On 28 Jul 2010 17:27:55 GMT, David <not@home.net> wrote:
>HMS Victor Victorian <victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote in
>news:59ku465708v78p24mr226uhqakaf8it38i@4ax.com:
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>> On 27 Jul 2010 16:39:52 GMT, Saga <not@home.net> wrote:
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>>>Thank you for the two super files - breathtaking stuff.
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>>>David
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>> Dear David,
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>> The name David has always been a favourite of mine, although I don't
>> recall any "Davids" in our family. I am also very fond of the boy
>> names Michael and Daniel and Christopher--none of which, strangely,
>> are represented in my line!
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>> So, dear David, you are quite welcome, as always. Thank you for the
>> nice compliment.
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>> Yours Most Sincerely,
>> V
>> God Save the Queen.
>> God Bless the Prince of Wales.
>> God Preserve the Windsors.
>> Rule Britannia!
>>
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>Thank you for your kind words. David is really my name - and looking
>through family records going back a long, long time I seem to be the only
>one so named. My father was a "preacher man" so I guess the name was chosen
>outside of family tradition for that reason.
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>You have mentioned boys names that you are fond of and as one of those is
>also dear to me, let me tell you about DT (Double Trouble) but also Daniel
>and Thomas. They are identical twins so close in looks that even their
>mother and father get confused as to their identity. Two peas in a pod can
>appear to be lots of fun especially to an outsider, but can be very
>frustrating to the individual whose identity is being confused with the
>other twin. They can also be as mischievous and naughty as any other boys
>and often are - twice as naughty hence the name I have given them! They
>have used their identical resemblence to their own advantage when it suits
>them - especially at school where they can duck and dive out of trouble as
>no teacher wants to punish the innocent one - or to get some leverage for
>their own ends.
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>I have known DT since they arrived - well, within an hour of delivery when
>they were pink, creased, toothless and yelling little boys. The delivery
>staff got so excited with the prospect of delivering twins that they forgot
>to put id bracelets on the new arrivals with the result that nobody knows
>which one appeared first.
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>Enough for now.
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>Kind regards,
>David
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How curious and amusing! As a teacher, I have had the opportunity to
teach ... and confuse ... twins, and know full well how they might use
their unique attributes to confuse a teacher or headmaster! I recall
one mother, who assigned different clothes to her twin boys so that
SHE could tell Tweedledee from Tweedledum. Of course, school uniforms
frustrated that remedy, and I am sure there was more than one
instructor who was tempted to affix some distinguishing flag to the
bottom of one of a twin ... with tack or staple, if need be!
So, let's raise our cups to Double Trouble ... long may they benefit
from their singular co-resemblance!
Sincerely,
V
God Save the Queen.
God Bless the Prince of Wales.
God Preserve the Windsors.
Rule Britannia!
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