No, no
I was just waffling because your answer was better than anything I could say
associated thought -- a steve bell cartoon
Margaret Thatcher to Edwina Curry (cabinet minister, once in bed with John
Major)
THATCHER: what do we do when we are caught out, Edwina?
CURRY: Talk bollocks, Prime Minister?
THATCHER: Excellent, Edwina. Let's practice talking bollocks
Apologies if I have quoted that before. It give sme comfort in my twilight
years
L
On Wed, March 7, 2012 18:30, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> But that was not a dull drive. Whatever else it so obviously was....
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> Doug
> On 2012-03-07, at 6:43 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>> A day dreary on both sides of the planet! Oh dear. I had an email from
>> a friend in Mum Buy in India. He sounded bored.
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>> Dullness at 3 out of 4 of round earth's imagined corners, or was it
>> coroners?
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>> But now all is changed. That's splendid detail.
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>> L
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>>
>> On Wed, March 7, 2012 15:36, Andrew Burke wrote:
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>>> 1) I have a wooden leg and she was checking for Dutch Elm disease;
>>> 2) I am the grandson of Douglas Bader and she often checks my leg
>>> pulse; 3) I added that detail to add spice to a dreary day.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Andrew
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>>>
>>> On 7 March 2012 20:28, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>
>>>> your leg?
>>>>
>>>> tell us more
>>>>
>>>> it's very dull here
>>>>
>>>> i've been fiddling with my own leg for over an hour
>>>>
>>>> L
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>>>> On Wed, March 7, 2012 14:21, Andrew Burke wrote:
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>>>>> Between you, me and the fence post, my wife is a dreadful driver
>>>>> -
>>>>> nervous and indecisive ... and doesn't enjoy it at all. However,
>>>>> she fiddles with the CD player, the air con, the windows, and my
>>>>> leg as I drive ... Ha ha, watch out!
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 March 2012 20:09, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the day may come when Andrew's lady drives him…
>>>>>>
>>>>>> meanwhile mine buys the car and lets me drive - while she is
>>>>>> busy on the iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Max
>>>>>> (glad not to be driving in the US)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/03/2012, at 10:49 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Manhattan poor Max how awful far away from Melbourne -hope
>>>>>>> you survive P concerned Anyway why doesn't she drive you??
>>>>>>> humff
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
>>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>> Behalf Of Max Richards
>>>>>>> Sent: 07 March 2012 11:41
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: snap: change yr tune
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ring of truth, every so quietly. I'd drop the 'I' maybe.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Max in Manhattan momentarily
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 07/03/2012, at 7:25 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I got in the car,
>>>>>>>> backed out of the garage, drove up the drive. The player was
>>>>>>>> pumping out Miles Davis *On The Corner.* Picked up my wife
>>>>>>>> at the front door. She started in to tell me how to drive,
>>>>>>>> where to turn, *slow down!, don't play* *that music so
>>>>>>>> loud!* I ejected Miles
>>>>>>>> and played *Spanish Guitar.* She said,* Who's that?* I said,
>>>>>>>> *John Williams*.
>>>>>>>> She said, *Segovia is better.*
>>>>>>>> I hit a speed hump.
>>>>>>>> She said*, Slow down.*
>>>>>>>> I said, *Don't repeat yourself,*
>>>>>>>> and drove into the carpark to park in an easy bay. She said,
>>>>>>>> *There's
>>>>>>>> shade* *over there. Why didn't you* *park in the shade over
>>>>>>>> there? * I said, *So you wouldn't have to*
>>>>>>>> *walk so far, dear.* She huffed,
>>>>>>>> then said *Thank you* ever so quietly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>>>>>>> http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
>>>>>>>> BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
>>>>>>>> http://etextpress.com/books.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>>>> http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
>>>>> BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
>>>>> http://etextpress.com/books.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> Lawrence Upton
>>>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>>>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>>>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>> http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY
>>> BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and
>>> http://etextpress.com/books.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Lawrence Upton
>> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
>> ----
>>
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Latest books:
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> Wednesdays'
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> The day will come when this will be given as a curious illustration of
> the blindness of preconceived opinion.
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> Charles Darwin.
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Lawrence Upton
Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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