Comments on: Buke thing http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Harry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69230 Harry Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:15:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69230 Ok, not sure why I am singled out as liking life-affirming things, but now I've finally got round to listening to it, it is agonisingly funny, and remarkably humane. Thanks! Ok, not sure why I am singled out as liking life-affirming things, but now I’ve finally got round to listening to it, it is agonisingly funny, and remarkably humane. Thanks!

]]> By: The Navigator http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69182 The Navigator Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:11:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69182 I'd just like to note that large parts of this post make no sense to me whatsoever. I'm assuming it's one of those "it's a Scouse thing - you wouldn't understand" deals, and indeed I'm a New Englander who's never been near northwest England, but, d-squared, some of this stuff is positively Joycean: "“Hold Your Plums”, featuring Billy Butler and Wally Scott on Radio Merseyside, is just an extraordinary piece of improvised folk-theatre. To begin with, it was a fairly banal bog-standard quiz, loosely based on a fruit machine (hence the double entendre)." A fairly banal bog-standard quiz loosely based on a fruit machine? Loosely based on a fruit machine? That reads like something out of Finnegan's Wake to me. Which is not necessarily a criticism. Just thought I'd point it out. Maybe life in northwest England is like the dreamworld of a drunk comatose Irishman. I’d just like to note that large parts of this post make no sense to me whatsoever. I’m assuming it’s one of those “it’s a Scouse thing – you wouldn’t understand” deals, and indeed I’m a New Englander who’s never been near northwest England, but, d-squared, some of this stuff is positively Joycean:
““Hold Your Plums”, featuring Billy Butler and Wally Scott on Radio Merseyside, is just an extraordinary piece of improvised folk-theatre. To begin with, it was a fairly banal bog-standard quiz, loosely based on a fruit machine (hence the double entendre).”
A fairly banal bog-standard quiz loosely based on a fruit machine? Loosely based on a fruit machine? That reads like something out of Finnegan’s Wake to me.
Which is not necessarily a criticism. Just thought I’d point it out. Maybe life in northwest England is like the dreamworld of a drunk comatose Irishman.

]]> By: Scouse - NZ http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69135 Scouse - NZ Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:49:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69135 Many thanks for drawing my attention. So long since I heard those accents. Many thanks for drawing my attention. So long since I heard those accents.

]]> By: Russell L. Carter http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69127 Russell L. Carter Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:27:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69127 "Someone once tried to describe my personality problems to a mutual acquaintance by saying that I bore the same relationship to the world that Billy Butler did to his callers." That explains your patience with Pascal. I thought it was psychotic. “Someone once tried to describe my personality problems to a mutual acquaintance by saying that I bore the same relationship to the world that Billy Butler did to his callers.”

That explains your patience with Pascal. I thought it was psychotic.

]]> By: KCinDC http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69113 KCinDC Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:41:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69113 Yes, but are there parts of England where a posh pronunciation of "book" sounds like "bok"? That didn't seem to be the best of hints. Yes, but are there parts of England where a posh pronunciation of “book” sounds like “bok”? That didn’t seem to be the best of hints.

]]> By: Andrew http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69104 Andrew Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:39:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/22/buke-thing/#comment-69104 Why is Real Player the worst thing ever? Why is Real Player the worst thing ever?

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