tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post2632505188770244136..comments2024-03-25T07:15:16.752+00:00Comments on white rabbit: For the sake of completeness...white rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-39780612747970853812010-02-08T07:08:35.525+00:002010-02-08T07:08:35.525+00:00Absolutely right about the Muppets WR: Who could w...Absolutely right about the Muppets WR: Who could watch the clip and not think: "Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium!"? Beaker should definitely have got an Oscar for his stunning supporting role in the Muppet Christmas Carol – a lot more convincing than many an Oscar winner!<br />As for Fidler, I (rather optimistically) hope he keeps the local planning department so busy that they stop bullying Gypsies.Mahalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-64209481822699780562010-02-07T17:12:55.828+00:002010-02-07T17:12:55.828+00:00Laci - 'Planning pays even less than criminal ...Laci - 'Planning pays even less than criminal law' - Huh???<br /><br />Little Flower - You smooth talker, you.<br /><br />Renegade - The bales of straw and tarpaulin helped.<br /><br />Kaz/Mahal - You aren't impressed with Mr Fidler! I think the building is actually okay though I'm not sure I'd build something like that if starting from scratch.<br /><br />The muppets add much to the gaiety of nations :Dwhite rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-47943413744164674422010-02-07T16:41:16.293+00:002010-02-07T16:41:16.293+00:00The marvellously named Mr Fiddler must have though...The marvellously named Mr Fiddler must have thought that bad-taste, pretentious, nouveau-riche pastiche was so widespread in Surrey that nobody would notice it, but instead would concentrate on their usual pastime of bullying Gypsies.<br />Thanks WR for the contribution to high culture that the Muppets always provide.<br />Condom, a very pretty little city, produces some excellent Armagnac brandy called Janneau, which I recommend.Mahalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-13346070679941313502010-02-06T08:39:32.904+00:002010-02-06T08:39:32.904+00:00re Mr Fidler - I'm wondering why he didn't...re Mr Fidler - I'm wondering why he didn't apply for planning permission in the first place.<br />Otherwise I feel some sympathy with the '<i>why does he think the rules don't apply to him</i>?' curmudgeons.<br />(shuffles off muttering....)KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-90147327226401397372010-02-06T06:59:37.825+00:002010-02-06T06:59:37.825+00:00It's amazing any construction can occur unnoti...It's amazing any construction can occur unnoticed for so long as it did.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-12982830759502407932010-02-05T21:35:36.735+00:002010-02-05T21:35:36.735+00:00You ARE on a roll this week! This post is all ove...You ARE on a roll this week! This post is all over the place!!<br /><br />Love the Condom, love the house, love Beaker's interpretation.<br /><br />FUN.<br /><br />No questions. :-pPetit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-61501508948958433882010-02-05T20:31:38.400+00:002010-02-05T20:31:38.400+00:00You beat me to the Robert Fidler Castle post.
Pla...You beat me to the Robert Fidler Castle post.<br /><br />Planning pays even less than criminal law, which is "not the SW1 of the legal profession"? I'll tell that to my wife who wants me to make the move to that field based on my love of old buildings.<br /><br />I'm for him for precisely the reason you mention. Add in that I have this Scottish Castle fantasy, which is foiled by Hysteric-- er, <i>Historic</i> Scotland. Let the man have his plaything!Laci the Chinese Crestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371541369012938298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-84608310481162477012010-02-05T16:38:56.579+00:002010-02-05T16:38:56.579+00:00I need to dig out that old post card with the capt...I need to dig out that old post card with the caption "Un baiser de Bruxelles" (perfect for Euroskeptics). It seems that had a different meaning a la fin du siècle dernier (19eme).<br /><br />Anyway, google up "un baiser de carte postale" for all sorts of fun cartes postales.Laci the Chinese Crestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371541369012938298noreply@blogger.com