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[westgrandboulevard]

Hello Moe! You're in the most landlocked Irish county.

By 'green' , are you meaning unworldly, or lots of green, open spaces? There's reportedly about three times as many cattle as there are people in County Laois.....

[moe]

Lots of green open spaces! Limited weather [[Sun/rain....repeat!) Beautiful!

[westgrandboulevard]

And when you've seen enough of the views for one day, I'm sure you'll find a local hostelry which will offer you something else to lift your spirits......

[moe]

Quite right, westgrand! I'm learning the basics of Irish Whiskey! I find the Irish quite hospitable.

[westgrandboulevard]

In other words, you're having a good time....

[144man]

I hope when you get back, moe, you still remember most of your holiday, and that no one posts embarrassing photos of you on Facebook.

[westgrandboulevard]

She'd love it

[144man]

You're probably right

[westgrandboulevard]

It's gone very quiet, but maybe we'll soon find out.....

[moe]

And so you shall!!! I see neither of you destroyed the thread! That's good because at least you both waited for me to get back!! Had a ball........weather was predictable [[i.e. sun/clouds/rain/sun, etc...........you get it). LOVED the people and Mrs. Brown's Boys became a hot topic among my new Irish friends.
And saw The Book of Kells, a true masterpiece!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe, if you place your hand very close to the screen, you'll be able to feel that we kept this thread warm for you.....
[[mind you, if it's your face you're placing close to the screen, you'd better see your optician urgently.)

Here's hoping your new Irish friends will remain so, and welcome you back one day.....

[moe]

It's amazing the friends I make. As you two both know good friends are hard to find. And when you do you should cherish them forever.......
The Irish know I'll be back!

[westgrandboulevard]

When Irish eyes are smiling....

[144man]

Maybe I'll get there one day. I've never been to Wales either, so I should go there first as it's closer. Glad you had a good time, moe.

[westgrandboulevard]

I've found South Wales people to be much more welcoming than in North Wales.

The North Wales people are more insular, and prefer to speak in Welsh in public, as if they are trying to exclude English speaking people.

[144man]

... and in my case, who can blame them?

[moe]

Ha! Sounds like the French. They said something to another person [[in front of me), thinking I wouldn't understand. When I responded I LOVED their expression of surprise!
But, then.........they're the French [[all bets are off)!!

[westgrandboulevard]

They need to be watched. They're only just across the Channel from us.......

[moe]

They think they're above everything and everyone, westgrand!!

[westgrandboulevard]

.....sitting around on [[westgrand) boulevards, eating croissants, drinking very strong coffee, and smoking very strong cigarettes.

[144man]

I was in France once, and in my best French accent I ordered steak "Normande". "Normande", replied the waiter. "Normande", I repeated, thinking he was correcting my French. "Normande", he said again. "Normande", I said, trying harder to get it right; whereupon he said in broken English, "No, not Normande. I'm saying No more. Ve haven't any left".

[westgrandboulevard]

So then you went to McDonalds??

[144man]

McDonalds? Jamais!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

I hear that the French call the British 'les rosbifs' ......

[moe]

You should've had a royale with cheese, 144man!!

[144man]

Mmmmm du fromage, moe.

[westgrandboulevard]

Fromage I like fine, Homage I like better.

[moe]

HAHAHA! Haven't you seen Pulp Fiction, 144man? N'cest pas?

[144man]

Somehow I have managed not to have seen any of Tarantino's films.

[westgrandboulevard]

And, somehow, I get the feeling you'll manage not to see any of them, any time soon...

[144man]

They don't particularly appeal to me.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm not sure I've see any of them, either. That Moe, she's ahead in this game.....

[144man]

As long as it's not "The Hunger Games".

Just finished reading the trilogy and really enjoyed it.

[westgrandboulevard]

Not quite my own idea of a book at bedtime. No wonder you get up in the middle of the night to catch midnight johnny's 'Nightflight' show....

[moe]

Agreed, westgrand. .......

144man, the line about the Royale with Cheese is a very famous line in Pulp Fiction. I am guilty, guys; I've seen just about all of Tarrantino's flicks. Je suis fou, 144man!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Moe, je parle francais comme une vache espagnole

[144man]

Agreed, westgrand. .......

144man, the line about the Royale with Cheese is a very famous line in Pulp Fiction. I am guilty, guys; I've seen just about all of Tarrantino's flicks. Je suis fou, 144man!!!

If I address you on a forum in French, moe, should I call you "tu" or "vous"?

[144man]

Not quite my own idea of a book at bedtime. No wonder you get up in the middle of the night to catch midnight johnny's 'Nightflight' show....

I was given the Hunger Games trilogy for Christmas and put off reading them because I didn't think they were my sort of thing. Boy, was I wrong! They weren't anything like I expected and are the sort of SF I was addicted to in the 1960s and 70s. I couldn't put them down and read them all in three weeks. As the book is written from the heroine's point-of-view in the first person present tense, the reader doesn't even know if she will ultimately survive. It's not just an adventure novel. There are underlying machinations which are food-for-thought.

It's strange how many of the best reads now like Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" are aimed at the young adult market.

[144man]

Moe, je parle francais comme une vache espagnole

Sorry to be pedantic, wgb, - and God only knows how I remember this from school fifty years ago - but we were taught that despite a cow being feminine, in this case it should be "un vache" as the phrase derived from the not-politically-correct "comme un Basque espagnol".

[westgrandboulevard]

You don't have to apologise for it 144man but, yes, you are being pedantic.

To clearly recall the phrase used by my French mistress [[also about 50 years ago, so it was a long time) I Googled it, and the result is overwhelmingly 'une vache' - so, in this particular context, that's good enough for me.

[144man]

My French mistress must be looking down [[or looking up), and saying "Ha ha! I knew one day I'd get my revenge on you organising the whole form to blow their noses simultaneously".

[westgrandboulevard]

My French mistress was short in stature, with an undulating gait. She would roll into the classroom, a twinkle in her eye, and the clarion call would ring out : "BonnnnnJOURRRR, mes eleves!!!!!!!"

Her name was Miss Post, so you can imagine the fun had with that name by the lads who enjoyed Spoonerisms......

[moe]

144man.............if you know me intimately then you know the answer: tu.
If not then it's vous..........
MERCI

[westgrandboulevard]

Ha! Translation, as others might say....

"Yours, with every fond wish" - or - "Please stay positive"

[moe]

OMG! Je ris sur le sol!

[westgrandboulevard]

Which means....?!

[moe]

Ask 144man [[aka "Frenchie")

[144man]

I am laughing on the ground = Rolling on the floor laughing.

I wondered if the netiquette for "tu" and "vous" was different.

Our music teacher, Mrs Gauld, was known as "Old Ma Gauld", pronounced "Oh my gawd".

[westgrandboulevard]

Ahhh. I expect someone, somewhere once thought of her as 'ma belle mademoiselle'....

[144man]

We asked her once if there was any pop music she liked, and she replied that she quite liked Jerome Kern...who, of course, none of us had ever heard of.