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[Roslynmuse]

"I can see the lighthouse from here."

"Ethel, did you bring your toothbrush?"

or

"You're looking a bit of a wreck today..."

[EdgeleyRob]

What's happened to Ethel's left ear though?

Dame Ethel Smyth suffered from Tinnitus and had other hearing problems.
She had a minor operation on her left ear I believe.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Dame Ethel Smyth suffered from Tinnitus and had other hearing problems.
She had a minor operation on her left ear I believe.

I feel mean now.

[Nick Armstrong]

I feel mean now.

I shelved a number of quips and thought I ought to ask the question first!

However I didn't see how your lighthouse comment related to Ethel's lug'ole - it was rather about Ms Woolf, no?

[EdgeleyRob]

I didn't mean to make anyone feel mean,now I feel mean !

[Beef Oven!]

I didn't mean to make anyone feel mean,now I feel mean !

Meaning what?

[Nick Armstrong]

Meanwhile....

.... ferns?

[Pabmusic]

He wrote Grenade Warfare: notes on the training & organization of grenadiers in 1915. He was the second Director of Music of the RAF and wrote the trio section of Walford Davies' RAF March, though he's hardly ever credited with doing it.

His son was knighted like his father and is a much-honoured theoretical physicist and mathematician who has worked extensively on the origin of life from non-life.

[Tony Halstead]

He wrote Grenade Warfare: notes on the training & organization of grenadiers in 1915. He was the second Director of Music of the RAF and wrote the trio section of Walford Davies' RAF March, though he's hardly ever credited with doing it.

His son was knighted like his father and is a much-honoured theoretical physicist and mathematician who has worked extensively on the origin of life from non-life.

Sir George Dyson.
I'm now wondering why Walford Davies didn't write the trio of his own march?

[Pabmusic]

Sir George Dyson.
I'm now wondering why Walford Davies didn't write the trio of his own march?

Really odd, isn't it? Apparently this wasn't known until Sir George died and the score was found among his papers.

Davies wrote the lively part when he was 1st Director of Music, and he quotes the bugle calls of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Dyson took over a couple of years later, thought the march was too short and added the cantabile trio. But it was published under Davies' name. Presumably Dyson was that much younger and didn't want to make a fuss.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Meanwhile....

.... ferns?

Well, to compound my meanness - the comment was meant to be a variation on the old "blowing a candle out through someone's head, thus implying that there's nothing in between to stop the airflow" joke (which works much better as a visual) - with a "witty" reference to Ms Woolf's most famous (discuss) novel, she is meant to be making the comment I suggested as a caption.

Whatever sparkle there may have been at ten o'clock last night has flattened by this morning

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, to compound my meanness - the comment was meant to be a variation on the old "blowing a candle out through someone's head, thus implying that there's nothing in between to stop the airflow" joke (which works much better as a visual) - with a "witty" reference to Ms Woolf's most famous (discuss) novel, she is meant to be making the comment I suggested as a caption.

Whatever sparkle there may have been at ten o'clock last night has flattened by this morning

[vinteuil]

Whatever sparkle there may have been at ten o'clock last night has flattened by this morning

... ferney : but I liked your little joke

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... ferney : but I liked your little joke

Thank you, vinty - so did Roslyn. Y'know - the Quality Forumites.

[Nick Armstrong]

Thank you, vinty - so did Roslyn. Y'know - the Quality Forumites.