tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post1745156096856321485..comments2023-11-02T14:03:21.567+00:00Comments on Chip Dale's Diary: A Romanian CompromiseBig Chip Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-73502744832586149652007-03-14T12:25:00.000+00:002007-03-14T12:25:00.000+00:00It seems that everybody knows more about Auden tha...It seems that everybody knows more about Auden than I do. This is just proving that I should stick with this course. I never realised how badly educated I was.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-53074745787391652602007-03-14T10:36:00.000+00:002007-03-14T10:36:00.000+00:00It's a thing I've noticed about humanity, no viole...It's a thing I've noticed about humanity, no violence or porn = not interesting.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, Auden was a bit anal, wasn't he - I mean who carries on editing their work AFTER it's published. Clearly the man didn't have a life. I hope Chippy you won't end the same way after your Literature course. Books do strange things to a man...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-44194686515826278102007-03-14T08:13:00.000+00:002007-03-14T08:13:00.000+00:00and talking of Romanians, have you seen my "condom...and talking of Romanians, have you seen my "condom" post?Jeremy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014279463894807064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-42060280947889961132007-03-13T22:57:00.000+00:002007-03-13T22:57:00.000+00:00It is Auden. And I've been reading some of his stu...It is Auden. And I've been reading some of his stuff tonight and not a terrorist to be seen. Very disappointing. Not much of it rhymes either, which makes it all hard to figure out...<BR/><BR/>Ian, you look nothing like Joyce but at least this Welshman thinks you look much more like Peter Hitchen. :)Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-88624408960415158502007-03-13T21:51:00.000+00:002007-03-13T21:51:00.000+00:00Isn't it Auden?Isn't it Auden?Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-10825345946173926802007-03-13T21:18:00.000+00:002007-03-13T21:18:00.000+00:00Who is the haggard looking bloke in the photograph...Who is the haggard looking bloke in the photograph?<BR/><BR/>I know it isn't James Joyce because I have had two Irishmen assure me that I look very much like James Joyce. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the only photo of him I have seen that does look vaguely like me is one where he looked like a right twat.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-50499272704319799662007-03-13T17:00:00.000+00:002007-03-13T17:00:00.000+00:00Perhaps Jack Higgins could write the foreword?Perhaps Jack Higgins could write the foreword?Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-71184279204586463512007-03-13T16:47:00.000+00:002007-03-13T16:47:00.000+00:00Obviously, I've a lot to learn about Auden. I thin...Obviously, I've a lot to learn about Auden. I think I should gather these together and create an anthology of his most action-packed poems.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-61346287344624098022007-03-13T16:37:00.000+00:002007-03-13T16:37:00.000+00:00Surely you haven't missed classics like:"Stop all ...Surely you haven't missed classics like:<BR/><BR/>"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone/ We're going to rob this f***ing joint to pay my bank loan,/silence the pistols and with muffled drum/ prepare for war, let these terrorists come."Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-84465364241985665942007-03-13T15:01:00.000+00:002007-03-13T15:01:00.000+00:00Really? I didn't know he wrote that sort of thing....Really? I didn't know he wrote that sort of thing. <BR/><BR/>I'll now go and have a look to see if I can find them. Perhaps I've been a bit too quick to dismiss the man.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-70832731330804675212007-03-13T14:49:00.000+00:002007-03-13T14:49:00.000+00:00you haven't seen Auden's finest works then chip, w...you haven't seen Auden's finest works then chip, which include<BR/><BR/>'stop all the clocks or I'll blow you away mutherf***r!'<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>'here is the night train crossing the border, steven seagal keeping the terrorist hijackers in order'<BR/><BR/>there's a world of literature out there chip, you just need to reach out...Arthur Clewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899298157515419564noreply@blogger.com