I see England, I see France

[DaSwede]

Last week I saw an old episode of Moonlighting. the name of the episode was I see England, I see France, I see Maddie's netherworld. It immediately struck me as probably being a paraphrase, so I searched for that phrase barring the netherworld-part, and got tons of hits. I gather it's a 'teasing rhyme' (if that be the term) and that the last part of it would normally be I see (name)'s underpants. But even that sounds like a paraphrase to me, as if the origin was oh I don't know - a Churchill speech or something... "I see England, I see France, united in ..." etcetera. (Just fantasizing.)

Does anyone know anything about the origin - or if the rhyme is the origin.

Thanks in advance and for now, more personal thanks sometime next week.

[netibiza]

What on earth is this CoComment box which keeps blocking my view. Can't be doing with anymore extras, and we are shown to all the world, or does it just appear to the posters???

[shaneystar2]

I keep getting a Cocomment box too .I have no idea what they want me to cocomment on .
I too have to go for a scan in a couple of weeks to see what state my bones are in and how much they have deteriorated since the last one .
I think that the way the things are going we should all book up for a mass Biddy scan and blood test fest just to make sure we are all in fairly good working order.
Actually I was quite surprised at how quickly they made the appointment ....one used to have to wait for at least ten years .
Failing that all very quiet on the Norfolk front .Even Somerfields was nearly empty this morning .....more carrot cake for moi !!

[VINNY100_2]

Afternoon peeps.
Beatles music sent 2.5 quadrillion miles away yo To the North Star.Were going to get our own back on the little blighters now...yo hahaha...!
yo (((*_*)))

[Robinia]

I keep getting a box that says 'Just Keep your Comments to yourself'...tut..

<ommmmm> lovely, one of my all time fave's is that, I think I'll listen again...
...well, I really think they should send a recording of my rendition of the Lonely Goatherd into space...we'd never be troubled by UFO's again - a sort of intergalactic Flit.

I thought that might be the answer jno...can anyone fit me in with them when they go? I don't take up much room....

just been reading Gardener's Weakly...apparently the big news this year is pampas grass......I'm here to help :o)

[VINNY100_2]

:o(

[DaSwede]

Just wondering, why isn't there a Simon Cowell Random Insult Generator on the internet yet?? <No not at all, Robinia singing The Lonely Goatherd again had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with my looking for one>

And she's getting us oids! I don't know what that is but if it's an acronym my trusty online acronym finder has fifteen different suggestions, my two favourite ones beeing Ovine Interdigital Dermatitis and Only In Dreams. Either one would be just our luck, wouldn't it, biddies.

I'm getting a whole new picture of jno here: I didn't know what jackboots are (either) but I did find the answer for that one by googling: "Jackboots: If there is one boot made for oppression, this is the one. Kittens cower in fear when I put mine on." Ha ha ha jno, are you sure it isn't plantar fascistitis?

I am sorry that so many of us are not feeling great.

Oh Vinny I stumbled across a site the other day telling about Beatles in Space but it was written in such a weird, smart-alecky tone of voice that I didn't really know what I was reading, and I remember thinking "If this were true, Vinny would have told us about it". Ha ha ha, I suspect I trust you too much...

I have no words in any language to tell y'all how moved I am by this performance... come to me ...just god bless Mary J. Blige.

[jno]

those were my thoughts, Kit - the word in English is almost entirely used in relation to the Nazis or sometimes the Italian fascists. I' m not sure if they were actually any different from other armies' long boots in real life (or if other armies had long boots, for that matter).

[DaSwede]

Oh, I see! Didn't know.

[jno]

goodness, nice and sunny and no medical appointments ALL DAY (except for going to chemist to pick up pills; thank heavens for my NHS season ticket)

[DaSwede]

<kit double-clicks on acronym finder again>

(Got it!)

[DaSwede]

's'not funny anymore Jude
Please come out to play wont'cha.

[DaSwede]

Is there anyone around can read out loud to me??
nope, can't see a damned thing

[VINNY100_2]

No becks is bad for your eyes....(:O)

[DaSwede]

ROFLMAO, Vinny. All I can say is your myopia or whatever seems slightly less severe than mine.

[Robinia]

<bashes Sweedie on the swede with a spade>

I s'pose you think that's funny?
still no Jude eh? she'll be supervising the local area revamp - lots of workmen in yellow hats staring at things...you'll just have to make do with me again...

what an amazing day! blue skies, sunny, no wind...


oops, spoke too soon, bit of a breeze coming in from the sw
:o) > > > >

[jno]

sorry Kit, yes, National Health Service. Seeing a doctor is free but you pay �6.85 per item on a prescription. However you can buy a prepayment card - �90 or so - that pays for all your medicines for a year, and at the rate I gobble up pills and potions that is a huge saving.

[jno]

should have added (just to help you do the arithmetic) that my doctor only gives me each prescription for a month at a time, for the drugs I take regularly. Then when you add on the occasional ones, like the antibiotics I am currently using for my gum infection...

[Robinia]

BING BONG Kit...did you see....
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question 519037.html

[DaSwede]

Oh jno I hope you didn't think I meant "Got it!" as in "Don't use acronyms. Have you got that!" I meant got it as in I found it, on my fabulous acronym site
I've got a lot of these lying about jno, I'll send you some if you like.

Robinia I've been thinking, when you win all these lotteries, is it those emails saying things like "Felicitations! Euromillions! Call us at once!" he he 'cos I get a lot of those to. At one time there was even a recorded congratulations message on my answering machine...! ...an American voice talking about the trip to the Caribbean I'd won. (Oh no, jno, you didn't "win" yours did you...)

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Oh dear that's kind of a big question there, Robinia... still, I'll see what I can do.

[jno]

this one needs your attention, Kit

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question 519037.html