Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

Eight claps then. You've had your first.

Seven to go.

 

[Ribh]

Oh I loved the Ancient Mariner. We studied it at school I think. I used to remember great chunks of it. The only thing that comes to mind now is the imagery of the becalmed ship something about a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
Then I fell in love with Under Milk Wood.
As a teenager I loved a number of Paul Dehn’s anti nuclear war poems.
And for a giggle there is always Ogden Nash.
I am a big Shakespeare fan but weirdly have never read the sonnets.
So, as you can tell, I could very easily spend my afternoons sitting with the chickens reading poetry to them!

Ah, ok. It's been a long time since I heard anyone mention Ogden Nash!

 

[RoyalChick]

Ah, ok. It's been a long time since I heard anyone mention Ogden Nash!

I won’t hog your thread but there is an Ogden Nash for every occasion!
At my retirement dinner earlier this month I read a poem as part of my speech. It is called Warning by Jenny Joseph. If you don’t know it find it on Google - I think you will be amused.
It is about aging and non conformity.

 

[MaryJanet]

I won’t hog your thread but there is an Ogden Nash for every occasion!
At my retirement dinner earlier this month I read a poem as part of my speech. It is called Warning by Jenny Joseph. If you don’t know it find it on Google - I think you will be amused.
It is about aging and non conformity.

I love that poem.

And I'm wearing slippers in the funrun this very moment!

 

[Ribh]

I won’t hog your thread but there is an Ogden Nash for every occasion!
At my retirement dinner earlier this month I read a poem as part of my speech. It is called Warning by Jenny Joseph. If you don’t know it find it on Google - I think you will be amused.
It is about aging and non conformity.

Oh YES! I know this one. I never remember who wrote it but who could forget that opening line?

 

[Ribh]

And no~one who really knows me will be surprised @ what I do when I am old.

 

[MaryJanet]

And no~one who really knows me will be surprised @ what I do when I am old.

So it's ultimately a kindness to get started early

 

[bruceha2000]

Rapprochement is another one I recognise but don't really know. I think it has something to do with approaching someone or something in a hostile way.

Or the complete opposite

Double points for knowing nebbish! That one's very obscure.

"The term nebby, meaning meddlesome or nosy, literally derives from the word neb, or “nose,” a term that’s been around in English for more than a thousand years. Despite what you might guess, nebby is unrelated to the Yiddish word nebbish, meaning “a timid or ineffectual person.” This is part of a complete episode."

From Waywordradio. I remember the episode from last year.

I had no idea about Tannoy ~ which everyone else seems to know.

I'm with you, don't recall ever hearing that name.

One if the things I would like to do more of when I retire (in NINE days time!)

Congratulations!

The time difference will confuse me. Do I retire a day earlier in Australia? I think I do!

Well if you do they can't exactly make you go back to work for another day can they?

At my retirement dinner earlier this month

Wait, you had a retirement party and had to go back to work for the rest of the month? That just ain't right!!

 

[RoyalChick]

Or the complete opposite


"The term nebby, meaning meddlesome or nosy, literally derives from the word neb, or “nose,” a term that’s been around in English for more than a thousand years. Despite what you might guess, nebby is unrelated to the Yiddish word nebbish, meaning “a timid or ineffectual person.” This is part of a complete episode."

From Waywordradio. I remember the episode from last year.


I'm with you, don't recall ever hearing that name.


Congratulations!


Well if you do they can't exactly make you go back to work for another day can they?


Wait, you had a retirement party and had to go back to work for the rest of the month? That just ain't right!!

Was rappprochement on the list? I missed it. It is something about relationships between different parties - used about diplomacy between countries. Like when they agree to end a war and get on well together.

 

[LozzyR]

I know it's not Caturday but my daughter's cats arrived Monday night. Davis set about welcoming them.
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The munchkins were not certain about this giant cat. So Davis decided to put them at ease.
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He is such friendly boy.

I think they are going to change Spooky's name to Chadwick. They are uncomfortable calling a black cat Spooky.

Davis is adorable! What did Eyowyn think of them and why are they at your house? Or will I owe SHRA tax?