tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post2984146963361425034..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Autobiography At Second HandTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-18627647120268018292007-04-16T20:05:00.000+10:002007-04-16T20:05:00.000+10:00My favorite Mel film was 'History of the World', I...My favorite Mel film was 'History of the World', I always thought it would be 'good to be the King' but I always end up being the piss boy.sfwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592447707671698816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-82836948614343358902007-04-15T18:45:00.000+10:002007-04-15T18:45:00.000+10:00Karen, I love it - it actually rhymes!Yep Tim, I n...Karen, I love it - it actually rhymes!<BR/><BR/>Yep Tim, I noticed - I think after you left that comment at Ampersand Duck's a week or so back. <BR/><BR/>I am ashamed - I had no idea about this series of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-8009392396107360812007-04-15T13:25:00.000+10:002007-04-15T13:25:00.000+10:00He is all cliches to all people, but most of them ...<I>He is all cliches to all people, but most of them to Robert Parish</I><BR/><BR/>Almost Jamesian. Clive, not Henry.<BR/><BR/>Brooks has a recurring role in series four of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which Larry David is cast as Max Thingamy in The Producers.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I'm back blogging at Sterne and Sars.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-23108582293895014272007-04-15T11:57:00.000+10:002007-04-15T11:57:00.000+10:00Every man of a certain age is obsessed with Mel Br...Every man of a certain age is obsessed with Mel Brooks, it seems!<BR/><BR/>But you do need this:<BR/><BR/>Row, row, row your boat in Latin<BR/><BR/>Duc, duc, navem duc,<BR/>Flumine secundo,<BR/>Laete, laete, laete, laete,<BR/>Ut in somnio.<BR/><BR/>It's not an exact translation, but it balances the demands of meaning and metre rather well, I think.<BR/>(It's my favourite thing to sing in rounds. Sorry about that conversation, incidentally- too much champagne and too many oysters too late in the day).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com