tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post5480757888317414991..comments2024-01-31T04:09:28.704+00:00Comments on SILVERTREEDAZE: ARSENICALS, ICHNEUMONS AND BLUE-EYED SHAGSPlant Mad Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-16844179117237172992010-03-17T08:10:24.622+00:002010-03-17T08:10:24.622+00:00Just lovely work done.Just love the pink flower.
...Just lovely work done.Just love the pink flower.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bpojobsathome.com" rel="nofollow"> ad placing india </a>AMIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271598940693313554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-87264394934446701902010-03-15T19:09:47.272+00:002010-03-15T19:09:47.272+00:00Well done to all the wordsmiths, especially VP on ...Well done to all the wordsmiths, especially VP on her win. I'm anotger person who has erased the word 'stunning' from my vocabulary since your previous rant, so you are doing something to make the world a better place, Nigel. Ichneumons are fascinating, if rather scary, creatures. Something of the 'Alien' (i.e. the film) about them.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-74615024755373297602010-03-13T07:15:00.765+00:002010-03-13T07:15:00.765+00:00Thanks, everyone, for the response. I think VP wi...Thanks, everyone, for the response. I think VP wins the entries, so a golden bunch of Allotment Whatsits for you, possibly to be presented at Malvern.<br /><br />And just to show willing and join in, how about this:<br /><br />The Ochre Banded Ichneumon (Herpestes nigelensis,) - an alien species in South Georgia - surprised the Blue Eyed Shag to such an extent, when it pierced the bird's rear end with its formidable ovipositor, causing a painful arse nick, that the avian flew, flat out, into a cliff overhang, stunning itself in the process - an action which leveraged more than a little panic on the bird's part - so that it was last seen, at the end of the day, lurching forward into the wide, blue yonder.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-81048947640241003342010-03-11T21:06:27.887+00:002010-03-11T21:06:27.887+00:00Oh poor you-I hope that hip is on the mend and &qu...Oh poor you-I hope that hip is on the mend and "they" aren't prescribing anything arsenical for you.<br />I shall mull on that sentence....Threadspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780634324037593398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-794185872591522882010-03-11T14:21:46.432+00:002010-03-11T14:21:46.432+00:00Nigel, STUNNING post. Bugger! There I go againNigel, STUNNING post. Bugger! There I go againMartyn Coxhttp://martyncox.biz/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-48134398249122043472010-03-11T06:13:48.073+00:002010-03-11T06:13:48.073+00:00Ok, something that drives my old fashioned bonce c...Ok, something that drives my old fashioned bonce crazy: 'Me and Mary got ratted last night...' What's wrong with 'Mary and I got ratted last night.'?? what's with all this me first stuff!! Another one is: 'Let's crack on' Hello? There are more, many more, but if I continue I shall 'go into one' about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-57454118751101449672010-03-10T17:22:27.884+00:002010-03-10T17:22:27.884+00:00guilty of at least three of those on a regular bas...guilty of at least three of those on a regular basis **blushes** but have edited out all mentions of 'stunning' things from my writing following your earlier post on the subject.<br /><br />I hate it when people confuse 'fewer' and 'less'. And when they say 'first ever'. If it's the first, it's going to be the first ever, non? And about half a dozen other pedanticisms.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about your hip and hope it gets better soonThe Constant Gardenerhttp://www.wellylady.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-76226474031768898142010-03-09T21:41:08.331+00:002010-03-09T21:41:08.331+00:00My annoyances:
Now in a minute. Which one then? ...My annoyances: <br />Now in a minute. Which one then? Now, or in a minute?<br /><br />Off of...as in 'a band off of Oxford'. NOOOO. A band from Oxford.<br /><br />I have more, but these are currently high on the list.<br /><br />I too will abstain from the 'writing task' if I may.Roland Patersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03644302748026104711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-55532559680098848312010-03-09T18:30:07.776+00:002010-03-09T18:30:07.776+00:00Hope your hip is soon on the mend and "they&q...Hope your hip is soon on the mend and "they" discover what is causing the problem.<br />K<br />I will leave the word thing to the word-smithsKaren - An Artist's Gardenhttp://www.artistsgarden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-73262119689391603782010-03-09T17:18:09.475+00:002010-03-09T17:18:09.475+00:00PS I'm a great Coen Brothers fan and had no he...PS I'm a great Coen Brothers fan and had no hesitation in recommending <i>No Country for Old Men</i> for a Girls' Night Out. None of us really got it, and I woke up at 4am the next day shouting 'aha, it was all a dream!'VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-71402085300263910572010-03-09T17:04:18.138+00:002010-03-09T17:04:18.138+00:00Kesselring's new play Arsenical and Old Lacewi...Kesselring's new play <i>Arsenical and Old Lacewings</i> still wasn't fit for purpose at this moment in time: going forward he needed to leverage the results of the brother's plastic surgery and render him into something other than a stunning blue-eyed shag, whilst using an Ichneumon wasp as a subtle Mother's Day murder weapon wasn't giving him any wriggle-room, though he suspected it might take his audience well outside their comfort zone.<br /><br />We loved playing buzzword bingo whenever management consultants were brought in at work - many of your pet hates were on the list alongside 'put that back-burner', 'park that for now' and 'engagement'.<br /><br />Sorry to hear the hip is still giving you gip and I hope we'll see you fit and well ready for a spiffing time at Malvern.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-12148379548542137402010-03-09T11:52:16.675+00:002010-03-09T11:52:16.675+00:00My particular bug-bear is the use of 'absolute...My particular bug-bear is the use of 'absolutely' as in absolutely the best; you can't get better than the best but this word is often used indiscrminately. <br /><br />Hope you are creaking a little less.<br /><br />As for your ridiculous exercise...............<br /><br /><br />‘Oh Arse‘ Nic, Al’s friend, shouted loudly, embarrassing us all. He had no object in life other than tallying up as many blue-eyed shags as he could. The expletive was due to his latest conquest having revealed her tinted contact lenses. The bich neu Monday was a special day in his tally & had conned him! We all thought she had done brilliantly; ‘Let’s give it up for Gloria’ we shouted.Ms Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794781629692466913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-12534489187806939172010-03-09T08:36:59.467+00:002010-03-09T08:36:59.467+00:00The African mongoose 'ichneumon'
Is rather...The African mongoose 'ichneumon'<br />Is rather keen to feast upon<br />The eggs of common blue-eyed shags<br />(Who lay said eggs in plastic bags)<br />But if we're talking of the fly<br />And finding ways to make it die<br />Arsenicals will do the trick<br />And poison off the little prick.<br /><br />----<br /><br />Bad luck on the hip front - I'll join you in the misery because I keep getting some sort of eye strain at the computer which means I can't do my photoshop stuff for long without getting headaches. I think that most unexplained symptoms can be cured by a long holiday somewhere warm and relaxing.Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-1997403742104693922010-03-08T20:42:56.849+00:002010-03-08T20:42:56.849+00:00Still thinking about the sentence but would like t...Still thinking about the sentence but would like to add 'brand new' to the list. Really bugs me - what is the different between 'brand new' and 'new'Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.com