Beresford Greene Speaks, Twenty-first fit ...

 

Berry sends the following dressage:-
Please forgive my absence tonight [Friday 15th] as I feel a little horse. I was speaking on the hoof when I first noticed it was a restriction too far that was reining me in. Brenda was addressing me in her usual clip-clop tone - the mare, but I have repeatedly said neigh to her offers of ox-tail soup because as we all know it's purity cannot any longer be relayed upon.

Galloping on Find us with a blinkered approach to most fences and when the going gets tough - well we quit despite any use of the now illegal whip. The News is heavy going what with Oscar in denial about murdering his filly - they say with one of his blades. He is whinnying on despite being obviously legless at the time.

Noreen Dorres claims a photo finish for her legitimate expenses citing the causes of any increase being due to contaminated cottage pies & increased cooking times for the new ingredients. She claims these expenses are entirely on course and within the rails & Tote in line with the three line whip needed for her to purchase sufficient oats - even in Australia.

The garage boss in Coronation St has denied accusations of doping his fillies with a view to increasing their stallion activities or race fixing. DPP suspicions of some horse-play are completely unfounded, he said.

With money on the nose it is still too soon to know if these stories have any legs or at least as many as four. The authorities feel that they have been caught on the hop or jump. Getting into a leather strop over any of these matters isn't going to help. It's far better to stay in harness.

Regards , get the bit between your teeth & sugar lumps to you all.

Berry

Being Friday the 15th of February, 2013 ...

By 20.35 hours we had successfully dragged 15 people off the streets. Dogsbody was anxious lest people might have misunderstood an earlier announcement that the club will not be meeting on 15^th March.

Dogsbody explained the term ‘fenestration’ in the context of folk song: it is legal and quite painless.

 

"Shhh, Dear ... They'll hear us."

Ornithology was represented by one lark, a sparrow and an uncertain number of crows on the march that got frightened off by a bag of rags.

 

 

Corvus brachyrhynchos

 

 

"Lay me down and love me."

 

 

Elayne achieved ‘a first’ at the club when she sang in Japanese ...

Teo Torriatte

Several trains belonging to ex-LNWR territory were mentioned, as was one from the Crimean peninsula.



Above, an 0-6-0ST by E B Wilson & Co of Leeds, c.1865.

The "Alliance" and "Victory" which ran on the Grand Crimean Central Railway 1855-1856 were probably similar.

Did you know that Kilnamona in Co. Clare translates as Church of the marsh or boggy field?

Site of a popular barn dance.

Being Friday the 8th of February, 2013 ...

Paul, in the chair, opened proceedings with a delightful little number about a warming, popular, non-alcoholic beverage. Then Lynda, accompanied by Paul, sang about pleasant weather. The climate was all downhill from there, with rain, snow, wind etc!

A highlight of the evening was Mike’s debut performance, accompanied by Mick, of Mike’s self-penned appreciation of Chichester Harbour.

Just a few images from the evening …

Resident wynde person

 

 

 

Resident dreamer

 

 

 

Now, what's his name?

 

 

 

That was Patrick.
He sang a song suggesting that this
male dancer is saying:
"Stop it. I like it!"

Being Friday the 1st of February, 2013 ...

Mike turned up in good time and responded to the extraordinary pressure with his usual expertise.




Is this a cooking utensil?

 

 

No, it's a bodhrán.

The evening seemed to develop a theme related to partially-sighted mammals that live underground ...




talpa europaea
Is there another term for euphemism?



Moving on, we had at least 10 maritime deaths, some unrequited love, some lost love, an arranged marriage that ended in tragically premature widowhood and a single reference to lust.
There were a few examples of short-term memory loss and the customary smattering of holiness saved us all from an iron-chested lady ...




"My iron chest you have broken through!"

 

 

How long have I got, Lord?

 

 

Eponine ...
"I'm all alone!"

 

Interestingly, at least three performers regarded their mobile phones as tuning devices.
Was it just coincidence that Molly’s phone rang as she sang a song about the very essence of silence?

Seriously, there was so much good music that to continue with frivolous images becomes puerile nonsense.
However ...



 

“No, the journey doesn't end here,” says Gandalf.
“Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it … white shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.”
“Well, that isn’t so bad,” says Pippin.
“ No, no it isn’t,”
Gandalf smiles.

Thanks, Elayne.