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  • Flay
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 5792

    OK then

    Philippe Quinault, poet and playwright:

    Occupied seat number 29 at the Académie française.

    Cadmus and Hermione (Cadmus was the son of king Agenor and queen Telephassa of Tyre, and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix and Europa).


    Isis: opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Libretto by Quinault

    Coleslaw on paté on toast for lunch now
    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26350

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
      ... despite your Oxford allusion, I bet our francophile Caliban will get this
      Only just back online... and got work to do... .

      Go on, vindepaysdescôtesdutarn, quit lurking and give it a shot!


      EDIT: Bande de couilles... Flay couldn't resist it!
      "...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
        • 5792

        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26350

          Originally posted by Flay View Post
          R you going to sit around on your Rs, blushing and munching coleslaw, or R you going to Retaliate with an epic R for us?

          I trust the return of Lady Flay has brought the sunshine back into your life?
          "...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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          • mercia
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8920

            Originally posted by Flay View Post
            Philippe Quinault, poet and playwright:

            Occupied seat number 29 at the Académie française.

            Cadmus and Hermione (Cadmus was the son of king Agenor and queen Telephassa of Tyre, and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix and Europa).


            Isis: opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Libretto by Quinault


            formidable

            personally I wouldn't put coleslaw on toast, but chaconne to his gout

            a ripper from monsieur le docteur ?

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            • Flay
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 5792

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              R you going to sit around on your Rs, blushing and munching coleslaw, or R you going to Retaliate with an epic R for us?

              I trust the return of Lady Flay has brought the sunshine back into your life?
              Hmmm, no it brought back the syndrome of: "what have you been doing while I was away? The place is in a mess... That hasn't been done... You're more interested in that Radio 3 message board than paying me any attention..."

              personally I wouldn't put coleslaw on toast
              The paté is on the toast, the coleslaw is blobbed on top

              I am trying to work part-time now but have spent most of my morning off doing the dreaded paperwork. Looking at lab results is incredibly time-consuming (because most are abnormal and require attention)

              Never mind, I am sufficiently distracted to Raise an R:

              Two swallows don't make a theremin, or an ondes
              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26350

                Originally posted by Flay View Post
                Hmmm, no it brought back the syndrome of: "what have you been doing while I was away? The place is in a mess... That hasn't been done... You're more interested in that Radio 3 message board than paying me any attention..."
                One is inexorably reminded of Mrs Mainwaring, never seen but always the subject of ominous reports from Capt. Mainwaring and others...!

                (I bet you're having us on, I bet The Lady Flay is a lovely and patient woman...

                She must be!! )
                "...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
                  • 5792

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  One is inexorably reminded of Mrs Mainwaring, never seen but always the subject of ominous reports from Capt. Mainwaring and others...!

                  (I bet you're having us on, I bet The Lady Flay is a lovely and patient woman... She must be!! )
                  Her patience is wearing thin these days.

                  But she does exist. Here is a picture of her at Le Visham station (this is genuine):



                  Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26350

                    Originally posted by Flay View Post
                    Her patience is wearing thin these days.

                    But she does exist. Here is a picture of her at Le Visham station (this is genuine):




                    OH I was in no doubt that she existed! It was just the portrait that I suspected.

                    Great photo! That grey uniform and helmet really suit her!!
                    "...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
                      • 5792

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Great photo! That green-grey uniform and helmet really suit her!!
                      <tears>
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • Quarky
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 2630

                        Originally posted by Flay View Post
                        Hmmm, no it brought back the syndrome of: "what have you been doing while I was away? The place is in a mess... That hasn't been done... You're more interested in that Radio 3 message board than paying me any attention..." :whistle

                        Never mind, I am sufficiently distracted to Raise an R:

                        Two swallows don't make a theremin, or an ondes
                        Suspect we are in Messiaen territory here.

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5792

                          Originally posted by Oddball View Post
                          Suspect we are in Messiaen territory here.
                          Why so?
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • Quarky
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 2630

                            Well, ondes martinot and thereimin are two of his favourite instruments.

                            Swallow - bird theme.

                            And you may have committed my favourite mistake by using the word "mess"!

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5792

                              Originally posted by Oddball View Post
                              Well, ondes martinot and thereimin are two of his favourite instruments.

                              Swallow - bird theme.

                              And you may have committed my favourite mistake by using the word "mess"!
                              Good thinking, but I shall save you from that weedy garden path: it's not Olivier. And the previous chatter was unrelated jovial gossip.

                              Vingt Regards,

                              Flay
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • mercia
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8920

                                Miklos Rozsa - Chinese Poem for mixed chorus - Swallow, Swallow

                                may I donate the rest of this question to oddball ?

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