tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post983966650238624650..comments2024-03-28T14:01:51.325+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SalutationsYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60178566629012000062015-12-03T23:25:40.179+00:002015-12-03T23:25:40.179+00:00And that is bad...how?And that is bad...how?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35531507585533438472015-12-03T23:24:10.542+00:002015-12-03T23:24:10.542+00:00Lighten up, Pud! Stop standing on ceremony....he ...Lighten up, Pud! Stop standing on ceremony....he don't like it!!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90037791772354188932015-12-03T22:05:38.052+00:002015-12-03T22:05:38.052+00:00Gosh , how did you get my school report ......Gosh , how did you get my school report ......Leishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550858502158736036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80964132546058625722015-12-03T17:08:58.961+00:002015-12-03T17:08:58.961+00:00At my 50th high school reunion, we were joined by ...At my 50th high school reunion, we were joined by one of the teachers we had. He's only 7 years older than we are, and we're all old now, but everyone still called him "Mr. Jones." His wife, who is a few years younger than us, thought that was pretty funny.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60214279594270593542015-12-03T16:59:26.244+00:002015-12-03T16:59:26.244+00:00Random thoughts: Ann Coulter's neck seems desi...Random thoughts: Ann Coulter's neck seems designed for a guillotine, or maybe the retro version - an ISIS sword. I could send you raccoon skins for a new hat.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67232991470648188342015-12-03T10:26:21.976+00:002015-12-03T10:26:21.976+00:00Dear Sir Red,
I am afraid I didn't understand ...Dear Sir Red,<br />I am afraid I didn't understand your last two sentences and humbly suggest that you lay off the "Seagram's" before bedtime. A gentleman of your senior years should consider cocoa instead.<br />Yours affectionately,<br />Lord Pudding of YorkshireYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48078312826911089812015-12-03T10:20:38.917+00:002015-12-03T10:20:38.917+00:00No it is not Mr Ward. It is a pseudonym, deliberat...No it is not Mr Ward. It is a pseudonym, deliberately chosen ten years ago to thwart potential searches by recalcitrant former pupils. Our friend and teacher Carol in Cairns, Australia has discovered to her distress what can happen when rats get on board the ship.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10675680651859060772015-12-03T10:15:19.311+00:002015-12-03T10:15:19.311+00:00My esteemed Lady Soup,
It is with enormous relief ...My esteemed Lady Soup,<br />It is with enormous relief and gratitude that I hereby receive your considered permission to voice my opinion - in which matter you have now granted me entitlement.<br />Your humble servant,<br />Y. Pudding (Ostler)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9686372411313984822015-12-03T10:10:24.101+00:002015-12-03T10:10:24.101+00:00Probably from Australia Mistress Thyme!Probably from Australia Mistress Thyme!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41932279697309645432015-12-03T10:09:13.998+00:002015-12-03T10:09:13.998+00:00Dear Ma'am,
You antipodeans are so...so inform...Dear Ma'am,<br />You antipodeans are so...so informal. It's rather endearing.<br />Yours condescendingly,<br />Sir PuddingYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82070427296814560522015-12-03T09:14:18.572+00:002015-12-03T09:14:18.572+00:00The last sentence is a bit rich coming from you.The last sentence is a bit rich coming from you.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80828598187626057782015-12-03T09:12:32.155+00:002015-12-03T09:12:32.155+00:00Is Mr Pudding your real name?Is Mr Pudding your real name?ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30986113270598418072015-12-03T05:41:20.411+00:002015-12-03T05:41:20.411+00:00Everyone, including you Mr Pudding, is entitled to...Everyone, including you Mr Pudding, is entitled to their opinion; whether others agree with it is another matter, as you have discovered.<br /><br />I have friends whose kids called them by their first names, even as toddlers. I figure you have only one mother and father, they play a particular and relatively important role in your life so address them as Mother/Father, Mum/Dad - and keep first names for friends and others who fit into the first name category. <br /><br /> I'm not in favour of calling parents by their first names.<br /><br />I note that these kids, now adults in their late thirties, now refer to their mother as Mum or Ma, though their father, who died some years back, is still referred to as Tom.<br /><br />Ms Soup<br />alphabet souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744905399607433764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69609039029056403272015-12-03T05:15:26.196+00:002015-12-03T05:15:26.196+00:00I agree with you completely, Mr. Pudding. I alway...I agree with you completely, Mr. Pudding. I always made it a point of having friends of my children not use my first name. When in employment, the people who worked with me and for me were close enough to me to use my first name even tho most were younger than I. But the students who we served were encouraged to address me by my last name. <br /><br />Now if we could just get wait persons or sales persons to say, "You're welcome", instead of "no problem" when you have said "Thank You." Where did that shite come from all of a sudden?Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85507182805362672482015-12-03T01:26:45.232+00:002015-12-03T01:26:45.232+00:00I don't want to be called "sir"....I...I don't want to be called "sir"....I'll clear that up from the start.<br /><br />I prefer being called "Lee" at all times...that is my given name. Even when I was married I'd cringe when called "Mrs"...not for any feminist reasons; I'm not a flag-waving feminist..I just preferred being called by my first name. I'd ask the culprit to call me "Lee"...not "Mrs" as "Mrs" wasn't/isn't my name! Simple!<br /><br />Even from when my niece and nephews were little I asked them to call me "Lee"...not "Aunty Lee"; and similar applies with their children; and it applies with the children of others...of friends.<br /><br />It doesn't upset me if I receive an email addressed to me...by my first name; and particularly if it's one from PayPal...at least then I know it's not a scam (with PayPal. Only legitimate PP emails address you by your name...if you receive an email supposedly from PP...that says "Dear Customer"...it will be a scam...so don't open it...delete it immediately).<br /><br />If I'm a diner in a restaurant, or a customer in shop etc., and they call me "Ma'am" or whatever else, I pleasantly and politely give my name...and ask that they call me by it! It is who I am...I am no other! Easy-peasy. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88306857425106931762015-12-03T00:24:41.826+00:002015-12-03T00:24:41.826+00:00I agree with you on some things. I don't like ...I agree with you on some things. I don't like children referring to parents by the first name. On the other hand , I don't like being referred to as sir at all. I'm going to throw up some day when somebody gives me, our computer is programed and we can't do anything. That's a crock.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-367730739180808552015-12-02T22:04:42.700+00:002015-12-02T22:04:42.700+00:00I bet Miss Smith called you "The cheeky one w...I bet Miss Smith called you "The cheeky one who chewed bubble gum, stared out of the window and wore fishnet stockings!"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79532595034368119332015-12-02T21:51:04.119+00:002015-12-02T21:51:04.119+00:00My dear Yorkie, (ok perhaps too familiar), i total...My dear Yorkie, (ok perhaps too familiar), i totally agree with people addressing others in an appropriate manner. Times have changed greatly in how familiar we are in addressing people we don't know. Years ago a former secondary teacher was on the board of my place of employment. As an adult I found it very hard to call her by her first name after years of calling her Miss Smith. It felt very odd and I often reverted to calling her Miss Smith. Leishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550858502158736036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43086043621948007752015-12-02T21:09:02.720+00:002015-12-02T21:09:02.720+00:00Dear Madam,
Though you are a youthful filly, it gi...Dear Madam,<br />Though you are a youthful filly, it gives me great pleasure to learn that in some respects your values are traditional and that you are sensitive to nuances of language.<br />Yours humbly,<br />Mr Y.Pudding (Sir)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24296730646312091732015-12-02T21:05:35.171+00:002015-12-02T21:05:35.171+00:00Dear Mr Brague,
Honey? Sweetie? They clearly haven...Dear Mr Brague,<br />Honey? Sweetie? They clearly haven't been following the wry and often vinegary remarks that have been the life blood of "Rhymes With Plague" for several years now.<br />Yours faithfully,<br />Y.Pudding (Mr)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75059149755195789102015-12-02T21:02:30.448+00:002015-12-02T21:02:30.448+00:00Dear Ms Blawat
As you don't care what anybody ...Dear Ms Blawat<br />As you don't care what anybody calls you, I will start again...<br />Dear Ann Coulter,<br />As I have suggested before, California is still overrun with hippies fo whom modes of address are irrelevant as they sit spaced out on their scatter cushions communing with beings from the outer edge of the universe.<br />Yours truly,<br />D. Crockett (King of The Wild Frontier)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15151216208836745762015-12-02T20:53:44.776+00:002015-12-02T20:53:44.776+00:00Dear Mr Edwards,
Sincere gratitude for your though...Dear Mr Edwards,<br />Sincere gratitude for your thoughtful response is now wafting across The Minch to your humble crofter's shack where huddled over your meagre turf fire you shall soon be sprinkled with what Harry Corbett called oofle dust. As the actress once said to the bishop, your input is as always much appreciated.<br />Yours respectfully,<br />Y.Pudding (Mr)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91635914393482152792015-12-02T20:46:40.673+00:002015-12-02T20:46:40.673+00:00Addressing people in Germany seems like a complica...Addressing people in Germany seems like a complicated business but I am pleased to learn that certain elements of formality are built in to your language Frau Riley. Thank you for the lesson in German etiquette.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89530843115103999712015-12-02T20:43:46.497+00:002015-12-02T20:43:46.497+00:00Dear Madam.
You have spoken truly.
Your obedient s...Dear Madam.<br />You have spoken truly.<br />Your obedient servant,<br />Y.Pudding (Mr)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39704737235255810782015-12-02T20:27:52.952+00:002015-12-02T20:27:52.952+00:00A request from a customer should be honoured I thi...A request from a customer should be honoured I think. However, would the company change a standard procedure for one request? Probably not. We are in times were informality rules I fear.Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.com