tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post5210177502939527136..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: I am Puzzled.Graham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-51559941539811224932019-10-23T15:18:55.159+01:002019-10-23T15:18:55.159+01:00Sorry about the delay in responding, Jenny. I'...Sorry about the delay in responding, Jenny. I've just found a little cache of un-moderated comments. I've been trying to see who suggested that it might be "charmingly feminine" not to be able to parallel park. It will, I'm sure, be something quite simple. You just have to diagnose the cause. Sounds simple doesn't it?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-46992737733241651062019-10-23T15:10:25.915+01:002019-10-23T15:10:25.915+01:00Gosh, Diane, I'm not quite sure why I've o...Gosh, Diane, I'm not quite sure why I've only just found all your comments. I'd not seen them in my in-box and found them when checking my comments in the dashboard after being away for a couple of weeks. As for Adrian, Diane, he loves to be controversial but he's really a very clever person and can be lovely too - just slightly flawed!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-83392553061982970882019-10-06T18:57:55.972+01:002019-10-06T18:57:55.972+01:00"and can teach nineteen year old lasses to pa..."and can teach nineteen year old lasses to park a horse box"... NAUGHTY!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-5597361986922803442019-10-04T17:18:18.254+01:002019-10-04T17:18:18.254+01:00I don't think it charmingly feminine that I ca...I don't think it charmingly feminine that I can't parallel park well. I hate it! And I am quite puzzled that I used to be able to park in the smallest space quite beautifully, but as soon as we changed our car that suddenly became impossible. Something about the car, I assume - I am misinterpreting the shape of it in some way, I think. Does puzzle me, though! I obviously need to spend a few hours practising. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29757840582051521432019-10-02T12:58:19.201+01:002019-10-02T12:58:19.201+01:00A thought provoking post. I am puzzled about what ...A thought provoking post. I am puzzled about what to write here except Adrian offended me by saying teachers are not necessary. Although they may not be necessary in the future due to learning from computers/robots I think I helped develop many kids over the 30 years that I was teachingdiane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-50957359489917543762019-10-01T13:35:59.035+01:002019-10-01T13:35:59.035+01:00Adrian, only you could link knacks to political pe...Adrian, only you could link knacks to political persuasion.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13381458189482057722019-09-29T15:34:51.553+01:002019-09-29T15:34:51.553+01:00Graham, lack of parallel parking skill is not a ma...Graham, lack of parallel parking skill is not a matter of the sexes. It's only a knack. Knacks are things that the dumb lefties think beneath them. I can reverse a ship, a low loader trailer and can teach nineteen year old lasses to park a horse box. It's a knack. <br />Use the bloody mirrors...Get used to seeing stuff in them. That's how I tell them. I only do the forward bit and then we swap seats, they spend an hour reversing the rig and swapping seats after I've done the forward bit. They always pass the trailer test.....Well two have. I'm expecting a lusting charge from the third. I suspect I'll have to plead guilty to admiring totty and making her feel uncomfortable for having no spacial awareness and drop dead gorgeous legs or some such social lefty nonsense.<br />No worries.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25477461744167864132019-09-29T15:05:21.720+01:002019-09-29T15:05:21.720+01:00Graham. A bellend is the End of a willy. American ...Graham. A bellend is the End of a willy. American men suffer genital mutilation. We normal folk have a foreskin which conceals the bellend to all but our nearest and dearest and is also the bit of sentient skin attached to a male.<br />Marcheline, how many Americans has Trump sacrificed? He builds an army so he doesn't need to use it. He has the best interests of you at heart. Doesn't even bother that he is too old to benefit from a so called Charity and works for free. Find me a socialist or lefty that does that.<br />Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6814950630554623202019-09-27T21:41:16.243+01:002019-09-27T21:41:16.243+01:00Marcheline, I must first thank you for such a grea...Marcheline, I must first thank you for such a great comment. "..it also announces that they are bell ends...". What, pray, are "bell ends"? (Apart from a Sixties trouser fashion or sailors' trousers). Self-clappers 'doing the lemming thing' has a certain appeal as an explanation and one of which I would not have thought. I never, for one minute, doubted that you'd be able to parallel park. I've taught a few people in my time too. Now I have a car which will parallel park for me if I so wish. I tried it once to see if it does and it did. I still prefer to park myself! Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73453836011378851922019-09-26T17:14:18.706+01:002019-09-26T17:14:18.706+01:00Hello GB! Back from a jaunt down south to a famil...Hello GB! Back from a jaunt down south to a family reunion, and your post is quite a refreshing return to "normal". Let's see what I can comment on...<br /><br />1. Knuckles. For me, cracking anything (knuckles, hips, shoulders, etc.) is a sheer relief. I get discomfort (too weird to be called "pain", exactly... just a feeling something needs to be cracked) in said joints, and the only thing that will relieve the feeling is cracking it. I wake up several times a night and crack my left hip joint. If I don't, I can't sleep. I used to crack my knuckles quite often when younger, but as I've aged that particular set of firecrackers has gotten quieter. I assume that there are individuals (probably the same ones who jingle their pocket change in queues) who crack their knuckles in public to attract attention. Handily, it also announces that they are bell ends, in case anyone was not aware.<br /><br />2. I think everyone knows that clapping for one's self is not "the done thing"... but I think that when regular people suddenly find themselves on television, or any other stage they are unaccustomed to, the sound of everyone around them clapping makes them jump to join in. I've noticed some self-clappers suddenly realise they're doing it, and stop awkwardly. I think it's a nervous reaction to the sudden clamour. I don't think most self-clappers are really congratulating themselves, they're doing the lemming thing.<br /><br />3. As for who celebrities sleep with, I'm fairly sure no one (except the celebrity in question, and their partner) cares really, it's just a titillating bit of fodder for the paparrazzi to tack on to their photo ops. It's not enough that every hair out of place, every wardrobe malfunction (accidental or otherwise), every mis-spoken word, every costume change, and every bite eaten (or not eaten) is reported as news... they must also endure their every private relationship being exposed (accurately or otherwise). I know celebrities make a lot of money, but honestly sometimes I think it's really not worth the lack of privacy.<br /><br />4. You ask why no one points out the ecological harm done by war. I say when a country full of supposedly sane people elect an ignorant orange butt plug as their president, I can not expect anything meaningful from them thereafter. Nothing horrific surprises me any more.<br /><br />5. The reason women can't parallel park is because they are not married to my husband. Not only can he parallel park perfectly, he can also teach other people how to.<br /><br />Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38067562072154667282019-09-26T14:09:17.451+01:002019-09-26T14:09:17.451+01:00Kylie, I suspect that you have the same problem th...Kylie, I suspect that you have the same problem that I have: concentration or rather lack of it - trying to think of too many things at the same time.<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76851312383068592132019-09-26T14:07:22.726+01:002019-09-26T14:07:22.726+01:00Yes, Amy, it reaaly goes through me too.Yes, Amy, it reaaly goes through me too.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60547952508195662072019-09-26T13:52:08.080+01:002019-09-26T13:52:08.080+01:00Lee, I think that attitudes and the way we treat e...Lee, I think that attitudes and the way we treat each other is beyond my comprehension.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31914894643835482912019-09-25T14:13:05.568+01:002019-09-25T14:13:05.568+01:00Why can I think of similarly quirky little things ...Why can I think of similarly quirky little things but they won't stay in my head long enough to write a post about them?<br />Why can I sometimes parallel park beautifully first go and other times I have to try six times and eventually give up?<br />Currency conversions confuse me, too. And I never thought of military actions as a part of the climate change issue. I guess the powers that be would rather we were blind to that particular causekyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65863469321467074782019-09-25T07:36:25.481+01:002019-09-25T07:36:25.481+01:00Your first question, yes I've wondered the sam...Your first question, yes I've wondered the same over the years, the one about the knuckles, that sound gives me the creeps it's a bit like when someone scrapes their nails down a blackboard. Shudder!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27429549840886971482019-09-24T23:20:28.302+01:002019-09-24T23:20:28.302+01:00I am puzzled by many things, attitudes, etc., etc....I am puzzled by many things, attitudes, etc., etc. in this world of ours...and as each day passes I become more and more puzzled...and more and more reclusive. There is much I just can not be bothered wasting my time or thought on because many things (and people) are becoming sillier by the day.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48803109554895882402019-09-24T09:01:15.675+01:002019-09-24T09:01:15.675+01:00He may be your Uncle, but who is your Aunt?He may be your Uncle, but who is your Aunt?pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-43196614666387736452019-09-23T18:37:14.773+01:002019-09-23T18:37:14.773+01:00Sansserif, with your very considerable abilities y...Sansserif, with your very considerable abilities your admission made me laugh out loud. If I had a cat it would have looked at me in dismay.I suspect, though, that your bewilderment arises out of a very much greater appreciation of the social politics of life and that my bewilderment is much more superficial.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47551719058911080752019-09-23T17:04:49.102+01:002019-09-23T17:04:49.102+01:00I absolutely love that you forgot your wife's ...I absolutely love that you forgot your wife's name. <br />I forgot my own name - or rather, I forgot how to spell my own name. It was an inopportune moment to forget - back then during that first degree you were still required to put your name on the degree exam booklet... :-D<br />I am as bewildered as you Graham. Life is very befuddling now. I hope you are well.sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4908100225508874782019-09-23T14:59:28.374+01:002019-09-23T14:59:28.374+01:00Politicians, teachers and social workers are a pro...Politicians, teachers and social workers are a protected section of our society. Non are strictly necessary, few do any good. Cameron wants castigating for being a spoon faced twat. It would be a sad and uninteresting day if politicians were banned for being a bit thick but never give them credence. I would have thought Neil would have learned after voting for the Spectrum Thing. Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29691283405426632412019-09-23T14:42:42.738+01:002019-09-23T14:42:42.738+01:00Bob who knows you maybe. Fathers day in both Tides...Bob who knows you maybe. Fathers day in both Tideswell and Auchtermuchty was and still is a bit of a poser for both children and fathers. It's a wise child that knows it's father.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40524122749439535142019-09-23T14:38:19.278+01:002019-09-23T14:38:19.278+01:00I consider it my duty to make myself and folk cons...I consider it my duty to make myself and folk consider things, ponder that maybe our species is to blame and mostly those with an IQ of less than seventy. Bloody Oxfam and Save the Children are weird. Seventy years and the job is getting worse. I forget they are working for profit, their own profit. If third world countries have a population that can't feed themselves then so be it.<br />We don't have the detritus of the world queuing at Dover to invade the wonderful EU. Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59488976081054729192019-09-23T14:08:37.535+01:002019-09-23T14:08:37.535+01:00So, Potty, I mean, like, why? Sorry!So, Potty, I mean, like, why? Sorry!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22455422558245317402019-09-23T14:04:41.298+01:002019-09-23T14:04:41.298+01:00Why, indeed, YP. However on the last one I would m...Why, indeed, YP. However on the last one I would make the point that there are many politicians of whom the same could be asked.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63056217004176956332019-09-23T13:56:00.528+01:002019-09-23T13:56:00.528+01:00I thought, Adrian, that you would have an unusual ...I thought, Adrian, that you would have an unusual take on the subject. I am not disappointed.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com