tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post2323965434475805149..comments2023-10-31T08:22:51.995-07:00Comments on Gadjo Dilo: Gadjo’s Video Jukebox #1Gadjo Dilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-91725136958741080262008-12-18T07:56:00.000-08:002008-12-18T07:56:00.000-08:00This is unbelievably good shit. By the way, I hav...This is unbelievably good shit. By the way, I have a semi-serious question. Do you wear a leather jacket?George Tarasukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474832347398929633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-8215167105871405802008-11-25T05:55:00.000-08:002008-11-25T05:55:00.000-08:00I'm sorry to hear that, Mrs Pouncer, parting is of...I'm sorry to hear that, Mrs Pouncer, parting is often a sweet sorrow, as somebody once said. You are my friend, but I'm just curious to know who you actually are my dear :-) Scarlet assures me that you are real, but is Scarlet real? You all know Reading very well, which seems an odd coincidence. But is Reading real? Of course if you'd come to Bontida (real?) like you said you would we'd have none of this doubt! I'll see you on a layby in Berkshire <B>with Daphne</B> on December 23rd, how about that?! Or just tell me that you're Carol Vordermann, that would do fine.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-46556028526003792152008-11-25T05:17:00.000-08:002008-11-25T05:17:00.000-08:00Gadj, your continued cynicism upsets me.I am just ...Gadj, your continued cynicism upsets me.<BR/>I am just back from a tearful parting at Heathrow (filthy, incidentally, nowhere to sit anymore and nowhere to deposit litter - more cowtowing to the terrorists, natch, but oh! Quid gurgustum) and feel very fragile and quavery, and you are not helping. I thought you were my friend. Scarlet, the sal volatile, please.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-75676024240361757972008-11-24T07:55:00.000-08:002008-11-24T07:55:00.000-08:00Your married name, eh? Well, it's a lovely name bu...Your married name, eh? Well, it's a lovely name but I still don't believe a word of it so I'm sticking it through my computer to see what it can be decyphered as. Here we go, here come the answers on a piece of tickertape:<BR/><BR/>"boyo and gyppo down the tethered goat" (yeah, that's a possible decoding)<BR/><BR/>"a retired scottish boxer called frankie" (another of our blogging number thought of that one, and shall remain nameless, though it was actually M C Ward)<BR/><BR/>"pouncer, mrs" (no, that's merely tautolagous)<BR/><BR/>"mr s pouncer" (must be your husband)<BR/><BR/>"carol vordermann" (ah, now, that one I like)<BR/><BR/>Well, very interesting, I'll have a think about these and get back to you.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-35760630793726325332008-11-24T05:07:00.000-08:002008-11-24T05:07:00.000-08:00Gadjerooni! That's my REAL name, or at least my ma...Gadjerooni! That's my REAL name, or at least my married name. Isn't it glam? And so much nicer than my maiden name, which was too yekke for words.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-62125208020824344112008-11-24T03:44:00.000-08:002008-11-24T03:44:00.000-08:00Mrs Pouncer, yes, of course, hotmail is so much mo...Mrs Pouncer, yes, of course, <B><I>hotmail</I></B> is so much more you. And thank you for your charming reply, from which I see that you've given yourself <I>another</I> name, and a rather classy one too if I may say so (are you sure have written historical bodice-ripping novels under that name?).<BR/><BR/>Yes there is, Scarlet, and I'm warming it up right now.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I seem to have been reading from an entirely different page there, Kev! Was he a Private Eye creation?Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-30560072715122911372008-11-23T16:10:00.000-08:002008-11-23T16:10:00.000-08:00Monty Shrdlu was the Lieutenant Kijé figure of the...Monty Shrdlu was the Lieutenant Kijé figure of the news presses way back when, ready to cop the blame for anything that outraged vicars in Barnet.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-7178047407037068282008-11-23T12:04:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:04:00.000-08:00Erm... Is there any vaseline here?SxErm... Is there any vaseline here?<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-29775451352643781242008-11-23T11:27:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:27:00.000-08:00PS Your unsolicited billets doux should go to hotm...PS Your unsolicited billets doux should go to hotmail.com, not yahoo. Really, do you vex me.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-53129064356663900202008-11-23T11:26:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:26:00.000-08:00Gadj, I have just taken the trouble to listen to y...Gadj, I have just taken the trouble to listen to your Jukebox, and I love this man. I see him seated opposite me, maybe at Rules of Maiden Lane, maybe at Chez Zanzan, Rennes, maybe at the Square Deal Cafe, Knowl Hill. It wouldn't matter. I think we might be twin souls.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-72308034421300918442008-11-23T09:44:00.000-08:002008-11-23T09:44:00.000-08:00Mrs Pouncer, dear, I've just sent a charming email...Mrs Pouncer, dear, I've just sent a charming email to mrspouncer@yahoo.com It hasn't come back yet... maybe it will maybe it won't.... the very quiddity of our relationship is in the balance, and the whole world holds it's breath. <BR/><BR/>Mr Inkspot, you're spot on. I've never seen Can Bass's hair but I'm sure it could use brilling up a bit.<BR/><BR/>Strewth, Kev, have you, me and Inky all been on the same university courses??? Or are we just blocks in the same blocksworld? ELIZA was the ladies' equivalent of Shrdlu, as I recall.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-21557122893059838662008-11-23T08:55:00.000-08:002008-11-23T08:55:00.000-08:00Ah yes, Inky, I remember when you'd see pots of Sh...Ah yes, Inky, I remember when you'd see pots of Shrdlu, the gentleman's pomade on the shelves of the barbers in between the Vitalis and something for the weekend.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-5595976531564435722008-11-22T08:45:00.000-08:002008-11-22T08:45:00.000-08:00Can Bass, you're focussing on inessentials. The co...Can Bass, you're focussing on inessentials. The core issue is Brilliantine. And typesetting.xerxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787696262480033808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-63340337842128004942008-11-22T07:19:00.000-08:002008-11-22T07:19:00.000-08:00What I meant was that Crabtree is NEVER arsed abou...What I meant was that Crabtree is NEVER arsed about diacritics. As long as he gets a steady stream of Daumal and/or Fabre from me he's happy. If only it were that easy with the other members of my restless entourage who plague me with gratuitous blandishments at mrspouncer@hotmail.com even though I do nothing, NOTHING, to encourage or expedite it. Bizarre.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-6351883475349089212008-11-22T02:28:00.000-08:002008-11-22T02:28:00.000-08:00Inkspot, as I told Mrs Pouncer - yes it was me, as...Inkspot, as I told Mrs Pouncer - yes it <I>was</I> me, as if you didn't remember perfectly clearly - I just copy mine from the Internet: e.g. put "Faramita Lambru" into Google and you'll find a site somewhere which has all the correct diacritics. <BR/><BR/>Crabtree isn't arsed today Mrs P, but he'll be back. I'm going to visit your website soon and see if you and me have made up.<BR/><BR/>We are indeed <B>all stark staring mad</B>, Mr Can Bass, but we are <B>The People</B>, and apart from the fact that we pay your salary our culture is as valid as yours. Even Bartók Béla (diacritics coutesy of Wikipedia, Inky) is with me on this one, so there. :-)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-90142335145576397722008-11-22T02:14:00.000-08:002008-11-22T02:14:00.000-08:00Someone put the poor fellow out of his misery! Is ...Someone put the poor fellow out of his misery! Is anyone still commenting on Mr Dilio's post, or have we all gone stark staring mad?Can Bass 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10100615040661510511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-39531158088621566072008-11-22T01:44:00.000-08:002008-11-22T01:44:00.000-08:00Inky, we are twin souls and no mistake! One of the...Inky, we are twin souls and no mistake! One of the very first things I ever asked Gadjo - or it might've been Boyo, or one of those men who I've subsequently dropped because of their salacious emails to mrspouncer@hotmail.com - was "how do you do diacritics?" On receiving the answer, I immediately zoned out and have never bothered since. I only want umlauts, anyway. Crabtree isn't arsed.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-26110829011329931562008-11-22T01:03:00.000-08:002008-11-22T01:03:00.000-08:00Fenella Fielding Romanian?! I did not know that, b...Fenella Fielding Romanian?! I did not know that, but it makes my feelings even stranger.<BR/><BR/>Boyo, I apologize. I should have realized that you had everything carefully planned. BTW, more ace typesetting by both you and Gadjo; how did you get those diacritical marks in there?xerxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787696262480033808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-91370220192402884952008-11-21T20:17:00.000-08:002008-11-21T20:17:00.000-08:00Dearest Mrs Pouncer, and you - yes, you, whoever y...Dearest Mrs Pouncer, and you - yes, you, whoever you are - are somebody that I hold very dear to me. The fact that the putative "Berkshire lunchtime blogging committee" probably does contain <I>exactly</I> the cultural architypes "Dorothy Parker", "Marianne Faithfull", "Prof Mary Beard" and "Fenella Fielding" is bye the bye and I shall not mention it again, for the time being. Please don't be dismayed - we can get beyond this.<BR/><BR/>Dear Scarlet, I seem to be a bit hung up on this whole "reality" thing, don't I. I feel a post coming on. (Have you got any pictures of her though - did you make a drawing like I said?)<BR/><BR/>Your interruptions are appreciated, Mr Inkspot, and I'll endeavour to look soon at your website. (I've just seen Ms Beard's photo and she looks like she's been to a Romanian dentist. But Fennella Fielding, as we know, actually <I>is</I> yer actual ethnic Romanian).<BR/><BR/>Pearl, delightful to have you with us! I'm great admirer of the Czech people - such intectualism they've shown in the face of adversity. They've made some good music too.<BR/><BR/>"<I>Marianne would then duff (Prof Beard) up behind the bike sheds...</I>" Boyo, Fennella would lick the pair of them... and I think you know what I'm saying. (Mmmm, there's <I>another</I> post coming on me.)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-26592590157689644272008-11-21T17:18:00.000-08:002008-11-21T17:18:00.000-08:00Inky, Prof Beard would be there to provide the Lat...Inky, Prof Beard would be there to provide the Latin and some tales of teenage adultery - nothing more. Marianne would then duff her up behind the bike sheds.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-48980414432274447052008-11-21T11:29:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:29:00.000-08:00I came here to tell you that she's back... but as ...I came here to tell you that she's back... but as usual she's beaten me to it... why am I always one step behind...<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-17618427344215821372008-11-21T11:00:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:00:00.000-08:00Hmm, disappointing. Tres. Gadjo is one of my oldes...Hmm, disappointing. Tres. Gadjo is one of my oldest and most forgiving friends, and here he is shamelessly casting doubt on my very existence. Heartbreaking. I feel the thorns of cruelty.<BR/>I have just posted a glamorous new discourse on my scented page. Not that you'd be interested, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Very dismayed.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-45673894022804578562008-11-21T07:47:00.000-08:002008-11-21T07:47:00.000-08:00I absolutely loved this. Don't know if it's the l...I absolutely loved this. Don't know if it's the large percentage of Eastern European blood in me (Czech) but I've always been drawn to this music.<BR/>PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-10227266711011434702008-11-21T06:51:00.000-08:002008-11-21T06:51:00.000-08:00Sorry to interrupt here, but I must upbraid Boyo f...Sorry to interrupt here, but I must upbraid Boyo for his suggestion that Mary Beard might be capable of contributing to Mrs Pouncer's blog. For all I know, Prof Beard is a fine classicist, but her blog is just not good enough, riddled as it is with careless philistine remarks about mathematics and mathematicians. <BR/><BR/>Right ho, thanks, over to you Gadjo.<BR/><BR/>(Fenella Fielding on the other hand... she would provoke strange feelings in at least one small boy.)xerxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787696262480033808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-83812041699726712062008-11-21T00:32:00.001-08:002008-11-21T00:32:00.001-08:00P.S I think she might be posting tonight.SxP.S I think she might be posting tonight.<BR/>SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com