elag wrote:
>
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > elag wrote:
> >
> > > > > I could always go for "down home" expressions like: "dagnabit",
> > > > > "Consarnit" and "tarnation". Those just roll off the tongue.
> > > >
> > > > Grizzled old prospector time?
> > >
> > > I was thinkink about farmers, but prospectors make an even better image.
> > > I'm thinking about those old California prospectors known as sourdoughs.
> > > I love San Fransisco sourdough bread. I read that the old sourdoughs
> > > would start their sourdough fermenting by spitting in it!
> >
> > Huh, that's the last time I eat Californian sourdough! :O) I heard the
> > same thing about Chinese food... it almost put me off... almost!
>
> I'm sure it's only real sociopaths that do such things these days. I'm
> still going to eat sourdough bread (had some today) as well as Chinese,
> Thai, Mexican, Senegalese and even English (love those pork pies).
>
Oh dear. My wife loves pork pies too. I, however, once ate one in a pub
and was violently ill for days afterwards. It could have been the beer
or the pie, but my body will not allow mew to eat another... or even
smell them sometimes!
> > > I say if it's bigger than you, stand on a chair. But watch out you
> > > don't hit your head on the ceiling.
> > >
> > Heh! I once tried climbing up the stairs and leaping from the top but it
> > was too quick for me!
>
> I guess it's back to the wool mill with you, then.
Yeah, at least that way I could just fall on it!
>
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > They must rake people in with OCD!
> > > > >
> > > > > Probably... check out the film "Wiseblood".
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm haven't heard of that... have to do a search
> > >
> > > It's by John Huston, BTW. imdb.com is a good place to start.
> >
> > Righto! (wonder if me local library has it in? I'm just finishing a book
> > of Peter Cook's sketches and comic articles)
>
> I haven't seen much of him except a bit in Blackadder. He has a swell
> website though.
well, he's kind of dead. That Blackadder bit was funny though, specially
when the ghost is trying to tell everyone that Edmund killed him. His
was a particularly British humour but apparently he went down well in
the US, just not as well as his partner Dud.
--
Paul. (This machine will, will not communicate)
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