tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post5028941661128843980..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: THE GREEKS HAVE A WORD FOR IT...Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-45582595559116069752010-11-15T19:43:56.107+00:002010-11-15T19:43:56.107+00:00Accepted Gill - it's good to know it had a use...Accepted Gill - it's good to know it had a use ! To us, at the time, 'fine' and 'cheap' were interchangeable...Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-69646846595667029032010-11-15T16:45:37.151+00:002010-11-15T16:45:37.151+00:00Shallow, shallow... I only wish it were shallow! I...Shallow, shallow... I only wish it were shallow! I have just spent the day clearing up mud & water after some disastrous flooding here in my Belgian village! Luckily, it wasn't my mud & water!Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-11242033720842790712010-11-15T10:15:29.075+00:002010-11-15T10:15:29.075+00:00Gill e-mails to say...
"Hoping that Boll Wea...<b>Gill</b> e-mails to say...<br /><br />"Hoping that Boll Weavil is being sarcastic about Hirondelle being a 'fine wine'! <br /><br />"When I worked at the Young Vic in the 70's we used to use it to strip paint off the stage ––– and it worked!!"Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57929123632341723382010-11-14T14:23:05.635+00:002010-11-14T14:23:05.635+00:00Right, I meant shallow : spring (water) :: swallow...Right, I meant shallow : spring (water) :: swallow : spring (season). Lovely that you can accidentally change a letter and it still means the same thing!Galen Fotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672517702137669580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-48247888266374032572010-11-14T04:33:28.841+00:002010-11-14T04:33:28.841+00:00A shallow really makes more of a trickle, not a sp...A shallow really makes more of a trickle, not a spring. One must have more of a deep to get a spring, I would think.scbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048966584552769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-72209731962370314412010-11-13T18:19:12.144+00:002010-11-13T18:19:12.144+00:00Yet, purely in aquatic terms, it really has the sa...Yet, purely in aquatic terms, it really has the same, correct meaning!Galen Fotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672517702137669580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-48799723932165599722010-11-13T07:31:18.236+00:002010-11-13T07:31:18.236+00:00If you look at it, it actually says that one Hiron...If you look at it, it actually says that one Hirondelle doesn't make a spring. Hirondelle was a fine (albeit cheap) wine of the late 70's and early 80's much beloved of schoolboys of the period. One certainly wasn't enough to create any reaction.It was frequently necessary to consume the whole bottle to make anything happen !<br />HYPORRO : The state, when young, of lying on your back in a field looking up at the blue sky whilst under intoxication and knowing that the world is about to end but that you can't summon up the enthusiasm to do anything about it.Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-12327235995009133492010-11-13T07:10:56.463+00:002010-11-13T07:10:56.463+00:00That was great! ThanksThat was great! ThanksGenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797573058057503636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-34656268126233615872010-11-13T00:33:50.513+00:002010-11-13T00:33:50.513+00:00Does this mean that 'One Swallow doesn't m...Does this mean that 'One Swallow doesn't make Summer'? <br />... and what doesn't make an Autumn? or doesn't make a Winter?<br /><br />I feel a quiz coming on... :o)David Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274046456243875879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-79827722190873462192010-11-13T00:06:04.724+00:002010-11-13T00:06:04.724+00:00Yes, it does seem rather hard to swallow!Yes, it does seem rather hard to swallow!SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.com