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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 2 Apr, 2009 03:07 pm
A bit of football trivia: Sven-Goran Eriksson was sacked today as Mexico's national football coach, a day after a 3-1 defeat in Honduras.
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 2 Apr, 2009 03:36 pm
@Walter Hinteler,

Maybe the Curse of Shilton will be visited on Diego Maradonna (a bit late, doubtless) after Argentina's result against Bolivia.
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The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Thu 2 Apr, 2009 06:25 pm
@McTag,
Quote:
I went to a concert tonight, Sibelius 5th and Four Last Songs (R Strauss).

I'm not a great Lieder man myself but I must say that the young woman made a pretty good fist of it.


Was it at the royal festival hall? I think strauss's four last songs is probably favourite piece of music, i saw it at the barbican in january.
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 2 Apr, 2009 11:45 pm
@The Pentacle Queen,

No, it was a Thursday concert at the Bridgewater Concert Hall, Manchester.

Not a sell-out, but a very enthusiastic audience who evidently love their R Strauss.
The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Fri 3 Apr, 2009 01:02 pm
@McTag,
Thats good to hear.
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 3 Apr, 2009 01:42 pm
@The Pentacle Queen,
Have you read Mario Praz's The Romantic Agony Queenie?
The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Fri 3 Apr, 2009 02:10 pm
@spendius,
No, should I?
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 3 Apr, 2009 05:24 pm
@The Pentacle Queen,
That depends on your penchant for agony.
McTag
 
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Reply Sat 4 Apr, 2009 12:08 pm

A gripping Grand National today, and a very good day for the bookies.
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The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Mon 6 Apr, 2009 04:55 pm
@spendius,
Quote:
That depends on your penchant for agony.


Well romantic agony seems like one big lol to me really. Is it real agony if you're getting pleasure from how aesthetically pleasing it is?
spendius
 
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Reply Mon 6 Apr, 2009 05:36 pm
@The Pentacle Queen,
The British Library has a copy Queenie. It's a bit tatty though.

Quote:
Is it real agony if you're getting pleasure from how aesthetically pleasing it is?


I can be as I understand things.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2009 08:19 am

Parky is right about Jade Goody and the media circus, in my opinion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7987426.stm
spendius
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2009 08:54 am
@McTag,
**** Parky--he's that chap who is so greedy for money, despite him already having quite sufficient of it, that he has prostituted himself in the advert for "leaving something for your loved ones" ( a free Parker biro for calling the number) to such an extent that one can only reach for the sick bag.

He represents the paltry and wretched in national life more than most.

McTag
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2009 03:13 pm
@spendius,

How do you know how much he's got?

Let him among you who is without sin, cast the first stone.
spendius
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2009 06:01 pm
@McTag,
I would have to be starving to do that sodding ad Mac. On the bones of my arse starving and even then I would be ashamed of myself.
The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2009 02:31 am
@spendius,
Yeah very true spends.
It's not exploitation if you agree to it.
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McTag
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2009 04:36 am
@spendius,

A man of principle, an increasingly rare animal these days it seems.

Actually I agree with you, and have similar thoughts about TV ads by the likes of Carol Vorderman selling iffy financial products to people who don't need them and can't afford them.
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2009 06:44 am
@McTag,
Everybody I know is disgusted with Parkinson. The public made him rich and famous and then he shafts them. And it's so mawkish and cloying too.
McTag
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2009 08:11 am
@spendius,

My point was about Jade Goody and the media circus.

Did it take a Parky to deplore the media fawning over a brainless, talentless, racist, charmless, know-nothing-and-proud-of-it Essex slag?

Poignant and brave as she reached her end, no doubt, but what was that all about?
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2009 10:24 am
@McTag,
I've no idea Mac. A safety valve to release pent up emotion maybe.
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