tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3305837520902797860..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: National GewgawsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45230626715708097822008-11-19T17:43:00.000+00:002008-11-19T17:43:00.000+00:00Having spent most of the day at the Scottish natio...Having spent most of the day at the Scottish nationals Gerhard Richter exhibition and therefore bathed in that warm afterglow achievable only after hours spent in the presence of heaven on earth I am in a forgiving mood. I therefore offer to stand down from the race to the top of the NT list. I, like John-Baryshnikov-Sargent am one of life's true sportsmen.<BR/>If any of you southern shandy maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17613173904344259852008-11-19T16:51:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:51:00.000+00:00Passer byIt can't be denied that it is a bit patro...Passer by<BR/><BR/>It can't be denied that it is a bit patronising of us Southerners, but a) he's big enough to take it I'm sure, b) for what's on offer you could patronise me all day long.<BR/><BR/>I know that the NT himself has declined ancestral estates and oodles of moolah and merely requested a reconditioned Ava Gardner as his due recompense. Unfortunately I've tried to get her in that stateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84120103714502697622008-11-19T16:26:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:26:00.000+00:00NO like me he is from "Up North" and like me wish ...NO like me he is from "Up North" and like me wish respect rather than estates, especially when given to him by southern folk patting him on the head like he is some kind of bairn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89011644529954790842008-11-19T16:25:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:25:00.000+00:00I love Malty; glad you are putting him on a pedest...I love Malty; glad you are putting him on a pedestal, all the better for him to launch his glorious barbs at those who deserve skewering!<BR/><BR/>Your other national treasure is Bill Nighy. Are you gonna honor him, too? J'espere que oui!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-77164478946819408152008-11-19T16:24:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:24:00.000+00:00Methinks Malty will make an excellent warlord in t...Methinks Malty will make an excellent warlord in the post-apocalyptic times soon to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38872691109985548842008-11-19T15:26:00.000+00:002008-11-19T15:26:00.000+00:00Well yes, Malty fails as a National Treasure if yo...Well yes, Malty fails as a National Treasure if you are only going to use the BBC's definition of a NT, but we use a higher methodology, don't we?<BR/><BR/>Natural Law asks, nay, demands that Malty be recognised as an NT and, since he probably doesn't want to come down south from his Northumbrian fastness and we can't therefore take Blenheim off the undeserving Marlboroughs, I recommend we give Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1981692835643961442008-11-19T15:25:00.000+00:002008-11-19T15:25:00.000+00:00You have given me another bright idea. How about a...You have given me another bright idea. How about a list of "treasures" or people not dead yet but we will be very sad at their passing. Sort of the "a few words" at the wake sort of thing, that the "treasures" get to hear?<BR/><BR/>John Noakes springs to mind with his near tearful display on the weakest link answering the Shep question, Rolf obviously qualifies as I don't even have to say his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com