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« Reply #5160 on: 00:33:08, 05-08-2008 » |
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Okazaki Fragment, 16 months old, now says "Thank you."
Or something like it. At the appropriate time. Which is something.
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« Reply #5161 on: 11:08:11, 05-08-2008 » |
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Sweet! ...tinyrj... mostly just says "No, no, no, you're doing that all wrong you fools!" Or something like it  Daddy had a go at feeding from a bottle yesterday though, which was pretty special. There were ten minutes of spluttering, gargling and spitting, then Miri stopped dead still, staring into space with the most woeful look you can imagine. "So that's it," she said, "Mummy's not coming back and I'm stuck with your incompetency. Better make a go of it I suppose." And with that she guzzled the rest of the bottle in one go.  |
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« Reply #5162 on: 12:29:37, 05-08-2008 » |
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Sounds very coy. It is, and I don't know any gay man who would use the term today. But I assumed Jan meant it in a friendly way. There are plenty of celebrity/artist heartthrobs who are fancied by gay men as much as by straight women*, but Mark Padmore is most definitely not one of them: I think we're all quite happy to leave him to his hordes of female admirers (I really can't imagine what you all see in him!!!). (*I'm no admirer of Ian Bostridge myself, except purely for his artistic talents, but I certainly saw the joke when a friend described him as 'appealing to older ladies of both sexes'.) In the bell ringing world there is the "Friends of Dorothy Society" which consists largely of gay bellringers. (see also the Wikipedia article on the general term ) |
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« Reply #5163 on: 12:44:23, 05-08-2008 » |
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I'm afraid that perennial tea-on-keyboard problem recurred thanks to this gem from the Wikipedia article referenced by David: In the early 1980s, the Naval Investigative Service was investigating homosexuality in the Chicago area. Agents discovered that gay men sometimes referred to themselves as "friends of Dorothy." Unaware of the historical meaning of the term, the NIS believed that a woman named Dorothy was at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel. The NIS launched an enormous hunt for Dorothy, hoping to find her and convince her to reveal the names of gay servicemembers
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #5164 on: 12:46:54, 05-08-2008 » |
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PW, you beat me to it! I was just about to paste that very same paragraph, and ask whether it was wrong that I found it so funny |
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen,
Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #5165 on: 12:47:31, 05-08-2008 » |
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Coffee, in my case, PW |
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« Reply #5166 on: 12:50:30, 05-08-2008 » |
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In the early 1980s, the Naval Investigative Service was investigating homosexuality in the Chicago area. Agents discovered that gay men sometimes referred to themselves as "friends of Dorothy." Unaware of the historical meaning of the term, the NIS believed that a woman named Dorothy was at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel. The NIS launched an enormous hunt for Dorothy, hoping to find her and convince her to reveal the names of gay servicemembers
It's a little-known fact that 'Dorothy' would have been caught had not a sympathiser sent her a tip-off by morse code: Dot Dot Dot Dash Dash Dash. I'll get me coat. |
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« Reply #5167 on: 15:23:43, 05-08-2008 » |
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Reminds me when the CIA were hunting for so called communists in the USA. Copland and Bernstein were targeted, I believe.
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« Reply #5168 on: 15:35:05, 05-08-2008 » |
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...tinyrj... mostly just says "No, no, no, you're doing that all wrong you fools!" Or something like it Daddy had a go at feeding from a bottle yesterday though, which was pretty special. There were ten minutes of spluttering, gargling and spitting, then Miri stopped dead still, staring into space with the most woeful look you can imagine. "So that's it," she said, "Mummy's not coming back and I'm stuck with your incompetency. Better make a go of it I suppose." And with that she guzzled the rest of the bottle in one go. She'll welcome you next time, trj. Food is food. I like Miri as an abbreviation. |
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« Reply #5169 on: 15:50:35, 05-08-2008 » |
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Indeed - although now she gets cross that all her dummies don't come with bottles attached!  I love "Miri" - I lapse into "Mizza" when the mood takes me, but it's not popular with other members of the family |
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« Reply #5170 on: 16:47:53, 05-08-2008 » |
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'Mizza' as in pizza, Tim? |
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Green. Always green.
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« Reply #5171 on: 17:13:25, 05-08-2008 » |
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I have a lovely niece called Miriam who used to be known as 'Mirimoops', now generally shortened to 'Miri' or 'Moops' ... in case that is of any help to know. Glad to hear all is going well, trj. |
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« Reply #5173 on: 17:32:32, 05-08-2008 » |
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'Mizza' as in pizza, Tim? There you go, Martle. Thinking with your stomach again!  This is, as is widely agreed, better than stinking with your thummock. |
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« Reply #5174 on: 17:41:22, 05-08-2008 » |
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Okazaki Fragment, 16 months old, now says "Thank you."
Or something like it. At the appropriate time. Which is something.
Clever little Okazaki! That's young to be minding his manners.  |
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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