Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Are we taklking about ALW's personal nuptuals

we are, sort of mid-1980's I guess
one of the boy's middle names is Nero - he'll be 40 years old later this year I think
if necessary I'll put us out of our collective miseries in 10 minutes time

[mercia]

if necessary I'll put us out of our collective miseries in 10 minutes time

on second thoughts I can't wait that long
the boy was Lawrence Dallaglio ("who?" I hear you cry - indeed, quite so) - a Rugby player apparently

with that I gratefully hand the baton back to cloughie to go wheresoever he wishes

well done

[cloughie]

on second thoughts I can't wait that long
the boy was Lawrence Dallaglio ("who?" I hear you cry - indeed, quite so) - a Rugby player apparently

with that I gratefully hand the baton back to cloughie to go wheresoever he wishes

well done

Someone else for the S now I shall be unavailable for a while.

[Norfolk Born]

Shall we wait for cloughie or should somebody else set an 'S', do you think?
(I have one ready, but it can keep...)

[Norfolk Born]

While I wouldn't be so arrogant as to suggest that silence implies consent, I diffidently offer a question for your consideration:
Which 'S' suggests that Vivaldi was twice as industrious as Handel and Albinoni?

[mercia]

not stravaganza ?

no, can't be

[Norfolk Born]

No - although it has something in common with the Vivaldi part of the answer.

[cloughie]

No - although it has something in common with the Vivaldi part of the answer.

strings?

[Norfolk Born]

No, the link isn't strings, although they feature in all of the works concerned.

[Nick Armstrong]

Tis a toughy worthy of Cloughie, norfs !!!

Admittedly I have been thinking about it while distracted by the Corrie omni. Great line from Norris in reponse to the idea that the murder of Frank was a 'romantic gesture' by Peter:

"I imagine Frank Foster would have preferred it if he'd given Carla a box of Black Magic"

[Norfolk Born]

I shall return at half-time in the Wales v France match, and offer a clue at that time if one is felt necessary.

[Norfolk Born]

Tis a toughy worthy of Cloughie, norfs !!!

Admittedly I have been thinking about it while distracted by the Corrie omni. Great line from Norris in reponse to the idea that the murder of Frank was a 'romantic gesture' by Peter:

"I imagine Frank Foster would have preferred it if he'd given Carla a box of Black Magic"

I just loved his line about 'two horns on the same goat'. Lady Norfolk and I have come to different conclusions regarding the name of the perpetrator. (We're probably both wrong! )

[Norfolk Born]

Here's a cluelet for those not watching the Rugby or otherwise engaged:
A bunch of fertile geese;
Another bunch of fertile geese; and
A bunch of percussionists
(Back at half-time!)

[mercia]

six geese a-laying
twelve drummers drumming

well some of Vivaldi's works are in sets of 12, but so are Albinoni's

[Norfolk Born]

True, but in one case Vivaldi could be said to have doubled the others' output. Woodwind features in one instance, a keyboard instrument in another, and in the third instance it's a stringed instrument in all but two works.