tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post3080479890369353203..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: A Long Post About The Picts, With Picturespatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-87039997023815230362008-11-20T15:51:00.000+00:002008-11-20T15:51:00.000+00:00And now I've actually read the post - how fascinat...And now I've actually read the post - how fascinating!Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-82957089715340461072008-11-20T15:42:00.000+00:002008-11-20T15:42:00.000+00:00Well thank heavens.Well thank heavens.Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-78798644245751024052008-11-20T14:05:00.000+00:002008-11-20T14:05:00.000+00:00Good grief, P.Yes Delia's easy flaky pastry is fin...Good grief, P.<BR/>Yes Delia's easy flaky pastry is fine, but so is buying some all butter puff pastry from the supermarket. Waitrose has a special offer on their own brand frozen stuff - two slabs in one box for £2.00. Made a quiche with one slab. Or there's Saxby from the butter shelf. or there's Sainsbury's taste the difference puff pastry. The time you save you can spend blogging.<BR/><BR/>wv - punsa. Is that a bad thing?Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928164168526819245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-46172112070645390512008-11-19T20:21:00.000+00:002008-11-19T20:21:00.000+00:00Phew! *tears up letter of resignation*Phew! *tears up letter of resignation*Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-54909903249563728552008-11-19T20:16:00.000+00:002008-11-19T20:16:00.000+00:00Annie - no, you're right, I think 'Celts' means th...Annie - no, you're right, I think 'Celts' means the indigenous British people of prehistoric times, who had no written language. So the Picts were a Celtic people (i.e. descended from Celts) but not Celts as such. I think Belladona knows more about it than I do, though.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-31401274271535477752008-11-19T19:48:00.000+00:002008-11-19T19:48:00.000+00:00Having read your post with more attention, I just ...Having read your post with more attention, I just realised that for the past three weeks I have been telling the kids that the Celts had NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE, and didn't write stuff down(unlike the clever Romans.) I shouldn't be allowed near young minds.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-21988644227085802182008-11-19T17:20:00.000+00:002008-11-19T17:20:00.000+00:00So glad you're back. My girls school song features...So glad you're back. My girls school song features a line about squashing the Pictish hordes which is alays sung with great relish.realdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084002807834145023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-91346676038621638892008-11-19T16:39:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:39:00.000+00:00Yes, having looked into the whole puff pastry issu...Yes, having looked into the whole puff pastry issue, it does seem to be an incredible amount of hassle. I'll probably just buy frozen after all.<BR/><BR/>Tim: No, I'm played by Daniela Nardini.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-32594144930875010332008-11-19T16:27:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:27:00.000+00:00Wouldn't you rather buy the frozen stuff?Wouldn't you rather buy the frozen stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-46802144841797743622008-11-19T11:28:00.000+00:002008-11-19T11:28:00.000+00:00We might have guessed it would be the Picts that w...We might have guessed it would be the Picts that would bring you back. (Yay!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-62856813338985383952008-11-19T05:50:00.000+00:002008-11-19T05:50:00.000+00:00I was worried that it was going to be like This Li...I was worried that it was going to be like This Life, when we waited for 10 years for the return, and it was all a bit pants.<BR/><BR/>But no! She's back and she Picting! Yay!<BR/><BR/>But this time, are you played by Christopher Ecclestone?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-36432124204660898252008-11-19T00:05:00.000+00:002008-11-19T00:05:00.000+00:00Hooray, you're back! I haven't made puff pastry s...Hooray, you're back! <BR/><BR/>I haven't made puff pastry since I was at school but I believe Delia's Quick and Easy Flaky pastry gives good results.<BR/><BR/>P.S. You have a new baby AND the time/inclination to make your own puff pastry? My admiration knows no bounds. Really.Marsha Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276800200724342664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-20109313143773720372008-11-18T22:39:00.000+00:002008-11-18T22:39:00.000+00:00Oh, tush and fie. Does anyone have a good recipe/m...Oh, tush and fie. Does anyone have a good recipe/method for puff pastry?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-69014819085409963422008-11-18T22:26:00.000+00:002008-11-18T22:26:00.000+00:00Do any of these people know what my blog needs?Do any of these people know what my blog needs?Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-78183108013082501392008-11-18T21:47:00.000+00:002008-11-18T21:47:00.000+00:00YAY!!!!(See? It merits no fewer than four exclamat...YAY!!!!<BR/><BR/>(See? It merits no fewer than four exclamation marks, which is a big deal, because I don't like to use them at all.)Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-21634860223546887122008-11-18T21:06:00.000+00:002008-11-18T21:06:00.000+00:00Hurrah! Also, I'm glad there are big holes in that...Hurrah! Also, I'm glad there are big holes in that chap's theory. I must admit that when I went to Sweden the other year and saw some viking inscriptions I was struck by some similarities, but only in a basic way - I know little of either culture and they are close geographically but I feel it is more likely that there may have been cross-cultural exchange rather than the picts just didn't exist. One day I shall have to study properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-84798997749490990932008-11-18T20:47:00.000+00:002008-11-18T20:47:00.000+00:00"All that's left of the inscription now is the wor..."All that's left of the inscription now is the word (or words) EDDARRNON. Dr Cox takes this word to be derived from Old Norse ettermun, meaning 'memory', or possibly etter, meaning 'in memory of'."<BR/><BR/>It's been forgotten!<BR/><BR/>Sorry.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you're back, I was worried I was going to have to hold elections for the new patron saint of blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-83389772368611335152008-11-18T20:19:00.000+00:002008-11-18T20:19:00.000+00:00Phew!You made my day.Phew!<BR/><BR/>You made my day.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-75529160037524437412008-11-18T20:06:00.000+00:002008-11-18T20:06:00.000+00:00Hurrah and huzzah!Hurrah and huzzah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-25580762740026338092008-11-18T19:57:00.000+00:002008-11-18T19:57:00.000+00:00There, I said no-one was to worry.Patroclus Cannot...There, I said no-one was to worry.<BR/><BR/>Patroclus Cannot Stay Away From The Blogging. Although she seems to have unnaccountably left out the photo where I am pointing at the stones in my role as Glamorous Assistant.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.com