tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post1742840177561232021..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: JAW-DROPPING ARTBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-12246776151507910092008-12-28T22:21:00.000+00:002008-12-28T22:21:00.000+00:00Hmmm... By the way, BOLL, all boats do not go to t...<I>Hmmm...</I> By the way, BOLL, all boats do <I>not</I> go to the Lido: you were just lucky - you could have ended up on Torcello...<BR/><BR/>But why did you stay on the Lido in the first place? All those cars! Next time - if there <I>is</I> a nest time - stay in the city, even if it's in a really cheap B&B... The Lido is really only good for sun- and sea-bathing or, of course, for doing Dirk Bogarde <I>Death in Venice</I> impressions...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-38352494990199990682008-12-28T18:38:00.000+00:002008-12-28T18:38:00.000+00:00You get to see the Toroxi though MrB !You get to see the Toroxi though MrB !Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-24537529214997186822008-12-28T13:26:00.000+00:002008-12-28T13:26:00.000+00:00DRAGONLADYCH - Don't ever try it... :-[ (This sym...<B>DRAGONLADYCH</B> - Don't ever try it... :-[ <I>(This symbol represents me keeping my mouth shut and not smiling!)</I><BR/><BR/><B>BOLL</B> - The only reason we used a taxi was to get to the hospital as quickly as possible: it took us 15 minutes (by cutting through the various canals) whereas to have gone by vaporetto would have taken nearer an hour by going round the <I>outside</I> of the island... <BR/><BR/><B>ROGER</B> - I'm drinking lots of 'Neearple': you get used to it...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7148767531522326992008-12-28T11:29:00.000+00:002008-12-28T11:29:00.000+00:00Oh, dear, Brian: I've told you not to try to eat a...Oh, dear, Brian: I've told you not to try to eat a whole cake at once!<BR/>Liquid diet sounds good to me (pas the Metaxa!) but the hospital saga sounds pretty grim.<BR/>All the best from Sheila, Hippolyta and...<BR/><BR/>Roger O B...<BR/>Neearple: synthetic apple-flavoured drink for those on liquid dietAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57267954224377695322008-12-28T10:44:00.000+00:002008-12-28T10:44:00.000+00:00I can at least imagine your adventure as the vapor...I can at least imagine your adventure as the vaporetto we caught from the airport stopped at the hospital... don't think I'd fancy it by taxi though having seen them charge nearly £100 to do the journey we did for £8 ! Hope you're feeling a bit better now. I remember having a thumb stuck back in and it was pretty painful.<BR/>TOROXI : The block of industrial buildings in Venice that you only ever get to see when you've got on the wrong boatBoll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-73629292955734418302008-12-28T10:23:00.000+00:002008-12-28T10:23:00.000+00:00Oh ouch!I used to be unable to open my mouth in th...Oh ouch!<BR/><BR/>I used to be unable to open my mouth in the mornings because I gritted my teeth during the night. I always feared that I would dislocate my jaw when trying to open it.<BR/><BR/>Must be really horrid.<BR/><BR/>"So I now look rather too like Marley's Ghost with his kerchief wound about his head"<BR/><BR/>Ha, ha! Well at least you've kept your sense of humour!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-78133044354486569092008-12-28T09:01:00.000+00:002008-12-28T09:01:00.000+00:00Thank you both! The chief difficulty is not speaki...Thank you both! <BR/><BR/>The chief difficulty is not speaking the lingo and finding that most medics don't speak English; plus the fact that in Venice (maybe in Italy in general) no one is allowed to be in the room with you during the 'consultation' - which is pretty scary not to mention a bit short-sighted since <I>two people</I> with broken Italian are (possibly) better than one...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57284531373730310042008-12-28T08:40:00.000+00:002008-12-28T08:40:00.000+00:00Oh dear, Brian - so sorry to hear about your misfo...Oh dear, Brian - so sorry to hear about your misfortune.<BR/>I wish I had the strength of character to join you in a liquid diet as a means of showing solidarity.<BR/>reworpo: the art or jaw re-alignmentSharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-14621502478475669262008-12-28T08:38:00.000+00:002008-12-28T08:38:00.000+00:00Oh, poor Brian, I'm very sorry for you. What a bad...Oh, poor Brian, I'm very sorry for you. What a bad luck, I didn't know that a yawn could be so dangerous.<BR/><BR/>Well, patience, I hope the doctors will give you tomorrow the best treatment.Arts and Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747217179477869995noreply@blogger.com