Thursday, August 28, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Lighten up, man...
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That's what he said to me - Hector - when I challenged him about the sleeping arrangements at Chez nous. 'I have needs - she has needs, so get real.'
I have also been exhorted to chill out. And, on one occasion urged to let it all hang out.
Where do all these expressions come from? America, I suppose. Still, you have to admit they are expressive, graphic; they do the job effectively, succinctly. And what more could one ask of language?
Perhaps I am just jealous of Hector - not just his command of the vernacular, but his command of Mrs Bulstrode.
Anyway, it's raining - and I have to get my own breakfast.
George
That's what he said to me - Hector - when I challenged him about the sleeping arrangements at Chez nous. 'I have needs - she has needs, so get real.'
I have also been exhorted to chill out. And, on one occasion urged to let it all hang out.
Perhaps I am just jealous of Hector - not just his command of the vernacular, but his command of Mrs Bulstrode.
Anyway, it's raining - and I have to get my own breakfast.
George
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Rent A Cause
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Let's join a Cause, Anna.
I'm feeling a bit pissed-off and I'm sure someone's to blame, somewhere.
I'm not fussy about which Cause: It could be one where you want to stop something from happening; or one where you want to 'save' something (or somebody); or a really grand one where you want to start your own religion or your own state - or both.
The advantage of a Cause is that you can get away with anything as long as it's 'for the Cause'; (As one political 'radical' put it to me: the end dictates the means. Behaviour that normally would be termed anti-social, immoral or even downright criminal is now judged only by it's expediency in furthering the aims of 'the Cause'. You can get away with murder - literally.
Do you have to be a fanatic before you join a Cause? Or does joining automatically confer fanatic status upon you?
I haven't got time to go into the niceties of this question, Anna. When in furtherance of a Cause you have to act decisively; none of this shilly-shallying over philosophical questions.
'After the revolution, the first to go are the old intellectuals'. Not only do you no longer need them - they are downright dangerous.
But wait - I've just had a better idea: Why not start our own cause? I am sure we would attract the disaffected masses, looking for somewhere to focus their angst - and their energy.
We could have some car stickers printed: Save The Ferret; Independence for Swindon; Back to Basics (we needn't be specific about what 'basics' we want to get back to - that's the beauty of this one: people could fill in their own 'basics'.
So what do you think, Anna? There may even be some money in it; not that I am interested in money - but every Cause needs funds!
Let's man the barricades.
George
Let's join a Cause, Anna.
I'm feeling a bit pissed-off and I'm sure someone's to blame, somewhere.
I'm not fussy about which Cause: It could be one where you want to stop something from happening; or one where you want to 'save' something (or somebody); or a really grand one where you want to start your own religion or your own state - or both.
The advantage of a Cause is that you can get away with anything as long as it's 'for the Cause'; (As one political 'radical' put it to me: the end dictates the means. Behaviour that normally would be termed anti-social, immoral or even downright criminal is now judged only by it's expediency in furthering the aims of 'the Cause'. You can get away with murder - literally.
Do you have to be a fanatic before you join a Cause? Or does joining automatically confer fanatic status upon you?
I haven't got time to go into the niceties of this question, Anna. When in furtherance of a Cause you have to act decisively; none of this shilly-shallying over philosophical questions.
'After the revolution, the first to go are the old intellectuals'. Not only do you no longer need them - they are downright dangerous.
But wait - I've just had a better idea: Why not start our own cause? I am sure we would attract the disaffected masses, looking for somewhere to focus their angst - and their energy.
We could have some car stickers printed: Save The Ferret; Independence for Swindon; Back to Basics (we needn't be specific about what 'basics' we want to get back to - that's the beauty of this one: people could fill in their own 'basics'.
So what do you think, Anna? There may even be some money in it; not that I am interested in money - but every Cause needs funds!
Let's man the barricades.
George
Friday, August 22, 2014
Less is more? Here's the shortest verse I have written.
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Responsibility
It was down to me
And Jimmy McPhee -
But Jimmy McPhee
Had gone for a pee -
So in the end, it was down to me.
Responsibility
It was down to me
And Jimmy McPhee -
But Jimmy McPhee
Had gone for a pee -
So in the end, it was down to me.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
I think we are maybe doing it too often - the dancing. Maybe we should be learning to crawl before we can walk, as English idiom goes.
Also maybe blog is too often.
I do not wish to sound a desponding note but sometimes a change is as good as a nod to a horse of a different colour.
What do you say?
Anna
Also maybe blog is too often.
I do not wish to sound a desponding note but sometimes a change is as good as a nod to a horse of a different colour.
What do you say?
Anna
Thursday, August 14, 2014
If you must split hairs...
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Ok. So I was assitant deep-sea diver. I worked for a small company responsible for anchoring some of the first wind- turbines off the North-Wales coast. My job was to lower the diver and bring him up - slowly, so as to prevent the 'bends'. I was also responsible for operating and maintaining the pump supplying him with air. I did my job so well that he never got the bends and was always properly supplied with air. This meant he was never off work, and because they only had the one suit I never got a chance to go down below. In the end I got bored, and left.
A scooter would be great - I like the idea. There is just the question of money!
Yes, tonight for the dancing. I will meet you at the usual place. By the way, you haven't got a spare tenner have you? Hector has just bummed £10 off me to take Mrs B out for a drink. You see, that's my trouble - too generous by half.
Anyway, let us shelve fiscal matters and take to the floor!
George
Ok. So I was assitant deep-sea diver. I worked for a small company responsible for anchoring some of the first wind- turbines off the North-Wales coast. My job was to lower the diver and bring him up - slowly, so as to prevent the 'bends'. I was also responsible for operating and maintaining the pump supplying him with air. I did my job so well that he never got the bends and was always properly supplied with air. This meant he was never off work, and because they only had the one suit I never got a chance to go down below. In the end I got bored, and left.
A scooter would be great - I like the idea. There is just the question of money!
Yes, tonight for the dancing. I will meet you at the usual place. By the way, you haven't got a spare tenner have you? Hector has just bummed £10 off me to take Mrs B out for a drink. You see, that's my trouble - too generous by half.
Anyway, let us shelve fiscal matters and take to the floor!
George
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
When were you the deep-sea diver, Georgie? This I have not heard before.
And also I wish to say I am proud of one's career in the adult film industry. Always my work (directed by brother Sven) is tasteful - and beautifully lit.
You must not listen to your awful half-of-a- brother. He is not to be trusted - he has tried it out with me in the past as you know - and has some dirty habits.
Yes, Thursday will be good idea. I have arranged for my friend Monica to stand up for me in the bar. Also Dave has offered to give me a ride on his scooter (even though new it is called a 'retro' scooter, which means it is designed on past nostalgic lines.) It is a handsome machine and I think it would be good idea for us to purchase such a scooter to explore English countryside. What do you say about this idea?
Looking forward to experiencing exciting thrum of powerful motor between one's legs.
Anna
And also I wish to say I am proud of one's career in the adult film industry. Always my work (directed by brother Sven) is tasteful - and beautifully lit.
You must not listen to your awful half-of-a- brother. He is not to be trusted - he has tried it out with me in the past as you know - and has some dirty habits.
Yes, Thursday will be good idea. I have arranged for my friend Monica to stand up for me in the bar. Also Dave has offered to give me a ride on his scooter (even though new it is called a 'retro' scooter, which means it is designed on past nostalgic lines.) It is a handsome machine and I think it would be good idea for us to purchase such a scooter to explore English countryside. What do you say about this idea?
Looking forward to experiencing exciting thrum of powerful motor between one's legs.
Anna
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The trouble with husbands
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'The trouble with husbands is, they are so possessive.'
That's my brother (half brother) Hector talking. He arrived here last night on his motorbike - panniers stuffed to bursting and a huge rucksack on his back. He's on the run again.
Mrs Bulstrode has given him the room over the garage - for a couple of nights only, so she says. You know how she fancies him. She's let him park his motorbike in the potting shed - there's no room in the garage; she has all her home-brewing equipment in there now. My own bike has been relegated to the coal house - empty of coal, but hardly the place to house a 'classic' bike.
Hector was having a look at the blog and he suggested we should have a 'political column' and - get this! - because I am 'politically naive' he would write it himself. What a cheek!
Yes, is it not amazing that we are doing the dancing. I mean, both of us have had chequered careers. I won't go into yours because I know you are trying to forget it. But me... I have been all sorts of things: ice skater, mountaineer, wall of death rider, deep-sea diver... to name but a few. And here I am on the dance floor. It just goes to show, doesn't it.
And yes, we should meet in the week for extra practice. I suggest Thursday?
Let me know
George
'The trouble with husbands is, they are so possessive.'
That's my brother (half brother) Hector talking. He arrived here last night on his motorbike - panniers stuffed to bursting and a huge rucksack on his back. He's on the run again.
Mrs Bulstrode has given him the room over the garage - for a couple of nights only, so she says. You know how she fancies him. She's let him park his motorbike in the potting shed - there's no room in the garage; she has all her home-brewing equipment in there now. My own bike has been relegated to the coal house - empty of coal, but hardly the place to house a 'classic' bike.
Hector was having a look at the blog and he suggested we should have a 'political column' and - get this! - because I am 'politically naive' he would write it himself. What a cheek!
Yes, is it not amazing that we are doing the dancing. I mean, both of us have had chequered careers. I won't go into yours because I know you are trying to forget it. But me... I have been all sorts of things: ice skater, mountaineer, wall of death rider, deep-sea diver... to name but a few. And here I am on the dance floor. It just goes to show, doesn't it.
And yes, we should meet in the week for extra practice. I suggest Thursday?
Let me know
George
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