tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post3044696840844751031..comments2023-10-31T08:22:51.995-07:00Comments on Gadjo Dilo: Iggy Pop: Romanian CaesarGadjo Dilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-82125879117706219302008-07-24T22:01:00.000-07:002008-07-24T22:01:00.000-07:00I seem to have a problem with tautology - I keep s...<I>I seem to have a problem with tautology - I keep saying everything twice</I>.... <I>defining the nature of the tautology: duplication rather than multiplication</I><BR/><BR/>I think that's called <I><B>stammering</B></I>. Hmm. I used to have the most appalling stammer, and you’ve just made me realise that I can write a pseudo-intellectual blog post about it and finally purge my demons. After all, it ain't over till it's over.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-15967266827206598342008-07-24T09:38:00.000-07:002008-07-24T09:38:00.000-07:00Ah, no, that's an attempt at defining the nature o...Ah, no, that's an attempt at defining the nature of the tautology: duplication rather than multiplication.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-19409871512133524002008-07-24T02:15:00.000-07:002008-07-24T02:15:00.000-07:00"Surrounded on all sides" is another one that bugs..."Surrounded on all sides" is another one that bugs me. And don't get me started on "boil them in hot water" or "with a smile on her face"...<BR/><BR/>I once heard someone come out with the magnificent phrase "I seem to have a problem with tautology - I keep saying everything twice," which quite frankly deserves an award of some kind.Gyppo Byardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823690986571629011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-65839949681415633472008-07-23T22:35:00.000-07:002008-07-23T22:35:00.000-07:00Absolutely, Kevin. Then there's a whole raft of co...Absolutely, Kevin. Then there's a whole raft of continental actresses who always looked <I>mature</I> yet just on the right side of <I>mumsy</I>: Sofia Loren, Simone Signoret....<BR/><BR/>Mrs Pouncer, I believe it's a tautology because memories are recollections <I>by definition</I>, and so to recall memories is saying the same thing twice. It's like "free gift" or "forward planning", <I>n'est pas</I>? Hector all you like!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-48197939339389718662008-07-23T15:35:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:35:00.000-07:00Tell me in what way it's a tautology, then. Go on,...Tell me in what way it's a tautology, then. Go on, spell it out. (Do you like that rather hectoring tone?)Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-84202054132180137752008-07-23T13:53:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:53:00.000-07:00Two words: Joan BakewellNow wash your hands.Two words: Joan Bakewell<BR/><BR/>Now wash your hands.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-21649282835787950732008-07-23T08:54:00.000-07:002008-07-23T08:54:00.000-07:00Welcome Mrs Pouncer! Yes indeed, your latest blog ...Welcome Mrs Pouncer! Yes indeed, your latest blog post did indeed become quite knee-related towards the end. <BR/><BR/>By the way, my <I>memories that I recall</I> is a tautology, but you didn't spot it. And that turns me on.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-8015944374248551132008-07-23T01:54:00.000-07:002008-07-23T01:54:00.000-07:00Knees, though, Gadjo. Remember it's all in the kne...Knees, though, Gadjo. Remember it's all in the knees.Mrs Pouncerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750280825519545045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-52232129862211656292008-07-22T22:50:00.000-07:002008-07-22T22:50:00.000-07:00Ms Mirren is an example to young British slappers ...Ms Mirren is an example to <B>young British slappers</B> everywhere. She's a good-looking women, but perhaps not <I>exceptionally</I> good-looking; I maintain that we fancy her because she's got <I>character</I> - yes, an old-fashioned word and I'm using it in an old-fashioned sense, and am starting to sound pompous already. And then of course there’s <B>Joan Collins</B>, who’s 76 next year and probably still looks fantastic. (And can somebody post some pictures of Penny? I'd really like to see this for myself.)<BR/><BR/>Ha! Hasn’t there been a reality TV programme called something like <B>Job Swap</B> (oh come on there <I>must</I> have been): Russell Brand swaps with Pope Benedict XVI, Father-in-Law of Boyo can adjudicate, now <I>that’s</I> entertainment.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-71427363808831632912008-07-22T16:41:00.000-07:002008-07-22T16:41:00.000-07:00Given the rebellion of youth it would probably loo...Given the rebellion of youth it would probably look like Michael Hordern and make the Pope look like Russell Brand.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-27226508651393806672008-07-22T00:41:00.000-07:002008-07-22T00:41:00.000-07:00Imagine what would happen if "they" (mad scientist...Imagine what would happen if "they" (mad scientists like Father-in-Law of Boyo) were to find a way that would allow Pop/Wood and Mirren to mate. <BR/><BR/>The offspring would shag the world, smoke the leftovers and drink the dust in a cocktail of our distilled tears.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-28911415833994382932008-07-21T23:41:00.000-07:002008-07-21T23:41:00.000-07:00Envying a 61-year old's physique? Oddly enough, on...Envying a 61-year old's physique? Oddly enough, one of the weekend papers had a rather fetching picture of Helen Mirren (62) in a bikini on its front page. And then there's Ronnie Wood...<BR/><BR/>The only thing putting me off the thought that for some the 60s can be a time of disgraceful but enjoyable excess is the nagging certainty that this only applies to very rich people.<BR/><BR/>Boyo - your observations about certain colleagues of ours just caused me to spit coffee over a keyboard, risking the ire of another colleague who looks oddly like Salma Hayek in a certain light. Boyo knows what I'm talking about. Nobody else will. Even me...Gyppo Byardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823690986571629011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-16535812424591516802008-07-21T19:16:00.000-07:002008-07-21T19:16:00.000-07:00It's a strange feeling to envy a 61-year-old's phy...It's a strange feeling to envy a 61-year-old's physique, and also rather sad. Maybe if I start now I might catch him up by retirement. But I utterly doubt it.M C Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915316267943374795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-25558944491433534392008-07-21T11:50:00.000-07:002008-07-21T11:50:00.000-07:00Indy Pop is welcome to visit any time - do encoura...Indy Pop is welcome to visit any time - do encourage him. Târgovişte was where the Ceauşescus were executed, so I can imagine making an indie pop video there capitalising on the ambience - but maybe that's far too 1980s.<BR/><BR/>He does a bit, Kevin, you're right. My 68-year-old uncle Tavi is often seen scything his grass with his shirt off, and bloody impressive he looks too.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-60747137159079059042008-07-20T14:26:00.000-07:002008-07-20T14:26:00.000-07:00He certainly dresses like a Romanian.A story about...He certainly dresses like a Romanian.<BR/><BR/>A story about going to see a Johnny Weissmuller gig upstairs in a pub near The Angel might go down better with the locals.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-80486919804202203792008-07-20T00:45:00.000-07:002008-07-20T00:45:00.000-07:00He's a real wild one (wild one).You ought to point...He's a real wild one (wild one).<BR/><BR/>You ought to point this out to Stay-At-Home-Indy Pop, who probably hails from Târgovişte or something.<BR/><BR/>Iggy also looks uncannily like a colleague of mind called Penny. I may, or may not, point this out to her.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.com