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Night Sue, sweet dreams

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Night Rose.

Must off to kip now - only up this late on a weekday cos I'm down for a scrape and polish at the dentist in the morning. Which at least gives me a bit of a lie in.

Virtue, you see, is its own reward!

Thanks - I've enjoyed tonight (not having to perform to strangers!)


Lol S

will have a look for that Sue,

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And while you're on, try John Peel "Margrave of the Marshes" Most of it is JP's autobiography, but finished by his wife. If that doesn't get you thinking, I'd be very surprised.

Lol Sue

You put that very well Sue!

....maybe that was it...the lack of 'justification'....just 'this is how it was'.....take it or leave it. it is the past ...

mmm ..........must get the book out and re read.........

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"I have to mime at parties when everyone sings “Happy Birthday.”…mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me."


Been there, got the T-shirt!

I know what you mean, Rose - it's the absolute honesty of the book. No excuses given, and no real reasons why - just fact. And funnily enough, because they're no explanations, I seemed to understand - much better than I would've done if there'd been attempts at justification.

I'd never thought of that as life affirming, but I suppose it is.

Lol Sue

I read ''moab is my washpot" really enjoyed that! was just after my mum died...and for some reason (must read it again ) found it very 'life affirming'....

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You must, you really must.

Imagine Oscar Wilde and then imagine who could possibly play a troubled, uber-clever, very sensitive, sexually challenged male and you'd be short on contenders.

And Stephen Fry does it beautifully.

By the way, have you read any of Stephen Fry's books?

Lol Sue

Do you know I have that film on video...and have never yet watched it! I must do so...

Likewise, I liked the Odd Couple but I really like Oscar Wilde. It started when I watched Stephen Fry play him in the film of the same name.

Inspired casting there!

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lol I liked the Odd Couple....

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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

Oscar Wilde

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This one's for you Rose, cos you've got the butter knife:

"I've got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches - it's either very new cheese or very old meat.”

Oscar in 'The Odd Couple'

"the only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It's never of any good to oneself." Oscar Wilde.

Sorry Rose!

(puts Cohen albums away - not quite the time to be quoting his lyrics, then!)

Cheerful quotes follow.........

Lol Sue

OMG Sue.....are you trying to cheer me up? lol....pass the bread knife.......lol

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"Have you ever been in love?

Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armour, so that nothing can hurt you,

then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...

You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.

Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart.

It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain."

And two quotes.....'cos I can lol...

"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.”

“Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.”

You're welcome Jill.

But I'm not a literature buff - just someone with access to the web!

Lol Sue

Samuel Johnson - yes - well done!