I know precisely one Richard Thompson song.
There is going to be fretwánking, isn't there?
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I know precisely one Richard Thompson song.
There is going to be fretwánking, isn't there?
I had never heard of the chap before about 2-3 weeks ago when it was recommended to me to listen to one of his acoustic classic albums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I wish you a good evening.
:-\
Really? I mean, he's like famous and everything sw. He was in Fairport Convention, for Christ's sake!Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Fair enough, just not the path I follow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I am not a fan of FC so unlikely I will know the individual members.
I recommend The Family Silver to you as a musical nod. Go on. :nod:
Has this got something to do with Paul Weller?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Kind of.
I’m rather keen, as you know. You’re going with r, aren’t you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Do bear in mind that Thompson is an Allan these days - albeit a Sufi one.
Yes, it is her christmas or birthday present apparently. I know nothing of these matters, as you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I like the one about the motorbicycle. That's nice.
It would be good if that Sandy Denny Lane joined him on stage, it would be a sort of Faces/Fairport Convention reunion. Although the dead thing makes it seem unlikely.
Dinner at Café Colbert. That's the bit I'm looking forward to. They do an excellent steak tartare and a rather marvellous choucroute.
Yes, she told me about it when we met last week. Sounds jolly. He does a good line in break-up songs also. He does wear rather a silly hat, though :-/Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I wish you joy of the evening.
You are kind. I shall drink no more than two glasses of wine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Are you driving?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
No, I shall take the rattler. Public transport in London is so convenient, don't you find?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Not really. It’s a bit smelly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
More convenience than convenient.
I like to think of it as an authentic experience. I am, as it were, keeping it real, like a backpacker taking the local bus from Don Muang to Khao San Road, before eating chocolate and banana pancakes and watching Jean-Claude van Damme movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Smelly? Trains are bland, relatively clean and practically sterile compared to in the 70's. Back then you had public transport smells with proper character. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Apart from smears from greasy hair on the windows of buses. That never goes out of style. :-(
Ah, a, you know about these things. Am I allowed to use my vaping device on the train?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I find that Southern trains in particular have a lingering stench of BO. Very distressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Strictly speaking, no, but apparently you I’d you hold the vapour in long enough and don’t exhale great clouds of it, nobody cares. This even works on planes, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I've no idea, I'm afraid. Not being a vapour the issue has not arisen. I'd say check the signage in the carriage for guidance on this matter. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Well one is not smoking so can't see the legal issue here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Perhaps, but if someone is offended by it then pearls will get clutched.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
You can’t live your life based on fear of insulting another, especially not in this current / modern day nanny state we all inhabit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Smoking is illegal on a train, Dutch is not planning to smoke. He will vape, he cares not what a soft gay jessy it makes him look. He is doing no wrong.
In fact if he is arrested and charged then I will offer to represent him and further will waive my fee save for expenses which I will charge back upon victory.
Of course you have hit upon the nub of the matter here, sw; viz, there is no way to look like Jimmy Dean whilst vaping. Some **** surely can invent an e-gigarette that looks like a cigarette?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
As I understand it, they're not really supposed to make ones that look like cigarettes. I can't see the problem with making ones that look like Meerschaum pipes, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Bit like standing in a bar drinking Barbican while pretending you are a real man?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Yes, that would be the other option. Or, I suppose, you could make it like a tumescent phallus; this would be an aid to potential quitters who might, after a while, find it tiresome sucking on a jap's eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
A real man is defined by neither cigarettes nor alcohol, sw, but by the compassion and love in his heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
So that's you fúcked.
What about the gays and the ladies, though? They may greatly enjoy sucking on a huge, artificial Johnson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Frankly, I can't believe you've been so non-inclusive of sexual minorities like homos and birds. :-(
:-( I need to engage in self-criticism. A lot of self-criticism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Real men drive diesel cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Motoring fact.
I think Sir C is fighting his sexuality by being so negative.... we all know he is as Bent as a bent thing that is exceedingly bendyQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney