Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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#1
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/12/auberon-waughs-christmas-sermon/
Here's Auberon's sermon from 1966 showing how little things have changed in 50 years!
(It was of course Waugh who argued that overgenerous presents for children prepared them for a society that expected government handouts, long before the days when possession of a mere Nokia was used as a measure of child 'poverty')
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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#2
Well if you think I'll be sharing the new Scalextric with the kids...
(Not my real name.)
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#3
I used to like his tongue in cheek articles in "Private Eye" years ago, he once stated that poor people on Merseyside should eat their children causing great controversy.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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#4
howard mcsweeney1 wrote:I used to like his tongue in cheek articles in "Private Eye" years ago, he once stated that poor people on Merseyside should eat their children causing great controversy.
Even the sainted Waugh was not above plagiarism!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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#5
Button wrote:Well if you think I'll be sharing the new Scalextric with the kids...
On the other hand I wouldn't have to put up with this if only I'd bought youngest daughter a My Little Pony all those years ago!
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Button- Location: Dover
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#6
Oh stop complaining, it's not rainbow-coloured, now is it!
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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#7
Meanwhile in Venezuela, Santa's socialist little helpers are doing their bit!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38274267"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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#8
‘Wise men? But we’ve had enough of experts.’
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
