THE BRITISH THREAD II

By the way, spendius tries to be scathing but he knows I just ignore him.

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spendius wrote:

I'll tell you what Francis-

Yes, Spendi, tell me "what"...

spendius, in a pitiful attempt to get a raise, wrote:

I think flying to California to have a salad with c.i. is pretty damned eccentric and especially when you live in that city of wonders.

Is that at stake? In order to elucidate your muzzy memories, I was in LA for some business and, yes I flown from LA to SFO to meet, not only CI, but also beautiful "CAL", George, and all the other interesting humans beings you so lowly consider.

But I'm also very pleased to get back to Paris.

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And going in for sense deprivation in the desert when that very city has a world renowned reputation for sensual delight. And paying to do it too. That's seriously eccentric.

You are again behind the mark. As some in this very thread know already, I was there working for some oil company and they paid pretty good for the job...

If you think it is self-flattery, you have no idea what meeting Ayesha means to me and I'm not going to educate you...[/quote]

then,he wrote:

And it's eccentric to meet Ayesha and hang around. Perhaps your concept of Ayesha is not the same as mine. The real thing is a road-runner job. I suspect a little self-flattery is at work here

If you think is self-flattery, you have no idea what meeting Ayesha means to me and I'm not going to educate you.

then, trying to invent new definitions to fit his purpose, spendi wrote:

And distancing oneself from the mob is more or less the definition of eccentric.

My priorities and humour are just that way. Nothing to do with distancing from the mob. Not what you are persistently doing on this forum.

then, spendi wrote:

Here Comes Everybody (HCE) is a title sometimes used for Finnegans Wake. Not smiling at mob humour is an aloof condition and that's eccentric too. The extraordinary is in the ordinary and is found without looking.

Worn out platitudes..

spendi made me smile when he wrote:

The looked for extraordinary is very ordinary.

One could aptly apply this quote to your case...

but then, not willing to understand, spendi wrote:

It is useless to assert that I'm "oxymoroning" without saying why. Such statements are weightless.

You are doing the male display, according to Darwinian principles but you say I embraced them. What oxymoron is that?

Spendi, in a mood of vindictive memory, wrote:

And I remember you ridiculing myself and Cal for doing a series of posts on the Questions Game which we were perfectly entitled to do when no-one else came on the game which neither of us showed any sign of preventing nor wishing to. I think it fair enough to ridicule the ridiculous.

Poor you! Sorry if I dammaged such beautiful friendship!! Not sure, but it seems I got one with Cal...

then, on the contrary he is been doing since long,Spendi wrote:

What were the assertions I am asserted to have made and which you are advising me to put more conviction into. And I think that telling people what they need to do is eccentric as well.

You are constantly telling people what the reality and life is...

Spendi, assuming that he knows what I assume, wrote:

And try not to assume that you are the only one who has experienced the desert regions and other cultures and as for "dramatic" situations -"Get your knees brown".

Don't worry. Anytime I was in these places and situations, I was never alone...

Now, as in similar situations at your pub, and in order for me to be shot in flames, please proceed, but do it with class...

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spendius wrote:

I suppose it is a form of male display and, as such, fully in accord with Darwinian principles which I understood you embraced.

And we are in mixed company on here. Ladies like to see men do battle and if the side you seem to be representing here impresses them more than I do well- good luck to you. The sort of lady who is impressed by the polite mush of contactless sociability and rote learned pleasantries I wouldn't take to the wash-house.

That's what's happening here, is it? You're crowing on your dung-heap?

Well, it seems to be working a treat for you.

Oh I forgot, Smorgs has offered to wash your hair with Vosene. It's a start I suppose.

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Francis wrote-

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other interesting humans beings you so lowly consider.

Rubbish.

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This is the kind of drivel that enlightens the mobs.. I never even had a smile at this.

I apologise then for thinking that meant distancing yourself from the mob.

"Ayesha" has a specific meaning in English Literature.

There's no "mob" on this forum that I know of.

"Worn out platitudes" is just another empty assertion.

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You are doing the male display, according to Darwinian principles but you say I embraced them. What oxymoron is that?

We are all doing the male display. Not just me. Why just me? You are flying to California on business. You are in the desert working for some oil company. You are getting well paid. You are flattering people. You have met "Ayesha" and not bolted. And you slip in other stuff as you go. A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

They all fancy you don't they. Not me. It looks to me like you're on the display counter. Goodstyle. Not as good as Mathos mind. Nobody fancies me.

But you miss the point really. The fact that my "male display" is hopeless compared to yours does not mean I'm not entitled to do my own version which is what you implied. And that's counter to Darwinian principles. You called into question my right to say what's in my mind on a few things and you have no right to do that.

Count up the number of times derogatory labels have been stuck on me and compare it to the number of times I have done that to anybody or even everybody.

And- You are always alone. Doesn't Proust lay that on the line.

What's "class"? "....do it with class" is just a reverse assertion.

Mac wrote-

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You're crowing on your dung-heap?

Of course. Aren't we all? Look at you Mac with the Jena gig. You just used it to crow your decency and humanity and your empathy with the downtrodden unfortunates most of whom are probably in two-car families and scoffing 4,000 calories a day.

Do you not think that meeting other A2Kers inhibits the purity of debate? It certainly seems to be a minority interest.

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hello

anyone remember me?

got blocked out of the site for a few days

no idea why

anyway anything interesting happened? apart from Man U 2 Chealseavitch 0 yeah

I was in Norwich this morning. On a dual carriageway, a police car stopped in the offside lane. The policeman jumped out, ran across the reservation and pointed at a small black car travelling in opposite direction (slowly towards roundabout) with 4 women on board. He radioed for back up help...

A few minutes later i passed the site again, the car was surrounded by police and blue lights

Explanation...copper spotted woman driver using mobile phone. GOOD

I believe the road is still closed and all women in gaol.

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Spendius - When I told you do it with class, I expected you, instead of displaying you maleness, to display some logic.

You have been spreading assertions about my travelling which were evidently false.

When I disclosed some information about it, you resort to me showing off.

Haven't you some sounder arguments?

As for the Proust line, you could be right, but I'm also sure that I'm never alone with my loneliness...

And I do not go to pubs and other similar places to escape and compensate my loneliness...

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Steve wrote-

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anyway anything interesting happened? apart from Man U 2 Chealseavitch 0 yeah

Yeah. The ref sent a Chelsea player off for next to nothing, allowed a United attack to continue past whistle time, didn't send Wayne off for two very dirty fouls and allowed Saha's inordinately theatrical acrobatics to convince him to give a pen for a leg graze. He did give Wayne one yellow though so I suppose he only got one crate of champagne.

On this form United will top the Premiership which I think is what all refs consider right and proper.

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Hi, Steve!

Steve 41oo wrote:

I believe the road is still closed and all women in gaol.

The proper place for these women is in the wash-house..

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That's a disgraceful thing to say without these ladies having been convicted of anything.

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In addition, you are humorless, Spendi!

You just said you wouldn't go with them to the wash-house.

I would... Laughing

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I certainly did not say any such thing.

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The sort of lady who is impressed by the polite mush of contactless sociability and rote learned pleasantries I wouldn't take to the wash-house.

There is no evidence from Steve's post than any of those four ladies fall into that category.

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No, there's no evidence of such. However, am I allowed to infer that the use of such a tool as a mobile phone is evidence for "contactless sociability"?

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spendius wrote:

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I've heard that if you go to Burma, a military dictatorship by the way, with a tin of condensed milk you can easily prevent anyone saying anything to you even mildy abrasive.

Spendipus; You have been quacking like one of those stupid ducks on a big pond for days making as much sense as well.

We can all hear you, but nobody, but nobody, is taking a blind bit of notice. Quack quack quack quack quack.. It's obviously what you do best.
Probably it's the only thing you do!

Many a time in the mountains I have climbed high narrow ridges (My wife with me) some places these ridges are little more than a metre wide. one side of which is a high sheer cliff wall (Your rucksack has this habit of banging into it as well and you get thrown off balance from time to time) the other side is a sheer drop into the lush evergreen jungle, hundreds or even at times thousands of feet below you. There are gorges to cross, usually the mountain people have been very helpful and placed or felled a large tree so that it drops from one side to the other, then they trim the branches off and perhaps cut a few wedges into the same to make crossing in wet, slimy and windy conditions a little easier and safer.

We follow the Tiger tracks for days on end at times, for us, it's enjoyment. In your opinion we are probably mad! When the summit of such a climb is reached the panoramic view from the summit (there are a few reading this entry who have photographs from my collection of such places) is special. It's like you earned seeing such beauty. Talk about spectacular sunsets and sunrises, then there's the lying on your back and watching the stars at night.

You have no idea from your pond!

I have some experiences which one day (perhaps) I will put into print. In 1991 for instance I met Khun Sa and have a video recording of the meeting. Not many people can lay claim to such an experience. I have been very lucky.

I have met people involved in insurgency, the poppy trade, gun running, people trafficking, law enforcement, adventurers, mercenaries, soldiers, writers, missionaries, Doctors, lunatics and guides.

They all have one thing in common!

They appreciate a can of condensed milk. For you to even think of rubbishing the ritual would annoy them!

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There you go Francis. Match that for chest beating. I bet the ladies are all fair swooning away with fantasies of Mathos slinging them across the back of his steed and galloping off to some cave so that they can surrender to his superior machismo.

BTW. I'm sure ducks make perfect sense. Just because you don't know Duckese is no reason to think they are quacking rubbish. It's when humans start quacking you have rubbish on your hands.

You like travelling. He's been offering me a grand and all expenses paid to accompany him. I can't think why. I'd by crying after an hour. Whimpering even. Why don't you volunteer. You could confirm his descriptions. We only have his word for them as it stands. And we all know how much bullshitting goes on among strangers. "Little more than a metre wide" could easy embrace half-a-mile. Idi Amin used to fly a Jumbo out of Heathrow every week with a cargo of sugar to keep his friends loyal.

I 'd prefer smorgsie washing my hair.

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spendius wrote:

Mac wrote-

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You're crowing on your dung-heap?

Of course. Aren't we all? Look at you Mac with the Jena gig. You just used it to crow your decency and humanity and your empathy with the downtrodden unfortunates most of whom are probably in two-car families and scoffing 4,000 calories a day.

If you check back, you will find I did not do that. I just supplied a link to a newspaper article.
And your summary of that news item does you no credit, either.

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spendius wrote:

BTW. I'm sure ducks make perfect sense. Just because you don't know Duckese is no reason to think they are quacking rubbish. It's when humans start quacking you have rubbish on your hands.

I'm going to stop saving the stale bread for you!

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Francis wrote-

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In addition, you are humorless, Spendi!

I will admit to having a somewhat recherche sense of humour. Morbid even. It isn't to everyone's taste I know.

But I sure do do some tittering watching you silly sods presenting yourselves in the best possible light.

With me the best is in reserve in case I meet anyone. I would like them to feel a sense of relief on meeting me. With you lot, in the flesh, it must be one hell of a downer. They think Mel Gibson's arriving and you plonkers walk in.

And just like "Little more than a metre wide" could easy embrace half-a-mile, a business trip to California could range from signing a movie contract to having a tummy-tuck.

I would never have mentioned it. I would have had Cal think I had gone all that way just to meet her rather than her thinking she was just handy when in a strange town.

Mac wrote-

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And your summary of that news item does you no credit, either.

Don't blame me Mac. Blame those who had me sympathising with them so many times and then when the full story came out I found I had been had. You can't be had sympathising with the African stories. They don't wear out my sympathy with lies and assertions.

Your remark is an assertion too. I think directing attention to true and undoubted injustice is reasonably worthy and I thank you for providing the opportunity.

Here's another assertion-

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We can all hear you, but nobody, but nobody, is taking a blind bit of notice.

Is that true? Did I make anyone think of Africa just a teeny-weeny bit more.

But time presses and I need to escape from this pit of loneliness and despair I'm in and get off to the pub. I hope that middle-aged Lady who moidered Vic and me half the time last night isn't in tonight.

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Mathos wrote-

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We follow the Tiger tracks for days on end at times, for us, it's enjoyment.

That must be absolutely riveting. I can well see why you find test matches boring. It's because you can't watch yourself.

I trust you don't come across any actual tigers. We wouldn't want to see your posts come to a sudden and unexplained end now would we?

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Good moaning

pissing it down here.

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Morning, Steve! Lovely this morning here again (though not 26.5° as yesterday now)

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