tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post8482015894414038286..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: Zuleika DobsonThis old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-7170747167394364212008-09-18T21:47:00.000+10:002008-09-18T21:47:00.000+10:00So...the moral of the story is that stupid people ...So...the moral of the story is that stupid people should not fall in love with mean people? I think there's something in that for all of us.<BR/><BR/>Fabulous cover too -- I can't help but think that the Duke is about to smack his head on the unexpectedly unyielding water, with an audible 'clonk' - Wile E. Coyote style.David Thornbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129481335342570688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-50472345617426127852008-09-18T19:40:00.000+10:002008-09-18T19:40:00.000+10:00Oh I get it! I thought it meant going around steal...Oh I get it! I thought it meant going around stealing other people's blog posts.<BR/><BR/>Derrr... Oh. AaaargghThis old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-40689223632394642452008-09-18T19:33:00.000+10:002008-09-18T19:33:00.000+10:00Apparently they have upped the ante on the origina...Apparently they have upped the ante on the original <A HREF="http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html" REL="nofollow">Talk Like A Pirate Day</A>. There do be much talk in the Blogosphere of late about Blogging Like a Pirate this year. Perhaps in acknowledgement of this I might embed one of the many Youtube clips of the Dead Parrot sketch. I especially like the live version where Cleese Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-49072574554907620252008-09-18T19:07:00.000+10:002008-09-18T19:07:00.000+10:00but the poor duke!but the poor duke!melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-22611071139821666642008-09-18T18:49:00.000+10:002008-09-18T18:49:00.000+10:00Oh, clever girl. Not as such, but all that busines...Oh, clever girl. Not as such, but all that business with the white pearls on his shirt turning black and pink by magic, and being given backwards and forwards between the lovers, etc. does remind me of the Garter story of the woman's garment being transferred to the man's body and then becoming heraldic insignia. At one point he nearly gives her his garter star...<BR/><BR/>Blog like a Pirate?This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-19936203909253175952008-09-18T18:45:00.000+10:002008-09-18T18:45:00.000+10:00Do black and/or pink pearls feature anywhere in th...Do black and/or pink pearls feature anywhere in the Garter accoutrements, or is that just a sub-plot?<BR/><BR/>(And now I've got an unbidden vision of Pirates of the Caribbean sailing up the Isis. Scary. Mind you, tomorrow is Blog Like a Pirate Day.)Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com