tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4529588705443846693..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: On Being RightGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-57747497294618135862016-12-16T22:02:43.125+00:002016-12-16T22:02:43.125+00:00I wish I'd heard that Pauline.I wish I'd heard that Pauline.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62761377866201536302016-12-13T22:20:28.577+00:002016-12-13T22:20:28.577+00:00I've heard something similar before. From a G...I've heard something similar before. From a Greek taxi driver in Sydney when another driver failed to give way to him. It sounded highly amusing when quoted with many shrugs and much arm waving. Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1194710563139943912016-12-13T19:11:05.793+00:002016-12-13T19:11:05.793+00:00That is entirely possible Monica. It has been a fa...That is entirely possible Monica. It has been a favourite saying of mine for many decades.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-16888250040340038922016-12-13T19:06:33.994+00:002016-12-13T19:06:33.994+00:00Frances I'd have loved to have claimed it for ...Frances I'd have loved to have claimed it for my own but it appears that it was not mine after all.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19807457818950261692016-12-13T18:32:15.734+00:002016-12-13T18:32:15.734+00:00It did seem to me that I may have heard it (or sim...It did seem to me that I may have heard it (or similar) before. But for all I know, it may have been you quoting it before...! :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29744876917634268512016-12-13T13:25:39.263+00:002016-12-13T13:25:39.263+00:00I love it! And I'd claim it for my own if ther...I love it! And I'd claim it for my own if there are no other takers, Graham.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29937726065190587792016-12-13T07:53:39.642+00:002016-12-13T07:53:39.642+00:00Thank you Glo. I'd Googled it (of course) and ...Thank you Glo. I'd Googled it (of course) and had no luck. At least I now know that it wasn't one of my original ditties.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-33112001966901303312016-12-13T07:49:20.418+00:002016-12-13T07:49:20.418+00:00He did indeed Red.He did indeed Red.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-2707750503857088092016-12-13T07:48:53.761+00:002016-12-13T07:48:53.761+00:00Yes Kay. I've seen that. It is amusing.Yes Kay. I've seen that. It is amusing.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-34482145619935217962016-12-13T07:46:39.632+00:002016-12-13T07:46:39.632+00:00How very true and apt Kylie. Thank you.How very true and apt Kylie. Thank you.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-50698245830320716302016-12-13T04:16:10.284+00:002016-12-13T04:16:10.284+00:00"Here lies the body of Johnny O'Day
Who d..."Here lies the body of Johnny O'Day<br />Who died Preserving His Right of Way.<br /><br />He was Right, Dead Right, as he sailed along<br />But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong"<br /><br />quoted by Eric Hiscock in "Cruising Under Sail", Oxford University Press, 1st edn, 1950.<br /><br />Read more at http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?33107-Poem-He-was-just-as-dead&s=c803e43199b2dfedcb80616bbba0c4ce#cp1ddgfaPpjjLzhM.99Glohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532995590131801962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10971229264037444822016-12-13T02:40:29.590+00:002016-12-13T02:40:29.590+00:00I can't help you on this one but the poet had ...I can't help you on this one but the poet had a great idea.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-23031912838950320172016-12-13T02:27:28.134+00:002016-12-13T02:27:28.134+00:00For some reason, this reminds me of the funny thin...For some reason, this reminds me of the funny things written on tombstones. I don't know if it was real, but I liked the one that said, "I Told You I Was Sick". That's funny!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84826347013746663372016-12-13T01:45:40.446+00:002016-12-13T01:45:40.446+00:00It reminds me of something I saw which said that a...It reminds me of something I saw which said that apologising doesn't mean you are wrong, it means you value the relationship more highly than being in the right.<br /><br />kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.com