tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post4002436562590375500..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: DribblingYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87988953342179415452016-06-13T03:04:59.150+01:002016-06-13T03:04:59.150+01:00You really got me this time! My editing is getting...You really got me this time! My editing is getting pretty sloppy or if I'm truthful it's completely lacking.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66128622228635656592016-06-12T10:27:28.366+01:002016-06-12T10:27:28.366+01:00When it comes to shopping, I do not like giving my...When it comes to shopping, I do not like giving my money to the shopkeeper and I don't like giving petrol to thirsty Clint as it costs too much. I wish that Clint would drink water instead.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25251017178299263872016-06-12T10:23:27.838+01:002016-06-12T10:23:27.838+01:00I know Barack Obama, Bob Dylan and Bill Bryson bec...I know Barack Obama, Bob Dylan and Bill Bryson because we were drinking buddies when we worked together at an Ohio summer camp in the mid-seventies. Cosby, Crystal, Clinton and Barker's applications were rejected and as it happens Brad Pitt was a camper in the Iroquois group counselled by Donald Trump and Mike Tyson.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38754163995689839572016-06-12T01:55:06.303+01:002016-06-12T01:55:06.303+01:00On the subject of giving (wiping gonorrhea and oth...On the subject of giving (wiping gonorrhea and other similar and dissimilar contagious nasties from the equation - none of which, by the way...I carry/suffer from)..I much prefer giving than receiving. <br /><br />Other than, of course, if the receiving I'm receiving is a high jackpot in the Lotto! In that instance, I'd be a very, very happy recipient.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85539953912303267912016-06-11T21:02:04.035+01:002016-06-11T21:02:04.035+01:00I certainly do Mama Thyme. Bill expressed the noti...I certainly do Mama Thyme. Bill expressed the notion perfectly.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48053223002960119982016-06-11T20:26:12.817+01:002016-06-11T20:26:12.817+01:00You must feel exactly the same about walking, Mr. ...You must feel exactly the same about walking, Mr. Pudding. I know I do.Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65510068699669338662016-06-11T19:37:01.882+01:002016-06-11T19:37:01.882+01:00I know four Bryson brothers, but not a single one ...I know four Bryson brothers, but not a single one of them is named Bill -- their names are (or, more accurately, were) Roy, Clyde, Clarence, and Dewey. There is Bryson City in the mountains of North Carolina, but that's neither here nor there. Well, actually, it is there. I am sure that of the four living male Americans you know whose first names begin with B I'm the least-famous one, so I am not surprised that The Weaver of Grass never heard of me. I never heard of her either, but her photograph reminds me of a late friend of our family, Lorraine Corcoran Gallucci.<br /><br />YP, how is it that you know Barack Obama and Bob Dylan but not Bill Cosby or Brad Pitt or Billy Crystal or Bill Clinton or Bob Barker or even Brock Turner (the Stanford rapist)? rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60424062255119597512016-06-11T17:25:46.081+01:002016-06-11T17:25:46.081+01:00Not yet, but it's on my list !Not yet, but it's on my list !Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2689528618515411962016-06-11T10:01:21.426+01:002016-06-11T10:01:21.426+01:00I'm pleased that made you chuckle Helen.I'm pleased that made you chuckle Helen.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52640736636260374922016-06-11T10:00:20.383+01:002016-06-11T10:00:20.383+01:00Sorry Red. You don't read a store - you shop i...Sorry Red. You don't read a store - you shop in one.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2424281924448077142016-06-11T09:59:30.075+01:002016-06-11T09:59:30.075+01:00It is nice to hear that Bryson is becoming more fa...It is nice to hear that Bryson is becoming more familiar to ordinary American readers...err but I am not saying that you are "ordinary" Jennifer as I know that you are really Spider Woman.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3864143614128059102016-06-11T09:56:48.138+01:002016-06-11T09:56:48.138+01:00In this book he gets the sleeper train to The High...In this book he gets the sleeper train to The Highlands and even visits Ullapool and Cape Wrath. He has become more curmudgeonly in his mid-sixties but he remains like a child in a geographical/cultural sweet shop - full of wonder and curiosity.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44662761091493577732016-06-11T09:53:41.370+01:002016-06-11T09:53:41.370+01:00As I have become more aware of your quirky sense o...As I have become more aware of your quirky sense of humour CG, I am sure you would love this book... unless of course you have already read it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24682833590543237722016-06-11T09:51:27.837+01:002016-06-11T09:51:27.837+01:00Does his wife Cynthia know about his relationship ...Does his wife Cynthia know about his relationship with you Sue? "Droll" seems to characterise his humour and he is so self-deprecating. When asked what he didn't like about his physical appearance, he said - his body's perpetual tendency to attempt to morph into a spherical shape.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50975999962052026942016-06-11T09:46:33.816+01:002016-06-11T09:46:33.816+01:00With your affection for Yorkshire I suspect that y...With your affection for Yorkshire I suspect that you would love both of his British travel books and as you say you'd be either laughing or nodding. Bill makes the point that compared with other countries British heritage "sites" are more numerous by far in relation to land area.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71783271290067853242016-06-11T09:42:22.678+01:002016-06-11T09:42:22.678+01:00What? You have never heard of the last B?...But he...What? You have never heard of the last B?...But he is the brains behind the "Rhymes With Plague" blog out of Canton, Georgia where he lives with his ever patient wife Ellie who has just had her second eye operation. Bob is currently looking after her and isn't blogging so much. Ellie keeps ringing that damned bell!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87270853159619225262016-06-11T09:13:51.642+01:002016-06-11T09:13:51.642+01:00I felt just the same about the book YP.
Incidenta...I felt just the same about the book YP.<br /><br />Incidentally, I have never heard of that last 'B', but agree about the other three.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59071530988289327862016-06-11T08:03:34.842+01:002016-06-11T08:03:34.842+01:00I haven't read anything by him yet, but I know...I haven't read anything by him yet, but I know of Bill Bryson and am sure I'd alternate between chuckling and nodding at the statements in his book.<br />As for the numbers of listed buildings, cemeteries and so on, it is hard to say whether there are exceptionally few or many in Britain, without having the numbers for other countries (and the ratio of population and land size) for comparison.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-27461542960968706132016-06-11T07:24:19.739+01:002016-06-11T07:24:19.739+01:00I love Bill Bryson, he makes me chuckle a lot. I r...I love Bill Bryson, he makes me chuckle a lot. I read this book earlier this year. His mix of fascination and frustration and droll observations - the train from London to Cornwall is “like rigor mortis with scenery”.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87825932865465914082016-06-11T07:11:06.125+01:002016-06-11T07:11:06.125+01:00Should have added - the one about UK not being lik...Should have added - the one about UK not being like Indianapolis !Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28145730710034124502016-06-11T07:10:21.651+01:002016-06-11T07:10:21.651+01:00Particularly liked comment no 4 !
Particularly liked comment no 4 ! <br /> Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8825322538741533152016-06-11T06:43:08.518+01:002016-06-11T06:43:08.518+01:00I read the first Notes when it was published (who ...I read the first Notes when it was published (who did not?) and enjoyed it and many of his other books although I thought the last one I read (excluding his Short History of Nearly Everything) got a bit samey. I'll have a crack at this one perhaps.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60361274106301965342016-06-11T05:19:24.749+01:002016-06-11T05:19:24.749+01:00I read this a few months ago. I meant to mention i...I read this a few months ago. I meant to mention it on my blog.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6912105395716412462016-06-11T03:20:31.673+01:002016-06-11T03:20:31.673+01:00I will have to look for this book. I've read a...I will have to look for this book. I've read a couple of his stores before and liked them.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-902027626247009142016-06-11T02:37:16.468+01:002016-06-11T02:37:16.468+01:00That first quote puts it perfectly.That first quote puts it perfectly.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com