Comments on: Be glad I was not here. http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/ I write, therefore I drink tea Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Teuchter http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Teuchter Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:51:19 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-257 Re: use of the word "cohort" I was ridiculously pleased when my son, aged seven years old, informed his aunt that he'd been watching a cohort of ants on the path. Neither of us told her he'd been reading a lot of Asterix. Re: use of the word “cohort”

I was ridiculously pleased when my son, aged seven years old, informed his aunt that he’d been watching a cohort of ants on the path.

Neither of us told her he’d been reading a lot of Asterix.

]]> By: azahar http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-256 azahar Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:24:42 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-256 "There’s nothing ‘just’ about comrades." Oh, okay then ... blush and all that. I just felt stupid for mixing up the terms as I actually thought I had been talking about comrades rather than cohorts. And I do feel very special for being considered a comrade. And still want to know about badges and t-shirts. :) “There’s nothing ‘just’ about comrades.”

Oh, okay then … blush and all that. I just felt stupid for mixing up the terms as I actually thought I had been talking about comrades rather than cohorts. And I do feel very special for being considered a comrade. And still want to know about badges and t-shirts. :)

]]> By: Ed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Ed Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:24:44 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-255 Cohorts now? I'd always thought of this lot as a circle. I like your improvement of Euripides, it's things like that that add character to any decent library. There was a copy of The Great Cat Massacre at Royal Holloway on which someone had written a tenderhearted "Ahhhhh!" after the title. Regarding your mobile phone battery, I didn't realise the writer's block had spread so far. I presume you are now communicating with the world solely through the medium of your blog, like a mysterious Gibsonian techno guru. Cohorts now? I’d always thought of this lot as a circle.
I like your improvement of Euripides, it’s things like that that add character to any decent library. There was a copy of The Great Cat Massacre at Royal Holloway on which someone had written a tenderhearted “Ahhhhh!” after the title.
Regarding your mobile phone battery, I didn’t realise the writer’s block had spread so far. I presume you are now communicating with the world solely through the medium of your blog, like a mysterious Gibsonian techno guru.

]]> By: Litlove http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Litlove Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:34:35 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-254 I'm delighted to be your cohort, and can certainly attest to empathy with forgetting social engagments. I was putting my son to bed one night when I suddenly realised we were all supposed to be out to dinner. How did that happen? Fortunately the couple concerned are still speaking to us... I’m delighted to be your cohort, and can certainly attest to empathy with forgetting social engagments. I was putting my son to bed one night when I suddenly realised we were all supposed to be out to dinner. How did that happen? Fortunately the couple concerned are still speaking to us…

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Reed Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:19:29 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-253 There's nothing 'just' about comrades. "The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella; But mostly on the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella." Guinness. Mmm. I might even remember who wrote that versicle in a minute. <em>[Ogden Nash, you fool - Ed]</em> There’s nothing ‘just’ about comrades.

“The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But mostly on the just because
The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.”

Guinness. Mmm. I might even remember who wrote that versicle in a minute.

[Ogden Nash, you fool - Ed]

]]> By: azahar http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-252 azahar Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:56:08 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-252 Oh shit, turns out I'm just a comrade, not a cohort at all. So scrap that last comment while I go and soak my head ... Oh shit, turns out I’m just a comrade, not a cohort at all. So scrap that last comment while I go and soak my head …

]]> By: azahar http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-251 azahar Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:54:08 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-251 Well, heckamighty! Can't remember ever being a cohort before - thanks! Makes me feel kinda special somehow ... do I now have to become somewhat mysterious and obscure? And do we get badges and t-shirts??? Well, heckamighty! Can’t remember ever being a cohort before – thanks! Makes me feel kinda special somehow … do I now have to become somewhat mysterious and obscure? And do we get badges and t-shirts???

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Reed Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:13:44 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-250 Hello Bloglily! Thanks for dropping by. I always wanted a good excuse to use the word cohort. Gleaming in purple and gold, with the sheen on our biros like stars on the sea. Hello Bloglily! Thanks for dropping by.

I always wanted a good excuse to use the word cohort. Gleaming in purple and gold, with the sheen on our biros like stars on the sea.

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Reed Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:11:28 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-249 The Editor thinks I am unspeakable. She's also a little peeved because here I am with a whole day off work and I am spending it... going to the dentist. Who lives two-hours-by-train away. [Insert long and slightly sweary discussion of NHS dentistry - lack of, the iniquities of the government, the less than immense wealth of my good self, the cost oh-my-god the COST and all I'm doing is having the barnacles scraped off... ] I will take a notebook. I will probably not write anything in it. Writing on trains is pants. No table, train keeps joggling, it turns you into a magnet for small children, drunk men and nutters. I'll have to knit in self-defence - I can stab anyone who gets too friendly or too weird then. The Editor thinks I am unspeakable. She’s also a little peeved because here I am with a whole day off work and I am spending it… going to the dentist. Who lives two-hours-by-train away. [Insert long and slightly sweary discussion of NHS dentistry - lack of, the iniquities of the government, the less than immense wealth of my good self, the cost oh-my-god the COST and all I'm doing is having the barnacles scraped off... ]

I will take a notebook. I will probably not write anything in it. Writing on trains is pants. No table, train keeps joggling, it turns you into a magnet for small children, drunk men and nutters. I’ll have to knit in self-defence – I can stab anyone who gets too friendly or too weird then.

]]> By: Sol http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/09/03/be-glad-i-was-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Sol Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:38:59 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=54#comment-248 'I have been re-arranging and expanding my blogroll.' I know displacement activity when I see it. Still, this sort of thing is only satisfying when they idea was to do something else. I hope the Editor wasn't too cross. ‘I have been re-arranging and expanding my blogroll.’

I know displacement activity when I see it. Still, this sort of thing is only satisfying when they idea was to do something else. I hope the Editor wasn’t too cross.

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