I thought we lived in an essentially verbal culture, into which the visual is making headway. personally, I'm aural, which is why music does it for me more than the literary or the visual.

Ce n'est pas un pipe is by magritte, not Maigret.

At the time of the cropping, the old unconscious might have kicked in.

Fools in Elizabethen plays tended to be the wisest around.

For some people, it can be hilarious and they merely smile. For others, it doesn't count as really funny until they've laughed out loud. (me, for one).

Humour often doesn't transfer well from one country to another, and "The past is another country. They do things differently there."






       Ivor