tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post3103527917746454805..comments2024-03-18T21:17:01.996+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: AN IRA PRESS STATEMENTcall me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-32448672811689628432017-06-24T22:36:12.870+01:002017-06-24T22:36:12.870+01:00Amidst the flames of ruin something rather wonderf...Amidst the flames of ruin something rather wonderful:<br /><br />hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk<br /><br />Also nicely previewed here by the splendidly named Welsh author - Horatio Clare:<br /><br />www.ft.com/content/5c5377ba-50fd-11e7-a1f2-db19572361bb<br /><br />With apologies if it is hidden behind the damn paywall (if you google 'Horatio Clare hillforts' you should be able to access it...).Mr SGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-51138293571366411172017-06-21T13:20:31.639+01:002017-06-21T13:20:31.639+01:00Usedtabe, mrs woar, that we only really saw grey-h...Usedtabe, mrs woar, that we only really saw grey-haired, muscular German lesbians, ridng huge BMWs, a professor, maybe, on the front und Heidi mein liebschen, Ach you are such a liddle minx, on ze back. Honest, not invent. You'd see them all up and down the A9, we even had some staying here, they broke the fucking bed; there would also be a few airborne Hermanns visiting the scuttled German fleet in Scapa Flow.I met some nice former East Germans, totally shell-shocked by Reunification's Donner und Blitzen Consumerism, und all off a suddenness, Herr Ishmael zare vas sixty kind of biers in ze corner schopp, und who vants dat schitt, sixty kind off bier? Und effery fucking bastard did used to haff eine job und eine pension, not ferry much iss true, but it vas sumtink, und iff you don't have sixty kind of bier to buy you do not need so much money, nein, sings vas certain, before Reunification. Mein hussband, Gunther, vas eine lecturer, und I, too, vas eine lecturer und sings vas sehr gut but now ve are all on part-time verk and ze streets, ze streets, Herr Ishmael, zey are filled mit prostitutes; prostitues, ve neffer saw prostitutes on ze streets ven ve were East German. <br /><br />Visitors, like the Weisses. who had come for a while were genrally OK.<br /><br />Now, these monster ships disgorge daytrippers who are a pain in the arse, just dashing about, here today, Dublin to-morrow. I think the harbour fees bring in a bit of money but I don't know if the daytrippers spend a lot otherwise, walking around gawping. They walk into people's garden and train telephoto lenses into their sitting rooms, cheeky fucking bastards, I take every opportunity to be rude to them. The other concern is the neolithic stuff. I guess it can't be worn-out but the approaches and infrastructure can. Thank God, I only see them if I go out, tourists, I am off the track although the Tourist Board, madly, do tell people about the seals on the shore, but we rarely see anyone, here and if I nsaw anyone disturbing the seals I would stop then. Never heard of Attenborough shows, these people? <br /><br />Hope you are well, mrs woar.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-10261064252361787372017-06-21T12:12:33.629+01:002017-06-21T12:12:33.629+01:00Thanks, mr bungalow bill. Not entirely sure what c...Thanks, mr bungalow bill. Not entirely sure what caused the hiatus but I will figure it out and let you know, in time.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-6255164846181034282017-06-21T11:58:32.789+01:002017-06-21T11:58:32.789+01:00Thanks, mr richard, been thinking about you a lot,...Thanks, mr richard, been thinking about you a lot, recently, what with all the doings over there, looks like a right can of worms, one way and another, and the current chaos in Westminbster, together with Gerry Adams opportunism make Trouble more likely. Do tell us.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-58603188953355036802017-06-21T11:54:51.442+01:002017-06-21T11:54:51.442+01:00Thanks mr dick, major works ahead, at the manse so...Thanks mr dick, major works ahead, at the manse so not this year, maybe next. I hope you are well, your mum, your brother and his family. Time passes slowly, sometimes, but it passes, I hope he's feeling not so bad.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-19770665136240895952017-06-21T11:51:30.474+01:002017-06-21T11:51:30.474+01:00Thank you, mr inmate. I am, I dunno, as well as I ...Thank you, mr inmate. I am, I dunno, as well as I can be, quite good, really, active and optimistic.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-81391368478546456242017-06-21T11:48:09.089+01:002017-06-21T11:48:09.089+01:00Thank you so much, mrs narcolept, for your kind re...Thank you so much, mrs narcolept, for your kind remembrance. My birthday was blessed with life and love, as well as with a large, brutal DeWalt drill, which I hope will penetrate the igneous rock which surrounds me My best wishes to you and mr n.call me ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-53426192505060262102017-06-19T19:56:38.497+01:002017-06-19T19:56:38.497+01:00Birthday greetings, dear mr ishmael, wherever you ...Birthday greetings, dear mr ishmael, wherever you may be. mrs narcoleptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-14845349676867402892017-06-08T15:12:57.802+01:002017-06-08T15:12:57.802+01:00Trust you are well sir, I've/ We've missed...Trust you are well sir, I've/ We've missed you, come back soon.inmatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-89704888135482241102017-06-01T02:14:20.888+01:002017-06-01T02:14:20.888+01:00Have you heard of Air b & b?
I live 3 miles ...Have you heard of Air b & b? <br /><br />I live 3 miles from a Premiership football club and you live in the middle of gorgeous. <br /><br /> I would adore to come visit you.<br /><br /> A sizeable about of love, as always x<br /><br /> DickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-55726411984280573192017-06-01T02:03:32.144+01:002017-06-01T02:03:32.144+01:00Dear Mr Smith
I have had my blogging identity sto...Dear Mr Smith<br /><br />I have had my blogging identity stolen! Hiya - it's me DtP. All my e-mails go to an old work account so i'm reduced to posting anonymously!<br /><br /> Huddersfield have been promoted. I sometimes think that stuff is sent to cheer me up. Marsden's an HD postcode and we've got a Walkers Crisps election. First snap election i've ever had, i've wanted many.<br /><br /> @Mrs WoaR - Total tourist - the islands should be explored!<br /><br />DtP<br /><br />xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-38930406124885879832017-05-28T19:35:02.956+01:002017-05-28T19:35:02.956+01:00Watching and waiting daily for your resurfacement,...Watching and waiting daily for your resurfacement, hoping all is well and you aren't deid.<br />-richardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-36665619273892602922017-05-27T23:06:44.487+01:002017-05-27T23:06:44.487+01:00Come back Woody Guthrie, come back to us now.Come back Woody Guthrie, come back to us now.Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-22707087551977685352017-05-25T19:28:55.716+01:002017-05-25T19:28:55.716+01:00"Country Life" says that Mr Ishmael and ..."Country Life" says that Mr Ishmael and Orkney are besieged by tourists who also saw the telly programme. The cruise ships - big ones - are putting in at Kirkwall and the island is expecting 120,000 visitors, which is six times the population. <br /><br />There was an incident, apparently, where German tourists gate-crashed a funeral at the Cathedral, took selfies and attempted to open the coffin lid. I have no idea what they thought was going on; surely even Germans understand the normal protocols of a funeral?<br /><br />I thought they said that with Brexit, nobody would want to come here. Instead, the port is expected to handle about 140 liners; three times the capacity they took in 2011. Somebody should tell Gnasher to help them take the weight off their wallets. It is the New Venice.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-52333237021310817592017-05-17T02:55:10.748+01:002017-05-17T02:55:10.748+01:00Where are you, Mr Ishmael? Selling ice creams to t...Where are you, Mr Ishmael? Selling ice creams to the cruise ship punters? Surely not.<br /><br />I do believe that Jeremy is burning it down. This at least means a new SDP to yell at. Deja vu all over again.<br /><br />I hope that you are as well as can be expected. Speak unto the masses, mon brave.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-36988517557338849432017-05-13T23:10:56.133+01:002017-05-13T23:10:56.133+01:00Mr.Ish,
cheers from.
Dr. YllekMr.Ish,<br /><br />cheers from.<br /><br />Dr. YllekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-34753905618274258992017-05-10T12:50:30.822+01:002017-05-10T12:50:30.822+01:00So that's where the Christy Minstrels met thei...So that's where the Christy Minstrels met their demise.<br />I hope Mr Ishmael is merely on a Sabbatical.<br />Doug Shouldersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-67378524534653333492017-05-09T22:43:54.972+01:002017-05-09T22:43:54.972+01:00My dear mr narcolept would like nothing better tha...My dear mr narcolept would like nothing better than the chance to fashion rudimentary vehicles out of flotsam and jetsam. He came home the other day with three wheels he had found by the river at low tide. Anything to take his mind off politics. mrs narcoleptnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-79652174093607535442017-04-19T14:19:59.541+01:002017-04-19T14:19:59.541+01:00Could be the end of Labour as we know it, mr mongo...Could be the end of Labour as we know it, mr mongoose, this GE. The beginning of the one-party state we have feared for so long. Brexit lite,or no brexit at all, grammar schools for our betters, local Sturmbannführers in the bigger cities and an Enabling act, you know it makes sense. Seig Hiel.inmatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-63903818872780623192017-04-19T12:00:24.605+01:002017-04-19T12:00:24.605+01:00Don't know if foxes are being shot, chickens a...Don't know if foxes are being shot, chickens are coming home to roost or whether the circling vultures just got tired but we are about to witness a terrible Foot-like massacre. <br /><br />A mischief-making Jezza could oppose the GE and make Iron Theresa repeal the Fixed Term Act- if she can. I wonder how long it would take. He can be in no worse a position to the one he is in this minute.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-5845726386515067892017-04-18T15:29:23.314+01:002017-04-18T15:29:23.314+01:00We had quite a hard frost this morning. -4. Hope o...We had quite a hard frost this morning. -4. Hope our handsome chaps little-uns survived it.<br />Bit of a shock to the system that ‘suppose.<br />Almost as much of a fright as the labour leader would’ve got at shortly after 11.15am.<br />Doug Shouldersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-28231642307597726472017-04-16T22:31:08.809+01:002017-04-16T22:31:08.809+01:00Hope the weather is improving. It has been mild h...Hope the weather is improving. It has been mild here and the first brood of blackbird chicks have successfully fledged. <br />Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-59494132730592756762017-04-16T10:18:29.604+01:002017-04-16T10:18:29.604+01:00Happy Easter
-richardHappy Easter<br />-richardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-9996664968898365562017-04-09T23:21:01.046+01:002017-04-09T23:21:01.046+01:00'What the papers say' was an ace programme...'What the papers say' was an ace programme. Boo!!Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-12336884708298281782017-04-02T02:58:54.130+01:002017-04-02T02:58:54.130+01:00Best not to say anything - no comment!
http://www...Best not to say anything - no comment!<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043xkybDick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.com