Giles Andreae upper second class degree. In 2006 Andreae worked alongside Blunderbus Theatre Company (Nottinghamshire) to adapt his story "Giraffes Can't Dance" to bring it to stage. The company toured this story across the UK. Purple Ronnie is a cartoon character used in greetings cards, T-shirts and other merchandise. Drawn in a simple stick man style with a smiley face and a large oval body, Ronnie is usually shown as a comic poet, the cartoons' rhyming captions being written in a simple style and including mild taboo language. Purple Ronnie cards were first sold in 1987. The character was later used in
Rust Craft Greeting Card Company piece of paper into a card by folding it into quarters. Rust was soon joined by his brother Donald. Fred then began to focus more on the creative and sales aspects of the company while Donald managed the manufacturing and finances. In time, the offerings would grow to include cards for holidays including Valentine's Day, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, and Thanksgiving. In addition, cards were produced with bon voyage and travel messages, and even cards with messages in Braille. The brothers eventually retired from the book store and moved to Massachusetts to focus on the greeting cards. At first the