There is a new game on the go. I'm not really one for games like this, it has to be said, but if I don't play I'm sure it will upset some chums who want me to play so here goes.
I quote from Fish's blog by way of an explanation:
"Players- you must list one fact, word or titbit which is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your first or middle name.
"When you are tagged you can write your own blog-post containing your name facts etc.
"At the end of your blog-post you can choose the amount of people that your name has to tag (i.e.- 6 letters, 6 people to tag). Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they have been tagged and to read your blog."
All I can say is......thank fuck my name is Reg and not Adrianopolous!
Right, here we are:
R - "R" stands for right-leg-dependent since my slight accident, risible (something I find everything) and right-royally-bollocksed (as in my marriage).
E - "E" stands for "Eee! What's going on in the world today? I don't feel part of it anymore."
and finally, G - "G" stands for "Gordon Bennett! What's going on in the world today?", "God, whatever happened to Socialism?" and "Great balls of fire! If Thatcher had never been born I suppose some other nutter would have ruined everything."
I now have to "tag" others and so my choices are:
I Like the View,
Malc,
and Doris.
Sorry.
To Make You Laugh and Cry
I was listening to this on a Sunday, the very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither is a Catholic, Tom Lehrer is one of my all-time heroes and this is one of his best.............no other reasons.
On a more sombre note (and with thanks to Fish for coming up with this Woman's-Own-passes-the-time-in-the-dentist's-waiting-room nonsense), why not get a computer to tell you that you are a waste of space and your life is a sham of a mockery of a farce? Ok, it's from one of those poxy dating sites but...go on, take the test. You ain't got much to beat!!
Apparently, in my case, "computer say 'no!'"
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| Life: |  4.2 |
| Mind: | 4.1 |
| Body: |  2.7 |
| Spirit: |  8 |
| Friends/Family: |  1.6 |
| Love: |  0 |
| Finance: |  5.9 |
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14 comments:
OK, I think I'm changing my name to, erm, *scratches head*, hummmm, *frowns*, errrrrrrrrrr, *light bulb* "Bob"!!
(think Black Adder)
cheers reg, I love you too. . .
(actually, I've just re-read this)(I'm such a girl, never follow the instruction manual) (maybe I can just stick with my "first name", which is I! ha ha ha)(actually, you know me - already - any excuse for me to yabber on: maybe I'll do the whole thing)
done and dusted
*rubs grit and accumulated dirt off hands and goes to pour self rather HUGE drink*
What? Has this anything to do with pig farming and will it get the Fab Four in their nicely cleaned and plumped up pig shed any sooner? Nice you thought of me, though.
Nice of you to have done your part Mr. Pither. You are a true hero, doing all this, rightlegdependent and everything.
I may be able to help you with the Socialism question. There are two theories. The first one is, socialism never existed, it was all just an excuse to be able to kill a few thousand people and get away with it.
The other one is, it did exist, but it died the day Josip Broz Tito bought himself his third Rolls Royce while the people were starving.
ILTV,
Well Bob! You deserve some good old rousta jousting as us jolly good male pals do in a kind of boys-will-be-boys way (also thinks Black Adder!)
Fish,
Here we go again! There is a world of difference between Socialism and Tito, no matter what he told everyone.
Likewise, Stalin wasn't a Communist, despite what it said on his hat. What people or regimes profess to be and what they actually are should never be confused. Sweden seems to do all right under Socialism. The post-war Labour government over here was Socialist and also the best we've had in modern times.
I'm sorry but Socialism does exist and will not die, despite the best efforts of the capitalists and those who tar it with a brush more suited to dictatorships.
The extreme right and left wings do, of course, meet in the middle (witness Hitler and Stalin) but Socialism is NOT an extreme left-wing ideology. It is a set of fundamental principles and ethics by which those of us of that faith believe we should live our lives.
Fuck Tito, fuck Bush, fuck Ceauşescu, fuck all the nutters. Long live those who believe we should look after those less fortunate and put it into practice.
Here endeth the lesson.
Cheers Malc,
Knew I could rely on you.
P.S. My big chum Ed Straker, with whom I am staying for the next few days, has just said Socialism is what it is because at its very core it passes, or at the very least strives to pass, the following test, which Tito et al did not......"The ultimate judgment for any civilisation should be how that civilisation treats its most vulnerable members of society."
Ed always was a top bloke. Send my regards. I'll get this tagging thing eventually. . . promise!
I'm sorry, but what seems to good to be true, is usualy a lie.
What you say, is offcourse true, but I still insist. Socialism is an idea, but can not be put in reality. It is the human factor that prevents its realization.
Your friend is right, but no civilisation would pass.
I have seen too many people die here, to many women, children and men, who belived in BRATSTVO I JEDINSTVO( brotherhood and equality). You see, Tito was just a leader, we were the ones that held up socialism in this country. And we failed. I know, what we had here was a mutation of what we wanted, but I doubt it can ever turn out right.
I grew up listening to my grandfather talking about socialism, equality, freedom, the death of kapitalism,...thank god he died before he could see, what happened to his ideas.
I am 28 years old, but can not think nor feel the same way you do. I dare not. It would be like beliveing in love, or god.
I feel, I should not be talking to you about this, or these kind of themes. I feel dirty, after seeing that there are still people like my grandfather was. That idealist actually still exist. In a way I am glad, but on the other hand it makes me feel old. Perhaps someday you will manage to convert me.
With respect, Aljaž
P.s.
"Long live those who believe we should look after those less fortunate and put it into practice."
I agree. I only fear not many will live long than.
Fishy,
Your experiences are far more bitter, painful and fresh than mine and so I understand your points entirely. I am lucky enough to live in a country where life is so unrestricted and food and the basics are so taken for granted that there are people around like me who can take the time to be idealisitc - a luxury not afforded people in many other countries.
Even though I am an idealist when it comes to politics I am also a brain numbing realist in other respects - but I still think it could work. If you don't try, you don't get. It only needs good men to stay silent for evil to triumph, etc.
What say you and I run the country? We would need to wrestle power in a bloody coup, however.I've got a potato gun I used to play with as a kid. Have you got a catapult or something? It would be a start. Oh, and I would need to be back in at 5pm on each day of the glorious uprising because I have to feed the fish and the dogs!
My from-day-to-day-dearer Reg.
I know that there is a world bettween us, and I too can understand you.
And I can say this. You are a better man than I am.
You see, I have not started reading your blog for no reason. I enjoy talking to you, and offcourse reading your thoughts. Your English sence of humor makes it even more interesting.
Why I would love to run the country with you. We can play the good cop, bad cop rutine. Guess who I'll be.
Well, I have some medieval weapons here, and I can stop washing myself which can lead to a killing stench.
But cant I just bring my AK-47?
You Brittish realy expect everyone to stop fighting so you can have your afternoon tea, dont you? Well, a man has to do, what a man......., so go on, feed the dogs and your fish.
*waves*
in a friendly girly manner. . .
:-)
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