The completely useless irrelevant thread

[mullokintyre]

Well, I'm not a chick (or gay),

Glad we finally got that sorted out.
Mick

 

[sptrawler]

Glad we finally got that sorted out.
Mick

Yes he's just a guy that wears leather and plays with hot pokers. Lol

 

[wayneL]

Yes he's just a guy that wears leather and plays with hot pokers. Lol

Fact check:

True

 

[SirRumpole]

Looks like the "we were so poor" Monty Python skit has some truth to it.

Eric Idle says he's so broke he still has to work at 80.

Monty Python is a financial disaster, says Eric Idle

British comedian Eric Idle says the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe is a financial "disaster".

www.thenewdaily.com.au

 

[farmerge]

Is it over yet ?

Thankfully Not one iota of interest for me

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Sounds like Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, now there was a gifted guy, played a right hand strung guitar upside down left handed and to top it off he was blind.
He kind of showed that just because you were a handicapped person, you didn't have to be considered completely useless and irrelevant, an absolute Aussie legend.
Hopefully not off topic and considered relevant.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

was channeling Jimi Hendrix more, but thanks for the link

 

[sptrawler]

was channeling Jimi Hendrix more, but thanks for the link

Ah Jimi, yes in my younger years had many records, courtesy of the Australian record club.
Unfortunately keeping records, of who had joined and received the 5 free records, wasn't their strong suite.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Ah Jimi, yes in my younger years had many records, courtesy of the Australian record club.
Unfortunately keeping records of who had joined and received the 5 free records wasn't their strong suite.

now that's memory lane.

capitalism is a chamelon,

 

[farmerge]

now that's memory lane.

capitalism is a chamelon,

Another one from the memory Lane (Jerry Dorsey) Englebert Humper........ of The Last Waltz fame doing a tour called The Last Waltz.

 

[mullokintyre]

Sounds like Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, now there was a gifted guy, played a right hand strung guitar upside down left handed and to top it off he was blind.
He kind of showed that just because you were a handicapped person, you didn't have to be considered completely useless and irrelevant, an absolute Aussie legend.
Hopefully not off topic and considered relevant.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

i was never a fan of Mr Ynunnupingu, I found his voice to sweet and sugary.
I was more an Archie Roach bloke.

Mick

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Ah Jimi, yes in my younger years had many records, courtesy of the Australian record club.
Unfortunately keeping records, of who had joined and received the 5 free records, wasn't their strong suite.

a bit like present day Taylor Swift ticket scams??

 

[Dona Ferentes]

don't tell me he's not superbly qualified; has been preparing for the rôle for years

Chris Pyne to chair ageing lobby

 

[mullokintyre]

don't tell me he's not superbly qualified; has been preparing for the rôle for years

I don't know who it was that first applied the term "mincing poodle" to Pyne, but I send my heartiest congratulations to that person for being so spot on.
Mick

 

[SirRumpole]

I don't know who it was that first applied the term "mincing poodle" to Pyne, but I send my heartiest congratulations to that person for being so spot on.
Mick

Julia Gillard.

 

[farmerge]

don't tell me he's not superbly qualified; has been preparing for the rôle for years

I seem to remember him as a whinging, whining belly aching pollie. Really got up my nose if he was being interviewed .

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Voting time ....

From the original French, there have been many translations into English of Marcel Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.

Many of you have soldiered on, through the entire oeuvre of 7 books, and may not remember the start of Book One. However, it is important to get the tone right, as language shifts and context changes.

Which of these versions of the opening sentence of the first book, Swanns Way do you prefer?

James Grieve
"Time was when I always went to bed early. Sometimes, as soon as I snuffed my candle, my eyes would close before I even had time to think, 'I'm falling asleep'."

Scott Moncrieff
"For a long time I went to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say 'I'm going to sleep'."

Brian Nelson
"For a long time, I went to bed early. Sometimes, my candle barely out, my eyes would close so quickly that I didn't even have time to think: 'I'm falling asleep'. "

 

[mullokintyre]

Voting time ....

From the original French, there have been many translations into English of Marcel Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.

Many of you have soldiered on, through the entire oeuvre of 7 books, and may not remember the start of Book One. However, it is important to get the tone right, as language shifts and context changes.

Which of these versions of the opening sentence of the first book, Swanns Way do you prefer?

James Grieve
"Time was when I always went to bed early. Sometimes, as soon as I snuffed my candle, my eyes would close before I even had time to think, 'I'm falling asleep'."

Scott Moncrieff
"For a long time I went to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say 'I'm going to sleep'."

Brian Nelson
"For a long time, I went to bed early. Sometimes, my candle barely out, my eyes would close so quickly that I didn't even have time to think: 'I'm falling asleep'. "

None of the Above.
Mick

 

[StockyGuy]

Bemusing (and jarring) to hear some people habitually use the expression "to be honest" after a fairly simple statement. Does that mean everything else they said/say is a pack of lies? Is anything approaching frank truthfulness some weird aberration for them that needs to be honoured with special attention?

 

[StockyGuy]

Voting time ....

From the original French, there have been many translations into English of Marcel Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu.

Many of you have soldiered on, through the entire oeuvre of 7 books, and may not remember the start of Book One. However, it is important to get the tone right, as language shifts and context changes.

Which of these versions of the opening sentence of the first book, Swanns Way do you prefer?

James Grieve
"Time was when I always went to bed early. Sometimes, as soon as I snuffed my candle, my eyes would close before I even had time to think, 'I'm falling asleep'."

Scott Moncrieff
"For a long time I went to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say 'I'm going to sleep'."

Brian Nelson
"For a long time, I went to bed early. Sometimes, my candle barely out, my eyes would close so quickly that I didn't even have time to think: 'I'm falling asleep'. "

Grieve's version sounds better to me, FWIW.

 

[mullokintyre]

Thunder was loud last night.
mick