tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post552355319253744498..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: The Leaving PresentIdlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-74703335708481854762008-02-23T09:26:00.000+00:002008-02-23T09:26:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-77281553780635818342008-01-18T11:33:00.000+00:002008-01-18T11:33:00.000+00:00Thanks, merms, I always wanted an umber-coloured f...Thanks, merms, I always wanted an umber-coloured feline sporran.<BR/><BR/>What colour is this "umber" - muddy grey like the river, or off-white like the bridge?<BR/><BR/>Those Resolution people are hard-selling me an emerging market hedge fund at the moment, to little effect.<BR/><BR/>Those nice people at Baillie Gifford are busy losing some of my PEP money in their Japan fund, which was a foolish purchase towards the end of last year.<BR/><BR/>No Burns night invitations from them this year, but I spent a very pleasant evening in black tie at Covent Garden for la Traviata last night with a Swiss organisation, followed by dinner with the cast and then the tart shop formerly known as Annabel's.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-38470622686667097492008-01-18T00:40:00.000+00:002008-01-18T00:40:00.000+00:00I usually avoid burns night events now. Used to ge...I usually avoid burns night events now. Used to get dragged off to them with Britannic - sorry, RESOLUTION - or Baillie Gifford every year. Aberdeen were too cheap to host one (or still Highland Reeling from the splits crisis).<BR/><BR/>The BG ones were good, as were the old Britannic but Resolution Asset Management is being hijacked by an overly large English ego who just makes me want to twat him hard and repeatedly in the face with a fine ripe steak.<BR/><BR/>Hence I avoid them. The merms cannot give way to violence. <BR/><BR/>If Monty gets hit by a truck, what's left can be donated to your new sporran - he's a lovely shade of red, ginger, white and umber.Mermaid of Moorgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485679698269770465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-62493414970852179622008-01-15T21:35:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:35:00.000+00:00Men in skirts,mmmmmmmn :-)Men in skirts,mmmmmmmn :-)lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-6680435427365721402008-01-14T14:16:00.000+00:002008-01-14T14:16:00.000+00:00I'm glad you can imagine ladies stroking sporrans,...I'm glad you can imagine ladies stroking sporrans, merms.<BR/><BR/>I've always imagined that ladies would form an orderly queue to stroke mine, but it never happens.<BR/> <BR/>I wear a kilt less often nowadays than in the past, but perhaps my luck will change at Burns Night in a fortnight.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I need a new sporran, one with more rewarding tactility. My children won't let me reward a faithful labrador by turning him into highland dress when his time comes, so it'll have to be a cat, preferably a multi-coloured one.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-38714056983930443142008-01-14T11:43:00.000+00:002008-01-14T11:43:00.000+00:00That's a fine scrote-based sporran indeed. I can i...That's a fine scrote-based sporran indeed. I can imagine ladies stroking it only to recoil in horror as they realise they're fingering buffalo sacs.Mermaid of Moorgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485679698269770465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-57167241511766841232008-01-14T09:55:00.000+00:002008-01-14T09:55:00.000+00:00Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see...Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see Lil walking up Pall Mall towards my window, scrobs.<BR/><BR/>Particularly as my lunch has been cancelled because (my lunch date says) "a friend and colleague in the Singapore office dropped dead of a heart attack today".<BR/><BR/>Bummer.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-41760592859797863152008-01-14T08:26:00.000+00:002008-01-14T08:26:00.000+00:00You've done it now Iders!Look out of your window, ...You've done it now Iders!<BR/><BR/>Look out of your window, and Lilith's entourage will just be turning the corner...<BR/><BR/>She only needs a map reference - like 'Russia', and you're spotted!Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-35270919663069813432008-01-13T14:02:00.000+00:002008-01-13T14:02:00.000+00:00His mate must have been a brave man indeed to get ...His mate must have been a brave man indeed to get one of those.<BR/><BR/>I would certainly have wanted more than three years rent in payment !<BR/><BR/>I was once nearly drowned by an Canadian moose in the Algonquin and that was bad enough but that's another story for my blog.<BR/><BR/>Great tale, Idle - I thoroughly enjoyed it.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-84053066830223983792008-01-13T13:17:00.000+00:002008-01-13T13:17:00.000+00:00Ahha! Gotcha.Ahha! Gotcha.lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-43465578983359665902008-01-12T20:09:00.000+00:002008-01-12T20:09:00.000+00:00Tuscan, all the evidence is that these are not rea...Tuscan, all the evidence is that these are not readily available. There was a line in Blackadder II which went:<BR/><BR/>"Tell us about your inheritance, Blackadder"<BR/><BR/>" It is the size of an elephant's scrotum, and just as difficult to get your hands on"<BR/><BR/>Lil, there is one half way between Slough and Basingstoke (take the Bracknell turn off) which was set up for the "Sons of Heroes". That's enough clues for the gal who unlocked the Scroblene mystery.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-16555197285478225492008-01-12T18:59:00.000+00:002008-01-12T18:59:00.000+00:00Brilliant! O/T (Burning curiosity, please excuse) ...Brilliant! <BR/><BR/>O/T (Burning curiosity, please excuse) Were you at Slough Grammar or at the other end of the M4?lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-48449992946061298722008-01-11T08:43:00.000+00:002008-01-11T08:43:00.000+00:00Excellent tale! I wonder if such items are availa...Excellent tale! I wonder if such items are available on eBay - cos I feel a burning need for one right now.Tuscan Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196343713837375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-77537823246782489202008-01-10T22:58:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:58:00.000+00:00The word, Hitch, is that Comrade Bob has the most ...The word, Hitch, is that Comrade Bob has the most virulent strain of syphilis.<BR/><BR/>This is not a ballbag you would want to get your hands on. Leave it to Eve with the marigolds on.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-40203038689188096702008-01-10T22:31:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:31:00.000+00:00hhehehI WANT ONE!I'd rather have Mugabes ball bag,...hheheh<BR/>I WANT ONE!<BR/>I'd rather have Mugabes ball bag, however, that would do.The Hitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007793676288933155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-79586947775776246112008-01-10T22:01:00.000+00:002008-01-10T22:01:00.000+00:00... and to you, trubes.... and to you, trubes.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-46223297456163040112008-01-10T18:11:00.000+00:002008-01-10T18:11:00.000+00:00Ha ha , that is so funny Idle made me laugh out lo...Ha ha , that is so funny Idle made me laugh out loud !<BR/><BR/>Happy 2008, good to read your writings again !Trubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297883125832619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-86632774507697719642008-01-10T02:00:00.000+00:002008-01-10T02:00:00.000+00:00I'm envious (only a little) - of the result, not t...I'm envious (only a little) - of the result, not the process! A chum brought me back a silver mounted (cured thank God) bull's scrotum from Argentina. The right words of thanks didn't come readily to the lips, and no shelf is high enough...45govthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10628604286051915366noreply@blogger.com