Confused.
Do you mean D? We just had a C!
Do you mean D? We just had a C!
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Originally posted by Resurrection Man View Post
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it was the thought of Anna jumping up and down on my chest that distracted me. That and the Paralympic ceremony.
Do you want to do it anyway to make up for your recent missing XYZ?
See what happens when we miss the Coleslaw?
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Reading through the thread, the moment I saw Countess Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault pop up in RM's post #25127, I thought to myself "vindepays is going to be on that quicker than a Red Admiral on a buddleia"Originally posted by vinteuil View PostI know that inherited titles are ridiculous - but, still, I shall miss a certain picturesqueness when all the hereditary titles are gorn...
PS - when Chopin dedicated his Bolero to her in 1834 she was Emily Jane de Flahaut. It was only in 1843 when she married Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice that she became Countess of Shelburne - and only in 1863 did she become Marchioness of Lansdowne...
And so it proved
Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 29-08-12, 23:07."...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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They had proper names in those days. Like good old Soorjo Alexander William Langobard Oliphant Chuckerbutty
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CarrerasOriginally posted by Flay View Post
Jose - Catalan tenor
Spanish for races (apparently)
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Bravo all!Originally posted by Caliban View PostReading through the thread, the moment I saw Countess Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault pop up in RM's post #25127, I thought to myself "vindepays is going to be on that quicker than a Red Admiral on a buddleia"
And so it proved
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It's gone a bit quiet. I'm off to Scotland this afternoon so will not be able to give clues or serve up the coleslaw when the time comes.
Would you like to do your D instead, mercia?
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No takers? Start with a NZ cheese...Originally posted by Flay View Post
Come on boys and girls. I need this solving in the next hour before Mrs Flay gets in - I haven't packed my things or the car yet. If it's not done...
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... some of our question-posers have assumed that we might have a knowledge of modern popular music. Or of nineteen-fifties music-theatre. Or of Hollywood blockbusters.
And now we are expected to have a knowledge of New Zealand cheeses...
I'm impressed!!!
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I've got the blues...Originally posted by vinteuil View Post...And now we are expected to have a knowledge of New Zealand cheeses...
I'm impressed!!!
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sorry I don't have a D and I'm very pressed for time tooOriginally posted by Flay View PostWould you like to do your D instead, mercia?
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Oh gosh vinny, so many cheeses, and the correct colour too. But mine is more royal sounding. Keep tasting.
I fancy a nice glass of deep red wine just now. (That's not a clue, just a desire)Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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