I dont know
My mind's a blank
I am so sorry Moominpappa wasn't made president. He promised us a
new tomorrow, you know; and it was quite nice this morning. So!
L
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Sent:Wed, 7 Nov 2012 09:51:01 -0700
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I sort of recall them being on sale in the bookshops here, but never
knew anyone who actually read them. This was some time ago....
Funny? Who thought so...?
Doug
On 2012-11-07, at 6:20 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
>
> I don't find them very funny myself and don't know any who does
>
> There is a film from many years ago -- mid century - that was
mildly
> amusing with Ian Carmichael I think and Alastair Simm
>
> I have an occasional liking for Simm, and that may be an
> Englishperson's response, but...
>
> It's all largely an oddity to me
>
>
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics"
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> Sent:Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:58:12 +1100
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>
> Am I right in thinking that Stephen Potter and his Lifemanship
books
> are enjoyed mainly within the British Isles, and that Americans,
> Canadians, Australians…would not find him and them very funny?
>
> M Richards
>
> On 07/11/2012, at 1:34 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
>
>> Hope the dire results were not ingested, Patrick. For
miasmatically
> you can certainly claim coinage; spontaneously, I note in a recent
> acquisition from one M Richards, was a memorable signing off
flourish
> mentioned by Stephen Potter in Lifemanship, as in Yours
spontaneously.
>>
>> Cheers, Bill
>>
>> On 07/11/2012, at 11:18 AM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>>
>>> FRIDGE
>>>
>>> his fridge
>>> poetry fridge
>>> had sadly
>>> spontaneously
>>> defrosted itself!
>>> with the direst
>>> results imaginable
>>> and the contents
>>> have definitely
>>> miasmatically
>>> gone off!
>>>
>>>
>>> pmcmanus
>>> r213
>>> I just love miasmatically!!
>>>
>
>
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