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« Reply #930 on: 11:03:17, 11-09-2008 » |
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... mumble mumble mumble squeak...
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...grump grump grump grump grump...
[stomp stomp stomp stomp]
[sound of kettle boiling, cereal poured into bowl]
[stomp stomp stomp stomp]
... mumble mumble mumble squeak...
[stomp stomp stomp stomp]
nom nom nom grumble grumble nom nom
mumble nom nom nom slurp grumble mumble
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
That's more of a grumpy old rant - but I know where you're coming from!  |
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« Reply #931 on: 11:10:54, 11-09-2008 » |
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After not sleeping well I woke up feeling rough again.
Mid-breakfast there was a rattle at my letter box (I was hoping it was another Walter Zimmermann CD) and I'm presented with two gentlemen wanting to know if I would like to talk about the Catholic church. Of course I was wondering which church they were from (they didn't say), was quite surprised they were doing door-to-door evangelising, was on one level quite happy to explain that I was a Christian and considered myself a member of the catholic church just not a Roman Catholic, but it just came out as 'No thank you, but I hope that you have a good day' and I went back to my boiling egg (shhh! you weren't going to tell anyone about that!)
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« Reply #932 on: 11:47:55, 11-09-2008 » |
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After not sleeping well I woke up feeling rough again.
Mid-breakfast there was a rattle at my letter box (I was hoping it was another Walter Zimmermann CD) and I'm presented with two gentlemen wanting to know if I would like to talk about the Catholic church. Of course I was wondering which church they were from (they didn't say), was quite surprised they were doing door-to-door evangelising, was on one level quite happy to explain that I was a Christian and considered myself a member of the catholic church just not a Roman Catholic, but it just came out as 'No thank you, but I hope that you have a good day' and I went back to my boiling egg (shhh! you weren't going to tell anyone about that!)
I bet they were Jehovah's Witnesses. They don't like the Catholics in particular because of what they consider their idolatry and worship of graven images - i.e. symbols. I suppose they could have been Mormons though except that the ones that go from door to door tend to be American. |
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« Reply #934 on: 12:21:32, 11-09-2008 » |
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I must confess I had no idea Valery Gergiev was a Jehovah's Witness. Most of them shave more often than he does. |
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« Reply #935 on: 12:28:21, 11-09-2008 » |
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Yes, you are absolutely right about Yehovah's Witnesses being well shaved people. I don't know why Georgiev can not get into the same habit. I think he is a good conductor, but I would not run to listen to him perform. It is a mystery to me why some people become so famous. Also Netrebko is struggling here and I don't like how she sings this particular aria. Zar's Bride is one of my favourite operas. I don't know this opera, but I know this aria. http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgfpMmZIKo |
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« Reply #936 on: 12:35:16, 11-09-2008 » |
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t-p, you might find careful study of this link useful for some of those 'mysterious' posts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony |
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Green. Always green.
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« Reply #937 on: 12:38:44, 11-09-2008 » |
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Aha! Suddenly everything suddenly becomes clear to me! (see what I mean?) ((see what I mean?)) (((see what I mean?))) |
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« Reply #938 on: 12:39:08, 11-09-2008 » |
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Oh good grief. I was marking an essay yesterday that could have usefully referenced that article... |
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« Reply #939 on: 12:41:24, 11-09-2008 » |
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I was marking an essay yesterday that could have usefully referenced that article...
Not more of your "dark sarcasm in the classroom"? Hey! Harmonyharmony! Leave those kids alone! |
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« Reply #940 on: 12:42:48, 11-09-2008 » |
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Green. Always green.
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« Reply #941 on: 12:52:11, 11-09-2008 » |
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Fascinating. I am unfamiliar with sarcasm, of course.
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« Reply #942 on: 12:55:10, 11-09-2008 » |
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Fascinating. I am unfamiliar with sarcasm, of course.
Example 6 - Leveling. Example 6 - Leveling. |
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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Milly Jones
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« Reply #944 on: 13:05:27, 11-09-2008 » |
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I can pretend sometimes that I don't understand too. Actually you do that an awful lot of the time.  |
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