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>No wonder you seem intent on rehabilitating VB<

Poor oppressed *cattus cattus,* whoops,* *sorry, *felix felix.* Judged
without trial, and charged without crime. The whips and scorns of tyrrany
were ever thus.

On 6 June 2010 23:24, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Not convinced, I am especially suspicious of the weak literary reference
>> to
>> the poetry of T.S.Eliot *in his decline*  [Emphasis added]
>>
>
> Snob!  That characterization reflects the typical middle class English
> prejudice against light verse, a deformed sensibility which would elevate
> "In Memoriam" above "The Pobble Who Had No Toes" as the central tragic
> poetic text of the nineteenth century.
>
> No wonder you seem intent on rehabilitating VB.
>
> Who incidentally isn't technically the owner and exploiter of the Slam
> Poetry Master of Raynes Park.  VB's official address, to which I am reliably
> informed that he has returned since The Advent of Asher, is actually some
> houses down the road.
>
>           An Irascibled Rodent
>
>
> while I would suggest that if it is
>> true that VB has been taking on the CameronClegg then we have further
>> evidence of a feline of High Principle and Outstanding Moral Character who
>> is most cruelly used by his pernicious slave-master, the purveyor of Ready
>> Mixed concrete poetry and slum landlord of Raynes Park, the retired
>> wrestler
>> Taking the Mick McManus.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6 June 2010 19:22, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> We're talking about the same cat?  The one who has proudly displayed on
>>> the
>>> wall beside his kitty-litter box something resembling a dried prune and
>>> labeled "Macavity's Ear"?
>>>
>>> I have it on good authority that David Cameron wanted to extend the remit
>>> of ASBOs to felines, and was only dissuaded by Nick Clegg on the grounds
>>> that he'd received a missive to the effect, "We know where you live," and
>>> signed by a pawprint and the initials, "VB".
>>>
>>> I agree that list etiquette forbids the traducing of members who have
>>> been
>>> banned, and thus cannot reply in person, but as Vile Boris isn't, despite
>>> his formidable presence here, and never has been, a member of this list,
>>> I
>>> don't think this applies in this case.
>>>
>>> Why can't we talk about *nice cats, like Asher, is what I want to know.
>>>
>>> An Intimidated Rodent
>>>
>>


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