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I see England, I see France
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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.
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(*_*) Good Morning dudettes.
hope everybodys okay.
tales of new york WoW....!
Anybody lost a moggie....yo later dudes..(:O)
hope everybodys okay.
tales of new york WoW....!
Anybody lost a moggie....yo later dudes..(:O)
Afternoon All hope all's well in your part of the world. It's a beautiful day here and Spring is definitely in the air. My daffodil bulbs are peeping through.
I haven't had any invites to any parties. What am I missing or shouldn't I want to know.
I'm off out tonight for a change. I'm doing the driving so I'll have one Baileys (large) before I go.
Poor Kitty getting lost. My friend has 5 cats. The last 2 she took in are siamese and are so spoilt and demanding but she couldn't refuse them as they were going to have to be put down if nobdy took them in and when she was asked she couldn't refuse.
See you later everyone take care. :o)
I haven't had any invites to any parties. What am I missing or shouldn't I want to know.
I'm off out tonight for a change. I'm doing the driving so I'll have one Baileys (large) before I go.
Poor Kitty getting lost. My friend has 5 cats. The last 2 she took in are siamese and are so spoilt and demanding but she couldn't refuse them as they were going to have to be put down if nobdy took them in and when she was asked she couldn't refuse.
See you later everyone take care. :o)
"I'm a member of Appledore library", ha ha... I always wanted to go to New York and stay at the Chelsea Hotel - bet jno's "been there done that got the t-shirt" haven't you, jno?
We had two Siamese cats when I grew up, Jude, I remember they have those rather plaintive voices. One of them, Zsa-Zsa, was angelic in her patience with me manhandling her. Cats seem to understand that human kids are kids. I remember lying on the kitchen floor by the cats' blanket. My mother had tuberculosis and was away for a very long time at a tbc sanatorium when I was very young and I think in many ways the goodness of the cats salvaged me - particularly Zsa-Zsa.
At one time I had locked myself in the bathroom with her and my mum and grandmother were on the outside trying to get in - I had brought a knife with me! This was only because I was a pirate at the time you see, it had nothing at all to do with the cat, it's just that a pirate needs her knife at all times doesn't she. My plan with Zsa-Zsa was simply to brush her teeth. I can't have been more than four or five but I remember so vividly how I had her placed on a stool by the basin and she wasn't scared at all - intrigued, if anything, to see what was going to happen. But mum and grandma were more or less breaking down the door so I unlocked it and I remember their huge relief although I didn't understand what the fuss what about in the first place.
siamese talking back
We had two Siamese cats when I grew up, Jude, I remember they have those rather plaintive voices. One of them, Zsa-Zsa, was angelic in her patience with me manhandling her. Cats seem to understand that human kids are kids. I remember lying on the kitchen floor by the cats' blanket. My mother had tuberculosis and was away for a very long time at a tbc sanatorium when I was very young and I think in many ways the goodness of the cats salvaged me - particularly Zsa-Zsa.
At one time I had locked myself in the bathroom with her and my mum and grandmother were on the outside trying to get in - I had brought a knife with me! This was only because I was a pirate at the time you see, it had nothing at all to do with the cat, it's just that a pirate needs her knife at all times doesn't she. My plan with Zsa-Zsa was simply to brush her teeth. I can't have been more than four or five but I remember so vividly how I had her placed on a stool by the basin and she wasn't scared at all - intrigued, if anything, to see what was going to happen. But mum and grandma were more or less breaking down the door so I unlocked it and I remember their huge relief although I didn't understand what the fuss what about in the first place.
siamese talking back
och aye tha noo...anyone seen me tam o'shanter, it's been a tad wild out there today?
looks like Vinny's getting in the swing down at Tesco
I saw that family on the news Vin but they must have been grockles originally 'cos they didn't have an accent...
what, no date this weekend Jude?
me neither
a knife wielding pirate child with a penchant for cat dentistry? r i g h t ....heeeeeeeellllllp!!!
easy chair
(Psst, I'm sure I see Robinia there in a black dress with her back to the camera for instance at 1.28. So in other words this footage must be breaking news from Dolly's pa- ...noooooooooo don't Robinia please don't, don't bring the meatballs out I can't take anymore!)
Ohhh there's a bird watch over the weekend....ive got me bins ready....wooly beach ere i come...(:O)
catch you all tomorrow.where's shaney...bin..hope everythings okay in aussie Dolly..now remember yo.catch you all tomorrow, nighty night...(:O)
erm robinia are have some toast fer breakys please..5:30 sharpish..!!!
hope you get a good nights sleep kip..start counting>>>>yo Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
catch you all tomorrow.where's shaney...bin..hope everythings okay in aussie Dolly..now remember yo.catch you all tomorrow, nighty night...(:O)
erm robinia are have some toast fer breakys please..5:30 sharpish..!!!
hope you get a good nights sleep kip..start counting>>>>yo Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I ain't bin nowhere ....only mooching around with a mega headache and aching bones .It's cold and windy here and Birdwatch seems to be a non event at Shaneytowers....they've upped and left .I haven't seen a bird since before Christmas .
What's the betting they all appear tomorrow thumbing their beaks at me .
I am off to bed ..hope you are too Kit .... a girl must have her beauty sleep or you'll be dog tired
And by the way ... Vinny ..5.30 is a bit uncivilized ....I'll have mine when you get back from buffering......try and crack the eggs quietly .
Goodnite all xxx
What's the betting they all appear tomorrow thumbing their beaks at me .
I am off to bed ..hope you are too Kit .... a girl must have her beauty sleep or you'll be dog tired
And by the way ... Vinny ..5.30 is a bit uncivilized ....I'll have mine when you get back from buffering......try and crack the eggs quietly .
Goodnite all xxx
Sorry Robi about the invites you were only supposed to receive one and pass it on if you wanted to but I acquired a gremlin somewhere along the line and it kept sending about 6 of my emails out repeatedly !
Driving everyone up the wall ,I called for an expert to come in and destroy it but wonder of wonders I think I've managed to get rid of it myself .So it should be ok to come out from under the table now Robinia!! Please let me know if it happens again becos I've cancelled the expert and will need to call him if it does it again!
I actually sent it becos I thought you would like the Apron one of the chefs was wearing !
Driving everyone up the wall ,I called for an expert to come in and destroy it but wonder of wonders I think I've managed to get rid of it myself .So it should be ok to come out from under the table now Robinia!! Please let me know if it happens again becos I've cancelled the expert and will need to call him if it does it again!
I actually sent it becos I thought you would like the Apron one of the chefs was wearing !
Mornin,I want the apron...im a chef..look at the quality of this ere toast....!
thanks huns ..um... i mean toast and honey..not er...quickly changes subject. looks like robinia's pinched all your birds shaney....apparently her Balls are bigger...hehe..!(:O)
hi dolly..i didnt get any mail....phew that was close. i seem to have misslaid your e.mail addy..its just gone somewhere...must be floating in cyber space..erm....
i'll leave your toast and eggs on the table with one of those candle thingys to keep them warm...there be like rubber by the time this lot wake's up,by my reckoning that be bout 3:o clock this arfty...
LATER DUDES..((BANGS DOOR)))..!.oops sorry it twas the wind ....>>>>whoosh>>(:O)
thanks huns ..um... i mean toast and honey..not er...quickly changes subject. looks like robinia's pinched all your birds shaney....apparently her Balls are bigger...hehe..!(:O)
hi dolly..i didnt get any mail....phew that was close. i seem to have misslaid your e.mail addy..its just gone somewhere...must be floating in cyber space..erm....
i'll leave your toast and eggs on the table with one of those candle thingys to keep them warm...there be like rubber by the time this lot wake's up,by my reckoning that be bout 3:o clock this arfty...
LATER DUDES..((BANGS DOOR)))..!.oops sorry it twas the wind ....>>>>whoosh>>(:O)
plays two-ball against the wall with Vin's eggs...(((boing...boing... boing)))
I'll give him 'it was the wind' hahaha...it's like that here - as one door opens...
I was trying to birdwatch but a flock of pigeons came & it was game over...I swear I heard 'em going 'coo-aaaarrrr'...mmmm?
Kit meatballs was the operative word in this case, lol...but worry ye not Dolly I think they've stopped - I've passed them on to the local vicar's wife...shame the rest of you didn't get any...
here's a sample of what you could have won
looks through window
oh, here's another one
haha, good job I previewed...nearly left you all at 45 degrees...but you probably are anyway
I'll give him 'it was the wind' hahaha...it's like that here - as one door opens...
I was trying to birdwatch but a flock of pigeons came & it was game over...I swear I heard 'em going 'coo-aaaarrrr'...mmmm?
Kit meatballs was the operative word in this case, lol...but worry ye not Dolly I think they've stopped - I've passed them on to the local vicar's wife...shame the rest of you didn't get any...
here's a sample of what you could have won
looks through window
oh, here's another one
haha, good job I previewed...nearly left you all at 45 degrees...but you probably are anyway
Afternoon Everyone. Yes Kit my friends siamese cats talk to you. Of course you have to decide what they're saying but my friend is fluent in 'siamese' and swears she knows what they are asking for.
And no no date this weekend RobiniaMaybe next. Went to usual haunt last night and there was a father and daughter singing duo on. They impersonated singers like Elton John and Tina Turner and many more but it was done in comedic fashion and they weren't bad singers. While one was entertaining the other would be behind this huge curtain changing into the next outfit and wig.Quite slick really.
HI Dolly hope everything is ok with you.
Having a lazy day today. I think there's a football match on telly later to keep me entertained. Just looked in the paper Wigan versus Chelsea. I don't think I'll put any bets on that Wigan will win LOL.
See yer later 'gater(s)
And no no date this weekend RobiniaMaybe next. Went to usual haunt last night and there was a father and daughter singing duo on. They impersonated singers like Elton John and Tina Turner and many more but it was done in comedic fashion and they weren't bad singers. While one was entertaining the other would be behind this huge curtain changing into the next outfit and wig.Quite slick really.
HI Dolly hope everything is ok with you.
Having a lazy day today. I think there's a football match on telly later to keep me entertained. Just looked in the paper Wigan versus Chelsea. I don't think I'll put any bets on that Wigan will win LOL.
See yer later 'gater(s)
Good morning possums! That sheep count worked like a charm Vinny.
Remember I told you about the scaffold at the nextdoor address i.e. partly outside my window. I hate it. Brings back memories from a few years back when they were refurbishing the outsides at my own address. We have "double windows" with two inches of air between them and they took away one of the sets when the temperature was below zero and they stayed away with it for three weeks before putting it back... Then they put up isolation after restoring the windows...
I was so scared of somebody climbing up the scaffold to murder me/rape me/film me for YouTube that I had asked my sister to make a cassette tape recording of her he-dog (what's the opposite of bitch?) who was the gentlest spirit in this world but who had a really impressive bark, and I kept that tape in the player at all times. Also, I placed a photo of the very same dog in a picture frame on the window sill, and one of my nephew from behind, showing the tribal warrior tattoo that adorns the better part of his back.
And then one night there was a knock on my window and my heart almost stopped. My curtains were drawn and I sure didn't step up to draw them aside. Went for the tape recorder and started the barking but there was that knocking again; I barked louder and louder - and there was that knock again... (Don't ask me what the odds are that a psychopath is gonna knock politely.) Finally I heard somebody say my name - one of my neighbours... out for a little evening walk and a smoke on the scaffold and he thought he'd pay me a visit... JERK! (And he hadn't even heard the barking that by then had almost deafened me...)
Some time later the scaffold collapsed and crumbled six floors to the ground, no one died but that was traumatic too before I could get outside and make sure.
Remember I told you about the scaffold at the nextdoor address i.e. partly outside my window. I hate it. Brings back memories from a few years back when they were refurbishing the outsides at my own address. We have "double windows" with two inches of air between them and they took away one of the sets when the temperature was below zero and they stayed away with it for three weeks before putting it back... Then they put up isolation after restoring the windows...
I was so scared of somebody climbing up the scaffold to murder me/rape me/film me for YouTube that I had asked my sister to make a cassette tape recording of her he-dog (what's the opposite of bitch?) who was the gentlest spirit in this world but who had a really impressive bark, and I kept that tape in the player at all times. Also, I placed a photo of the very same dog in a picture frame on the window sill, and one of my nephew from behind, showing the tribal warrior tattoo that adorns the better part of his back.
And then one night there was a knock on my window and my heart almost stopped. My curtains were drawn and I sure didn't step up to draw them aside. Went for the tape recorder and started the barking but there was that knocking again; I barked louder and louder - and there was that knock again... (Don't ask me what the odds are that a psychopath is gonna knock politely.) Finally I heard somebody say my name - one of my neighbours... out for a little evening walk and a smoke on the scaffold and he thought he'd pay me a visit... JERK! (And he hadn't even heard the barking that by then had almost deafened me...)
Some time later the scaffold collapsed and crumbled six floors to the ground, no one died but that was traumatic too before I could get outside and make sure.
brilliant Vinny!!! you've excelled yourself with both of those....just do my ironing, make me a cake & turn into a chocolate bar please & you'll be the perfect man :o)
oh Kit nooooooo....I have a fear of someone climbing up to my bedroom window (there's a bay below) but some silly buffer actually did one night. 'I thought I was being romantic' he said.....just as the bedside table hit him.
oh Kit nooooooo....I have a fear of someone climbing up to my bedroom window (there's a bay below) but some silly buffer actually did one night. 'I thought I was being romantic' he said.....just as the bedside table hit him.
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