tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post116679751282940928..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Happy Christmas Blogchums!patroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167328003375671612006-12-28T17:46:00.000+00:002006-12-28T17:46:00.000+00:00Aww, I liked that comment, as 'surreptitiously' is...Aww, I liked that comment, as 'surreptitiously' is one of my favourite words. But now it is but a distant memory for all concerned. The beauty of the dustbin button, eh?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167315438148523332006-12-28T14:17:00.000+00:002006-12-28T14:17:00.000+00:00Oh God. I must never blog or comment drunk ever ag...Oh God. I must never blog or comment drunk ever again. I am a fool. And it's too late to delete it now cos you've seen it. I loathe myself.violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547388655736573935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167290104147131452006-12-28T07:15:00.000+00:002006-12-28T07:15:00.000+00:00DavetheF: And a very merry belated Christmas to yo...DavetheF: And a very merry belated Christmas to you. A vintage year, eh? I certainly hope so.<BR/><BR/>Violet: Bonus points for still managing to spell 'surreptitiously' correctly even while under the influence at 4am.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167243531739988292006-12-27T18:18:00.000+00:002006-12-27T18:18:00.000+00:00And a very belated Happy Christmas from me; I've b...And a very belated Happy Christmas from me; I've been out of touch in the bosom of my family's timeshare at Hermanus.<BR/><BR/>It's going to be a vintage year.DavetheFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310714240845196050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167126321450053592006-12-26T09:45:00.000+00:002006-12-26T09:45:00.000+00:00Ahhh, thank you all, hope you all had a lovely tim...Ahhh, thank you all, hope you all had a lovely time too. My laptop has been killed by a festive Christmas virus, so am commenting from the emergency internet kitchen set up for the virtually needy in downtown Prades sur Vernazobre. Nothing keeps me away from the internet, nothing at all, mwahahahaa.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167089345072556412006-12-25T23:29:00.000+00:002006-12-25T23:29:00.000+00:00Um, belated Merry Xmas. Hope it isn't too miserabl...Um, belated Merry Xmas. Hope it isn't too miserable.<BR/>sxSpinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167078944097555042006-12-25T20:35:00.000+00:002006-12-25T20:35:00.000+00:00merry christmas, P!my lil sis has been given GW2 o...merry christmas, P!<BR/><BR/>my lil sis has been given GW2 on DVD - shall aim to borrow and watch it all before 4/1 then...Urban Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692332227897168182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1167051212549674992006-12-25T12:53:00.000+00:002006-12-25T12:53:00.000+00:00Happy Christmas, Patroclus! Have a mince pie for m...Happy Christmas, Patroclus! Have a mince pie for me :)Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166994744378586242006-12-24T21:12:00.000+00:002006-12-24T21:12:00.000+00:00Merry Christmas Patroclus! It's nice to find somet...Merry Christmas Patroclus! It's nice to find something well written and interesting, with a small dose of cute soap opera and great taste in music... not such an easy thing to do. Hope you have great holiday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166979966721367432006-12-24T17:06:00.000+00:002006-12-24T17:06:00.000+00:00Pats, thank you for all the entertainment. I hope ...Pats, thank you for all the entertainment. I hope 2007 will be good to you and your mother and geographically kind to you and James and that by the time we're next all wishing each other season's greetings, it will be from neighbouring rooms in our Chateau (can't circumflex) Pats South-of-France blogging commune.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166977140065447072006-12-24T16:19:00.000+00:002006-12-24T16:19:00.000+00:00Merry Christmas Patroclus! Hope you have an even b...Merry Christmas Patroclus! Hope you have an even better year than the last.frangelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233841524982204314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166976819141487062006-12-24T16:13:00.000+00:002006-12-24T16:13:00.000+00:00Merry Christmas! And hooray for GW specials - I wa...Merry Christmas! And hooray for GW specials - I was highly distressed not to see it on the Christmas schedules but all is now well with the world, given that I know when it is.<BR/><BR/>Hmm. I do hope there's a big parcel full of 'more exciting life' under the tree tomorrow...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166973891319666052006-12-24T15:24:00.000+00:002006-12-24T15:24:00.000+00:00Have a Christmas that's as glowing and wholesome a...Have a Christmas that's as glowing and wholesome as a Mireille Mathieu TV special.<BR/>Or not!Arabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976792737020577126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166956354541407652006-12-24T10:32:00.000+00:002006-12-24T10:32:00.000+00:00Hyvää Joulua Patroclus!Hyvää Joulua Patroclus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166916649961449852006-12-23T23:30:00.000+00:002006-12-23T23:30:00.000+00:00Yeah, I sort of knew it was wrong after I'd presse...Yeah, I sort of knew it was wrong after I'd pressed the button, but I would have guessed copaine, so just as well I didn't then try and correct it. Your pedantry is just one of your many delights, dear P, and far may your pedantry spread.<BR/><BR/>C minor eh? I couldn't have hoped for a finer key as an offspring(eg Beethoven's 5th)- unless you had picked C sharp minor, which is just one notch better.cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166897174409113642006-12-23T18:06:00.000+00:002006-12-23T18:06:00.000+00:00A very happy Christmas to you :)A very happy Christmas to you :)Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166893096067987892006-12-23T16:58:00.000+00:002006-12-23T16:58:00.000+00:00I just went Christmas shopping in Inverness. Inste...I just went Christmas shopping in Inverness. Instead of buying gifts, I bought I fireproof box. Hmm.<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, Happy Christmas, Patroclus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166891740291793612006-12-23T16:35:00.000+00:002006-12-23T16:35:00.000+00:00Dammit MotherPie, I just came back from the shops,...Dammit MotherPie, I just came back from the shops, and completely forgot to get any of those things.<BR/><BR/>*goes out again for wassail and faeries*patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166891193778477022006-12-23T16:26:00.000+00:002006-12-23T16:26:00.000+00:00Well, merries and happies and wassail and eggnog a...Well, merries and happies and wassail and eggnog and sugar plum faieries.<BR/><BR/>Christmas cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166871105867069762006-12-23T10:51:00.000+00:002006-12-23T10:51:00.000+00:00The multilingual Pedantic Wing says: copine! Unles...The multilingual Pedantic Wing says: <I>copine</I>! Unless I've had some kind of gender realignment that I'm not aware of, always a possibility.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the good wishes cello. I'm still in the process of replying to your last email. (Anyone see a pattern emerging here? For the record I am very bad at replying to emails generally). Two (indeed more) years of internet friendship is great, awww, look at us now, two years on...who'd have thought it, etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>I shall be watching the special as Channel 4 intended, i.e. as transmitted on actual real television. For once! Or are you trying to tell me I have the date wrong? (Not unknown).<BR/><BR/>A very merry Christmas to you cello, and to Mr C and C Minor (heh). See you on the 13th, if not before!patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166870504886151402006-12-23T10:41:00.000+00:002006-12-23T10:41:00.000+00:00Joyeux Noel, ma chere copain (add all your own acc...Joyeux Noel, ma chere copain (add all your own accents - I know how to do them in theory but every time I try in Blogger it sends me to some strange technical site).<BR/><BR/>Two whole years of internet friendship is pretty cool I think. <BR/><BR/>I am fascinated to know exactly how you will enjoy the GW Christmas special on the 4th. Are illegal DVDs involved or Channel 4's new downloading service?cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166862012813464562006-12-23T08:20:00.000+00:002006-12-23T08:20:00.000+00:00Thanks all, again!Valerie: Oh, I will still be cra...Thanks all, again!<BR/><BR/>Valerie: Oh, I will still be cramming the life experiences in. I would get terribly bored if I stuck myself in the ivory tower permanently.<BR/><BR/>Tim: 2000. That was a lovely year, remarkable for its general calmness, contentment and lack of oddness. If I wanted to get over-analytical about it, it's also the only year of recent times that I've spent doing what I wanted to do, rather than what someone else wanted me to do. Aye well, ye cannae mek it, as my neighbour used to say, before she died and started haunting our house.<BR/><BR/>(I've done that one before, but I still like it).patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166839107409660062006-12-23T01:58:00.000+00:002006-12-23T01:58:00.000+00:00Happy [insert mainstream festival wrenched from it...Happy [insert mainstream festival wrenched from its rightful pagan origins of choice] to you too.<BR/><BR/>But tell me, when was the last time you had a year that wasn't odd?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166827244968291502006-12-22T22:40:00.000+00:002006-12-22T22:40:00.000+00:00Happiest of holidays to yez. I've been delighted t...Happiest of holidays to yez. I've been delighted to discover that you exist.<BR/><BR/>As for another degree, well, I didn't much like graduate school, which was a huge disappointment after loving the BA process. I must point you towards this, which really says it like it is:<BR/><BR/>http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/194<BR/><BR/>In 2007, I wish you life experiences of similar quality and excitement. Or even better.Valerie Policharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235536374093188620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1166825058849132602006-12-22T22:04:00.000+00:002006-12-22T22:04:00.000+00:00Cheers to you, P. wherever you are in the world. S...Cheers to you, P. wherever you are in the world. See you in January, hopefully. xWyndhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682812260329010391noreply@blogger.com