the answer to yesterday's question is:
no.
here you see shane warne beginning what will no doubt be a long and national celebration of the poms going down down under.
can't talk about qpr at the moment cos they haven't won in weeks or scored a goal or even drawn. the scum are catching man ure, and the yankees are talking about trading my man melky.
what kind of monday morning is it when the best news is that the suffolk police have arrested a man in connection with the murders of the 5 prostitutes?
Showing posts with label ashes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ashes. Show all posts
Monday, December 18, 2006
the proust questionnaire
how many times have you received an e-mail sent to all your correspondent's dearest friends asking you to answer questions about yourself then pass on the message to your own nearest and dearest?
it turns out that this is not an internet phenomenon, but has been parlour entertainment since at least the 19th century. a random article that i found notes:
"In the back pages of Vanity Fair each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. A regular reference to Proust in such a major publication struck me as remarkable, and it was only until I'd read Andre Maurois's Proust: Portrait of a Genius that I understood what this was all about. The young Marcel was asked to fill out questionnaires at two social events: one when he was 13, another when he was 20. Proust did not invent this party game; he is simply the most extraordinary person to respond to them."
for the rest of p. segal's notes, and the english version of the questions proust received and his answers, click here
the only question i can think of at the moment is could it possibly possibly be possible for england to last out the whole day and not lose the 3rd test and the ashes? come on freddie and kevin - hang in there!
it turns out that this is not an internet phenomenon, but has been parlour entertainment since at least the 19th century. a random article that i found notes:
"In the back pages of Vanity Fair each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. A regular reference to Proust in such a major publication struck me as remarkable, and it was only until I'd read Andre Maurois's Proust: Portrait of a Genius that I understood what this was all about. The young Marcel was asked to fill out questionnaires at two social events: one when he was 13, another when he was 20. Proust did not invent this party game; he is simply the most extraordinary person to respond to them."
for the rest of p. segal's notes, and the english version of the questions proust received and his answers, click here
the only question i can think of at the moment is could it possibly possibly be possible for england to last out the whole day and not lose the 3rd test and the ashes? come on freddie and kevin - hang in there!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
monty panesar rules!
although england have already lost their first wicket, the day belongs to the spin bowler monty panesar. left out of the first two tests (remember, the ones that england lost rather embarrassingly), he has just taken 5-92 in his first ashes test. this has sent me into a silent frenzy, since it is almost 4:30 am and there is nobody to dance around the room with me. it has also made duncan fletcher look like a bit of a wally for not picking panesar earlier. first english spinner ever to take 5 wickets at the waca. c'mon england - the rugby is rubbish, the footie is feeble - give us some cracking cricketing for a change, eh?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)