tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post7540301257742189840..comments2024-01-25T11:14:39.042+00:00Comments on maniacmum: St Swithin's DayJane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-28807563699205760482008-07-16T15:31:00.000+00:002008-07-16T15:31:00.000+00:00Am glad you had such a good trip - beats my financ...Am glad you had such a good trip - beats my finance meeting hands down.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I always thought Bonaventura was on the cards, it being St Bonaventure's day too...<BR/><BR/>That would have made us Bonny and Swithy<BR/><BR/>Thank God common sense prevailed.<BR/><BR/>MTxxx<BR/><BR/>PS Eldest cheered me up no end yesterday because she said age should only be counted on the hours one is awake. On that basis we are 21.5 which is a perfect age to be going to Brighton in a Caterham 7 sans children<BR/><BR/>Mad TwinxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-58098693561724764052008-07-16T10:55:00.000+00:002008-07-16T10:55:00.000+00:00Thank you PU.The hot exhaust pipe problem has been...Thank you PU.<BR/><BR/>The hot exhaust pipe problem has been duly noted...<BR/><BR/>Didn't know that about British racing green, but I DO think it looks really smart.<BR/><BR/>And the Fuck Fuck Fuck moments were reserved for overtaking a van at speed. I think I also probably shut my eyes... The trouble with going out in a car like the Caterham is everyone is suddenly a boy racer, even the white van man carrying grass cuttings down a suburban street...Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-21786391878861306472008-07-16T08:48:00.000+00:002008-07-16T08:48:00.000+00:00Happy birthday Jane and Twin! Flatmate of my ex-gi...Happy birthday Jane and Twin! <BR/><BR/>Flatmate of my ex-girlfriend went out with a chap who had a Lotus 7 replica - watch for the exhaust pipe running alongside, that was a trip to the hospital for her and a hot date of the wrong sort. <BR/><BR/>British Racing Green was chosen during the Gordon Bennett (the very same) Motor Racing competition because the French, Germans and Italians had taken the normal British national colours already. As the next race was in Ireland the British chose green out of respect for the Irish hosts (something slightly rare in those days I'm given to understand). <BR/><BR/>Not sure I should ask about what constitutes "The Fuck Fuck Fuck moments" on the A24!Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-14366198661922380302008-07-16T07:29:00.000+00:002008-07-16T07:29:00.000+00:00Ha! Persephone no wonder we get on so well.... If ...Ha! Persephone no wonder we get on so well.... If you ever go to Winchester, you must visit his tomb. The story I heard as a child was that the rain washed his body to the place where he wanted to rest, but wikipedia is far more prosaic. <BR/><BR/>Thank you I had a lovely birthday. No chocolate actually, but I am one of the few women in the world who isn't that fussed about it.<BR/><BR/>Now red wine is another matter....<BR/><BR/>Pierre L, thank you for birthday wishes, and yes, the car is the epitome of cool. Shame we're not...Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-6489235848917708182008-07-15T20:02:00.000+00:002008-07-15T20:02:00.000+00:00Happy Birthday. And the Caterham Seven is indeed v...Happy Birthday. And the Caterham Seven is indeed very cool.pierre lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371090008924140199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-61551691379464352882008-07-15T16:08:00.000+00:002008-07-15T16:08:00.000+00:00I used to quote the St Swithin verse to my summer ...I used to quote the St Swithin verse to my summer students at the University of Victoria because it was oh-so-true. Being mostly from Québec, they'd be complaining about the "cold" weather, so I assured them that if St Swithin's day were fair, we'd have a warm rest-of-the-summer. Two of my students quizzed our "cultural assistants" (monitors who organized the afternoon and evening events of this English immersion programme) about the saying and they, of course, had never heard of it, but when they learned the source, declared, in unison: "Well, if Persephone says it's so, it must be so!" It was then I realized I'd achieved some degree of notoriety.<BR/><BR/>Many happy returns of the day. I trust there will be chocolate...Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.com