A Look Back was Re: 'Clue to his vulnerability' (Coming to a conclusion )

Geoff Bannister gbannister10 at geoff_bannister.yahoo.invalid
Sat Sep 24 06:43:43 UTC 2005


--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:

Potioncat:
> Some days I just feel like Winnie-the-Pooh. Most decidedly a bear 
of 
> little brain. A good bit of this discussion, and similar ones 
> elsewhere leave me scratching my head in puzzlement.

Geoff:
Ah, you haven't quite reached Winnie-the-Pooh's levels of confusion. 
He was a bear of /very/ little brain.
:-)

But he did like being up at Christopher Robin's special place at the 
top of the forest - which I've visited more than once.

Potioncat:
>> As for Codswallop...I don't dare utter it. Quite by accident I 
> said "Bloody wicked!" the other day and my entire family walked 
away 
> from me. I'm pretty sure no adult anywhere ever says, "Bloody 
> wicked"...but oh well...

Geoff:
Why on earth not? Codswallop is defined in my dictionary as British 
informal nonsense.

I use it, and many people I know use it including people who would 
pale at the thought of saying "knickers".

I wonder what Harry says when he stubs his toe?






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