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]

Should have been *black spot*

[woofgang]

hello all, it looks like me and the puppies (DOWN Vinny) are back on a permanent basis on the desktoppy thing.
Its a nice setup but hard to carry the box and the monitor and the cord keeps pulling out of the mains when I wander off to the loo...I daresay i'll get the hang of it eventually.

seriously big hugs to jno and shaneystar and puppy licks for shaneystar too (not sure how jno feels about dog slobber)
I used to work in the NHS and am convinced that there is a certain element (most doctors and receptionists) who have their people skills, tact, empathy and plain commonsense surgically removed when they are employed.
Once I've got this retirement malarkey sussed and DH is also at leisure and we have moved then I plan to go and work for the CAB specialising in complaints against the NHS Ha! I know where the bodies are buried and I've got me own spade!!
I've missed you all as well...got fed up with being unable to log in at all or only able to read and not post which is REALLY frustrating. Have been filling in my time doing actual housework which will tell you how fed up I have been.
Its a lovely sunny bright day here me and the lads (gonna have to stop saying puppies its so open to misinterpretation) have been out for a walk and they are now wrecking the front room. They have discovered the joys of eating horse poo and the gas is phenomenal so have opened the doors and windows, better to freeze than suffocate or explode.
Catch you all later

[woofgang]

sorry, read too fast, hugs to JUDE and a prayer for your good health

[marmoset1]

All right, all right Neti, here I am. And yes I do like mint imperials Robinia though I have to be a bit careful now since I had a tooth implant! I try not to think of the cost and how I'd feel if I broke it just by self indulgence! What a little sweetie that marmoset is.

[netibiza]

Hi marm just to let you know that Mr N will probably be in England June 23 - 27th - will you be over here then?? Buy heck we'll have some fun!!!!!

[woofgang]

just checking that this comp hasn't become lurgified...(fingers crossed, posting now

[woofgang]

whoopee do folks, I am back, time to get tea going will be in for a nice long blether tomorrow

[woofgang]

neti, sending you good thoughts and a bottle of virtual alcohol for valentines day. I degunge my grout with thick bleach and an old brush then put the showerspray on it,,, but yes the fumes are amazing....bet my lungsd and nasal passages are whiter than white!!

[shaneystar2]

I am very amenable to any type of dog slobber !
Thanks for your good wishes for my friend .I spoke to a mutual friend last night and hopefully and God willing she will be bringing her up to see me soon . I want to see her one last time and vice versa . She wants to paddle her feet in the sea .There is no hope :(
Mr S and I had a breeze along the front this afternoon .Lovely it was too .Blew a few cobwebs away.
Jude I hope you are OK .Sounds as if your doctor is a bit like mine ..with his tests ! Big hugs and I hope you soon feel better.
Everybody ...you are the nicest of people ..love to you all xxxx

[DaSwede]

Good morning possums, I have to tell you something funny: You remember I told you there was this catholic procession that followed me around for hours...? ...well the other night as I was looking for Stockholm clips on YouTube, there they were again! The very same procession! (I can tell by the date and the rain and the buildings.) It really was incredible, wherever I went that day they were either there already, blocking my way, or they arrived twenty minutes later. Wouldn't surprise me at all if I'm somewhere in the background on that footage, glaring angrily (if you blow the frames up you know the way they do it in crime series on the telly.)

A film about jno? She'll be bigger than Jesus now? Oh dear I hope she remembers to take her Fukitols on a daily basis or we'll all be in trouble. Did y'all hear they're making a Devon version of

Jesus Christ Superstar

as well. Carrot soup will be served during the intermission. (Ooh I love carrot soup, even more than carrot cake.)

And I love to hear about your lads, woofgang, I'm hoping you will keep telling us about their adventures!

[DaSwede]

Sorry Shaney old girl you weren't there when I started. I'm so sorry for your friend and for you. I don't have many friends but the ones I do have I dearly love and I can't even imagine losing one of them. I really feel for you.

[Robinia]

good evening...oh, it's all been happening in here, has the sun woken you all up?
woofy I hope you're going to keep those puppies in order, it's bad enough with neti & her pair doing the whatchamacallit...that Spanish dance...all over the place.

and speaking of neti please, do not under any circumstances demonstrate to us what you did for that poor unsuspecting pharmacist...I think Vinny's already fallen off his hammock trying to picture the scene...I'm still reeling from the shock of him watching Ground Force (I'll test him later) - he'll be swapping his bufferer for a mower next...

I love the JCSupersprout Kit! brilliant lol....

once again shaney I'm so sorry about your friend...life seems so unfair sometimes

[Jude123]

Morning all and Shaney, thinking about you and your friend. What a sad time for you. I would find it very difficult to cope with. At the moment one of my friends is having a lump investigated. She only went to the doctors yesterday and has to go to the hospital tomorrow. So we're all keeping our fingers crossed.
It's a beautiful day here and I am off to Tai Chi this morning then lunch with my friends. This afternoon I'm off to the beauty salon for a bit of pampering. I think I really need all day not just a few hours !!
See you all later :o)

[Jude123]

So Sorry forgot to say thank you all for your words of encouragement. I have to go back to the hospital next week. :o)

[Jude123]

My mood at the mo

[netibiza]

http://i28.tinypic.com/rh66o8.jpg

Mr N brought this book home last night, and it is terrific. Try to get hold of a copy, it's about our childhoods, and is so funny. I honestly thought our house was the only one that was freezing, but apparently it was pretty general. It has me in tears and makes me laugh.

[netibiza]

Isn't this just brill??

[DaSwede]

Hello possums and hello Jude, it's great to see you and Bob. I just love that little turn he makes to walk off camera, ha ha ha. Hope you were thoroughly pampered today. jude at the beauty salon

Psst Robinia, it wasn't just at the pharmacy... Neti kept on doing that cystitis pantomime all over Stockholm. She was in the tabloids doing it, right next to Britney. That pantomime was what got her thrown out of the Rica Hotel! Bellboy's still in posttraumatic therapy and his psychiatrist says she hasn't seen anything like it since the days of the shell shocks. But we will build this country up again. We will.

This must be Vinny's cat. catnip is da **** (Actually, all cats are like that with catnip, it is like a drug to them.)

[Robinia]

hi honey (s)...I shrunk me pj's....
haha, had an interesting night trussed up like a shrink wrapped frankfurter...actually I'm in danger of becoming a chunky farmhouse banger, this is an alien concept to me, I could be on diet by easter (don't tell neti, I think she likes having me as her sticky little friend, I'll say I'm wearing a fat suit as an experiment)

The book looks good, when we have our own tv show neti we'll call ourselves the Liberty Biddies...we'll ask Tena & Ikea to sponsor us, they've had enough free ads on here...oh & the European Cheese Board...there can be those subliminal ads for chs on tst.

haha, love the cat
this is not suitable for arachnaphobes...!!
not a leg to stand on...

[DaSwede]

Ha ha Robinia you don't suppose we're taking all the fun out of Vinny's Tuesday evening do you...?

And another thing, Vinny... that bird in your garden... watching you build your Tener- ...er, your just generally Spanish courtyard...

it isn't really a robin you know.

Vinny, please listen... you have to believe me!