tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post6347274929369564083..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: We Didn't Meet Any Heptagamists, Thoughpatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-59747293497871856452008-01-09T00:47:00.000+00:002008-01-09T00:47:00.000+00:00Can I commend you all on the tasteful colour palet...Can I commend you all on the tasteful colour palette collectively exhibited by the profile pictures in this comments thread? Lovely.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-63984851041556575052008-01-08T20:08:00.000+00:002008-01-08T20:08:00.000+00:00I don't miss cigarettes. I have some nice bottles...I don't miss cigarettes. I have some nice bottles of wine as my friends, but only at weekends :)llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-58096223357503861872008-01-08T18:45:00.000+00:002008-01-08T18:45:00.000+00:00This was the gist of the famous Strand commercial:...This was the gist of the famous Strand commercial: "You're never alone with a Strand".<BR/>The brand was stubbed out soon afterwards because people thought smoking one showed you were a sad, friendless person.<BR/>Apart from that minor failing, it was a brilliant commercial.Willie Lupinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04644566259134259018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-51540781148617141592008-01-07T09:48:00.000+00:002008-01-07T09:48:00.000+00:00Dave: Harrumph. Next thing you'll be telling me th...Dave: Harrumph. Next thing you'll be telling me that the nursery rhyme refers to St Ives in Cambridgeshire and not the St Ives on the north Cornwall coast at all.<BR/><BR/>Tim: Also, to my eternal shame, I have been known to throw my friends out of the window of a speeding car on more than one occasion. (Not any more, though. I'm a reformed character now.)<BR/><BR/>Paul: Were you, by Jove? Did you happen to run into a flamboyant chap with an elaborate rubber mask and a black leather warlord coat with many flaps on it, accompanied by another chap dressed like Dave Gahan circa 1987?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-68875215356847310472008-01-06T19:24:00.000+00:002008-01-06T19:24:00.000+00:00I was in St Ives for New Year! I was smoking too! ...I was in St Ives for New Year! I was smoking too! Damn the New Year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-80916208130114702612008-01-06T04:50:00.000+00:002008-01-06T04:50:00.000+00:00Hang on... does that mean you put your friends in ...Hang on... does that mean you put your friends in your mouth and inhale deeply?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-66340540630385687072008-01-05T10:11:00.000+00:002008-01-05T10:11:00.000+00:00I’m sorry to say someone else invented the word be...I’m sorry to say someone else invented the word before you. If you look at the comments <A HREF="http://bitingblondwitl.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-strongly-recommend.html" REL="nofollow">here </A> you will find it used to describe Snow White.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-85775977882553662342008-01-04T21:37:00.000+00:002008-01-04T21:37:00.000+00:00Hello Loganoc! Heptagamist is a word I made up, wh...Hello Loganoc! Heptagamist is a word I made up, which in my mind means someone who has seven wives. (Or husbands, but that wouldn't fit with the nursery rhyme, or the story.) And the motto is from Max Frisch, but I expect you knew that.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-88679760813822663642008-01-04T18:13:00.000+00:002008-01-04T18:13:00.000+00:00Ahh, sweet. Not sure what a heptagamist is, but I ...Ahh, sweet. Not sure what a heptagamist is, but I do love your new motto. Very true.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428648654163118699noreply@blogger.com