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  • subcontrabass
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    • Nov 2010
    • 2780

    Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post




    Looking forward to a D from scb...
    It might be a little while. I only dropped in for a few minutes during a break from some urgent work that will keep me going for the rest of the evening, so just chat among yourselves about England's prospects in the cricket World Cup or the Rugby Six Nations or anything else that interests you.

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    • Norfolk Born

      Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
      so just chat among yourselves about england's prospects in the cricket world cup or the rugby six nations or anything else that interests you.
      OK: Don't do it, Sally - you know he's not worth it!

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      • subcontrabass
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        • Nov 2010
        • 2780

        Apologies for the delay. I was working late into the evening.

        What D is associated with a doll, a nymph and a priestess?

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26540

          Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
          OK: Don't do it, Sally - you know he's not worth it!
          Roll on the omnibus this weekend. Was it a better week, ofca?? And what do you think of Sally's new barnet? Doesn't alter the fact that she makes my flesh creep every time she fawns over her daughter saying "Wosie"...
          "...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
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            • Nov 2010
            • 26540

            Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
            Apologies for the delay. I was working late into the evening.

            What D is associated with a doll, a nymph and a priestess?
            SCB I'm thinking Debussy..

            There's the Doll's Serenade in Children's Corner; Syrinx was a nymph I guess... Not sure about the Priestess. Maybe one of those other shimmery birds he wrote about: Bilitis? Delphic Dancers?
            "...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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            • subcontrabass
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 2780

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              SCB I'm thinking Debussy..

              There's the Doll's Serenade in Children's Corner; Syrinx was a nymph I guess... Not sure about the Priestess. Maybe one of those other shimmery birds he wrote about, Bilitis? Delphic Dancers?
              Right nationality, wrong composer.

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26540

                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                Right nationality, wrong composer.
                Ah! Délibes? Coppélia, Sylvia and Lakmé?
                "...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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                • subcontrabass
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 2780

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  Ah! Délibes? Coppélia, Sylvia and Lakmé?
                  Well done. That's the set. Will we get an "e" or an "é" from you?

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                  • Norfolk Born

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    Roll on the omnibus this weekend. Was it a better week, ofca?? And what do you think of Sally's new barnet? Doesn't alter the fact that she makes my flesh creep every time she fawns over her daughter saying "Wosie"...
                    I think the new hairstyle may have something to do with the treatment that the actress who plays Sally underwent when she discovered that she herself had cancer.
                    I've only seen Monday's episodes so far ... some improvement on the last couple of weeks, I would say.

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26540

                      Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                      Well done. That's the set. Will we get an "e" or an "é" from you?
                      Yes the old Alt-130 (right-hand number pad) comes in handy, hé?

                      I will try and Ease one out....
                      "...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

                        Sorry folks, work got in the way again

                        Hope to have something soon.....
                        "...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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                        • rubbernecker

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Sorry folks, work got in the way again
                          Is that work in the sense of "I've been stuffing my face at a top London eaterie, but it was all for the sake of client relations - therefore it counts" sort of work?

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                          • Anna

                            Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                            Is that work in the sense of "I've been stuffing my face at a top London eaterie, but it was all for the sake of client relations - therefore it counts" sort of work?
                            Well, it is Friday after all ......... Give the boy a break! I missed out on the Delibes having to go for an appointment. I have been patiently waiting for an electrifying E Oops! Have I had a vision as to the answer?

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26540

                              Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                              Is that work in the sense of "I've been stuffing my face at a top London eaterie, but it was all for the sake of client relations - therefore it counts" sort of work?
                              That was cancelled - as far as I was concerned (the person I was standing by to fill in for suddenly found they could go...)

                              It was hence real work. However I am now ensconsed in a corner desk with which you are familiar and on the basis that it's tough to libel Mr Gaddafi, I am able to devote myself to more important matters...
                              "...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

                                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                                Well, it is Friday after all ......... Give the boy a break! I missed out on the Delibes having to go for an appointment. I have been patiently waiting for an electrifying E Oops! Have I had a vision as to the answer?
                                Anna - chuff chuff! I have been diverted by the debate as to the word 'totty'. I am now concentrating on the E question.
                                "...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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