tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post4054295741468428150..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Rain Didn't Stop Indoor Entertainment EitherFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36053594468837298092012-06-25T19:06:17.654+01:002012-06-25T19:06:17.654+01:00Well that pub was a sad disappointment. I guess t...Well that pub was a sad disappointment. I guess they are aiming at volume to make profit.<br />Your dinner with lavishly poured wine put a grin on my face I cannot down more than 2 glasses. I am easily made drunk!! And I don't seem to be a good-funny one. I often wish I could be easier to get along with.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3748017625505865302012-06-21T17:45:55.415+01:002012-06-21T17:45:55.415+01:00Wish I could attend one of those dinner parties. I...Wish I could attend one of those dinner parties. I might not be able to hold forth on Ulysses but I bet I would enjoy the discussions anyhow. As far as the more degrees, the narrower the field of interest, doesn't that make sense? One starts broad and then narrows to a choice idea, a field of particular interest. We have become here in the US a nation of specialists. There's good (we havePaulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10932521370370216222012-06-21T16:25:08.745+01:002012-06-21T16:25:08.745+01:00Sounds like a great evening... And fun to think of...Sounds like a great evening... And fun to think of Bloomsday being celebrated all over the world. Another reason to read 'Ulysses' I'm afraid!James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-9894543946478796672012-06-21T11:11:26.867+01:002012-06-21T11:11:26.867+01:00Ein sehr schöner und kurzweiliger Beitrag, macht S...Ein sehr schöner und kurzweiliger Beitrag, macht Spaß hier zu lesen...<br /><br />Lieben Gruß und genieße den Tag<br />CLCloudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268425613867805495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84605408408252690012012-06-20T23:56:28.875+01:002012-06-20T23:56:28.875+01:00Mmm, the feminist question. Look at tan shops and...Mmm, the feminist question. Look at tan shops and the level of grooming expected amongst young women (which used to equate to being a porn star in my far off youth) and think feminism has died. Look at my daughter, the main breadwinner as her husband finishes his PhD and takes a huge role in childcare, and wonder if I could have ever had her choices. We have moved on, and mostly that is betterElizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49405972348619240892012-06-20T23:09:56.905+01:002012-06-20T23:09:56.905+01:00Dear Friko, thanks for those dinner parties. Your ...Dear Friko, thanks for those dinner parties. Your writing and your wit had me right there with you.<br /><br />As to whether an education makes for interesting conversation, I'm not so sure. I've known several truly well-read and well-informed friends who never went to college but they have broad and deep interests and so they read prolifically and watch good programming and show great Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-57256236132424405782012-06-20T13:05:17.380+01:002012-06-20T13:05:17.380+01:00This post had me chuckling, throughout. I believe ...This post had me chuckling, throughout. I believe you're growing more clever as the days go by.<br /><br />I like very much that Beloved was the only one in the party to have made it through Joyce. No small feat in a highbrow crowd.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17481970736912631532012-06-20T09:52:01.907+01:002012-06-20T09:52:01.907+01:00An interesting discourse on dining and socialising...An interesting discourse on dining and socialising Friko. I enjoyed reading it - DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62026834338557750702012-06-20T07:26:14.417+01:002012-06-20T07:26:14.417+01:00Hi Friko - I'd definitely fall into the uneduc...Hi Friko - I'd definitely fall into the uneducated .. I don't think I've picked Ulysses up - except recently I've heard the odd snippet on the Beeb .. and learnt a little about Joyce and his background. <br /><br />Etiquette - a quintessential English 'fashion' - but without servants down stairs we're stuck with having to take ourselves away from our guests and Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67764322573541394072012-06-20T06:10:09.720+01:002012-06-20T06:10:09.720+01:00I like your asides, Friko - they always make me sm...I like your asides, Friko - they always make me smile. However, I got food poisoning on Lamb several years ago and haven't partaken of it since. I wonder what the manners book would say I should do if I were invited to a dinner party that served it? Maybe I could just take a sliver and push it under a vegetable?Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-18617104762503133462012-06-20T01:53:58.687+01:002012-06-20T01:53:58.687+01:00What a perfectly divine post, so beautifully writt...What a perfectly divine post, so beautifully written and well described, I thought I was there, too. More's the pity I wasn't, for I surely would have loved that conversation, not to mention the food and wine! Nice bit on the etiquette. Your instincts reign supreme!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-34091699660920703082012-06-20T00:03:31.446+01:002012-06-20T00:03:31.446+01:00Replied to your question on traditions on my blog....Replied to your question on traditions on my blog. FYITaborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82967037070471276392012-06-19T23:43:17.991+01:002012-06-19T23:43:17.991+01:00In complete agreement on DUBLINERS. Sublime stuff....In complete agreement on DUBLINERS. Sublime stuff.Jocelynhttp://omightycrisis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84608030216161606422012-06-19T23:42:38.026+01:002012-06-19T23:42:38.026+01:00Here's my favorite bit of this post: "Bel...Here's my favorite bit of this post: "Beloved threw a concerned glance in my direction once..." I hope you make him throw concerned glances your way for decades to come.<br /><br />The feminist question is a very good one, and I'd agree that the truth probably lies somewhere in between the two viewpoints. One lesson I'm seeing played out in my generation of women in their Jocelynhttp://omightycrisis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45752839008894248542012-06-19T23:25:44.461+01:002012-06-19T23:25:44.461+01:00Thank you, thank you! I can't tell you how pl...Thank you, thank you! I can't tell you how pleased I am to find that I am not the only one who could not finish James Joyce. I am giddy with relief.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-28127995493724380102012-06-19T16:26:57.866+01:002012-06-19T16:26:57.866+01:00I am an English Literature major and would be terr...I am an English Literature major and would be terrified to sit at that table as I have forgotten most of what I learned so long ago and Ulysses hurt my head. I am an easy talker, but you also want one who is smart not just a babbler like me. Food sounds lovely. I must get the energy up to have a dinner party and soon! I do think the feminism generation movement IS somewhere in the middle Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32784749711252120672012-06-19T14:04:37.744+01:002012-06-19T14:04:37.744+01:00Your comments are almost as much fun as the post i...Your comments are almost as much fun as the post itself. I especially agree with the line about higher education causing one to narrow one's interests, but the whole of Ulysses? I am indeed impressed! And I love your description of the lively conversation. Hubby and I are now relegated to finding other ways to enjoy special occasions, as our waistlines and cholesterol numbers require us to DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21878602274417004142012-06-19T12:20:29.068+01:002012-06-19T12:20:29.068+01:00I admit, despite a MA followed by two years of res...I admit, despite a MA followed by two years of research in English Literature, I've never dared to complete 'Ulysses'. There is something intimidatingly unreadable about it, or may be the sheer bulk of it. But Joyce I love; he is just a master storyteller in 'Dubliners'.<br />I love dinner parties like this one, where there is some food for thought too besides all the real Sumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251497690649264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84827829999148549992012-06-19T08:35:56.448+01:002012-06-19T08:35:56.448+01:00What a delightful evening, and you're lucky to...What a delightful evening, and you're lucky to have friends who give dinner parties as such. It's really years since I have been to one although we do eat with friends sometimes. My own cooking is never that great these days, I seem to have lost the knack!<br /><br />A pity when nice old pubs are modernised. I wonder what went wrong, since you liked the chef when he was in his old pub.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11276147747158522022012-06-19T08:16:47.094+01:002012-06-19T08:16:47.094+01:00The dinner party sounded so entertaining and scrum...The dinner party sounded so entertaining and scrumptious!! Debates huh? How exhilarating!! <br />Sounds like you had a great time. Made me want to open my cookbook and make up a guest list. Wanna come?<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-57253811293411666662012-06-19T01:09:31.792+01:002012-06-19T01:09:31.792+01:00I too have never gotten through Ulysses, nor have ...I too have never gotten through Ulysses, nor have I read all of Finnegans Wake. I only read the required parts when I took a class taught by a professor who was a James Joyce fanatic. She loved his writing. She even taught a course that just focused on him. I just find him very difficult to read. Yes, I guess we all get narrow when we are educated. This particular professor focused on JamesSally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79616430449735032702012-06-19T01:06:39.760+01:002012-06-19T01:06:39.760+01:00These parties sound so interesting! Intelligent pe...These parties sound so interesting! Intelligent people discussing Topics! An activity we don't much engage in here due to interruptions for poodle tending. I think I used to converse more vividly when I drank, or perhaps it only seemed so to me... I don't know if I know how to "discuss" anymore, and THAT's a rather sad admission, isn't it?Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-50841958034625400282012-06-19T01:01:58.484+01:002012-06-19T01:01:58.484+01:00Oh I would have been right at home there Friko. I ...Oh I would have been right at home there Friko. I love dinner parties with stimulating conversations and maybe some preselected mood music on the ipod. I keep food simple always. A stroganoff or some such. I agree with you on feminism, it died without formal burial, I only have to talk with some teenage girls....:)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-52691046750716520592012-06-19T00:10:32.858+01:002012-06-19T00:10:32.858+01:00Friko, you've truly painted a rich verbal pict...Friko, you've truly painted a rich verbal picture of just what a dinner might, and often is.<br /><br />The idea of having a dinner party in this tiny apartment of mine is horrifying. I know that in the first decade of my tenancy I did such invites and prepared such meals still amazes me. Must have been well before the arrival of the laptop, and hundreds of additional books, and other itemsFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48560832576333658652012-06-18T22:16:04.415+01:002012-06-18T22:16:04.415+01:00I like the sound of it all .... well , except for ...I like the sound of it all .... well , except for the pub grub . Though , really , I prefer lunch parties to dinner parties , more relaxed perhaps .<br /><br />As for Beloved and Ulysses ? It may be easier for a musician to read and enjoy than for someone who's analysing the actual words used and the order they're used in . But I'm very impressed by his finishing it !SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.com