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  1. Ticklishchap

    Democracy

    One of the problems affecting our democracy (and when I say 'our' I refer to both sides of the Atlantic or both partners in the 'special relationship') is a literal and extreme interpretation of the ideal of equality. As I am not a resident or citizen of the US, I won't comment on recent events...
  2. Ticklishchap

    Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?

    @Tiki Tom: thank you for a very full and interesting reply. I actually was careless in failing to correct the autocorrect! I meant to type 'Mandarin or Hindi' but somehow the autocorrect changed Hindi to 'China', which made little sense. Although, of course, there could be a useful debate...
  3. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    @mariner: I agree with your comments. For me these new products are a bit elderly-looking, twee (especially the touches of Celtic Kitsch) and not manly enough. The traditional military design is good enough for me and remains the bestseller.
  4. Ticklishchap

    Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?

    My question for you, as a 'language geek' is: which non-European language (apart from the obvious choices of Mandarin and Hindi) is likely to be of greatest use for the English-speaking student in the next ten years or so?
  5. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    I agree that there was no 'option to say no'. I contemplated giving up Rugger in my final year at school to concentrate on my exams but was told firmly 'no': I was in the House team and that was the end of the matter!
  7. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    This whole 'cheer-leader' thing is one of the most exotic aspects of American culture for me. Needless to say, there was nothing like that at my school: it was all-male, and so cheerleaders would have had to be in drag, an art form that was not greatly appreciated or valued in that environment...
  8. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    You describe what sounds like a very idyllic boyhood! When I mentioned 'natural laziness' I did not mean academic work. I meant that without compulsion I would not have chosen to go out onto the Rugger field when it was cold or wet but could easily have sat around been lazy (or gone to the...
  9. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Very interesting. Needless to say, we didn't have square dancing or anything like that because it was an all-boys school! My only real interest in athletics was cross-country, which did challenge and stretch me. I can see why team sports didn't appeal if they were presented in such a negative...
  10. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I think I remember hearing that. It suited him.
  11. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I couldn't resist the 'Jimbo' because one of several friends called James hates (or professes to hate) that abbreviation! I had a schoolfriend called James who was always known as 'Jimps' for some reason.
  13. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Sorry, Jimbo.
  14. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Similarly, for a good workout I enjoy hillwalking and long-distance hikes along the coast.
  15. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Very fit! I could have sworn you mentioned cycling in an earlier version of this post. I never did that as a sport, but at university cycled daily from the dorms (as you would call them in the States) to class, between classes and to the sports fields during the time I played Rugger. I...
  16. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Or the scrum? ... I often did cross-country in the rain. And Rugger games were rarely rained off. Part of character building, we were told. It was cricket matches that were most often cancelled or suspended because of rain. Ah, the joys of Rugger on rainy Saturday afternoons (he says, seated...
  17. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Fartulently, mine doesn't.
  19. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Or flatulous. ...(!)
  20. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    watch Mr Meatball himself. ... Hopefully the link will work!
  21. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Raining hard and unseasonably cool - a perfect afternoon for school and college sports outdoors!
  22. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Meet Olavi Virta, known in later life as the 'Singing Meatball': Finland, not Sweden, but Finnish tango is an interesting cultural phenomenon in its own right. Olavi_Virta
  23. Ticklishchap

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Now you're in danger of being a miserable old flautist. ... (Mea Culpa)

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