Surely (don't keep calling me Shirley!) it's a natural reaction - not wanting to face up to our own mortality?
Surely (don't keep calling me Shirley!) it's a natural reaction - not wanting to face up to our own mortality?
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
....and more than happy to face up to the mortality of others.
Non, non! when you bring a bottle of wine to a restaurant, whether with a cork or a screw cap one must pay the price of opening the bottle. In French the expression is "droit de bouchon"/right of the cork/stopper.
Now, as for the Barmy Army, which demobilized some years ago with the passing of Let-Me-Tell-You, they are not really drinkers of wine or spirits except for a few. As for thinkers, that is a matter of conjecture.
Having observed their "meetings" in All of Me, I can safely say none of them were Irish.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Your reply vis.a.vis "droit de bouchon" versus the screw cap has a certain "je ne sais quoi".Originally Posted by francois
I think you may be incorrect about that, joe, although there was never a real Barmy Army.
In fact I do not recall who was or wasn't associated with that group back them however there were some whose names were Irish. Basically the Army was a figment of LMTU's(let-me-tell-you) imagination to characterize any and all whom he disliked. If anything, those he maligned likely were unaware of him or his intentions nor concerned about him. In modern parlance, simply fake news.
Well, francois, I'm always open to correction. On my last few trips to Pattaya, and to All of Me, there was a group of 6-8 Americans who gathered every evening, sat and chatted for an hour or so, then dispersed. I always assumed they were the infamous 'barmy army'. Am I wrong?
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
No need for any correction Joe they were in fact the remnants of the now defuncted "Barmy Army".
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
And these are the same guys who enjoy Meatloaf Thursday?
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Same
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
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