tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post6586628161237756968..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: In Whose Name?hatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-29292715024861313962009-04-11T04:38:00.000+01:002009-04-11T04:38:00.000+01:00HG: Indeed, but what if they've all knocked for fo...HG: Indeed, but what if they've all knocked for for Easter? The belt and braces approach might be more effective.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, may I take this opportunity to wish a happy Easter to all our readers, watchers, snoopers, taggers, recorders, analysers, paranoids etc etc... At least you will be aware of what ordinary people think instead of what your "superiors" tell you to think.Nomadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-77635761298135733942009-04-10T18:32:00.000+01:002009-04-10T18:32:00.000+01:00"A spouse is for life, chosen as such. And is the ..."A spouse is for life, chosen as such. And is the fastest crib to another person imaginable." Jesu, then you must take a particularly dim view of Toni Blair.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-12420844781240830532009-04-10T13:59:00.000+01:002009-04-10T13:59:00.000+01:00Snot fair Scrobs, the continentals get all the che...Snot fair Scrobs, the continentals get all the cheering and flag waving and hats thrown in the air jollity.<BR/><BR/>The English are always told to get out of the way or we'll whack you, let the important people past to have another meeting, dinner, private shindig.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to sing 'Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light' and I wanted to sing 'And did those feet in ancient times' (much more uplifting than that 18th century dirge). For that matter I would have enjoyed 'Rule, Britannia!' and Bobby Shafto. We could have done Waltzing Matilda, and 'Allons enfants de ma patrie', done chorale perfection with Tannenbaum - all fine singing stuff in the world's number one sing-along-feeling-lovely venue but greedy Brown was keeping President Obama held close to his swollen-bodied self.<BR/><BR/>President Obama would have enjoyed himself much more with us.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-7926547765651084802009-04-10T13:46:00.000+01:002009-04-10T13:46:00.000+01:00Were we not assured, warned even, Nomad, that ever...Were we not assured, warned even, Nomad, that every thought we have is uploaded as it falls from our minds onto our keyboards and passes under the scrutiny of the CIA? Don't tell me that we are competing for their attention. Surely at least MI5 (or is it 6?) is reading us all already?<BR/><BR/>That's the problem with constant surveillance. It's only as good as what it can manage to survey, catalogue, and retrieve. The shame of it, not even reaching a Lives of Others threshold. Poor Angels.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-5150022440745522812009-04-10T09:15:00.000+01:002009-04-10T09:15:00.000+01:00Thoughtful piece - as usual.Someone should email i...Thoughtful piece - as usual.<BR/><BR/>Someone should email it to the US Ambassador for onward transmission. You never know (given that Obama clearly has little or no time for our Great Helmsman) you might even get Hilary to respond!Nomadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-12064167465289770312009-04-09T21:43:00.000+01:002009-04-09T21:43:00.000+01:00Hats, that's a good piece, I hadn't thought of all...Hats, that's a good piece, I hadn't thought of all that detail. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>It'll all change when he gets home though, Obama that is, not Brown the Failure.Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-26450752831132628032009-04-09T12:32:00.000+01:002009-04-09T12:32:00.000+01:00Do we not learn a great deal from looking at spous...Do we not learn a great deal from looking at spouses, D? Gush, you're right, it's odious. But physical appearance, body language, dress, intellect, manner, manners, failings.<BR/><BR/>A spouse is for life, chosen as such. And is the fastest crib to another person imaginable.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-59351061080713986182009-04-09T11:47:00.000+01:002009-04-09T11:47:00.000+01:00"We would have liked to see you and the First Lady..."We would have liked to see you and the First Lady, Mr President." Suit yourself, but I think that the American gush about the First Lady - any First Lady - is odious.deariemenoreply@blogger.com