guide to Family Secrets…”

MY FAMILY

5 things that might make you suspicious:

Your parents using more than one identity
Finding out your phone is being tapped
When a family member disappears for weeks on end
When you find mouldy cheese in your fridge
Someone living in a sandcastle

“My family is certainly not your average family. But then whose is? My family consists of my mother Dorothy, Grampa and Me. At least that’s all I know of.

But there have been some things bothering me, niggling in my mind. Perhaps they’re family secrets but maybe I just imagine things.

For instance my Aunty Mae out West. Now where does she fit into the picture. I realise I have an aunty but I’ve never met her, know nothing about her and I’m stumped if I know where “out west” is!!

And how does the postman find her house? All letters that Mum sends her are sent to

To: Aunt Mae
Out West

GRAMPA

Grampa is a funny old guy. We get along okay but we’ve never really talked, if you know what I mean. He’s never talked to me about his past or his friends and when I asked him what he used to do for a job he dodged the question like I dodge the beach.

As for Dennis… who is Dennis? I have no idea why Grampa calls Dorothy, “Dennis!” This is puzzling but then, so is Grampa, he’s definitely a few sandwhiches short of a picnic! Most Grampas might sit and watch some sport on tv or go and play bowls but Grampa likes to knit all day. Yeah so some people take it up as a hobby but Grampa is really good!! He even knitted me a cake. A cake of all things!!

Mum has never really said much about her past either. She never mentions my Dad. I figure they met at college but that the relationship never really took off. I wonder if I’ll ever find out?

Who is “Big D”? Grampa and Dorothy have been visiting the Hell’s Bikers and I’ve heard “Big D” mentioned. This must have something to do with their past, before I was born because I’d know about it otherwise. And what does the “Big D” have to do with Mrs Vermont?

SOPHIE’S GUIDE TO TALKSHOWS 1

SOPHIE’S GUIDE TO TALKSHOWS

GUESTS

So what sort of people should be on a talkshow? All talkshows have themes. Previously there have been some guests who didn’t work out, such as:

“Oh no I’ve lost my voice” None of these guests said anything which caused a huge riot in the crowd. Funnily enough this actually boosted ratings and the next week the theme was “Oops I accidentally became involved in a riot on tv”.

WORST TALKSHOW EPISODES EVER!“The Invisible Man Family Reunion” This episode was listened to by millions but only seen by 9.

Another one was a talkshow hosts nightmare! All the guests had temperamental phobias of answering questions!

Plastic Surgery Special – A guest had lips that looked like kebabs but thanks to plastic surgery their problem was solved…until they appeared on the show, where the studio lights melted the lips beyond recognition.

Psychic Special – A guest had E.S.P and clairvoyant skills and answered all the hosts questions before they were even asked.

Body Odour – “My Feet Smell Like Danish Blue” – Unfortunately this show didn’t last five minutes. Within 20 seconds the crowd were gagging and fainting from the smell.

IS IT REAL OR IS IT FAKE?

There are often rumours that talkshow are fake – that actors – not guests – are hired to make the show. None of the guests on Simply Sophie are actors! Some of our much loved Sunset Covers have appeared as guests including Silver Lining and his arch rival and lover Bad Mood. Grampa has appeared when he claimed that Giles Gordon was an alien and Don found a potato chip that looked like Elvis!

One of my favourites was when Antonia appeared in front of an intergalactic live satellite hookup that covered 638 planets, and revealed her love of Mr Dorsey – classic!

GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS 2

GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS

THE VERMONTS

Commander Vermont, Mrs Vermont and Octavia. They seem like a well to do family with a good name in Sunset Cove. But I get the feeling there is more to them than meets the eye. Commander Vermont doesn’t seem to have a past. Who is he really and where does he come from?

Mrs Vermont thinks that Octavia “… can”t handle the truth!” but doesn’t Octavia have a right to know? Mrs Vermont says she’s trying to protect Octavia but I think she may be trying to protect herself.

There are a number of secret agents in Sunset Cove too. They must have families. But do their families know? Being a secret agent must be a tough job to keep secret – spy missions, secret documents, undercover operations, secret meetings.

I’m sure there are many more family secrets in Sunset Cove. We’ll just have to wait and see how many are uncovered.

Familiar family secrets

Your sister sneaks out at night to see her boyfriend
Your father is having an affair
Your brother is adopted
Your family won the lottery
Your cousin is an alien

GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS… 1

GILES’ GUIDE TO FAMILY SECRETS…

I’ve just started my own talkshow called Simply Sophie. I’ve always loved talkshows and talking and meeting people and it really is my forté. So I’m going to tell you everything I know and love about talkshows.

SIMPLY SOPHIE

5 unbelieveable talkshow topics:

Your cousin’s, uncle’s, sister is my lover!
My sister is marrying our family dog!
I lost 10,000 pounds in 2 weeks!
I survived 10 years on the moon.
I lived in a sandcastle all my life.

Simply Sophie was really Violet’s idea. I’d volunteered myself to be Teen-Moral Counsellor at school and Violet thought about turning it into something even bigger!

So Violet has been managing my career as a chat-show-advice teen-queen!

I like to do all sorts of stories, especially ones that cause a huge commotion – those ones are so fun.

THE HOST

Hosts of talkshows are often household names – some famous ones are Janola, Jif, and Scotchbrite. Prior to Sophie the only talkshow host in Sunset Cove was the Invisible Man. His talkshows didn’t go down too well, a number of complaints came in within minutes of his show starting complaining that they couldn’t see him.

THE AUDIENCE

The audience of a talkshow is usually a mixture of people but is it a real cross section of society? Are they just people wanting to have their five minutes of fame on tv. Perhaps they are hired hands or actors paid by the tv companies. I’ve even heard that aliens like to go to talkshows and sit in the audience and study up on human behaviour.

Talkshows cover all sorts of issues including Relationships (good and bad), Food, Lifestyle, Makeovers and Mind and Body.

Some talkshows focus totally on relationships and often the bad ones – there are some crazy people out there! But here at Simply Sophie we just like to tell the truth!

Sometimes the makeovers are great! And other times they should never have even started to think about trying to make themselves look any better. If you’re ugly then you’re ugly – just be happy with yourself.

BEANIE’S GUIDE TO GANGSTERS 2

BEANIE’S GUIDE TO GANGSTERS

THE TOP FIVE GANGSTERS IN SUNSET COVE

There are a quite a few gangsters in Sunset Cove but most of them keep a low profile – just doing their duty under the watchful eye of Mr Nite. He’s everywhere you know….

Here are the top 5

1. Mr Nite
2. Beanie Capone
3. Terry Soprano
4. Pomadoro Canelloni
5. S Pagetti III

The gangsters in Sunset Cove even have their own television station that shows only Gangster movies including Goodfellas, Untouchables, The Godfather, and re-runs of The Sunset Sopranos. There have been other Gangster shows that never made it to the screen – The Gangster Cooking Show and Fun to Learn with the Gangsters ABC.

Like most Gangsters the ones in Sunset Cove have a long history of earning a fast buck. In fact one of the first gangsters ever in Sunset Cove was S Pagetti – he invented spaghetti in 1582. He quickly saw what a lucrative business it was and wanted to expand. He started making children’s spaghetti shoelaces but soon found parents complaining because the children were eating them and their shoes were falling off.

His next venture was in concrete shoes which were a great success – he made a name for shoes that last forever! But unfortunately S Pagetti lost his life in a tragic accident – He invented concrete flippers and trialed them one morning of the coast of Sunset Cove.

BEANIE – A GANGSTER?

“I don’t think I want to be a gangster. From what I’ve heard they boss people around to get their own way and even make people disappear! I thought that only Magicians could make people disappear. I’m an individual and don’t think I need to be part of a gang and Giles says its not a good idea.