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pigseatingfigs

English, Irish and Scots.

Jun 05, 2005 21:53

On Friday I went to a pub with a concert pianist, an immigration policy maker, an art student and a prints dealer ( Read more... )

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A Windmill In Old Amsterdam pigseatingfigs June 5 2005, 21:28:53 UTC

I'm very glad you mentioned that - it is one of my very first memories of England. When I was small my uncle used to send us video tapes, and one had a very random couple (woman in clogs) standing next to a big grandfather clock singing this ( ... )

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pigseatingfigs June 5 2005, 21:32:00 UTC

My aunt used to sing me that song...

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blackdublinski June 5 2005, 21:42:26 UTC

hurrah! you're a hero

pigseatingfigs June 5 2005, 21:44:40 UTC

why thank you

when I tell the story to my grandchildren it will be a 3ft rat, and we will have wrestled for two hours before I finally managed to subdue it with a noose made from the wire in my bra.

by Russians... jen_c_w June 6 2005, 14:51:39 UTC

does that mean you read the Dostoyevsky? Opinion?

Re: by Russians... pigseatingfigs June 6 2005, 15:06:30 UTC

Oh no, not yet, sorry. I meant Bulgakov and Nabokov. Dostoyevsky will have to wait until I am slightly less busy - all short stories and novellas at the moment.