It was seven o'clock and I was sitting down ready to eat my dinner[1].
The radio was mumbling in the background. I couldn't hear it properly
and I thought, if anybody were to have asked me what this episode had
been about, I suppose that I could always have invoked the Nigel
Farage defence.
My mind wandered away to the letter that had been published in The
Guardian on Wednesday night under my pen name of "Name and Address
Supplied" until I was shaken back to the present by a certain urgency
in the background noise. I then thought perhaps I ought to pay a
little more attention to what was going on.
For some reason, my thoughts were then drawn to the title of a 2005
Danish feature film directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay
in the title role.
A pint of virtual Shires for the first person who can spot the
connection between the title of the film and the Friday night episode
of The Archers.
Nick
[1]Pasta in a home-made tomato and pepper sauce, since you asked
On 18/09/2026 19:55, Nick Odell wrote:
It was seven o'clock and I was sitting down ready to eat my dinner[1].
The radio was mumbling in the background. I couldn't hear it properly
and I thought, if anybody were to have asked me what this episode had
been about, I suppose that I could always have invoked the Nigel
Farage defence.
My mind wandered away to the letter that had been published in The
Guardian on Wednesday night under my pen name of "Name and Address
Supplied" until I was shaken back to the present by a certain urgency
in the background noise. I then thought perhaps I ought to pay a
little more attention to what was going on.
May I associate myself with the sentiments of the middle paragraph of
this letter (although I can't claim to be subsisting solely on the state >pension), being the grandson of a master tailor I'm well used to cutting
my cloth.
For some reason, my thoughts were then drawn to the title of a 2005
Danish feature film directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay
in the title role.
A pint of virtual Shires for the first person who can spot the
connection between the title of the film and the Friday night episode
of The Archers.
Well, it wasn't quite *all* about her, no matter how hard she tried to
make it.
Nick
Spolire space?
[1]Pasta in a home-made tomato and pepper sauce, since you asked
But were they home grown tomatoes and peppers?
[1]I think I should use the singular here because I also think produce
is a collective noun. But I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise.
[2]Not food-poisoning from the fruit, thank goodness, but
finger-poisoning from a gooseberry thorn that got underneath a nail
while I was gathering them in.
[2]Not food-poisoning from the fruit, thank goodness, but
finger-poisoning from a gooseberry thorn that got underneath a nail
while I was gathering them in.
On 19/09/2026 08:53, Nick Odell wrote:
[2]Not food-poisoning from the fruit, thank goodness, but
finger-poisoning from a gooseberry thorn that got underneath a nail
while I was gathering them in.
The very real hazards of harvesting are too often ignored.
Your mumble correspondent almost had his existence terminated, age 12,
when a very large cooking apple decided to lose its grasp on the tree
from a great height. It struck my head a glancing blow.
An inch or so to one side and it would have been Goodnight Vienna.
The other obvious example is gathering blackberries.
On Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:34:16 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 19/09/2026 08:53, Nick Odell wrote:
[2]Not food-poisoning from the fruit, thank goodness, but
finger-poisoning from a gooseberry thorn that got underneath a nail
while I was gathering them in.
The very real hazards of harvesting are too often ignored.
Your mumble correspondent almost had his existence terminated, age 12,
when a very large cooking apple decided to lose its grasp on the tree
from a great height. It struck my head a glancing blow.
An inch or so to one side and it would have been Goodnight Vienna.
The other obvious example is gathering blackberries.
I am very disapointed in your report.
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
On 20/09/2026 23:46, Sam Plusnet wrote:
[snip]
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
What is this strange phenomenon in the universe called 'gravith'?
EMWTK
On 20/09/2026 23:46, Sam Plusnet wrote:
[snip]
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
What is this strange phenomenon in the universe called 'gravith'?
EMWTK
On 20/09/2026 23:46, Sam Plusnet wrote:
[snip]
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
What is this strange phenomenon in the universe called 'gravith'?
EMWTK
On 20/09/2026 23:46, Sam Plusnet wrote:
[snip]
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
What is this strange phenomenon in the universe called 'gravith'?
EMWTK
On 21/09/2026 13:26, Steveski wrote:
On 20/09/2026 23:46, Sam Plusnet wrote:
[snip]
Surely someone in your position should have used the fslling of an
apple onto your bonce as an opportinity to discover gravith?
What is this strange phenomenon in the universe called 'gravith'?
EMWTK
Dunno. I haven't done any LISP programming for decades.
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