Dispatches

[itsjustaname]

A few snippets of what's been going on round my way...
Fab tea party at sushidog's. Phantom Of The Opera (silent film not the musical) at the Royal Opera House with live orchestral score conducted by Carl Davis: brilliant! New job going well. New boss a bit on the vague side. Everyone seems nice. No-one likes to maintain an out-loud running commentary on

Comments

[moral_vacuum]

Re: meat on sticks. It's amazing how something can be so civilised but so primal.

Re: quotation. Very wise words indeed. Fashions may come and go, but style is for ever.

[itsjustaname]

I generally point to Paris and London as the difference between fashion and style. Parisians tend to be fashionable but are rarly stylish. I think Londoners are more stylish. Especially the bit with us in it of course!

[trampledamage]

*blushes with pride*

I've been mentioned in dispatches! :o)

[itsjustaname]

*grin*

You've been dispatched! No, wait, that's not quite right...

[trampledamage]

It would have to be a very large jiffy bag...

[adelpha]

sprachgefuhl

It's pretty much a straight rip-off of the German (yeah, ok, I had to check the dictionary for the definition :P). I guess it's one way of having a feeling for languages - pinch the bits you like from others.

Although why we can't steal 'Krankenhaus', I don't know. It sounds a lot more enjoyable than 'hospital'.

[silenttex]

Mr. China's first name is spelt Edd, just to be different.
His company's website is here: http://www.cummfybanana.com/index.php