Have some Madeira, M'dear!

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#6161 - 09/08/00 12:19 PM Have some Madeira, M'dear!
RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204	Which is just what I'm off to do. Back at my desk on 20th Sept - I guess I'll have to take a whole day of the bosses time to catch up on a week's supply of awad posts. Look after yourselves, everyone, see you when I get back
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#6162 - 09/09/00 02:35 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
lusy member Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 140 Loc: Melbourne, Australia	Yeah, I can relate to that! The only difference is that I'll be after the Red Ned, not Madeira. I have just checked in after a short absence and find nearly 200 posts to check out. How can I cope? Ah well, we do our best, I guess, sakezuki lusy ( I think that's it)
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#6163 - 09/09/00 07:44 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Dearest lusy, I am SO GLAD you're back. I've missed you so!
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#6164 - 09/10/00 07:16 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Swanning off to Flanders, perhaps, Rhuby?
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#6165 - 09/13/00 04:03 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	paulb, I gnu, just a gnu, someone would get in before me with the puns!
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#6166 - 09/13/00 05:30 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Bridget, I got a gnu, and love him very much, but... what'd I miss about paulb's post??
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#6167 - 09/13/00 07:42 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	Jackie, you may be missing out on a cultural reference here. Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were very successful stage performers in the UK. Their act consisted of light-hearted chatter punctuated by witty songs, or witty chatter punctuated by light-hearted songs, if you prefer. See http://timothyplatypus.tripod.com/FaS/ for more details. Particularly Madeira M'Dear and the Gnu Song. Thank you. I have now looked them up on the web and found this site I would otherwise never have known about!
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#6168 - 09/13/00 10:21 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Thanks, Bridget-- I bet I would have really liked them. Psst--don't tell tsuwm, but there was a Pythonlink, and I snuck a peek. I may just have to learn what M.P. is all about if I expect to get half his ref's!
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#6169 - 09/14/00 07:07 AM Re: Have some Madeira, M'dear!
paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Thanks, Bridget. My wife and I were lucky enough to attend one of their Melbourne performances many years ago. A night to remember! Donald Swann played piano and sang, and Michael Flanders (who was wheelchair bound) narrated and sang. Many of their songs are 'classics' especially a very poignant one about all the little country railway stations in England which had been closed down. A treasury of wonderful English placenames.
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