Alphabet Associations - II

[cloughie]

Yes; times have changed since that might have been one of very few offerings in the local pub.
Interesting to read its history here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doub...urton_Pale_Ale

No chance that the Duke will be President of CAMRA anytime soon.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... strange that ferney has gone to a town that, I would guess, will be awash with the flags of St. George and continuing its struggle to come to terms with the 20th century.

One might have thought so - in fact, there was a strange, subdued and somewhat puzzled atmosphere around the town. I popped into a café* this afternoon that advertized "Morning Coffees and Afternoon Teas" and ordered a coffee (I'm sure I heard the waitress mutter "Bolshevik!" under her breath as she shuffled towards the kitchen) and got chatting with a chap on the next table, who, it turned out, was a local. I mentioned the general atmosphere that I thought I could sense, and he said "Yes. It's this Referendum, you see."
I was startled; "Do you mean that people hereabouts wanted to stay in the EU?"
"Not so much that - we hadn't realized we'd ever actually been in!"

(* - NOT "Betty's" - having gladly paid off one mortgage some years ago, I didn't want to take out another. But the queues to get into that overpriced and overrated establishment stretched around the corner of the street! Madness!)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... are we back in Darwen with that lugubrious anecdote....?

We are indeed. I shall have nightmares the rest of the week.

Be that as it may - things back on topic:

Three Es:
One solved many a problem for Maria
Another was a Mozartean tightrope walker
The third was Don's niece and fiancée!

[subcontrabass]

We are indeed. I shall have nightmares the rest of the week.

Be that as it may - things back on topic:

Three Es:
One solved many a problem for Maria
Another was a Mozartean tightrope walker
The third was Don's niece and fiancée!

My researches suggest three Elviras.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My researches suggest three Elviras.

Your suggestive resources have served you very well, subby. Care to dish out the coleslaw?

[Pulcinella]

My researches suggest three Elviras.

That was my first thought too, but only because of Donna Elvira, and I got no further than wondering if she was the tightrope walker or the Don (Giovanni) connection, before thinking about Maria being sent off to the von Trapp family (but that was solving a problem like Maria rather than for Maria).

[subcontrabass]

Your suggestive resources have served you very well, subby. Care to dish out the coleslaw?

Maria Callas was taught by Elvira de Hidalgo.

Elvira Madigan walked a tightrope to the sound of Mozart.

In Verdi's Ernani Elvira is the niece and fiancée of Don Ruy Gomez de Silva.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Maria Callas was taught by Elvira de Hidalgo.

Elvira Madigan walked a tightrope to the sound of Mozart.

In Verdi's Ernani Elvira is the niece and fiancée of Don Ruy Gomez de Silva.

A perfect answer, concisely yet comprehensively answered, subby. A chance to demonstrate your forte, or even ffortissimo, sir ...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That was my first thought too, but only because of Donna Elvira, and I got no further than wondering if she was the tightrope walker or the Don (Giovanni) connection, before thinking about Maria being sent off to the von Trapp family (but that was solving a problem like Maria rather than for Maria).

Yup - that was how it was meant to be ... and I would've gotten away with, too, if it wasn't for that pesky subby!

[subcontrabass]

A perfect answer, concisely yet comprehensively answered, subby. A chance to demonstrate your forte, or even ffortissimo, sir ...

F: algebraic alphabetic bicycle.

[Flay]

- but had a similar experience with Shipstones

I had the same problem with my first pint of Shipstones in the Clinton Arms (you'll remember Calibs, they had topless barmaids ). I returned the drink, but the barmaid swung round and told me that it all tastes like that.

But of course Shipstones is an anagram of "honest piss"

[cloughie]

...and I bet you didn't look her in the eye!

[Pulcinella]

F: algebraic alphabetic bicycle.

A veritable epitome of concision here, subby, compared to which my contributions look like War and Peace!

[vinteuil]

F: algebraic alphabetic bicycle.

... many adepts of the fibonacci bicycle seem remarkably underclothed for this cool summer -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fibonacci+bicycle&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVp__v79nNAhVOF8AKHZeECi0QsAQIGw

[Pulcinella]

... many adepts of the fibonacci bicycle seem remarkably underclothed for this cool summer -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fi...HZeECi0QsAQIGw

I was in London on Naked World Cycling Day (I think that that was what it was called): not a pretty sight!