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  • cloughie
    Full Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 22127

    Born in Cologne means Offenbach also had a German bite! Cali P off as soon as you like - I must away to the garden before it gets too hot to toil!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26540

      Originally posted by cloughie View Post
      Born in Cologne means Offenbach also had a German bite!
      Been at the Oscar Wilde lately, Cloughie!
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        This P unites a swallow, a duck and a curlew.

        UPDATE: Have to be offline for an hour or so. Happy solving.
        Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 24-07-12, 09:20. Reason: Removing superfluous adjective
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • cloughie
          Full Member
          • Dec 2011
          • 22127

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          This P unites a swallow, a duck and a curlew.

          UPDATE: Have to be offline for an hour or so. Happy solving.
          Peter Warlock :The Curlew, Duck (Bethlehem Down), Swallow (tea and stuff from Captain Stratton's Fancy) - I know it'll be wrong - but it's very inventive - yes?

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            Originally posted by cloughie View Post
            Peter Warlock :The Curlew, Duck (Bethlehem Down), Swallow (tea and stuff from Captain Stratton's Fancy) - I know it'll be wrong - but it's very inventive - yes?
            Apologies for prolonged absence.

            Cloughie - very inventive... and even partially correct!

            Peter Warlock is one of the three Peters who constitute the solution

            Yes to his curlew.

            You need two fictional Peters to complete the answer
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Resurrection Man

              Peter and the Wolf?

              Peter Duck is the third book in Swallows and Amazons.

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26540

                Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                Peter and the Wolf?

                Peter Duck is the third book in Swallows and Amazons.
                Peter and the Wolf is the next Peter

                The Peter-Swallow link is nothing to do with birds
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • Flay
                  Full Member
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 5795

                  Peter Grimes: Mr Swallow the lawyer!
                  Last edited by Flay; 24-07-12, 12:59. Reason: got it all out in the end
                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26540

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    Peter Grimes: Mr Swallow the lawyer!
                    Indeed!

                    Flay, RM and Cloughie share the spoils bu I reckon Clougie gets to set the next as he got the Peter solution
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • Resurrection Man

                      Seconded. Actually I thought my Swallows and Amazons was rather good as it picked off two Peters' at the same time

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26540

                        Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
                        I thought my Swallows and Amazons was rather good as it picked off two Peters' at the same time
                        It was awfully good. Wrong, but awfully good
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Northender

                          Oh - it was awful ... but I liked it. (You cheeky boy)

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                          • Anna

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            It was awfully good. Wrong, but awfully good
                            I thought it exceptionally good because when I saw it was Peter I remembered I'd mentioned the Peter Duck story a couple of weeks ago here so nearly posted it myself!!

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              Originally posted by Anna View Post
                              I remembered I'd mentioned the Peter Duck story a couple of weeks ago here
                              Missed that! Were you in invisible mode at the time?!

                              Wot's Cloughie up to?
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • Anna

                                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                                Missed that! Were you in invisible mode at the time?!
                                It wasn't on AA, it was on childrens' stories revisited. I picked Peter Duck up in a charity shop and re-acquainted myself. I liked Swallows & Amazons, although the girls were generally a bit wet.

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