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Half-English, half-French, half-Scots KC @ropewalklaw. Chair @NottmCityOfLit. Completing biography of Capt FC Dietrichsen.
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… not angry but mardi
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If your older brother is called Vince, one could say ‘you advanced to Vence with … ‘
#GetsCoat
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Vence!
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Tim Minchin also comes to mind:
“Respect people with less power than you. … I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful.”
The US President and Vice-President lacked any spirit of decency, hospitality or integrity. Bullies.
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Don’t follow - sorry.
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These are great, Clare - thank you
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I remember reading in the Colinton News about a young dog called Hamish who sired nine pups by a Dalmatian. A short piece that ended with the explanation that Hamish was a Chihuahua.
(As per the school report: ‘Stiffen up and aim high’)
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Ronsard, I knew but thanks for introducing me to Les Frangines. They are fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=srVy...
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Sure does!
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Ah, sorry to read that. A consequence of Éowyn?
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One is tempted to stay batshit crazy - but apparently bats don’t count either.
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"You were nice enough to recommend my mortuary to some of your friends, and now I have all these coffins on my hands, and I hate to see them go to waste" is one hell of a line.
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Yup. The violin is stirring (again) and the percussion just nudges it from being sad to serene.
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Strong 'Jungleland' vibes there:
"Man, there's an opera out on the Turnpike
There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops, Cherry-Tops, rips this holy night"
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Be an ass, laugh a lot, bray for a good time, laugh too much … hee-haw-larious!
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It’s the way he must have told them …
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Happy Birthday, James. (The mushrooms were great - like you say, keep it simple!)
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I am sorry for your loss, Dinah. That photo of Spangle outsparkling the tinsel shows a very special cat.
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Made my smile … thank you.
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‘Nithered’ is a new one to me too - not heard it in Notts, Norfolk or Northumberland. There seems to an additional meaning in auld/old Scots: www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/ni....
(For once Urban Dictionary does not have any ‘variants’: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...)
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“Nithered” - top word! I recently got ‘A Winter Dictionary’ that introduced me (at least) to the word “psychrophile”.
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I have a solitary leek in search of a good platter - thanks!
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How would you cook them, James? I’m thinking garlic and spring onions (green onions?) …