tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5216307034665054409..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: UpdateYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19937280652182893852020-03-29T17:48:59.829+01:002020-03-29T17:48:59.829+01:00OK, the version of "Alfie" I know was su...OK, the version of "Alfie" I know was sung by Dionne Warwick. But there were about a hundred different covers of that one song, I believe.<br /><br />That is an excellent illustration of our population conundrum. The coronavirus situation reminds me of a warning I read years ago, that if humans are unable to manage our own population, nature is going to do it for us -- and it isn't going to be pretty.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24453318091501178272020-03-29T10:05:54.213+01:002020-03-29T10:05:54.213+01:00What show was that cool character The Fonz appeare...What show was that cool character The Fonz appeared in? Ah yes, "Happy Days"!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18997437793794749192020-03-28T22:54:08.484+00:002020-03-28T22:54:08.484+00:00An extremely worthy - and attainable - goal, I agr...An extremely worthy - and attainable - goal, I agree.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64703310876842662952020-03-28T20:45:44.772+00:002020-03-28T20:45:44.772+00:00It's fire, flood and pestilence, according to ...It's fire, flood and pestilence, according to a friend of mine who is not at all religeous. Either that or germ warfare. Either way, it's clear that our planet cannot sustain a good quality of life (measured by the availability of food and shelter) at the current rate of expansion of the human race. Scary.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75290260267613553212020-03-28T17:26:15.064+00:002020-03-28T17:26:15.064+00:00Thanks, YP. Now I remember. You see that I have a ...Thanks, YP. Now I remember. You see that I have a great forgettory but a less than good memory.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3940100869771614632020-03-28T17:20:37.008+00:002020-03-28T17:20:37.008+00:00"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (That was the ti..."Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (That was the title. I'm not calling you pet!) The first series of this came out in 1983/84. "Boys from The Black Stuff" was older - October to November 1982.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82440137835081874122020-03-28T16:51:27.372+00:002020-03-28T16:51:27.372+00:00Well, well, well. I live and i learn. So what was ...Well, well, well. I live and i learn. So what was the series set in Geordieland around that time?<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53451926829027095362020-03-28T16:09:18.400+00:002020-03-28T16:09:18.400+00:00The series was set in Liverpool and was written by...The series was set in Liverpool and was written by Alan Bleasdale. Yosser was played by Bernard Hill.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13613857599825804642020-03-28T15:47:47.193+00:002020-03-28T15:47:47.193+00:00I'm not sure who it was but someone did. It...I'm not sure who it was but someone did. It's a series I've never seen but, of course, know about. My education is l sadly lacking. They were Geordies weren't they not Mackems. I wouldn't like to get any more trolls.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61705899071874646482020-03-28T15:08:48.704+00:002020-03-28T15:08:48.704+00:00Didn't Yosser Hughes say that in "The Boy...Didn't Yosser Hughes say that in "The Boys from the Black Stuff"?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8474434708940069642020-03-28T13:46:42.993+00:002020-03-28T13:46:42.993+00:00I understood your first comment (Mate? I am The Pr...I understood your first comment (Mate? I am The Prophet of Doom my son.) but I'm not sure why I shouldn't be a fan of Cilla Black. I knew Priscilla White (by sight and reputation) before she became Cilla Black and frequented The Tavern. I have a great respect for her. Liverpudlians as well as Geordies say "Geeza break" just with different accents. I can only do one of them.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23191245162958935172020-03-28T13:08:08.376+00:002020-03-28T13:08:08.376+00:00Not a fan of Cilla Black then Graham?Not a fan of Cilla Black then Graham?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80890138207646745082020-03-28T12:55:06.812+00:002020-03-28T12:55:06.812+00:00And I was having a very Good Morning (apologies to...And I was having a very Good Morning (apologies to Sellar and Yeatman) until I read that. Geeza break, mate. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15053765381153323862020-03-28T12:31:47.171+00:002020-03-28T12:31:47.171+00:00You mean a pint tankard?You mean a pint tankard?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90906029363380490592020-03-28T11:29:43.961+00:002020-03-28T11:29:43.961+00:00Just the usual medicinal doseJust the usual medicinal doseJayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24173297669603768452020-03-28T10:35:00.047+00:002020-03-28T10:35:00.047+00:00I had never heard of it so I scurried off to find ...I had never heard of it so I scurried off to find out. I suppose that sperm could be sent in vials by motorcycle courier company "Job's a Good Un".Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49536759258337855192020-03-28T10:29:39.870+00:002020-03-28T10:29:39.870+00:00There wouldn't be too many babies resulting fr...There wouldn't be too many babies resulting from the Zoom version of Blind Date. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64926958776068317992020-03-28T10:22:46.027+00:002020-03-28T10:22:46.027+00:00Good heavens how much wine did you have last night...Good heavens how much wine did you have last night JayCee?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77281513879917579272020-03-28T10:21:52.849+00:002020-03-28T10:21:52.849+00:00There seems to be a lot of division and anger in h...There seems to be a lot of division and anger in high places. Pressure with regard to climate change, religion, resources, priorities and population increase. You may well be right to suggest that it could all end in warfare on a scale we have not seen before. They should have listened to John and Yoko: "Give Peace a Chance!" or in the words of Lincolnshire legume farmers: "Give Peas a Chance!"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3599086633793293992020-03-28T10:18:04.489+00:002020-03-28T10:18:04.489+00:00I am trying not to think too much, about anything,...I am trying not to think too much, about anything, at the moment.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41944730043230015522020-03-28T10:16:28.011+00:002020-03-28T10:16:28.011+00:00You walk round the screen in the middle of the set...You walk round the screen in the middle of the set and there are 11.8 million babies! That would be a hell of a surprise Cilla!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48813262847054592662020-03-28T10:15:00.362+00:002020-03-28T10:15:00.362+00:00Ha-ha! Nice one Jimmy Tarbuck!Ha-ha! Nice one Jimmy Tarbuck!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83727991133759780342020-03-28T10:14:21.588+00:002020-03-28T10:14:21.588+00:00I hope that one good thing that emerges will be th...I hope that one good thing that emerges will be the closure of all Asian wet markets and the establishment of stricter rules in relation to food production.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21519065240411447322020-03-28T10:12:09.059+00:002020-03-28T10:12:09.059+00:00Some epidemiologists foresee a truly devastating p...Some epidemiologists foresee a truly devastating pandemic in the future. This one is most likely just a taste of what could happen.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4018479342048757542020-03-28T07:30:59.955+00:002020-03-28T07:30:59.955+00:00There is a fault on your line.
Let's leave as...There is a fault on your line.<br /><br />Let's leave aside maths, extrapolation and compound interest (the two latter few understand), the virus (or rather its spread) is in its infancy. Why not take a more philosophical approach to world population?<br /><br />If Mother Earth burns itself out or, rather, is being burnt out by her "children" (us) so be it. That people will continue to procreate is a given. However, and that's where your argument comes slightly apart at the seams, people die all over the place. You mentioned some of the reasons in a previous post, not least the most dreadful (and avoidable) that of hunger. <br /><br />I do believe that humankind (nature?) is self regulating. And, and it is a nihilistic view based on the concept of absurdity, who cares? That tree (let's assume it's still standing) when it falls will still fall whether we, precious humans, are around to hear it or not. It falls. And makes a sound.<br /><br />Anyway, dear walking the land YP, if all else fails we could always go to war. Nothing more efficient than war to decimate the population. Which reminds me, and you may know and find (not so) amusing: Apparently, when there is a war in the offing, some time in the future but not tomorrow, more boys than girls will be born. Canon fodder, YP. There was a saying in the motherland, pretty graphic not to say crude, loosely translated as "Women open wide, the Fuehrer needs soldiers". Bloody hell, YP. The more children (boys) the better. My grandmother was awarded a special medal for services to the fatherland. Well, and for her efforts, her firstborn, in his early twenties, was shot dead, in the back (Russian prisoner of war) when he tried to flee the camp (after the war). Don't know what she did with that medal. <br /><br />Yes, so - see above - when there is a war in the offing, some time in the distant future, more boys are born. Can you imagine my trepidation considering that my parents (between their four children) have ten grandsons and two granddaughters? Most of them now just about the right age to march and serve as, well, cannon fodder.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.com