A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • oddoneout
    Full Member
    • Nov 2015
    • 9184

    Originally posted by LMcD View Post

    If you want to discover a date you might like to try 'Classic FM Romance' (or whatever it's called).
    Available also in many retail outlets - often in company with nuts - especially as we approach the Feast of Conspicuous Consumption at year's end...

    Comment

    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30281

      Originally posted by LMcD View Post

      If you want to discover a date you might like to try 'Classic FM Romance' (or whatever it's called).
      Not that sort of date!
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

      Comment

      • Pulcinella
        Host
        • Feb 2014
        • 10921

        From the Guardian, in a report about an altercation between two passengers at Heathrow:

        A Heathrow source told the Sun: “With the US presidential election so close, tensions are sky high. Airline crew could not run the risk of a full scale punch-up at 30,000ft.

        Comment

        • Pulcinella
          Host
          • Feb 2014
          • 10921

          I've just tried to contact Co-op Funeralcare to book an appointment to sort out pre-paid funeral plans for me and my partner.
          The conversation ended with the person in Manchester giving me the local telephone number and saying: Take care now!
          Shouldn't they be wishing the opposite?
          Or maybe he meant just until we'd paid for the plan.


          (Double discount this month for Co-op members: I already am, but my partner joined too, for £1, to save £50 off the plan.)


          Comment

          • kernelbogey
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 5745

            A propos.... At the beginning of lockdown I was at the pharmacy collecting my prescription and had a brief word with the pharmacist about something. I thanked her and said goodbye, to which she answered 'See you on the other side'!. 'WHAT?' I said, involuntarily loud: she and all the staff cracked up laughing.

            Comment

            • vinteuil
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 12815

              Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
              A propos.... she answered 'See you on the other side'!. 'WHAT?' I said...
              ... I understand a current class-marker is -

              "he passed" definitely non-U
              "he passed away" just about acceptable
              "he died" - obviously the right, U, formulation...

              .

              Comment

              • kernelbogey
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 5745

                Does conducting lead to long life? Thoughtful piece in the Guardian today. (But not quite worth a new thread, I think.)
                The 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt is in London today to conduct the Philharmonia. He is one of a very long line of maestros working well into old age

                Comment

                Working...
                X