tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post7949103853570320725..comments2023-08-11T12:32:08.470+01:00Comments on Commonplaces: ConversationsKevin Musgrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-2393401077397433292009-02-05T10:18:00.000+00:002009-02-05T10:18:00.000+00:00I had that Joseph Conrad in the back of my cab onc...I had that Joseph Conrad in the back of my cab once. Funny bloke - Polish. Wanted to go south of the river. The Congo river. Ah well I said, that'll be extra. Come to think of it, maybe it wasn't Joseph Conrad, I think his name was Arfur Darkness ....Daphne Wayne-Boughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581048408996935564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-3214357431733706292009-01-30T16:20:00.000+00:002009-01-30T16:20:00.000+00:00aren't those the absolute best conversations, suga...aren't those the absolute best conversations, sugar? i swear, i've received the best recommendations from total strangers! ;) xoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-5738959484583793172009-01-30T10:57:00.000+00:002009-01-30T10:57:00.000+00:00But I like to hear all the bear facts Mrs P...SxBut I like to hear all the bear facts Mrs P...<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-12501618864849948202009-01-30T06:45:00.000+00:002009-01-30T06:45:00.000+00:00What great cabbies you have up there! Maybe the li...What great cabbies you have up there! Maybe the link was Leopold Bloom (hero of Ullyses) - King Leopold (owner of the Belgian Congo) - Heart of Darkness (novel by Joseph Conrad set in the Congo). But A.C. McLaren and Hedley Verity were surely very different types of player - only a Yorkshire cabbie could have made something out of that.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-18308310191355570132009-01-29T23:12:00.000+00:002009-01-29T23:12:00.000+00:00Scarlet: shan't.Mrs. P.: that's our management tea...<B>Scarlet</B>: shan't.<BR/><BR/><B>Mrs. P.</B>: that's our management team's staff communications policy in a nutshell!<BR/><BR/><B>Papercuts</B>: your dad is a national treasure. If you're good he may buy you some sherbert fountains.<BR/>(What kind of mood were you in to get a w.v. like that?)Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-72951606075058903732009-01-29T22:17:00.000+00:002009-01-29T22:17:00.000+00:00How strange. I also wear my mp3 player when I go o...How strange. I also wear my mp3 player when I go out, even if the battery is dead, so people won't talk to me.<BR/><BR/>Also - I feel the need to share this, but yesterday my dad bought me DVDs of every episode of Camberwick Green and Bagpuss ever made.<BR/><BR/>I'm 32. :|<BR/><BR/>PS: My word verification is 'f-l-a-y-s'...is your blog trying to tell me something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-81362225285177163902009-01-29T21:38:00.000+00:002009-01-29T21:38:00.000+00:00How quaint. I have one of those faces that says "U...How quaint. I have one of those faces that says "Under no circumstances tell me anything of your backstory whatsoever. In fact, I would prefer to keep all exchanges to a bare minimum. If you are capable of communicating in Morse Code, or if you have a set of tiny flags for conversational semaphore, please deploy immediately".<BR/><BR/>And Scarlet, it is grisly, not grizzly. Unless the secrets belong to a bear.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795953.post-90399053709262758852009-01-29T20:36:00.000+00:002009-01-29T20:36:00.000+00:00So what are the grizzly secrets... tell...SxSo what are the grizzly secrets... tell...<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com