tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post1074251447844066834..comments2024-03-29T05:24:12.453+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: The Sunday Ishmael 25th October 2020call me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-43489069312972999812020-11-01T13:24:42.020+00:002020-11-01T13:24:42.020+00:00Add incompetent and venal to your list, mr bungalo...Add incompetent and venal to your list, mr bungalow bill. And throw another shitcake on the fire, dip sharpened sticks in poo and set them at your gates.<br />All this was prophesised by mr ishmael.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-47909491019301829042020-10-31T14:47:15.006+00:002020-10-31T14:47:15.006+00:00PS ahead of the sombre, murderous twaddle we'l...PS ahead of the sombre, murderous twaddle we'll be getting at 4pm, I'm bound to say (as they say) that this is the most repellently deceitful. malevolent and generally shite government in British history. At least our age Age of Corrupt Imbecility will not go unnoticed by posterity. Is that a consolation?Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-53010296912853631852020-10-31T14:04:50.548+00:002020-10-31T14:04:50.548+00:00We have acquired one such, Mrs I. Supremely selfis...We have acquired one such, Mrs I. Supremely selfish and indifferent to our needs. A lesson in life, I suppose. The disillusioned novelist, Anita Brookner (not everyone's favourite), used to point out how the shits inherit the earth while the compassionate are cast down. Grace notwithstanding, she was on to something.Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-61257401591123250312020-10-31T11:47:34.630+00:002020-10-31T11:47:34.630+00:00The Cats thought that slavery was not an acceptabl...The Cats thought that slavery was not an acceptable price for 3 squares and a place by the fire, mr inmate. So they rejected the slavery and just took the food and fire and diamond collars.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-61309052866123901402020-10-31T00:35:20.508+00:002020-10-31T00:35:20.508+00:00To true mr bill.
Beautiful mrs I, but, is not we w...To true mr bill.<br />Beautiful mrs I, but, is not we who are the willing slaves to the dog blokes? And don’t forget the Cats, do not forget the Cats.inmatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-81681084611884113152020-10-30T22:45:51.281+00:002020-10-30T22:45:51.281+00:00Mrs I: pry poached chicken, but only lightly poac...Mrs I: pry poached chicken, but only lightly poached - done, but not too much. Mr Pug also likes poached salmon.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-91447457679390608802020-10-30T22:17:51.836+00:002020-10-30T22:17:51.836+00:00Gosh, mr bungalow bill, you take me back to my Cat...Gosh, mr bungalow bill, you take me back to my Catholic girlhood, when I had ideals and beliefs and before I developed my cynical camouflage."Grace: (in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favour of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings." We could certainly all do with more of that.<br />If I think too deeply about it, I grasp at the horrid hypocrisy at the heart of our relationship with our warm furry friends. Some animals we breed, rear and kill to eat. And some we feed to our chosen animals.<br />Somewhere back along that evolutionary tree, a clever little dog-bloke decided to throw in his lot with ours, reckoning slavery was an acceptable price to pay for 3 squares and a place by the fire. And the rest, as they say, is history.<br />mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-63868379472585075202020-10-30T21:09:30.409+00:002020-10-30T21:09:30.409+00:00Grace, you know, is what we need. In the top 3 mos...Grace, you know, is what we need. In the top 3 most important words, it erases all the insubstantial nonsense and overwhelms you when it takes you by surprise. <br /><br />It also has to do with your treatment of Harris, Mrs I.Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-36501539767856290732020-10-30T18:49:50.838+00:002020-10-30T18:49:50.838+00:00Sorry mrs I, I did for a second allow the thought ...Sorry mrs I, I did for a second allow the thought of Spunky Bills minder - I can’t use her name - to enter my head, but I just couldn’t do it.<br />Harris #proper blokeinmatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-54796155237155224792020-10-30T10:09:32.186+00:002020-10-30T10:09:32.186+00:00Howdy, mr inmate (that's my attempt at speakin...Howdy, mr inmate (that's my attempt at speaking American) and, in your litany of potent Flotus (Big Mike's a good'un), don't forget Hilary, who always was the Potus.<br /><br />Whatever the anti-covid measures taken, messrs mongoose and mike, it seems to me that they have no impact on the transmission of the virus nor on fatality rates amongst the vulnerable. But the policy of instil mindless fear, assume absolute power, abandon the concept of parliamentary government and ruin the economy seems to be working well.<br /><br />Little mr blog dog seems to have adopted the same policy. I think he's better - but he's not going to abandon his new powers readily. All he has to do is look sad or threaten to throw up on the carpet and I'm roasting chickens, carefully preparing four meals a day and handing over eye-watering amounts of cash to his medical team. Just spell dog backwards and you'll understand the real relationship with man's best friend.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-58558907749439959502020-10-29T19:29:07.873+00:002020-10-29T19:29:07.873+00:00Wow, Oz must be doing something different to the U...Wow, Oz must be doing something different to the UK Mr Mike, here no one recovers, we all suffer from loooooong Covid and get it for a second time along with Covid toe, cat Covid, Covid dandruff and anything else Handcock can make up.<br /><br />A puppet to the FLOTUS. Oh yes Mrs I, Ronny was under the spell of Nancy’s astrologer and Hussien under Big Mike, literally.<br /><br />Pleased for mr blog dog.inmatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-85992581618548835992020-10-29T00:19:31.203+00:002020-10-29T00:19:31.203+00:00Update: 8 new cases today (271 active cases curre...Update: 8 new cases today (271 active cases currently, 25067 recovered).Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-59658464864471689322020-10-29T00:13:55.063+00:002020-10-29T00:13:55.063+00:00I see France and Germany are going back into lockd...I see France and Germany are going back into lockdown. Spain and Italy also with increased restrictions. This will be the end of the Eu economy. Not looking good in UK either. Worrying times.<br /><br />Today our numbers are 3 new cases; 907 deaths total to date of which >800 are because of cruise ships, dodgy hotel quarantine for overseas returnees, and a few care homes.<br /><br />But a big hit on our economy; thank God China (our main export market) is bounding back.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-15306509323389724902020-10-28T23:59:20.540+00:002020-10-28T23:59:20.540+00:00I would think that it will, mr mike.
Of course, t...I would think that it will, mr mike.<br /><br />Of course, there's nobody down there to catch it from:<br /><br />https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Australia_on_the_globe_%28Australia_centered%29.svg/900px-Australia_on_the_globe_%28Australia_centered%29.svg.pngmongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-71394894743777460832020-10-28T22:54:06.758+00:002020-10-28T22:54:06.758+00:00Yes, Mr mongoose, Victoria let the side down badly...Yes, Mr mongoose, Victoria let the side down badly with their dodgy hotel quarantine security for which the polis are totally at fault.<br /><br />It it wasn't for cruise ships and the hotel stuff we would have been hardly touched by the virus.<br /><br />Its coming to summer now; a few days of >40C should kill the bloody thing off. Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-69900354822936461872020-10-28T22:18:33.556+00:002020-10-28T22:18:33.556+00:00Thanks, mr mike. (That was me above there - forget...Thanks, mr mike. (That was me above there - forgetting me manners.) I had heard that Dan Andrews is getting a bit of a shellacking down in Victoria.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-14690837640222939992020-10-28T17:38:32.773+00:002020-10-28T17:38:32.773+00:00Oz politics. That a bit like an oxymoron. At leas...Oz politics. That a bit like an oxymoron. At least we jail a few of the buggers every now and then. The only thing to be thankful for is that relatively speaking we don't have too many problems that need fixing or we would be in trouble.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-79976354995249960712020-10-28T16:59:18.415+00:002020-10-28T16:59:18.415+00:00A simple competence, an articulate and/or moderate...A simple competence, an articulate and/or moderate Democrat nominee and the game was up for Donald. That the Dems failed again to make the most of their advantage beggars belief. Now we have a mess and a split nation whatever happens. If Donald loses, "postal fraud stole the election". If Biden loses... It would be fun to watch Nancy explode but I've had enough of Donald now. It's a bit like my three-quid's fun out of Corbyn's leadership win. By the time, we got rid of him that wasn't funny any more either.<br /><br />Oz politics, mr mike. How's that going for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-35486263398147761492020-10-28T09:55:57.128+00:002020-10-28T09:55:57.128+00:00Can't help feeling sorry for Sleepy Joe, getti...Can't help feeling sorry for Sleepy Joe, getting his presidents mixed up - "Four more years of George, er, George, er, he – we’re going to find ourselves in a position where, if Trump gets elected, we’re going to be in a different world.’He could have been thinking about George Bush or George W Bush - good thing his wife was able to prompt him audibly by feeding him Trump, Trump. <br />And he gets his big numbers mixed up - was it 200,000 Americans dead of Covid, or 200 million? <br />Still, he won't be the first POTUS to be the puppet of his FLOTUS.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-45383171906395093082020-10-28T00:55:59.310+00:002020-10-28T00:55:59.310+00:00Good news too about the Blog Pooch.Good news too about the Blog Pooch.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-51083096868681920812020-10-28T00:55:15.232+00:002020-10-28T00:55:15.232+00:00Tit for tat lunacy will do for it in the end, mrs ...Tit for tat lunacy will do for it in the end, mrs i. The Tommies used to be masters of the matter. Prods and Romans setting fire to each other's naysayers at the drop of a match. After a couple of rounds of that, the punters smelled a rat and we have since left off the martyrdom business. I used to tell mr i that this is the Islamic Reformation that we are living through, and although I wavered for a while, I think that I was right. it will take a while though. Certainly longer than I've got.<br /><br />The covid lunacy is almost as much fun as the US election. Sleepy Joe can it seems barely string ten coherent words together unless he is juiced up for a debate. That's of course eight or nine more than our Inglorious DJT can manage. And now we have tonight's "hackers" getting hold of Donald's website and their proof of his evil-doings. I wonder from which part of the swamp have they surfaced? Yon Amy is going to have her hands full come November.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-88088068989001882722020-10-27T19:08:49.927+00:002020-10-27T19:08:49.927+00:00One religion is much like another, I suspect. Anci...One religion is much like another, I suspect. Ancient books, arcane rituals, strange clothes, a jealous and suspicious God - and that's just the Christians. The monotheistic Abrahamic religions - Jewish, Christian and Islamic, have a great deal in common, share origin myths, sacred books and precepts for living a kind and non-exploitative life. The inescapable fact of these three major religions is that they have been at odds with each other over the centuries, with much spilling of blood, cruelty and abuse of power. As mr ishmael points out in his essay, the murderers of Father Hemel in his own church were still teenagers, as was the lad who decapitated the French teacher. Testosterone, adrenaline and ideals coursing through their veins, they had been ruthlessly exploited by older men, to whom duping lads into suicidal killing missions was simply another move in an international chess game of aggression, retaliation and revenge. I think the West started it. And perpetuates it. mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-47851142824515249922020-10-27T18:48:47.420+00:002020-10-27T18:48:47.420+00:00Harris had a tough time of it, mr mike, and I gues...Harris had a tough time of it, mr mike, and I guess I was too preoccupied to pop along to Call Me Ishmael to let you know how he was getting along. Seems he's okay now, and his medical team no longer fear for him, as long as he eats sensibly, takes his meds, doesn't over-exercise, hydrates and gets lots of sleep. His senior vet phoned this evening to tell me Harris' lab work is back and there's now nothing untoward going on in his insides - thank goodness for that, as at one time he was smelling like the devil's sulphur factory. I won't say anymore, as this is polite family blog. mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-14661742039617137062020-10-27T13:48:11.241+00:002020-10-27T13:48:11.241+00:00Thanks, mrs narcolept - that's very good to he...Thanks, mrs narcolept - that's very good to hear. While we hope to get some wider traction eventually (and I have, with his agreement, sent a copy to GF, unacknowledged so far but with luck it might lead to a mention on order-order, which would help) in the first instance the approval of known ishmaelites and stanislav enthusiasts is all that matters. Mrs ishmael does herself a disservice, as the book would not exist without her support, and I'll be forever grateful to messrs mike & caratacus for their careful proof-reading. Ishmael's Blues will be a big job, and I expect it to take a wee while, but before that (months rather than weeks down the road) there'll be a stanislav-only anthology, possibly a slim volume in ironic honour of mr ishmael's catchphrase "how dare there be poets." But maybe not that slim...<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />v./Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-76428885249304805852020-10-27T07:05:48.722+00:002020-10-27T07:05:48.722+00:00Quite right, Mr Mike. The Iranian people have suff...Quite right, Mr Mike. The Iranian people have suffered dreadfully but it is a beautiful country. I love the Sufi tradition in Islam, the mystics of all religions meet somewhere.<br /><br />Great news about Harris, Mrs I.Bungalow Billnoreply@blogger.com