Like it.
David (who has been showing a non-shouting and shockingly well-behaved
foreigner, Mark Weiss, around the sights today. He particularly liked the
mediaeval church of St Mary de Castro (where Chaucer married) - he wanted
me to tell people that)
On 2 June 2010 08:56, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> STUCK
>
> here he was
> old pensioner
> in south London
> stuck in a queue
> in a supermarket
> in depression
> when suddenly
> loud and clear
> he heard
> behind him
> a pained voice cry
>
> ‘for fanden jeg kan
> ikke holde ud at være her
> et øjeblik længere
> skal vi ikke snart hjem?’
>
> and he was
> transported back
> fifty years
> to Copenhagen
> and his heyday
> and he suddenly
> smiled
>
>
> pmcmanus
> q669
>
>
>
> translation for the few here
> that do not speak Danish
>
> ‘bloody hell I can’t
> bear to be here
> a moment longer
> shan’t we soon go home?’
>
--
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"Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
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