tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post2758980364391514784..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Nice Things (3)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-83418880453895272532007-06-13T12:13:00.000+01:002007-06-13T12:13:00.000+01:00NB: I think "believing you are the only person in ...NB: I think "believing you are the only person in the world" is "solipsism". "Syllepsis" is the grammatical error in the phrase, "She arrived in a flood of tears and a sedan chair". <BR/><BR/>I've no idea what "precursor and descendant of" is, though.John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074559601919298190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-42917099738026289392007-06-12T16:10:00.000+01:002007-06-12T16:10:00.000+01:00That "countryside" joke is glorious. Now I just ne...That "countryside" joke is glorious. Now I just need to find someone I can tell it to without their doubting my salvation as a result...John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074559601919298190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-89903861632095335232007-06-07T23:33:00.000+01:002007-06-07T23:33:00.000+01:00Zeugma<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma" REL="nofollow">Zeugma</A>Gareth Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405124248006286547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-68480690997201510552007-06-05T17:06:00.000+01:002007-06-05T17:06:00.000+01:00Ah, Radio 4.The highlight of last week's Mitchell ...Ah, Radio 4.<BR/>The highlight of last week's Mitchell and Webb sound was a slightly cruel (but painfully well observed) parody of an afternoon play. I'm the only one here at St Leonard's who listens to anything but the half six comedy, so my tears of laughter got slightly odd looks.<BR/><BR/>We have a copy of 'W.G Grace's Last Case', here too. I suspect we'll be pressing it on you when you leave tomorrow.clarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272953919289798393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-86277197814573884212007-06-05T10:53:00.000+01:002007-06-05T10:53:00.000+01:00I think that it is a (genuinely) interesting psych...I think that it is a (genuinely) interesting psychological thingy that when they play the "one-word-each" games, the personality of the two participants disappears and is replaced by a new, yet strangely...Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-68630202899547970172007-06-05T10:46:00.000+01:002007-06-05T10:46:00.000+01:00How can you listen to the Archers and then conclud...How can you listen to the Archers and then conclude that everything is basically all right? It has one of the most depressing and disturbing storylines ever at the moment. And the cricket. <BR/><BR/>I listened to the second half of "I'm Sorry" yesterday and completely failed to pick up on the fact that Mr Fry was present, which is odd because my Stephen radar is usually more acute than that.<BR/><BR/>And today I've been listening to Woman's Hour and contemplating ways of murdering Ann Winterton MP, slowly. I think it's time I got back to work- too much R4 is not good for me.Louise Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120364497851844081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-50752145888911643992007-06-05T00:45:00.000+01:002007-06-05T00:45:00.000+01:00Radio 4 is the soul of Britain, I realised on Sund...Radio 4 is the soul of Britain, I realised on Sunday. Listen to The Archers followed by Desert Island Discs and I defy you not to reach the conclusion that no matter what those bastards in Whitehall may be doing, everything's basically all right.<BR/><BR/>Did I ever force a copy of "W G Grace's Last Case", Willie Rushton's steampunk novel, on you? It opens at Lords where Grace is facing the bowling of Pollux Vilebastard (pronounced Villibart, and naturally there is a Castor Vilebastard too). Pollux collapses at the crease with an Apache arrow between his shoulderblades. Two doctors run onto the pitch and introduce themselves as Doctor Watson and Doctor Jekyll. Grace lets them get on with it, leans on his bat and gazes over to Primrose Hill, where stands the rusting shape of a giant Tripod, relic of the recent unpleasantness with Mars a few years before. And it gets better from there.James Wallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06422856991822440964noreply@blogger.com