tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post9099492903547486729..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: On Having Nothing To SayNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-13155620745285052682008-08-07T22:22:00.000+01:002008-08-07T22:22:00.000+01:00You nearly match Dylan Thomas when it comes to say...You nearly match Dylan Thomas when it comes to saying nothing eloquently, Nige, especially when Thomas speaks to the stunning language of telling silence in "A Refusal To Mourn The Death, By Fire, Of A Child In London":<BR/><BR/><I>Never until the mankind making<BR/>Bird beast and flower<BR/>Fathering and all humbling darkness<BR/>Tells with silence the last light breaking<BR/>And the still hour<BR/>Is come of the sea tumbling in harness<BR/><BR/>And I must enter again the round<BR/>Zion of the water bead<BR/>And the synagogue of the ear of corn<BR/>Shall I let pray the shadow of a sound<BR/>Or sow my salt seed<BR/>In the least valley of sackcloth to mourn<BR/><BR/>The majesty and burning of the child's death.<BR/>I shall not murder<BR/>The mankind of her going with a grave truth<BR/>Nor blaspheme down the stations of the<BR/> breath<BR/>With any further<BR/>Elegy of innocence and youth.<BR/><BR/>Deep with the first dead lies London's<BR/> daughter,<BR/>Robed in the long friends,<BR/>The grains beyond age, the dark veins of her<BR/> mother,<BR/>Secret by the unmourning water<BR/>Of the riding Thames.<BR/>After the first death, there is no other.</I><BR/><BR/>^i^Judith Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630731762216185341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-45876130522150633412008-08-06T21:05:00.000+01:002008-08-06T21:05:00.000+01:00Nihil obstatNihil obstatken kurphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490925117335744000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74828499203452709192008-08-06T17:48:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:48:00.000+01:00I just remember the barnet, borrowed from the Cold...I just remember the barnet, borrowed from the Coldstream guardsmaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-47665978352219222942008-08-06T17:27:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:27:00.000+01:00Billy Preston's debut album was called The Most Ex...Billy Preston's debut album was called The Most Exciting Organ Ever. He also had one called The Wildest Organ In Town.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-55237873352432568612008-08-06T17:20:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:20:00.000+01:00Or the EaglesOr the Eaglesmaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-8241172227101523452008-08-06T17:18:00.000+01:002008-08-06T17:18:00.000+01:00Billie HolidayBillie Holidaymaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-5468408240485155282008-08-06T16:10:00.000+01:002008-08-06T16:10:00.000+01:00Billy Preston?Billy Preston?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-76260207924446849002008-08-06T16:04:00.000+01:002008-08-06T16:04:00.000+01:00"Nothing from nothing leaves nothing; you gotta ha..."Nothing from nothing leaves nothing; you gotta have something, if you wanna be with me."<BR/><BR/>who sang that? I can remember the song but not the singerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-13700252287173457762008-08-06T15:33:00.000+01:002008-08-06T15:33:00.000+01:00"Nothing will come of nothing".Well we can throw t..."Nothing will come of nothing".<BR/><BR/>Well we can throw that one on the scrapheap then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24728884638185573632008-08-06T14:52:00.000+01:002008-08-06T14:52:00.000+01:00..Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-10712831731061989272008-08-06T14:27:00.000+01:002008-08-06T14:27:00.000+01:00Mussolini never had much to say, after he started ...Mussolini never had much to say, after he started hanging around garages.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53527783030188442552008-08-06T13:35:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:35:00.000+01:00Write down your thoughts on Tennyson and not a pee...Write down your thoughts on Tennyson and not a peep, not a nibble...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-59584909718036102802008-08-06T13:34:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:34:00.000+01:00It's clearly the way to go, Dick - haven't had so ...It's clearly the way to go, Dick - haven't had so many comments in ages...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72257292491701553842008-08-06T13:30:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:30:00.000+01:00Wonderful, Nige. I was sitting here finding it dif...Wonderful, Nige. I was sitting here finding it difficult to write anything and then I see how you do it. I guess this means I will have to now find something to say about having nothing to say.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-30693222670451047632008-08-06T13:05:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:05:00.000+01:00Quasimodo was a quiet sort of a chap, lost the art...Quasimodo was a quiet sort of a chap, lost the art of conversation. He had a good hunch though.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-62132316379287859842008-08-06T12:21:00.000+01:002008-08-06T12:21:00.000+01:00NOTHING TO BE DONE, DONT BLAME YOUR UNDERWEAR FOR ...NOTHING TO BE DONE, DONT BLAME YOUR UNDERWEAR FOR THE FAULTS OF YOUR ASSHOLE.ken kurphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490925117335744000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-77960207172577802462008-08-06T11:52:00.000+01:002008-08-06T11:52:00.000+01:00“Gordon Brown's got nothing to say.That can mean n...“<I>Gordon Brown's got nothing to say.</I><BR/><BR/>That can mean nothing - or everything: <BR/><BR/>1.) Dr Brown has nothing with which to treat himself<BR/>2.) There is nothing more to be done<BR/>3.) There is nothing ambiguous about the policy of Brown<BR/>4.) Brown is deprived of nothing but words<BR/>5.) The passage of two weeks holidays has done nothing to increase his eloquence<BR/>6.) A silence which nothing can justify<BR/>7.) There is nothing to tell.Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-56442572324831750452008-08-06T11:42:00.000+01:002008-08-06T11:42:00.000+01:00:-P + ;-) = :-S:-P + ;-) = :-SMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71431823003298314182008-08-06T10:55:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:55:00.000+01:00Gordon Brown's got nothing to say.Gordon Brown's got nothing to say.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-25983564109663104602008-08-06T10:54:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:54:00.000+01:00Yep everybody seemed to be saying nothing on the r...Yep everybody seemed to be saying nothing on the radio this morning, with the possible exception of Julie Burchill. There's a lot of it around. Maybe it's the time of year, and the weather...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-10042423305952346152008-08-06T10:42:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:42:00.000+01:00Zen and the art of losing billions Nige.Zen and the art of losing billions Nige.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-83242837572360363012008-08-06T10:41:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:41:00.000+01:00Michael Grade has nothing to say this morning, bus...Michael Grade has nothing to say this morning, busy looking for one point five billion, notice how today's losses are mostly in billions? funny that, just a few zero's more, nice balance sheet anyone?maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-91787906555095868112008-08-06T10:38:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:38:00.000+01:00We are entering a new world of zen blogging, Malty...We are entering a new world of zen blogging, Malty...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-36713450155713203142008-08-06T10:33:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:33:00.000+01:00One upmanship, I have absolutely nothing to say.One upmanship, I have absolutely nothing to say.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-83757335428424197012008-08-06T10:22:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:22:00.000+01:00Your best yet, Nige! Keep it up...Your best yet, Nige! Keep it up...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.com