tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post5353815682518859571..comments2023-05-21T05:56:57.842+01:00Comments on mindfulness and mortality: Joking in the Teeth of Deathgloriamundihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-50972142210367829482011-01-18T08:51:47.851+00:002011-01-18T08:51:47.851+00:00Excellent joke, even though I doubt the actual exp...Excellent joke, even though I doubt the actual experience was much of a rib-tickler - might have been a Python sketch? But better because of its source, and that weird combination, which is a delight.gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-39655722100465974842011-01-18T05:38:02.411+00:002011-01-18T05:38:02.411+00:00The swordfish thing – I wonder if that is somethin...The swordfish thing – I wonder if that is something to do with a culture and a generation as well? My Grandfather (Major in WW1) was on a ship with his men that got torpedoed and sunk. <br /><br />He used to say “. . . so we swam about for a day or so, eventually we saw a ship, so we got on board. Unfortunately it was the wrong sort of ship so we had a cup of tea and got orf again. Swam around for another day before a proper ship turned up. . .”<br /><br />Staring death in the eye with a weird combination of madness and manners.<br /><br />Not quite a joke but nearly.arkayeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863542411248361164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-30104909444107236942011-01-11T22:54:03.472+00:002011-01-11T22:54:03.472+00:00Way to go, CB! For me, it's pasties....and abo...Way to go, CB! For me, it's pasties....and above all the L-SOs chicken pie. Addictive. H'm. Wonder if there's any in the fridge...?gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-65414646497421619412011-01-11T18:43:47.882+00:002011-01-11T18:43:47.882+00:00I, myself, am often overcome by pastry. Alas, it s...I, myself, am often overcome by pastry. Alas, it shall be my downfall...Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312328482392883614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-26180657746642268382011-01-11T15:10:46.905+00:002011-01-11T15:10:46.905+00:00Lovely.
"When Pitt died, his famous last word...Lovely.<br />"When Pitt died, his famous last words are said to be “My Country, My Country. How shall I leave my Country?” (or "How I love my country.")In fact, these were not Pitt’s last words. He ruined the effect by speaking another sentence before he died: “How I could eat one of Bellamy’s veal pies.” This was a classic case of patriotism being overcome by pastry."<br />Or by a brave joke? Or maybe he was just hungry...gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-67577407089320374662011-01-11T14:23:57.340+00:002011-01-11T14:23:57.340+00:00I read this earlier today. No so much a brave joke...I read this earlier today. No so much a brave joke, but it raised a gentle smile none-the-less...<br /><br />French playwright, Paul Claudel, upon his deathbed<br />"Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?"Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312328482392883614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-23820818772352669242011-01-11T08:18:52.278+00:002011-01-11T08:18:52.278+00:00Such eloquence, Charles, thanks.Such eloquence, Charles, thanks.gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-54467579509126692942011-01-11T07:48:26.835+00:002011-01-11T07:48:26.835+00:00Perhaps it's courage worn lightly that most sh...Perhaps it's courage worn lightly that most shames and diminishes Reaper G. And teaches us all a lesson. Blazing hell indeed, poor buggers.Charles Cowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757185376546920527noreply@blogger.com