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.

[DaSwede]

Chose. Stupid ole brain.

[VINNY100_2]

(((*_*))) Fisrt of aol .,i just like to say..im missing shaney and jude and maggie and Dolly...yer dont come on ere much anymore...and I miss yer.(*_*) yo xx<a Pssst i got a crate of becks 7 squid frum tescys...its outa date at 10;30; tonight....are take the chance.(:O)
Hiya Kip...whats stockholm like this time of year...have you ever seen them there northern lights..luv to seem them WOW.... (:O)

[DaSwede]

Hear hear. And of course Woofy and her lovely two puppies (no Vinny no).

Don't 'spose you're still awake Vinny but you'll read this in the morning. No I've never seen the Northern Lights, they can hardly ever be seen south of the city of Kiruna, which is almost as far north as you get in this country. Stockholm this time of year is... not like it used to be, that's for sure. We've had some snow but it melts away quickly and I've hardly worn my knit cap or mittens at all.

Stockholm is always lovely, no matter what. (...but the music is horrible, just turn it off!) Neti and jno, do you recognize any of the sights from this clip? (Shaney you didn't live in Stockholm did you?)

[VINNY100_2]

Good Morning..(*_*) ..Wakey Wakey...!
the weathers staying good all week folks...yippee...
Ive got a robin that live's in me garden..think he's got a nest in the honeysuckle.He must watch me building my wall.
right,im off to get the sunday paper...catch you later dudes.>
yo (:O)

pssst if you bought a blue or white mug from teskys(tesco)..take the bu66er back...the handles fall off..!

[VINNY100_2]

talking of puppys kip....where's netti hehe..!(:O)

[Robinia]

ding dong merrily!... it's like xmas out there this morning, sunny, crisp 'n frosty, beautiful.

yo Vinny, hang on....bring me a gardening mag please, preferably one with a freebie, you can hide it inside your Bufferers weekly...<oh poop, we've been rumbled>... those erm, Midlanders were nothing to do with me... nothing... never heard of 'em....

yes, it's time we had all of the absentees back toot sweet (as shaney would say)

<Kit, do you think Vin's saying he's fed up of seeing just you & me in here?>

well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs, there's a new song that I actually like - rare these days...it's very retro, probably why it appeals
yo

[shaneystar2]

Absentee reporting for duty !
I am around ...I just mooched on Q&P yesterday .
Had a bit of a shock .My old friend has been given a year maximum . What I cannot understand is why she was informed of this by a receptionist at the hospital and not a doctor.I had a very tearful conversation with her yesterday .I just hope they have got it wrong .
Sorry to unload this on you you folks ..it's such a lovely day .... brilliant sunshine here .

No Kit I have never lived in Sveeeeden ...only Norway in Stavanger.

[jno]

Medical receptionists are the new God, shaney, the true gatekeepers of the nation's health.

[Robinia]

shaney what terrible news...I'm all for telling it like it is, no bs thank you, but not from the receptionist...I thought they were only supposed to give you the results if they were ok & you don't need to go back.

They're not new jno there are just more of them...at least 3 per medic I'd say & instead of being the 'I've been around a lot longer than you my dear' brigade it's the 'I'm young & have fabulous square nails & I know everything' crew. "Well if you got your hideous nails cut my dears there wouldn't be so many typos & medical appointment blunders...."

oh dear, I was off on one there for a moment...
...beautiful day but my back garden doesn't get much sun yet so it's very cold & wet...

[DaSwede]

Oh Shaney I'm so sorry; it's horrible to have things like that happen, I know from my own experience. Similar things happened repeatedly during my mother's battles with cancer, and it certainly adds to the trauma when you don't even know what to think, it's like a minor psychosis, I imagine. Slightly different but also shocking: At one time she had had a lung x-ray and they wanted to do another one as it did look suspect. While she was waiting for the results from the second one a pca (pct?) said to her "I'm not really allowed to tell you this but I think it's horrible you should have to wait for so many days so I'm telling you anyway: It wasn't metastases after all. It turned out the spots weren't on your lungs but on the plates themselves." But when the doctor finally made an appearance, sure enough it was metastases. My mother's been dead for a long time, but it remained painful for a long time to think about that incident and others like it. I really do wish the best of care for your friend, Shaney.

Lol, funny picture of you and me Robinia, and wow (oh sorry) I really loved that video/song! Haven't heard it here yet but I'm sure we will. I'd like to post contemporary music too but I'm always thinking perhaps you're all dead tired of the songs I have in mind, as I don't know what the radio's playing where you live.

Remember the two talking cats I posted a while ago? Here's a follow-up, the second half of this clip reveals what they're actually saying

[Jude123]

Hello everybody, sorry I've been away. I have been under a bit of stress with a health problem. I'm useless at coping with tests and things to do with hospitals and doctors and wasn't able to concentrate on normal everyday things which of course I should have done cos it would have helped me, but there it is. I still have to go for another couple of examinations but don't feel as worried as I did..
I have been reading all your posts and enjoying all the links and I haven't forgotten any of you. Hope you are all ok.
I have been to the Crematorium as it is a year today that my dear old Dad died My sister and I went to look at the Book of Rememberance. Thank goodness it was a lovely sunny day. Nothing worse than the Crem when it's raining.
Anyway see you all again soon Love Jude xx

[DaSwede]

There you are, Jude! I'm so sorry to hear you've been under such stress - and here we were, thinking you were too busy with your toyboys to think about your old pals. Please stay in touch with us, it doesn't matter if you don't feel you have anything exciting to tell us about and you certainly don't have to tell us more about your current distress than you want to - just pop by to say hi, won't you please.

Here's a nice meditation for the tai chi aspect of your personality, Jude: Fuji Yama

[jno]

Sorry to hear you're feeling a bit stressed, Jude. Tests, gah.

[VINNY100_2]

Morning dudes.
Well I just hope that your freinds luck changes for the better Shaney.And jude like kips says keep popping in and hope the tests turn out good for you.
My daughters overslept,so ive gotta drive her to college 14 miles away....tut...! think are have to pop in Teskys and buy one of those wallnut passtierie thingys has a reward...(:O)
later mydears....yo
ps loved the track you played robi.
blimey..they made a film called juno..your be more popular than jesus now jno.(*_*)

[netibiza]

I've already got the dvd of juno, had to buy it, but daughter's gone off with it.

jude and shaney chins up, things will get better. I'm also having tests jude it's a pity we can't have them together. Get my results on Valentine's Day, so they are bound to be favourable, and if not, I shall ignore them!

[netibiza]

Good morning everyone else! Wonder why marm is so quiet. She said she's retired, my bet is that she works on the sweet counter in Woollies!!!

[Robinia]

bonjour...just had a call from BT...would I please remove my wincies from their telephone cables?....tut, it was drying so well up there in the sunshine, don't they know it's like the Arctic in my back garden.

glad you're still with us Jude, hang on in there & don't worry (easy for me to say)...hope they sort you out quickly.

neti I think marm was fired

caught in possession of a mint imperial

[netibiza]

Well, if that doesn't bring her out, nothing will!!

[VINNY100_2]

What a lovely day again.
did anybody watch Inside Hamas, Tropic of Capricorn and Around the World in 80 gardens last night.brilliant.I had a really laid back day.....watched 5 episodes of Ground force on UKTV in the morning, read the papers in the garden and enjoyed the Sun,roll on the spring.Ive just ordered a book on Amazon I read in the Seventies by william kotzwinkle, the "fan man" its a brill read and so funny.
must make some carrot and corriander soup(i make a different one every day)and then pop in the garden and do some more work on me wall.gotta clean a couple off carpets later.
anybodys phone not working ??bloomin BT...they said some ole biddy up north has chucked her clothes on the cables to dry ..yeah right...pull the other one..nobodys that daft...tut...!..(:O)

[netibiza]

Have just spent over an hour in the bathroom bleaching the <black> mould which was staining all the grouting. Obviously I haven't been able to do it me manky shoulder but all's fine now, except I was choking on the fumes. Looks good now.

Yes Kit I recognised some of that Stockholm clip, esp the tour boat, as I really enjoyed that. Most of Sweden speaks English except for a chemist opp the train station where I needed something for cystitis, and we had a merry old time trying to explain and demonstrate!!! Got something herbal and it made me feel really bad. Hey ho!