tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post5096506002472305708..comments2024-03-13T04:34:44.504-07:00Comments on Being Me: Evidence that ... evidence that ... er .......Fran Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-72305301467796908592012-08-09T04:07:24.627-07:002012-08-09T04:07:24.627-07:00Isaiah is six once you put the a in. And that'...Isaiah is six once you put the a in. And that's the other name I keep thinking of, too. You may not have my talent for spelling, but you're picking up my memory loss skills very well, then.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-15857145627407724482012-08-09T04:03:30.607-07:002012-08-09T04:03:30.607-07:00I forget his name too, which is not something an A...I forget his name too, which is not something an Auntie should admit. Although after I've gone through the Biblical... six letters... thought process I always come up with ISIAH.<br /><br />Which is five letters.<br /><br />I obviously have not inherited my mother's talent for spelling.Sarah Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114144832939628049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-72692393624233431382012-08-09T03:58:41.991-07:002012-08-09T03:58:41.991-07:00Perry and Post - a couple of men we all get to kno...Perry and Post - a couple of men we all get to know eventually. Popular guys.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-69608129435682127382012-08-08T16:57:52.316-07:002012-08-08T16:57:52.316-07:00I'm laughing so hard I'm about to pee but ...I'm laughing so hard I'm about to pee but I can't remember where the bathroom is because I know that Perry guy but I've moved on to his brother, Post. Odd name, don't you think?<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-41242087412911042512012-08-08T11:49:16.822-07:002012-08-08T11:49:16.822-07:00Funnily enough, Friko, the kitchen is the one plac...Funnily enough, Friko, the kitchen is the one place I seem to be able to remember very well indeed.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-20380603990318971932012-08-08T11:48:35.411-07:002012-08-08T11:48:35.411-07:00I'd been at one school for 4 years, Nick, and ...I'd been at one school for 4 years, Nick, and then told a teacher that I'd just had lunch with 'Greg'. 'No, you haven't,' he said. 'I swear I have,' I insisted. 'No. I'm Greg,' he said. Embarrassing or what? He was a Head of Department, too, so a big player I should have known.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-78471143249538466662012-08-08T09:59:22.790-07:002012-08-08T09:59:22.790-07:00I'm surprised you remember where the kitchen i...I'm surprised you remember where the kitchen is, Fran.Never mind the tin of pineapple. Er, it was pineapple, wasn't it?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-15019722048014948272012-08-08T09:00:53.275-07:002012-08-08T09:00:53.275-07:00I am never able to remember new faces at work stra...I am never able to remember new faces at work straight off, it takes weeks/months/years for me to remember if I don't see them very often. Our built-in fridge has been broken since Christmas, yet why do I still want to get milk out of it? <br /><br />If it isn't on the shopping list it doesn't get bought!Nick Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188287490071775657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-11971610406947680252012-08-08T02:30:31.486-07:002012-08-08T02:30:31.486-07:00Next time you forget where you live, BB, you can p...Next time you forget where you live, BB, you can pop round here. The address is ... the address is ...Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-56026605142258505862012-08-08T02:28:49.065-07:002012-08-08T02:28:49.065-07:00Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! ..............Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! ...........Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-74575183432558110742012-08-08T02:27:52.039-07:002012-08-08T02:27:52.039-07:00Very topical 'Olympian' type comment. You...Very topical 'Olympian' type comment. You are really in the groove there.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-46895648263743777312012-08-08T02:27:21.278-07:002012-08-08T02:27:21.278-07:00Thanks. His good looks, charm and natural panache...Thanks. His good looks, charm and natural panache are all hereditary.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-16447235742563944092012-08-08T02:26:39.694-07:002012-08-08T02:26:39.694-07:00Brilliant! I will use that as a delaying strategy...Brilliant! I will use that as a delaying strategy.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-13399775409010920342012-08-08T01:26:15.134-07:002012-08-08T01:26:15.134-07:00It's particularly frustrating as a writer to f...It's particularly frustrating as a writer to forever be saying 'oh, what's the <i>word</i> for that?' ...you wonder at what age Lear started writing nonsense poems don't you?<br /><br />... also, what <i>is</i> the evolutionary purpose of forgetting where you live?broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-80336042112193536772012-08-08T00:59:08.169-07:002012-08-08T00:59:08.169-07:00Love that picture, and I'm imagining a stream ...Love that picture, and I'm imagining a stream of people, queuing to take Elijah's advice.<br /><br />I met up with some former Uni colleagues last week, for lunch, and had a LONG conversation about how poor our memories had become. The subject would probably have drawn to a close much earlier, had we not been repeating ourselves... a lot!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-66107713896896791592012-08-08T00:46:30.424-07:002012-08-08T00:46:30.424-07:00After a while Fran you will accept that some of yo...After a while Fran you will accept that some of your thoughts do one lap and then disappear before they reach your mouth. Sometimes this is a good thing :)Sue Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864986500627496240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-42083335213270312232012-08-07T21:44:35.178-07:002012-08-07T21:44:35.178-07:00Hahahaha! Fun post and congrats on the grandson, w...Hahahaha! Fun post and congrats on the grandson, what's his name with six letters. He's a cutie.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-27511862290735588732012-08-07T16:27:21.994-07:002012-08-07T16:27:21.994-07:00You're right - the bananas & custard jobbi...You're right - the bananas & custard jobbie would have given me pause for thought - then again, by the time that the broccoli had gone in, I was game for anything, bananas included (see Int Cookery blog on my profile (where I try jolly hard to be a proper cook) if you are remotely bothered). <br /><br />More questionable would be the custard/cauliflower/cous cous/cabbage risotto mix which the above 'nanas & custard envisages...Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-39384368114510927662012-08-07T15:40:43.699-07:002012-08-07T15:40:43.699-07:00I have a friend who, when asked her name, often as...I have a friend who, when asked her name, often asks, "How soon do you need to know?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-10325097960707810202012-08-07T14:37:52.818-07:002012-08-07T14:37:52.818-07:00I thought it was just the babies who were meant to...I thought it was just the babies who were meant to do that? But if you say it's compulsory, I guess I'll just ... I guess I'll ...Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-54959370241958796772012-08-07T14:28:51.912-07:002012-08-07T14:28:51.912-07:00Going ga-ga is compulsory for grandmothers , isn&#...Going ga-ga is compulsory for grandmothers , isn't it ?SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-55948249989908963722012-08-07T14:24:16.869-07:002012-08-07T14:24:16.869-07:00I love the Wellington story. What if it had been ...I love the Wellington story. What if it had been a girl? 'We baptise this child Olivia Charlotte Wellington ...'Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-88659653692023105972012-08-07T13:57:31.163-07:002012-08-07T13:57:31.163-07:00I don't want to be discouraging, Sam and Fran,...I don't want to be discouraging, Sam and Fran, but I'm not sure that your only grandchild's name could be described as a detail... Having said that, our grandson's womb name was Billy and I did address him as such once or twice in his first couple of weeks. <br /><br />I once knew someone whose womb name was Wellington, and then this became his actual middle name.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-61039463375787351202012-08-07T13:30:58.200-07:002012-08-07T13:30:58.200-07:00Exactly! That's the point. She was trying no...Exactly! That's the point. She was trying not to slurp first-time round and then demonstrated how it REALLY is.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-52917151093417568472012-08-07T13:30:19.621-07:002012-08-07T13:30:19.621-07:00Thanks, Sam. I will use your excuse in future. T...Thanks, Sam. I will use your excuse in future. Too many interesting things in my head ... it's a good one.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.com