tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4391755254172834404..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: The Dream Dinner Party?Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85445366068679187982017-05-24T20:56:22.501+01:002017-05-24T20:56:22.501+01:00Thanks all - and to Stephen for the Louis Simpson ...Thanks all - and to Stephen for the Louis Simpson poem, which I didn't know of...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71696778528038260772017-05-22T18:22:52.860+01:002017-05-22T18:22:52.860+01:00Myles na gCopaleen, Baroness Trumpington, Brian Bl...Myles na gCopaleen, Baroness Trumpington, Brian Blessed, Roger Scruton...and even more booze.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-50783863712909506422017-05-22T17:21:15.692+01:002017-05-22T17:21:15.692+01:00Louis Simpson's poem "Chocolates" is...Louis Simpson's poem "Chocolates" is about Chekhov's conversational style. Here are the opening and closing lines:<br /><br />Once some people were visiting Chekhov.<br />While they made remarks about his genius<br />the Master fidgeted. Finally<br />he said, "Do you like chocolates?"<br /><br />They were astonished, and silent.<br />He repeated the question,<br />whereupon one lady plucked up her courage<br />and murmured shyly, "Yes."<br /><br />"Tell me," he said, leaning forward,<br />light glinting from his spectacles,<br />"what kind? The light, sweet chocolate<br />or the dark, bitter kind?"<br />* * * * *<br />As they were leaving he stood by the door<br />and took their hands.<br />In the coach returning to Petersburg<br />they agreed that it had been a most<br />unusual conversation. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing the excerpt from Pritchett.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-64927708809167196932017-05-22T17:13:09.710+01:002017-05-22T17:13:09.710+01:00Mike Rowe, Nigel Mansell, Heather MacDonald, Sam H...Mike Rowe, Nigel Mansell, Heather MacDonald, Sam Harris, Gary Sinise.<br /><br />And lots of booze.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-29699046582720385982017-05-22T13:06:33.271+01:002017-05-22T13:06:33.271+01:00Ho ho - yes indeed!Ho ho - yes indeed!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-92013097307937331142017-05-22T11:08:17.855+01:002017-05-22T11:08:17.855+01:00Get Van Morrison round as well and that could be t...Get Van Morrison round as well and that could be the perfect evening. <br />Apparently Jeremy Paxman described Mrs May as "The kind of woman you have lunch with - once."jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.com