Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

Go on Mercia

no thanks, I've said enough

yackety yackety yack

[Norfolk Born]

Oh, Ofca. I did try and warn you... The dogs round here are swift and as soon as they are on the scent the quarry is in their jaws within seconds.

Go on Mercia, let's see if you can strip the carcass...

I'm sorry, but you've completely lost me now. Time to make way for The (Other) Master!

[rubbernecker]

Time to make way for The (Other) Master!

I've never heard Anna called that before

Come on Ofca, I know you can do this, you're already a third of the way there!

[Anna]

Is Louis Andriessen involved here? Not sure, come on Ofca!!

[rubbernecker]

Is Louis Andriessen involved here? Not sure, come on Ofca!!

Of course one of the pack invariably ends up barking up the wrong tree...

[Norfolk Born]

Of course one of the pack invariably ends up barking up the wrong tree...

I seem to be on the wrong scent in the wrong forest. Thank you for your encouragement, but I genuinely have no idea. Ebony > herd >elephant?

[Anna]

Of course one of the pack invariably ends up barking up the wrong tree...

It's one of my loveable qualities rubbers, being the ditzy blonde!

[mercia]

what I want to know is how you get Woody Herman from "first herd"

[Anna]

what I want to know is how you get Woody Herman from "first herd"

Because he was First, Second and Third Herd etc., of course. Leading various groups under the name of The Herd

[rubbernecker]

Ebony > herd >elephant?

For the first clue, Woody Herman's band was First Herd for whom the piece was written.

The second clue also relates to a band.

And the third should be blindingly obvious...

I need to disappear for an hour after which I trust this will all be solved

[Anna]

no thanks, I've said enough

yackety yackety yack

Only just got that mercia! You mean Elephant Talk? Very good, nice one!

[mercia]

You mean Elephant Talk?

eh, what? now you've totally lost me !!

[mercia]

well chaps all I know about Woody Herman is that Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto was written for him

[Nick Armstrong]

eh, what? now you've totally lost me !!

I've been totally lost for the last few hours dipping in and out quickly between work duties. Haven't got the available spare brain cells for AA today, just for the odd quip or mordant remark

However, Rubbers is usually at his most fertile on Wednesdays and Thursdays I've noticed so there's plenty to keep everyone interested...

[Anna]

eh, what? now you've totally lost me !!

Oh, I approached the wrong tree again! Just ignore that last posting. Somehow, I thought we were on to Herds of Elephants!