tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post1719065273388178685..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: On Not Being a GentlemanBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34510909109939144472009-11-12T20:52:36.620+00:002009-11-12T20:52:36.620+00:00"Definition of a 'gentleman' - someon..."Definition of a 'gentleman' - someone who can play the bagpipes but doesn't," - Ronnie Corbett. <br />By contrast, I can't play the bagpipes but do. I still have much to learn.Nick Cohennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5979192771079072009-11-12T16:38:04.523+00:002009-11-12T16:38:04.523+00:00jonathan, thanks for that piece on Sir Bobby.jonathan, thanks for that piece on Sir Bobby.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50706207223497014532009-11-12T16:31:50.082+00:002009-11-12T16:31:50.082+00:00My father said that the mark of a true gentleman w...My father said that the mark of a true gentleman was one who always helped a lady put her clothes back on, and offered her the taxi fare home. He did say, however that this would not include his brother, the nightclub pianist, who always offered his services as a dresser, but then asked for <i>his</i> taxi fare home.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-2337620208350554112009-11-12T15:10:08.743+00:002009-11-12T15:10:08.743+00:00Blogging gentlemen -
BlentlemenBlogging gentlemen - <br /><br />Blentlemenwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-11102252877510596342009-11-12T14:43:29.862+00:002009-11-12T14:43:29.862+00:00Gentlemen bloggers... with ads for Domino's Bi...Gentlemen bloggers... with ads for Domino's Big Smoky pizzas? What is the world coming to?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-53331295820770247772009-11-12T13:55:27.485+00:002009-11-12T13:55:27.485+00:00My father and his father were gentlemen. I don'...My father and his father were gentlemen. I don't qualify.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-2827104642727447402009-11-12T13:55:07.614+00:002009-11-12T13:55:07.614+00:00He sounds like a right poof.He sounds like a right poof.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40371884904212265232009-11-12T13:51:44.330+00:002009-11-12T13:51:44.330+00:00Beautiful, Jonathan, thanks.Beautiful, Jonathan, thanks.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-23877367491545399152009-11-12T13:48:37.270+00:002009-11-12T13:48:37.270+00:00From John Henry Newman's What is a Gentleman?:...From John Henry Newman's <i>What is a Gentleman?</i>:<br /><br />"He makes light of favours while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort, he has no ears for slander or gossip,is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him,and interprets everything for the jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-15921807961344770582009-11-12T12:50:42.016+00:002009-11-12T12:50:42.016+00:00Gentlemen dont use the term LOLGentlemen dont use the term LOLwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-74880360053015819372009-11-12T12:21:08.301+00:002009-11-12T12:21:08.301+00:00Chris: 'age of decline'? This is the golde...Chris: 'age of decline'? This is the golden age of the gentleman. The model of the gentleman (natural, that is) is now so triumphant, has become so commonplace, that we don't even notice it any more.<br /><br />Consideration rules.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-18937013533793005362009-11-12T12:08:24.583+00:002009-11-12T12:08:24.583+00:00As fine a sketch of the gentleman cult as I have s...As fine a sketch of the gentleman cult as I have seen. Every culture seems to re-invent it while thinking itself as representing new heights of cultivation.<br /><br />Every age has to devise signalling protocols to maintain distinctions with the new money but in our age of decline perhaps it has become especially poignant. But it does provide the wits with fabulous material to work on. For that Chris Dornanhttp://senseorsensibility.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82705864855460383482009-11-12T12:00:52.655+00:002009-11-12T12:00:52.655+00:00No, Brit, I insist you have 'Wanderer, poet, a...No, Brit, I insist you have 'Wanderer, poet, and liberator of the seasonal berry'.Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31979830002603908152009-11-12T11:59:52.799+00:002009-11-12T11:59:52.799+00:00I know my place.I know my place.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45896547144102875262009-11-12T11:46:55.418+00:002009-11-12T11:46:55.418+00:00Just as well Brit, as you've totally discounte...Just as well Brit, as you've totally discounted any possibility of it reading '...Gentleman'.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86742638674197013132009-11-12T11:42:29.133+00:002009-11-12T11:42:29.133+00:00De nada, Willard. I'm having "Middle Clas...De nada, Willard. I'm having "Middle Class Hero" on mine.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-57229782431677170292009-11-12T11:37:02.104+00:002009-11-12T11:37:02.104+00:00Brit, you certainly know the way to a man's he...Brit, you certainly know the way to a man's heart. I've never been described as an unpolished turd before yet, somehow, it fits me so well.<br /><br />I will have that on my gravestone. 'Here lies Willard: unpolished turd to the end'.Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50069837665077778392009-11-12T10:49:26.764+00:002009-11-12T10:49:26.764+00:00You can't polish a turd, Gaw. A pig wearing li...You can't polish a turd, Gaw. A pig wearing lipstick is still a pig, and a chippy northern autodidact wearing a cravat is still a chippy northern autodidact.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-51192167565333220772009-11-12T10:43:16.581+00:002009-11-12T10:43:16.581+00:00Isn't it quite straightforward if you take a l...Isn't it quite straightforward if you take a literal approach?<br /><br />A gentleman is someone who is: considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable, mild and tender, not harsh or severe; chivalrous; and of good family, wellborn.<br /><br />Those men who fulfill all these criteria except for the last one are known as 'nature's gentlemen'.<br /><br />Not knowing Nige's Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62537937268141255252009-11-12T10:36:48.737+00:002009-11-12T10:36:48.737+00:00Hmmn, we think we invented it over here but some m...Hmmn, we think we invented it over here but some might say they invented it over there:<br /><br /><a href="http://csymbol.com/chinese/chinese_gentleman.html" rel="nofollow">Confucius said</a>: 'A gentleman needs to have three basic characters, which I have not lived up to. Be benevolent with no worry; be wise with no bepuzzlement; be courageous with no fear.'<br /><br />I imagine the Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17411586276044616282009-11-12T10:36:30.428+00:002009-11-12T10:36:30.428+00:00Chippy northern autodidacts, with style, Brit.Chippy northern autodidacts, with style, Brit.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81581746983196839182009-11-12T10:31:15.117+00:002009-11-12T10:31:15.117+00:00Very nice of you, Bryan - but I think this fellow ...Very nice of you, Bryan - but I think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bennett" rel="nofollow">this fellow</a> is nearer the mark...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-16381875098064467642009-11-12T10:27:45.932+00:002009-11-12T10:27:45.932+00:00Chippy northern autodidacts, Willard.Chippy northern autodidacts, Willard.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52933608314121467022009-11-12T10:12:42.906+00:002009-11-12T10:12:42.906+00:00It’s a strange one. I always try to think of mysel...It’s a strange one. I always try to think of myself as a gentleman. I believe I act courteously, cherish kindness in others and try to be kind myself. And I have not a fanatical bone in my body. Disappointed, therefore, that my accent and birth should work against me if, as Brit suggests, no gentlemen ever came from the North West. But if we're not gentlemen, what are we?Willardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49894980095601393522009-11-12T10:00:27.127+00:002009-11-12T10:00:27.127+00:00Anyone who entered this world wearing a cravat. wa...Anyone who entered this world <i>wearing a cravat</i>. was destined to be a gentleman, silver spoons having become so none u.<br />Viva Nancy.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com