tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post5196310434159304624..comments2023-10-01T09:35:35.894+02:00Comments on Antipodes: Stuff called spamWilliam Skyvingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-31110413377442421412008-11-23T01:40:00.000+01:002008-11-23T01:40:00.000+01:00Bien-sûr as they say here. Or tour à fait. I reca...<I>Bien-sûr</I> as they say here. Or <I>tour à fait</I>. I recall terrible jokes doing the rounds at the time. It would be good to meet some time to discuss the London of the early 'sixties; I started work just on the cusp of the big change. When I began, many things were probably as they had been in 1939!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607706475235226890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-18855886180798995402008-11-22T15:35:00.000+01:002008-11-22T15:35:00.000+01:00Thanks Paul. My referring to Miss Marilyn as "Cand...Thanks Paul. My referring to Miss Marilyn as "Candy" was an obvious Freudian slip. Those were great days, weren't they.William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627322010786735293.post-82621651648442267662008-11-22T15:14:00.000+01:002008-11-22T15:14:00.000+01:00Pedant's Corner: of course it was "Mandy Rice-Davi...Pedant's Corner: of course it was "<I>Mandy</I> Rice-Davies"; she who came up with the wonderful phrase in court "Well he would, wouldn't he?" when told by the judge that Lord Astor had denied the allegations.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607706475235226890noreply@blogger.com