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Pauline McKelvey's avatar

Wonderful piece, Frank, I loved it. What are you using for brain fuel? This is positively gymnastic. So glad you had a wonderful time at Cadhay. Half your luck.

I Clovis's avatar

After seven days

He was quite tired so God said:

“Let there be a day

Just for picnics, with wine and bread”

He gathered up some people he had made

Created blankets and laid back in the shade

The people sipped their wine

And what with God there, they asked him questions

Like: “Do you have to eat?

Or get your hair cut in Heaven?

And if your eye got poked out in this life

Would it be waiting up in Heaven with your wife?”

[Chorus]

God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them

The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

I do like the 'Very Subtle' Joke part.

Although that may be verse 2.

But the song remains the same, as does the chorus.

"Count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last."

I Clovis's avatar

"People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the famous riddle with his brilliance, he rose to power, a man beyond all power. Who could behold his greatness without envy? Now what a black sea of terror has overwhelmed him. Now as we keep our watch and wait the final day, count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last." they had figured it all out. Beneath a Mediterranean sun. If I had a time machine- or if you did- Would you prefer the future or the past? Choose wisely.

Adam Kane's avatar

God, save England.

Ademar Rakowsky's avatar

Glory to Jesus Christ, Frank!

As someone whose only physical contact w England was a 1973 (I was ten.) in-plane layover in London Heathrow on the way from Philadelphia to Frankfurt, my interior image of England was, at first, through the elegance depicted Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, but devolving through modern media into a hellscape that needed Putin's 400 meter tsunami to scour it to its chalk bedrock.

You, my friend, have changed that for me, and it is deeply heartening that Our Lady's Dowry has not died!

That said, what areas in Britain do you recommend visiting in order to get a true impression of your homeland?

Our Lady of Walsingham restore your land!

I Clovis's avatar

Did you regret flying out of PHL? Next time in Philly- Let me know what you need. We got you covered. Tomatoes? Potatoes? Broccoli sprouts? Specie is preferred. But if you are a trained pilot- we make deals.

André Gushurst-Moore's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you.

André Gushurst-Moore's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you.

blah's avatar

Will it, though?

Roy Gardiner's avatar

I shall read that again: it made me think. I hope I am a somewhere person. Disclosure: I am an ex-pat Englishman and miss dreadfully the England I was born into.

blah's avatar

Same here, but “New English…”

Paul Johnston's avatar

That was a good read (speaking as a "somewhere" person, and one who also sounds like one). The first series of Wolf Hall is indeed excellent. The second series is also good, but was spoiled somewhat by the "colourblind" casting choices, which detracted slightly from the "somewhere-ness" of the production. Indeed, one might say that it was an attack on somewhere-ness.

Marko Arčabić's avatar

Oh do not stay silent…

That little memory you wrote, is the reason I am here, exactly that…

I even had the naivety to think I could live such a life.

But the emotion you wrote, love, is why I stayed, it’s not the money, especially now in these times, it’s because of places like that, and people like both you, and Rupert, I love this place.

And that is why I care.

We always chase those memories, Frank.

Be well my man, first round is on me.

M