Thinking & Feeling

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” Horace Walpole

Thursday 14 September 2006

Overheard

Quinn to Griffin last night:
"We live in CAPE Town, not CAKE Town!"

Drat! Wouldn't that be so much better?
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18 comments:

  1. d.a.v.e.14 September 2006 at 14:04

    omg that's so sweet - I could just eat your little men up - they've so got your personality!

    But yeah - cake town - i'd move there like a shot!

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  2. Lindy14 September 2006 at 14:38

    CAKE TOWN! !! Like the land of Hansel and Gretel?? Yum yum

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  3. d.a.v.e.14 September 2006 at 14:58

    then Table Mountain could be called the Batten Berg (they're like Petit Fours, but different...)

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  4. reese15 September 2006 at 02:26

    haha, that is so cute!

    PS LOVE the names Quinn & Griffin!

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  5. JaneF15 September 2006 at 09:15

    hi reese,

    Thanks.

    Having gone through my childhood as 'Jane the Pain' and mostly hating my boring name, I decided there were enough Janes, Richards, Matthews etc in the world and decided to go for something a bit different. I wanted the names to be unusual but not unheard of, so no Moonunits or Dweezles.

    Both Quinn and Griffin are celtic names (Irish and Welsh respectively) which reflects my heritage (which is actually Scottish).

    Quinn was named after the Manfred Mann song (originally by Bob Dylan) 'Quinn the Eskimo'
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_the_Eskimo_(The_Mighty_Quinn), which we discovered is actually about Antony Quinn who starred in a movie about an eskimo.

    Some Friday trivia.

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  6. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 09:40

    IRISH and WELSH which reflect your SCOTTISH heritage? yeah that's like me saying I',m straight coz it reflects my gayness...LOL

    Also now I understand US so much betterererer (how do you stop spelling that word?) coz I'm also NOT-IRISH and NOT-WELSH, but Scottish!

    och aye!

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  7. JaneF15 September 2006 at 10:52

    Yeah well my self-justifying logic links are usually tenuous at best, but most people don't question them if I state them confidently enough, so damn you for shooting holes in them!
    -----
    You may recall I was a Fraser, reportedly decended from Sir Simon Fraser himself... http://www.myducksoup.com/scotland/fraser.shtml

    So it depends whether your links were for or against William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, as to whether we can be friends or not.

    Incidentally Richard's family are Wallaces (yes they are all wallies) ;P.

    Sir Simon Fraser sided with Bonnie Prince Charlie in a battle and was executed (last person hanged at the Tower of London as I recall) for his treachery.

    The French origins of the Fraser clan are signified in the clan's motto of "Je Suis Prest". Gosh I am very historically bent today.

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  8. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 14:33

    Je Suis Prest? C'est quoi, ca?

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  9. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 14:34

    C'a l'air de quelques choses d'escrime...mon dieu... ma francais est tres mal aujourd'hui!

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  10. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 14:36

    je suis prêt - I am ready...

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  11. JaneF15 September 2006 at 14:49

    Jaillissent mes Français sont si mauvais, cela que je dois compter sur des traductions des poissons de Babel pour maintenir l'aspect de pouvoir parler français. Pourtant comprenez presque toute la ce que vous dites. Très curieux !

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  12. JaneF15 September 2006 at 14:52

    Sur pas au contraire votre Français est réellement plutôt bon. Je suis envieux de vos qualifications !

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  13. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 15:16

    Also, wenn ich Französisch spreche, es gibt sehr schlimm, und auch meine Deutsch, weil ich habe keine mit mir zu sprechen!

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  14. JaneF15 September 2006 at 15:49

    Деиствительно я могу поговорить много языков плох. Будет довольно искусством вы не думает?

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  15. d.a.v.e.15 September 2006 at 16:58

    now you just being sillier! I speak those two....not the gobbeldegook that you have there, Mr. Tyschler!

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  16. JaneF15 September 2006 at 18:35

    bless you!

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  17. d.a.v.e.16 September 2006 at 11:44

    eh bien, t'habites au Mont Table? ou Mont Gateau? hehehe

    Rire Fort. (that's laugh out loud....)

    Tombe par terre en rirant (ROFL)

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  18. Melany aka Supermom16 September 2006 at 18:00

    That is so sweet! lol

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