THE BRITISH THREAD II

Sometimes I wonder which planet Spendy inhabits. That song is better known than Auld Lang Syne or Happy Birthday to You.

you think he might be an alien?

It would explain quite a bit

Come on you Celts. Get intae them Fergies's Wallets.

Hey Mac-- I bet the shadow Chancellor wished he had listened to me on the subject of jaunts in exotic locations.

Celtic looked like a mid-table Championship team.

Hey--this is good

HM Queen has announced with a bit of a fanfare that, due to the Credit Crunch, She is "reluctant" to splash out on a new evening gown. She is going to have one made out of some old material She had been presented with somewhere or other.

So get her indoors learning to darn socks.

Comments about Celtic and the Queen noted- I read them all, you know.
I don't see her Madge as a seamstress.
As for the football, no contest. You could probably buy Celtic Football Club (est 1888) for the cost of ManU reserves.

Has anyone else seen the moonlight this morning? Fabulous

Boys and girls, come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day
Come with a whoop, and come with a call
And come with a good will, or not at all

I've got a quiz question for you later, Spendy. Or indeed for anyone.

Utd were far the better team, as Strachan was generous enough to observe.

moon. Well last night I had to go out. But the car is being fixed. So I cycled down the Lea Valley and along the towpath. On the way back...the moon had not risen, it was terrifyingly dark. There was no sound apart from squarks and general animal noises. I met a badger, I dont know who was more surprised.

Anyhow the river was covered in mist, and there was a fantastic star-scape. So fantastic that i spent a fraction of a second admiring it...and nearly came to a cold dark watery end. Brrrrrrrr. Fortunately there was a pub round the corner.

I think I'm becoming an adrenaline junkie in my old age. Sometimes I even like dangerous traffic...because its dangerous.

Well, let's talk about again in 15, 20 years then.



My driving was so much better then,
I believed in traffic laws, men
And I was so much older then,
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young

I always thought how my father became much more sensible as he got older.

Here's my question. I'm so enjoying the book I'm reading at the moment, I copied a bit out for its exuberance and historical insights.

From which book, do you think? I know it's not a fair question, unless you happen to recognise it straight off, but clues will be given if required.

"….they glance from their frames with an aloof and high-souled melancholy which is both haunting and enigmatic. Tilly, Wallenstein, Mansfeld, Bethlen, Brunswick, Spinola, Maximilian, Gustavus Adolphus, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Piccolomini, Arnim, Koenigsmark, Wrangel, Pappenheim, the Cardinal-Infant of the Spanish Netherlands, Le Grand Conde. The destroying banners move about the landscape like flags on a campaign map: the Emperor’s haloed double eagles, the blue-and-white Wittelsbach lozenges for the Palatinate and Bavaria, the rampant Bohemian lion, the black and gold bars of Saxony, the three Vasa crowns of Sweden, the black and white check of Brandenburg, the lions and castles of Castille and Aragon, the blue and gold French lilies. Ever since then, the jigsaw distribution of Catholics and Protestants has remained as it was after the Peace of Westphalia."

Could be about religious wars, the Thirty Years' War, Prussian or German history, ...

The Use of Lists as Padding by Professor Heregrab A. Holdozees. PhD. OBE.

Easy Ways to Get to Sleep by Dr Sven Vanks. Night of the Garter.

A glib answer often disappoints.
This author has no need of padding his text.

In pictures: Have a great laugh at these great Australian sport failures

I saw a good deal of the India Australia match. It is difficult to see how their bowlers will ever get a good side out twice on standard pitches.

Go on then Mac. I give up. ..."….they glance from their frames with an aloof and high-souled melancholy which is both haunting and enigmatic " is not the sort of expression I would likely have ever seen.

And flags on a campaign map are always stiff and stuck out because of what they are made of and flags on a battlefield flutter in the air.

I was kind of hoping to spin this out a little further, with hints from me where needed, but if no-one wants to play then I'll tell you.
I'm reading the book now and it's such a delight, and is a classic of its kind.

Be that as it may Mac and I feel sure you are right but in the pub tonight they introduced Walker's New "Turkey and Stuffing" crisps with a notice reading "Credit Crunch flavour. Only 40p."

As I feel not all that unlike a turkey being stuffed at this time I thought it quite witty.

That was a better joke than your one about the water-filled lady-likee.

In my humble opinion.

It was a good deal easier to understand I will admit Mac.