tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post2037166205827577002..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: It's Not What You Know But Whom You Know.Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66565646476269955792010-10-30T05:03:01.755+01:002010-10-30T05:03:01.755+01:00Beloved was lucky indeed! I was not so lucky. Du...Beloved was lucky indeed! I was not so lucky. During the height of the Iraq war I had to go to an orthopedic surgeon as I was having terrible pain in my knee. The doctor said he could hear an accent – was that French? Stupidly I said yes. So he started a sermon about how terrible the French were, etc. etc. by not helping Bush with Iraq, and placed the shot in the wrong place, making my knee Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-33871612222051873402010-10-27T18:22:33.938+01:002010-10-27T18:22:33.938+01:00What a great opportunity to get inside a director&...What a great opportunity to get inside a director's head! Fabulous.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4308514576827036992010-10-26T21:26:46.306+01:002010-10-26T21:26:46.306+01:00Two anecdotes! An embarrasment of riches, Friko - ...Two anecdotes! An embarrasment of riches, Friko - but this is usual for you. Everything you chare has a worthy gravity that always rewards. It's a privlege "knowing" you<br /><br />Vielen Dank für mein Leben bereichern mit Ihrer Freundschaft.<br /><br /><br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-63574797954955367982010-10-26T19:11:12.998+01:002010-10-26T19:11:12.998+01:00Good choice Beloved. I would have been very carefu...Good choice Beloved. I would have been very careful too. Great story for Halloween. I can't imagine an exam with the head on a platter. But strange things happen in medicine, for sure.<br />QMMAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721708092323894355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73201562956040027322010-10-26T12:31:22.653+01:002010-10-26T12:31:22.653+01:00The first was a great Halloween story. Pure shock....The first was a great Halloween story. Pure shock. <br />However so happy your Beloved made the right choice in the second story and is now fine. That surgeon could just have easily been recently punched out by George. Different ending?? <br />Loved Angela's comment about someone holding a knife.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-74599974320696604002010-10-26T09:55:02.894+01:002010-10-26T09:55:02.894+01:00And if the Beloved had not spoken favorably of Sir...And if the Beloved had <i>not</i> spoken favorably of Sir Georg . . . ?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61597249008889693942010-10-26T07:55:54.580+01:002010-10-26T07:55:54.580+01:00This teaches you to always speak good of other peo...This teaches you to always speak good of other people. Especially when you are near someone with a knife.<br />Yes, Friko, we have visited each other before, but Val urged me to read about the Heinzelmännchen, as we have been musing about my nearby gnome-meadow of about 100 garden gnomes (scary, I think). Ja klar, ich bin ja deutsch und schreibe nur aus Spaß auf englisch. Ich bewundere Deine Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43097788419515285172010-10-26T04:45:47.501+01:002010-10-26T04:45:47.501+01:00Wonderful stories, Friko. Unnerving.. but wonderfu...Wonderful stories, Friko. Unnerving.. but wonderful.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89203500294501304302010-10-26T00:13:03.140+01:002010-10-26T00:13:03.140+01:00The head on a platter - well it could be an urban ...The head on a platter - well it could be an urban legend, and I'd be sure that's all it is if this had come from anyone but you.<br />So glad your beloved had the right answer to the 'what do you think of....' question. I hate to think of the consequences otherwise.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5654500090721306622010-10-26T00:10:43.147+01:002010-10-26T00:10:43.147+01:00There surely aren't many things stranger than ...There surely aren't many things stranger than life. Please have a good Tuesday.<br /><br /><a href="http://tagein-tagaus-athen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">daily athens </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86822970058743782372010-10-25T23:43:51.836+01:002010-10-25T23:43:51.836+01:00Great stories! Just the thing for pre-Halloween!Great stories! Just the thing for pre-Halloween!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21785845184004292382010-10-25T23:28:26.240+01:002010-10-25T23:28:26.240+01:00I love the macabre in you.I love the macabre in you.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80231016651457622632010-10-25T23:24:07.611+01:002010-10-25T23:24:07.611+01:00This reminds me, in an offhand way, of being prepp...This reminds me, in an offhand way, of being prepped for surgery and having the operating room attendants discussing the demise of rock'n'roll. Luckily they were wrong and I survived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32959937818451209992010-10-25T23:08:28.455+01:002010-10-25T23:08:28.455+01:00Hard to find something appropriate to say. Interes...Hard to find something appropriate to say. Interesting anecdotes for sure.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11685564875741203282010-10-25T22:48:32.813+01:002010-10-25T22:48:32.813+01:00Well, if you want to get a-head...Well, if you want to get a-head...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14845171956234340332010-10-25T22:05:23.383+01:002010-10-25T22:05:23.383+01:00Quite a pair of stories. I was glad I knew your B...Quite a pair of stories. I was glad I knew your Beloved is still among us, or I would ahve been afraid to read on after the Boult story. Good save on the Solti question, and glad all turned out well!Susan Scheid (Raining Acorns)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02827286681242730183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22678187734289801232010-10-25T19:06:49.929+01:002010-10-25T19:06:49.929+01:00Lovely, dear. I was reading this while waiting fo...Lovely, dear. I was reading this while waiting for my tea to be put in front of me. I'm glad I'm vegetarian, that's all I can say.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45972762234315513632010-10-25T18:53:50.813+01:002010-10-25T18:53:50.813+01:00Is this an anniversary of the demise
of Adrian Bou...Is this an anniversary of the demise<br />of Adrian Boult, or were these two<br />anecdotes just bubbling there just<br />before sleep dispersed and morning<br />dawned? <br /><br />Great connection between music and<br />medicine; perhaps music is medicinal<br />in several ways. In other dimensions,<br />I have read, the music of the spheres<br />is in the air at all times. Only here, on<br />Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73460742817057144542010-10-25T18:50:44.748+01:002010-10-25T18:50:44.748+01:00Ohhh..! An engrossing, if slightly macabre anecdot...Ohhh..! An engrossing, if slightly macabre anecdote, Friko! Shades of John the Baptist here, I think..The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61805325652128816142010-10-25T18:25:14.072+01:002010-10-25T18:25:14.072+01:00huh. what an intriguing story...not sure i want to...huh. what an intriguing story...not sure i want to see someone head on a platter...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com