tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post1701732311139951353..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: More GravesRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61977512134008652872010-06-23T19:59:06.885+01:002010-06-23T19:59:06.885+01:00Now, that's funny!
xNow, that's funny!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-83699081604838870152010-06-23T19:57:37.755+01:002010-06-23T19:57:37.755+01:00Wouldn't have known that was Sassoon. Maybe If...Wouldn't have known that was Sassoon. Maybe If I could have seen his haircut.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25125497217835552952010-06-23T18:17:31.948+01:002010-06-23T18:17:31.948+01:00Tee Hee.Tee Hee.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-55746108472318699032010-06-23T18:17:30.480+01:002010-06-23T18:17:30.480+01:00Tee Hee.Tee Hee.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38604115446958135132010-06-23T17:53:07.935+01:002010-06-23T17:53:07.935+01:00Oh, and I've changed my mind - you're some...Oh, and I've changed my mind - you're <i>sometimes</i> the funniest. Scratch that 'always' from before.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-51690399875548576842010-06-23T17:05:25.322+01:002010-06-23T17:05:25.322+01:00I think you'll find it was a man who started t...I think you'll find it was a man who started this strand of thought (see a few comments up). <br /><br />What's wrong - in a bad mood because England didn't lose?Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57393707085886667912010-06-23T15:04:01.354+01:002010-06-23T15:04:01.354+01:00emancipation's been a true waste of time, hasn...emancipation's been a true waste of time, hasn't it?Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65363077291462366732010-06-23T10:46:21.733+01:002010-06-23T10:46:21.733+01:00Er, no.Er, no.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-89761440734996577342010-06-23T08:00:24.285+01:002010-06-23T08:00:24.285+01:00Well, it's morning now...think of anyone?
xWell, it's morning now...think of anyone?<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25022609521417750912010-06-23T01:21:28.223+01:002010-06-23T01:21:28.223+01:00Now I'll be laying in bed thinking about "...Now I'll be laying in bed thinking about "Fittest Poets (Male)" because no one is leaping to mind.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5223113502847432462010-06-22T23:24:03.260+01:002010-06-22T23:24:03.260+01:00The ones we had are still in Mum's sitting roo...The ones we had are still in Mum's sitting room...Everyman's, they're called (printed late '50s). Very small print, very few pics...but I remember using them for homework as a wee 'un. Never used them for matters literary though.<br /><br />Off to bed now.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-68571242127094361332010-06-22T23:17:37.426+01:002010-06-22T23:17:37.426+01:00Slightly more expensive than that, but much less e...Slightly more expensive than that, but much less expensive than the Britannica. And American.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-90010244194209037752010-06-22T23:11:43.854+01:002010-06-22T23:11:43.854+01:00Free with cornflakes?Free with cornflakes?Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64458110007244622832010-06-22T23:10:42.787+01:002010-06-22T23:10:42.787+01:00We had cheap encyclopaedias... :)We had cheap encyclopaedias... :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17697940160016599822010-06-22T23:04:59.425+01:002010-06-22T23:04:59.425+01:00And anyway... I could pick all the Osmonds out in ...And anyway... I could pick all the Osmonds out in a line-up. Well, I could... and our encylopaedias didn't have pictures.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64473215980390715232010-06-22T23:03:18.503+01:002010-06-22T23:03:18.503+01:00Maybe he did but employed a body double for public...Maybe he did but employed a body double for public engagements. Or something.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72076075733880847132010-06-22T23:01:36.728+01:002010-06-22T23:01:36.728+01:00There's an interesting list! "Top 10 fitt...There's an interesting list! "Top 10 fittest poets..."<br /><br />I confess to struggling. :os<br /><br />My friend Jim was under the impression, for many, many years, that Ted Hughes looked like Arthur Negus. he doesn't know who he got him confused with...deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24388301504715275292010-06-22T22:56:31.463+01:002010-06-22T22:56:31.463+01:00Or it could be that if women want to look at photo...Or it could be that if women want to look at photos of men they pick ones who aren't poets...<br /><br />Only joking...<br /><br />Never seen a pic of cummings before. I had imagined him (I now realise) as a cartoon character and not a real man at all. Shame. Another bubble popped.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61508516402740967542010-06-22T22:51:44.414+01:002010-06-22T22:51:44.414+01:00Who mentioned noses?
Since I was little I've ...Who mentioned noses?<br /><br />Since I was little I've always had an annoying want to see what writers look like... I still associate lots of poets with certain pictures I first saw before I was 10 in the encyclopaedias we had - <a href="http://neatnik2009.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/e-e-cummings.jpg" rel="nofollow">EE Cummings will always look like this photo</a>, and <a href="http://danassays.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/william-butler-yeats.jpg" rel="nofollow">Yeats like this</a>. <br /><br />Maybe it's that "men are more visually stimulated than women" thing...<br /><br />I <i>know</i> it makes no difference though.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33250606061605437722010-06-22T22:45:03.125+01:002010-06-22T22:45:03.125+01:00I think most people couldn't pick most poets o...I think most people couldn't pick most poets out in a line-up... looks are just not what we know them for (lucky for some, eh?).<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59088870958005366072010-06-22T22:11:49.845+01:002010-06-22T22:11:49.845+01:00Housewife Shields here: I've not read any of t...Housewife Shields here: I've not read any of the books mentioned and if you'd posted a picture of Gertrude Jekyll I wouldn't have noticed. And, my nose could never be described as fine, it's more of a splodge than a nose. Back to the kitchen for me.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76038923305092182212010-06-22T20:16:02.609+01:002010-06-22T20:16:02.609+01:00Geek McKay here. I don't think I'd have n...Geek McKay here. I don't think I'd have noticed. Or pointed it out.<br />I do love "The White Goddess" though.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7284958627970038872010-06-22T14:45:38.836+01:002010-06-22T14:45:38.836+01:00I've only ever read his The White Goddess, whi...I've only ever read his The White Goddess, which is hilarious.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64779732195036332072010-06-22T11:20:34.182+01:002010-06-22T11:20:34.182+01:00Well my nose doesn't seem so big now but when ...Well my nose doesn't seem so big now but when I was a teenager it grew ahead of its time...plus I was skinnier then so it stuck out more! Now there is more balance. Or something. As for shapeliness...I couldn't possibly judge.<br /><br />And how the hell did we get onto noses! McKelvie!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80798913370397255202010-06-22T11:10:57.298+01:002010-06-22T11:10:57.298+01:00Was thinking about putting myself back indoors as ...Was thinking about putting myself back indoors as far as poetry but, well, I do have the nose of a poet - ha!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.com