I Shoulda Gone To Blockbuster Video
SteveMR200
--Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
(In James Boswell's _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791],
"12 October 1779")
--
Steve
Ida O'Furphy
Johnson may be a tad cynical about the Causeway, but it didn't stop the
Simpsons!
...
They caused an uproar on a visit to Australia, were described as
blasphemes following a trip to Brazil, and tonight, after 20 years and
450 episodes, The Simpsons are finally coming to Ireland. [..]
While Homer and Grampa are busy flouting the smoking ban [in Irish
pubs], Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Bart embark on a sightseeing trip,
calling on Blarney Castle, Giant�s Causeway and the Guinness brewery.
~ Steven Carroll, 'Cartoon family get animated on first Irish visit'
(March 17, 2009)
It [Ireland] is the last place where I should wish to travel.
~Samuel Johnson 1709-84,in Boswell op cit
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries,
he may learn to improve his own, and if fortune carries him to worse, he
may learn to enjoy it.
~ Samuel Johnson 1709-84, Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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//Sl�inte!
Ida O'Furphy
Pics of AL
http://aussieladiesofaq.blogspot.com
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maigemu
> SteveMR200 wrote:
> > Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.
> > --Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
> > (In James Boswell's _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791],
> > "12 October 1779")
>
> _______________________
>
> Johnson may be a tad cynical about the Causeway, but it didn't stop the
> Simpsons!
>
> ...
> They caused an uproar on a visit to Australia, were described as
> blasphemes following a trip to Brazil, and tonight, after 20 years and
> 450 episodes, The Simpsons are finally coming to Ireland. [..]
> While Homer and Grampa are busy flouting the smoking ban [in Irish
> pubs], Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Bart embark on a sightseeing trip,
> ~ Steven Carroll, 'Cartoon family get animated on first Irish visit'
> (March 17, 2009)
>
> It [Ireland] is the last place where I should wish to travel.
> ~Samuel Johnson 1709-84,in Boswell op cit
>
> All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries,
> he may learn to improve his own, and if fortune carries him to worse, he
> may learn to enjoy it.
> ~ Samuel Johnson 1709-84, Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
>
> --
> Ida O'Furphy
>
> Pics of ALhttp://aussieladiesofaq.blogspot.com
> _____________________________________
One of the pleasant things about the GC is the proximity of the
Bushmills distillery.
If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody
monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home,
creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the
mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples
Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious
living into the bottomless pits of degradation, shame, despair,
helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it
with every fibre of my being.
However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the
philosophic wine, the elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when
good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and the
warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer,
the stimulating sip that puts a little spring in the step of an
elderly gentleman on a frosty morning; if you mean that drink that
enables man to magnify his joy, and to forget life's great tragedies
and heartbreaks and sorrow; if you mean that drink the sale of which
pours into Texas treasuries untold millions of dollars each year, that
provides tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our
deaf, our dumb, our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest
highways, hospitals, universities, and community colleges in this
nation, then my friend, I am absolutely, unequivocally in favour of
it.
This is my position, and as always, I refuse to be compromised on
matters of principle.- Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr. 1952
Winsome P.E. Jones
> One of the pleasant things about the GC is the proximity of the
> Bushmills distillery.
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A good gulp of whisky at bedtime - it's not very scientific, but it helps.
~Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955 ( Mar 22, 1954)
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//Winsome P.E. Jones
SteveMR200
<rRZVm.62605$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:
>A good gulp of whisky at bedtime - it's not very scientific, but it helps.
>~Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955 ( Mar 22, 1954)
After coffee and a nap, Doc Palmer nudged the screen
door open with his elbow. His arms were full. One
arm carried empty whiskey bottles; the other, his
shotgun. Both had become a significant part of
his daily routine.
The whiskey helped him sleep better at night; and
the shotgun . . . well, it helped him sleep better
at night.
Maybe it was his Montana surroundings, but he felt
like an old, retired gunslinger. He knew sooner
or later they'd send someone to hunt him down.
He knew they'd kill him.
All he wanted was to get a shot or two off before he
died, get a lick or two in, just so they'd say that
Doc Palmer didn't go down without a fight.
--Jack Cavanaugh (1952- )
_A Hideous Beauty_ [2007], Chapter 15
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Steve
SteveMR200
<akspi5pqs7pt6sn21...@4ax.com>:
>On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:02:15 GMT, Winsome P.E. Jones wrote in message:
><rRZVm.62605$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:
>
>>A good gulp of whisky at bedtime - it's not very scientific, but it helps.
>>~Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955 ( Mar 22, 1954)
>
>After coffee and a nap, Doc Palmer nudged the screen
>door open with his elbow. His arms were full. One
>arm carried empty whiskey bottles; the other, his
>shotgun. Both had become a significant part of
>his daily routine.
>
>The whiskey helped him sleep better at night; and
>the shotgun . . . well, it helped him sleep better
>at night.
> --Jack Cavanaugh (1952- )
> _A Hideous Beauty_ [2007], Chapter 15
And he that will go to bed sober,
Falls with the leaf still in October.
--John Fletcher (1579-1625)
_The Bloody Brother_ [c. 1616]; Act 2, Scene 2
--
Steve
William C Waterhouse
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0800, SteveMR200 wrote in message:
> <akspi5pqs7pt6sn21...@4ax.com>:
>
> And he that will go to bed sober,
> Falls with the leaf still in October.
> --John Fletcher (1579-1625)
> _The Bloody Brother_ [c. 1616]; Act 2, Scene 2
Here's to the man who drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
Here's to the man who drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober,
He falls as the leaves do fall,
falls as the leaves do fall,
falls as the leaves do fall... he'll die before October.
Here's to the man who drinks good ale and goes to bed quite mellow,
Here's to the man who drinks good ale and goes to bed quite mellow,
He lives as he ought to live,
lives as he ought to live,
lives as he ought to live.. he'll die a jolly old fellow.
-- folk song, called "Three Jolly Coachmen" or
"Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl"
William C. Waterhouse
Penn State
SteveMR200
message: <4B328812...@math.psu.edu>:
>Here's to the man who drinks good ale and goes to bed quite mellow,
>He lives as he ought to live,
>lives as he ought to live,
>lives as he ought to live.. he'll die a jolly old fellow.
>
>-- folk song, called "Three Jolly Coachmen" or
> "Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl"
Jerri Bondi: (Gena Rowlands)
Jack, what are you going to do?
John W. "Jack" Burns: (Kirk Douglas)
Well, about every six months, I figure I owe
myself a good drunk. It rinses your insides out,
sweetens your breath and tones up your skin.
--Dialogue from the film _Lonely Are the Brave_ [1962];
written by Edward Abbey, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
--
Steve