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I don't want to sound dismissive of a cuisine with lots of dishes I absolutely love: pies, roast-beef, the breakfast lot, and all kind of cakes and puddings.
But this is quite funny:
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
Joseph whining and complaining
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Oh, boo hoo, Joseph! Pray tell, who's the one having contraptions all day and night, trying to squeeze
[quote]Yaotl Altan wrote:
(This was written for a beloved German colleague 5 years ago)
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... having a beautiful poem written for her by a charming, brilliant Mexican
[quote]Paul Dixon wrote:
Do you have any favourite poems? If so, share them here! If not in English, please explain what the poet is trying to say!
I'll start with this excerpt from
Give us a kiss, darlings.
I don't know the exact source of this image, but it was kindly given to me by Barbara Carrara. That's how we ladies roll.
Update: From a Visit Scotland
[quote]Zibow Retailleau wrote:
One night I went to a bar with my husband and his colleague. At some point, they began to talk about work. Having nothing to do, I in turn began to talk t
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
[quote]Merab Dekano wrote:
I am sure if Dutch were frequently sung in an opera setting, even a guttural “graag” would sound attractive...
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[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
And I thought the thunder & lightning one was about me ... I feel kind of left out now. [/quote]
It's not always about you, you know. ;-)
[quote]Chris S wrote:
As a Rastafarian, I don’t celebrate Christmas until January, and I don’t suppose the lockdown will be eased then for us to go out and get the necessary supplie
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
Friends make the good times better and the hard times easier.
Through this year, you and the others made it!
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We all made it together, S
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
Merry Christmas to my best friends!
Santa knew just what I wanted when he brought you into my life!
Merry Christmas!
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You are the gift that
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
No language is inherently beautiful or ugly. It all depends on who's speaking. Was Hitler's German beautiful? [/quote]
Tom, may I remind you of Godwin's
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
It isn't on iPlayer either. But if you have a VPN set to United States, you can watch all episodes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq61jstTA pk
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
I tried to read "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (or whatever it's called) but after a few pages I found it horrible and flung it contemptuously across the roo
[quote]esperantisto wrote:
[quote]Chris S wrote:
I bet the misspelling of Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän wouldn’t have got past his German translator, unlike the ne
Thank you, philgoddard, for this heartfelt reminder of what a truly great writer John le Carré was, and the sheer beauty of the German language.
Is the spelling correct now? I can't
[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
Sans pleuvoir
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I love the crescendo from everyday images to increasingly weird ones, and your use of prepositions to give rhythm to their
[quote]Antoine Wicquart wrote:
I am currently going through my old dusty texts to find some inspiration for the new creative-me trying to keep busy and productive during the quarantine
This was my very first encounter with the Bard, in my Italian school, I must have been around 13. Our teacher made us listen to an audio tape, and, if memory serves me well, it was the voi
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
Another interesting thread doomed to disappear shortly.
There was a nice post which arose
With some rather interesting prose
"Enough!" someone ra
[quote]Jan Truper wrote:
Unfortunately my post was censored. Apparently it's time to censor my membership. [/quote]
There wasn't anything remotely offensive in your post. It was a gr
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Reminds me of this great John Huston film about a failed boxer who never made the big time and has come to the end of the road
https://www.youtube.co
This poem was posted many years ago by an Australian fellow translator, but I don't remember exactly where.
The Men That Don't Fit In
by Robert W. Service
There's a race of men that
Beasts Bounding Through Time
By Charles Bukowski
Van Gogh writing his brother for paints
Hemingway testing his shotgun
Celine going broke as a doctor of medicine
the impossibili
[quote]Chris S wrote:
That's why I hide behind a giant cat. Saves me constantly having to beat people off with a stick. And it gives the others a chance. [/quote]
My beauty is such t
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
Who could imagine a December without Marmite? That delicious, viscous and tasty spread that can kick-start your day – or any other part of the day, for t
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
"Picha" is a village located in Pedrógão Grande, Leiria district. I didn't know it!!
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/portuguese-en glish/picha
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[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
Which male contributor has to leave this thread, to enlarge the proportion of women posters?
❑ Me (see picture above)
❑ Mervyn
❑ Chris S
❑<
[quote]Zibow Retailleau wrote:
That's what I say when someone laments the fact that they will never have children or keeps badgering me to have some. [/quote]
I love being a mother,
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
"Postings which are political, religious, or otherwise controversial in nature, or that may be considered offensive by other users..."
I was born in Summe
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
Meanwhile, some bitter-sweet news for Ace, by the way, one of those "dogs waiting to be loved" in Battersea. I heard through the grapevine he's been taken
[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
[quote]Chris S wrote:
But it seems clear to me that the reason PLF and EV were zapped is that once again women are getting special treatment in this i
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
Ladies, ladies, this is the kind of titillating raunchiness that gets threads closed. Oh, I'm blushing, I know I am, I am, aren't I?
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
I enjoyed the video and the song. Needless to say I always give a loud laugh when I read your comments.
Thank you Chris!
Dear PLF Persio,
I think I c
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
International mysteriousness strikes again! How you can have Toby jugs and Italian tanks designed to reverse in practically the same breath beats me. Well
The Brit's office was a small room with a cosy, gentlemen's club decor, furnished with two slightly worn green velvet Chesterfield armchairs, an oak bookcase filled with dictionaries, old<
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
But actually, the "dog and bone" comment was Tom's. Perhaps it should also be pointed out for those unfamiliar with Cockney rhyming slang that "dog and bo
R.I.P., Doorkins Magnificat. You may be gone, but you'll never be forgotten.
Let's open our hearts to this big girl:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2 020/oct/13/image-of
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Chris S wrote:
Some of the volunteer moderators are very good
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...but a few can't stop their personal convictions from getting in th
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
My younger sister might know the "Schlager" genre.
I remember when she was living in Iceland, she used to send me songs via Messenger :)
(Of course I
[quote]Mervyn Henderson wrote:
... don't have any instructive or fun videos to show people. I feel so naked. Sniff.
Meanwhile, I see not only did "Doorkins Magnificat" pass away, but
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