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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:44 am
Liverpool scallies make the news, and not in a good way:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6717793.stm

This is a welcome antidote to "our fans are the salt of the Earth, hearts of gold" and all that crapo you hear from time to time.
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The Pentacle Queen
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 07:47 am
Blurr. Football.

What does anyone think of Damien Horsts platinum diamond encrusted skull?
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 08:31 am
I'd have one on my mantle piece.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 08:45 am
Actually it is of no interest to me whatsoever, excepting its monetary value. It makes no statement of any sort, good bad or indifferent. Mr Hirst's arrangement of old teeth platinum and sp3 bonded carbon is of less interest than its component parts. It is a waste of time and effort in both arranging it, looking at it, and worst of all, mea culpa, writing about it. And yes I'm not feeling particularly well disposed towards junk art like this, having just re considered the death of Alexander Litvenenko.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 11:55 am
The Pentacle Queen wrote:
Blurr. Football.

What does anyone think of Damien Horsts platinum diamond encrusted skull?


I believe it's called "For The Love of God!" because that's what his mother said when she heard what he was working on.

As an art critic, I think she's spot on. It's right up there with Tracey Emin's littered, unmade bed. But at £50m (did I get that right?) it's a tad more pricey.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 12:47 pm
The Pentacle Queen wrote:
Blurr. Football.

What does anyone think of Damien Horsts platinum diamond encrusted skull?


Maybe I'm missing something but I just can't help but think, "What a waste of diamonds." Rolling Eyes

Do you approve?
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:22 pm
Dorothy Parker wrote:
The Pentacle Queen wrote:
Blurr. Football.

What does anyone think of Damien Horsts platinum diamond encrusted skull?


Maybe I'm missing something but I just can't help but think, "What a waste of diamonds." Rolling Eyes

Do you approve?
Did you know you can burn diamonds? Literally set fire to them. Try it for yourself.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:32 pm
No you can't.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:33 pm
DP wrote-

Quote:
Do you approve?


I approve of anything legal that anybody can get away with.

Referring back to DP's "I'll write how I damn well like" statement I had a sniff around and found James Joyce saying this-

Quote:
And so help me the devil I will write only the things that approve themselves to me . . . So damn Russell, damn Yeats, damn Skeffington, damn Darlington, damn editors, damn free-thinkers, damn vegetable verse and double damn vegetable philosophy.


It sounds like he might have gone on with the statement in an unprintable manner.

So DP and Mr Hirst can take some comfort from that.

Assuming they can understand Finnegan's Wake that is.

Mr Joyce's last words were-- "Doesn't anybody understand?"

You could be famous DP. Just get stuck in a bit harder.
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:35 pm
Well done spendius!
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Dorothy Parker
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:36 pm
I actually read that last post of yours and I must confess, it was not dull.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 01:43 pm
Dorothy Parker wrote:
No you can't.
yes you can. But to get a decent fire going, you have to start with the small ones. Chuck on the big rocks later.
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 02:01 pm
Can you do it with firelighters and kindling Steve or do you need one of those gizmos they have at MIT?
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Mathos
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 02:21 pm
You suckling little arsehole!
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spendius
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 03:13 pm
Now that's what I call a compliment! Love it!

Fits perfectly with my member profile don't you think?
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Mathos
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 03:21 pm
I'll give you that!
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 05:03 pm
spendius wrote:
Can you do it with firelighters and kindling Steve or do you need one of those gizmos they have at MIT?
you need a gizmo.

Like a bunsen burner. (Whatever happened to them btw? Children loved to play with asbestos mats and bunsen burners, dear oh dear the older I get the more I sound like mathos, or is it spendius...) anyhoo

if you think about it, diamond is only carbon. So is charcoal, and that burns pretty well.

Now if mr Hirst grilled a sausage using a pile of diamonds, that would be worth eating.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 05:36 pm
bloody hell you've all gone a-boo boos

damn just when I was looking forward to a good argument

oh well always tomorrow, later today

In the meantime, what do I do with 3 middle aged Canadians arriving on Friday?
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 11:24 pm
You should be well in practise by now.

We're getting two Aussies this evening, en route from the Lakes, and they will be visiting York and Liverpool while they're here.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jun, 2007 01:09 am
Calling Smorgs!

Where are you, your Smorgliness? Saving up for a diamond skull?

(Thinks.....Why is that phrase reminiscent of Henley-on-Thames?)

Mwah! Mwah! xx
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