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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26540

    No takers? Everyone in even more seasonal mood than this question, maybe
    "...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

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      No takers? Everyone in even more seasonal mood than this question, maybe
      I'm here, just back drenched from walking the mutts. A good day for wellies!

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      Farm workers at the opticians' ?
      Plural... is that intentional, or an unforgivable grammatical error?

      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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      • Nick Armstrong
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        • Nov 2010
        • 26540

        Originally posted by Flay View Post

        Plural... is that intentional, or an unforgivable grammatical error?
        Intentional, multiple farmworkers are involved so they would need an opticians' practice staffed by more than one optician.



        Get dry and keep warm, never mind about grammatical nit-picking

        "...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

          All right, all right.

          Farm workers: shepherds...? Watching? (Noting the )
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22129

            Originally posted by Flay View Post
            All right, all right.

            Farm workers: shepherds...? Watching? (Noting the )
            These clues have gone to pot methinks!

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26540

              Originally posted by Flay View Post
              Farm workers: shepherds...? Watching? (Noting the )


              Yes. Not necessarily in England though.
              "...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 cloughie View Post
                These clues have gone to pot methinks!
                What do you mean?

                "...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
                  • 22129

                  I was thinking more of:
                  While shepherds watched
                  Their flocks by night
                  All seated round the pot
                  A piece of soot came tumbling down
                  And spoiled the bloomin' lot.

                  ...and there is a pot og fold at the end of the rainbow isn't there? OK so P is not pot!

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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    What do you mean?

                    Brilliant, Calibs!

                    Yes. Not necessarily in England though.
                    I'm wondering if it could be Pastor, but I'm not sure yet...
                    Last edited by Flay; 20-12-12, 14:23. Reason: censorship after consideration
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • Nick Armstrong
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26540

                      Originally posted by Flay View Post
                      I'm wondering if it could be Pastor, but I'm not sure yet...
                      It is, partly - but that's not the P you're after, though it will lead you (shepherd-like) to it...

                      Keep going!
                      "...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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                      • amateur51

                        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                        It is, partly - but that's not the P you're after, though it will lead you (shepherd-like) to it...

                        Keep going!
                        Pastoral then?

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                        • Nick Armstrong
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26540

                          Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                          Pastoral then?
                          You need a different two letters (i.e. not "-al") after "Pastor"... and remember I said they weren't necessarily English shepherds...
                          "...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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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12846

                            Pastern
                            Pastis
                            Pastrami
                            Pastor Manders

                            (after an ill-advised second glass of chartreuse vieillissement exceptionellement prolongé... )

                            <hiccup>

                            Past ... caring ...


                            << snooze>>

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                            • amateur51

                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              Pastis
                              Pastrami
                              Pastor Manders

                              (after an ill-advised second glass of chartreuse vieillissement exceptionellement prolongé... )

                              <hiccup>

                              Past ... caring ...


                              << snooze>>
                              Chartreuse can have that effect, innit
                              Last edited by Guest; 20-12-12, 15:03. Reason: trypo

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                              • Nick Armstrong
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26540

                                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                                chartreuse vieillissement exceptionellement prolongé...
                                I want some! Where do you get 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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