tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post2535106591927284438..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: See Belowzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-6273398547339296802011-04-12T00:18:02.705+02:002011-04-12T00:18:02.705+02:00It might be more entertaining if it was produced i...It might be more entertaining if it was produced in the other New Britain.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-41680499487622004992011-04-11T23:32:38.382+02:002011-04-11T23:32:38.382+02:00I knew the Telegraph was doomed when they got rid ...I knew the Telegraph was doomed when they got rid of Craig Brown and their dedicated Mount column (given over to the latest member of that illustrious family to put quill to paper). It is now, sadly, fully resident in Andrew Neil's 'New Britain' (not the Papuan island).Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-89412078190228345332011-04-10T23:25:34.098+02:002011-04-10T23:25:34.098+02:00I'm glad I hadn't made it up.I'm glad I hadn't made it up.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-13574201267855132112011-04-10T18:45:34.050+02:002011-04-10T18:45:34.050+02:00(My mistake--this was Sergeant Pluck, not Puck.)(My mistake--this was Sergeant Pluck, not Puck.)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-13273779678504263622011-04-10T15:25:05.975+02:002011-04-10T15:25:05.975+02:00Zoe: you are referring to Sergeant Puck's ato...Zoe: you are referring to Sergeant Puck's atomic theory, in which the atoms of bicycles and their riders are exchanged, till it can require great skill to determine whether the rider or the bicycle is the human.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-46868010396329114172011-04-10T00:22:01.546+02:002011-04-10T00:22:01.546+02:00George: V funny re pop music writers. I was just t...George: V funny re pop music writers. I was just thinking I should read The Third Policeman again. I have a memory that there was a whole thread about bicycles being invasive creatures - was there something about how, if you go to someone's house where the bike is propped up in the hall or against the dresser, then you know they are already in the grip of the aliens? I thought it was a wonderful & hilarious concept but have I made it up or is it there?zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-16438272553645066552011-04-10T00:16:52.501+02:002011-04-10T00:16:52.501+02:00A couple of points occur to me. On footnotes, that...A couple of points occur to me. On footnotes, that a splendid example of their use in fiction is Flann O'Brien's <i>The Third Policemen</i>. On pop music writers, the Chicago columnist Mike Royko's observation, nearly 40 years ago, that though writers examining the prospect of thermonuclear war and the end of civilization sometimes allowed themselves moments of levity, writers on rock and roll were always in dead earnest.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com