Comments on: the long and winding road [part 1] http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/ An American in Bloomsbury Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anglofille http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31419 Anglofille Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:24:41 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31419 Gadfleye, you are going directly to Hell! As for my statue, I love Christian art and architecture -- crosses, angels, cathedrals, madonnas. I got that statue of Mary at the Vatican gift shop about ten years ago. Mary is my homegirl. Gadfleye, you are going directly to Hell! As for my statue, I love Christian art and architecture — crosses, angels, cathedrals, madonnas. I got that statue of Mary at the Vatican gift shop about ten years ago. Mary is my homegirl.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31396 Nicole Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:11:28 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31396 It was my pleasure m'dear! It was my pleasure m’dear!

]]> By: Gadfleye http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31391 Gadfleye Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:20:26 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31391 Whoa! Did I read that correctly? You have a statue of the Virgin Mary (albeit a very kitschy one)? That requires further elaboration. Please explain. Sure people want sausage (i.e. Jesus) but they don't want to see sausage being made (i.e. virgin birth). What about Joseph in all this. The guy didn't know what he was getting into. He unknowingly marries a woman who turns out to be The Mother of God, and he can never have sex with her. Geez no wonder the guy is a saint. He must have been getting his needs met elsewhere: Joseph: Ummm Mary, I have a big carpentry job over at Mary Madeline’s place today. Mary: Ok Joseph, now with little Jesus on the way, you’ll be providing for three of us soon. Joseph: Sure, the price of Milk & Honey is always going up. Mary: Be careful. That Mary Madeline is a known prostitute. Word is that the Pharisees are planning on stoning her. Don't let her try to seduce you. Joseph: Don't worry, I'll be to busy nailing her...I mean nailing her door frame together to notice...definitely nailing the door frame together. Whoa! Did I read that correctly? You have a statue of the Virgin Mary (albeit a very kitschy one)? That requires further elaboration. Please explain.

Sure people want sausage (i.e. Jesus) but they don’t want to see sausage being made (i.e. virgin birth).

What about Joseph in all this. The guy didn’t know what he was getting into. He unknowingly marries a woman who turns out to be The Mother of God, and he can never have sex with her. Geez no wonder the guy is a saint.

He must have been getting his needs met elsewhere:

Joseph: Ummm Mary, I have a big carpentry job over at Mary Madeline’s place today.

Mary: Ok Joseph, now with little Jesus on the way, you’ll be providing for three of us soon.

Joseph: Sure, the price of Milk & Honey is always going up.

Mary: Be careful. That Mary Madeline is a known prostitute. Word is that the Pharisees are planning on stoning her. Don’t let her try to seduce you.

Joseph: Don’t worry, I’ll be to busy nailing her…I mean nailing her door frame together to notice…definitely nailing the door frame together.

]]> By: Anglofille http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31372 Anglofille Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:53:12 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31372 Vol: I might be inheriting an Ikea reject from someone, but if I get desperate I'll let you know! I have such limited space in here. Daniela: I'm glad your boxes arrived safely! When they're picked up, you always wonder if you'll ever see them again. It's quite a relief when they're actually delivered. SpliceGirl: I was waiting for you to take credit for the statute of VW. You didn't let me down! As for Bliss, I *love* that word. You should re-claim it from the right-wing skank, but it'll take time before you can really use it again. Vol: I might be inheriting an Ikea reject from someone, but if I get desperate I’ll let you know! I have such limited space in here.

Daniela: I’m glad your boxes arrived safely! When they’re picked up, you always wonder if you’ll ever see them again. It’s quite a relief when they’re actually delivered.

SpliceGirl: I was waiting for you to take credit for the statute of VW. You didn’t let me down! As for Bliss, I *love* that word. You should re-claim it from the right-wing skank, but it’ll take time before you can really use it again.

]]> By: SpliceGirl http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31325 SpliceGirl Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:14:15 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31325 Hmmm, I wonder who bought you that wooden Virginia Woolf statue all those years ago in some out-of-the-way bookstore in Germany and then lugged it thousands of miles to get it to you? Hmmmm, I wonder. You really shouldn't use that word "bliss" all singular by itself and everything. It has evil connotations (to some of us) and causes a sudden shiver up the spine. Hmmm, I wonder who bought you that wooden Virginia Woolf statue all those years ago in some out-of-the-way bookstore in Germany and then lugged it thousands of miles to get it to you? Hmmmm, I wonder.

You really shouldn’t use that word “bliss” all singular by itself and everything. It has evil connotations (to some of us) and causes a sudden shiver up the spine.

]]> By: Daniela http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31303 Daniela Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:39:29 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31303 I went through the same thing last month. Sent my boxes over here from Portugal via a van driver who was quite cheap what created lots of anxiety from my side. It wound up that he even had a cup of tea with my friends upon arrival. Funny thing that he arrived at my friend's exactly at the same time I landed in Stansted. I am only going to start unpacking now, moved to my new room yesterday. Hope you can arrange things satifactorily ;-) I went through the same thing last month. Sent my boxes over here from Portugal via a van driver who was quite cheap what created lots of anxiety from my side. It wound up that he even had a cup of tea with my friends upon arrival. Funny thing that he arrived at my friend’s exactly at the same time I landed in Stansted. I am only going to start unpacking now, moved to my new room yesterday. Hope you can arrange things satifactorily ;-)

]]> By: Vol Abroad http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31299 Vol Abroad Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:15:28 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2007/09/26/the-long-and-winding-road-part-1/#comment-31299 yeah - we might. We're looking to replace some of our bookcases. They're not great though. yeah - we might. We’re looking to replace some of our bookcases. They’re not great though.

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