tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post4583526244276417461..comments2023-09-10T06:49:28.959-04:00Comments on The Unbearable Banishment: Wherefore art thou, sanity?The Unbearable Banishmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-48819675829798497772011-04-07T07:55:49.947-04:002011-04-07T07:55:49.947-04:00I should have put sweet old lady in inverted comma...I should have put sweet old lady in inverted commas to illustrate the irony. Sorry:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-1423051851162123592011-04-06T07:45:28.206-04:002011-04-06T07:45:28.206-04:00SF: I know it's all part and parcel of being h...SF: I know it's all part and parcel of being human but I really do worry about the somewhat violent nature of some of my mental wanderings.<br /><br />looby: Well, I saw it on the internet. Are trying to imply that there's bad information on the internet?<br /><br />dinah: No way! Is that true?! I love little factoids like that. Did you know that white-out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees?<br /><br />kykn: At long last, I stand out at something instead of walking lock-step with the masses.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-83911833239192324122011-04-06T07:27:36.665-04:002011-04-06T07:27:36.665-04:00All madness is singular.All madness is singular.kyknoordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376671662670291957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-41887551138756444122011-04-05T20:24:32.524-04:002011-04-05T20:24:32.524-04:00Aspiring to O. Henry is a worthy aspiration.
(Inci...Aspiring to O. Henry is a worthy aspiration.<br />(Incidentally, I just learned that his uncle refined the Vicks Vapo-rub.)dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-38702245132386030402011-04-05T15:09:57.147-04:002011-04-05T15:09:57.147-04:00I just need to point out, as an Englishman, that I...I just need to point out, as an Englishman, that I have never, in 47 years of bad company, come across the phrase "nobby halls" before.loobyhttp://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-1058337235170541072011-04-05T13:36:20.802-04:002011-04-05T13:36:20.802-04:00Love the last paragraph, don't fret my friend ...Love the last paragraph, don't fret my friend it is part of the life of a working father (A dad not a priest)<br />Let me know if you need any help with the beatings, you know any excuse to get back up to Gotham and all.<br />Cheers, Sausage...Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14563985186537460358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-66395001657626907362011-04-05T11:56:18.502-04:002011-04-05T11:56:18.502-04:00Pat: I thought that sweet old ladies didn't ha...Pat: I thought that sweet old ladies didn't have bitchy thoughts. That's what makes them sweet old ladies. Imagine my surprise!<br /><br />Kono: Yup. That's the one. A fantastic poem, isn't it? And so true to life. I just want to spare my kids any pain. That is, of course, ridiculous, but that's how I feel.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-13852401365119182722011-04-05T11:22:07.100-04:002011-04-05T11:22:07.100-04:00but a shoelace that snaps/ with no time left... i...but a shoelace that snaps/ with no time left... is that the one? as for the last paragraph, the only one that matters is the person who breaks your daughters heart, the rest don't matter, though we all have to have it broken sometime just so we know.Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-72237084972093555202011-04-05T11:02:37.292-04:002011-04-05T11:02:37.292-04:00I'm a sweet old lady and I sometimes have bitc...I'm a sweet old lady and I sometimes have bitchy thoughts. You're human. Deal with it.<br />I love the photo of the two sisters.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-28385953575318428142011-04-05T10:20:02.324-04:002011-04-05T10:20:02.324-04:00nurse: According to Google, it's British slang...nurse: According to Google, it's British slang for testicles.<br /><br />looby: Honestly? I think I could handle a woman coming 'round for my daughter better than I can a man. I know what men want. I used to be one.<br /><br />sid: 9-year old LOVED-LOVED it but 5-year old got kind of detached after about :60 minutes.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-55073819120516912472011-04-05T09:43:15.922-04:002011-04-05T09:43:15.922-04:00Did the daughters enjoy the show?Did the daughters enjoy the show?Sidhttp://verbal-sid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-11547885028485387382011-04-05T06:13:59.639-04:002011-04-05T06:13:59.639-04:00Or women, of course. Oops. 2011 now.Or women, of course. Oops. 2011 now.loobyhttp://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-33419200588667514512011-04-05T06:10:31.121-04:002011-04-05T06:10:31.121-04:00I loved the sudden shift in the last paragraph.
I...I loved the sudden shift in the last paragraph.<br /><br />I worry about all those too. I take it as a personal failure if I develop passionate dislikes to others; but it happens. And now that my children are about to be teenagers, I will be inspecting any men that start coming round here with a quiet but intense attention.loobyhttp://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-37295200426413896122011-04-05T04:50:44.642-04:002011-04-05T04:50:44.642-04:00I've never heard the expression nobby-halls be...I've never heard the expression nobby-halls before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-1619980059471619852011-04-04T21:54:55.980-04:002011-04-04T21:54:55.980-04:00daisy: PMS! It's a medial miracle. Pass the My...daisy: PMS! It's a medial miracle. Pass the Mydol. Do they still make that stuff?<br /><br />Hem: That's one of my fav Bukowski poems as well! I am constantly quoting it to people, trying to make myself sound literary and clever.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-33439082147673500172011-04-04T21:32:39.886-04:002011-04-04T21:32:39.886-04:00One of my favourie Bukowski poems is Shoelaces. R...One of my favourie Bukowski poems is Shoelaces. Read that and understand. It's the little things that kill a man, never the big ones. Well, not never but, you get what I mean.tennysoneehemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999047427848122510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-10751468430918552602011-04-04T17:38:56.782-04:002011-04-04T17:38:56.782-04:00man in a cube vs. man in a cube? i'd opt for t...man in a cube vs. man in a cube? i'd opt for the cube, myself.<br /><br />i want to have babies with the Flying Karamozov (non-)Brothers. can you hook me up?<br /><br />singular madness? no. you have PMS.daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-63522912199888005152011-04-04T17:35:29.125-04:002011-04-04T17:35:29.125-04:00Pointa: I've managed to convince myself that I...Pointa: I've managed to convince myself that I have a special brand of lunacy. In this regard, I hope to be ordinary.<br /><br />Nimpipi: Another assurance that I'm not broken. Well...I suppose that's what I was looking for. I had to Google "annas," although its meaning is implied. Now THAT'S cheeky!The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-21945218943218371072011-04-04T15:45:11.688-04:002011-04-04T15:45:11.688-04:00The I wonder what she was pointing out? I'll n...The <i>I wonder what she was pointing out? I'll never know</i> caption took me by surprise. You're usually less... whimsical, aren't you? Still, singular madness = no. And I have youth on my side even.<br /><br />(You like my two annas worth of cheekiness to cheer you up?)Nimpipihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971502879277219728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-65958459656829615342011-04-04T13:14:06.956-04:002011-04-04T13:14:06.956-04:00You're just like the rest of us, UB. We all ha...You're just like the rest of us, UB. We all have moments like that. And as Scarlet (why is she in exile?) said, it's because you care.Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-11925721616724133462011-04-04T12:21:29.055-04:002011-04-04T12:21:29.055-04:00Scarlet: I reread this post prior to pushing Publi...Scarlet: I reread this post prior to pushing Publish and the last paragraph took me by surprise as well, but I love it and hope people hang in long enough to get to it. It's my unintentional O. Henry ending!The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341308729189935273.post-86374693417762474532011-04-04T12:14:10.177-04:002011-04-04T12:14:10.177-04:00All part of the human condition, my sweet.
And it&...All part of the human condition, my sweet.<br />And it's because you care.<br />Sx<br /><br />Admittedly your last paragraph did take me by surprise!Ms Quoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503323487068344441noreply@blogger.com