tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6659306441429806317..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Red Nose Day and ImmortalityBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-79570981109951799262007-03-16T16:51:00.000+00:002007-03-16T16:51:00.000+00:00No. Not at all. He hated school and couldn't wait ...No. Not at all. He hated school and couldn't wait to get out. It also polished his self-image of the uncontrollable rebel.<BR/><BR/>He had no bad feelings towards Hume, but did enjoy being able to prick the 'Holy Bubble'. In any case with a horde of siblings who were/are nuns, monks and friars, he well knew that the members of the cloth tend to be a bit 'touched'. As indeed was he,the old Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19976899885233356562007-03-16T15:30:00.000+00:002007-03-16T15:30:00.000+00:00Good grief! A very personal note. Was your father ...Good grief! A very personal note. Was your father harmed by this event, Recusant?Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72996599744120929602007-03-16T15:24:00.000+00:002007-03-16T15:24:00.000+00:00Your analysis of Hume's comment is, of course, spo...Your analysis of Hume's comment is, of course, spot on. However the righteous can act, unintentionally, in a priggish way - if only due to unworldliness.<BR/><BR/>A good example is Basil Hume himself getting my father rusticated from Ampleforth by snitching to their housemaster that it was my father who had put a live adder in the housemaster's desk draw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1974994093469183272007-03-16T14:55:00.000+00:002007-03-16T14:55:00.000+00:00Book now to ensure disappointment, Bryan.<A HREF="http://www.lennyhenry.com/home/news.aspx?id=94" REL="nofollow">Book now</A> to ensure disappointment, Bryan.Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-60704034356513998942007-03-16T14:38:00.000+00:002007-03-16T14:38:00.000+00:00Good point, Johnny, I didn't knw he was employed.Good point, Johnny, I didn't knw he was employed.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20535972837718699852007-03-16T14:36:00.000+00:002007-03-16T14:36:00.000+00:00None of this explains the ongoing employment of Le...None of this explains the ongoing employment of <A HREF="http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/images/lenny_henry_1.jpg" REL="nofollow">Lenny Henry.</A>Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19940824117201498852007-03-16T14:21:00.000+00:002007-03-16T14:21:00.000+00:00Still,encouraging results. What about Ibsen? He wa...Still,encouraging results. What about Ibsen? He was a hoot. In 1906, after suffering a number of strokes, he was in bad shape. However, on the 23rd May, his nurse assured a visitor to the ailing Ibsen that he was a little better. But, on hearing this, Ibsen spluttered "on the contrary" and promptly died. What timing. Comic genius, if you ask me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3266737215571980672007-03-16T13:29:00.000+00:002007-03-16T13:29:00.000+00:00Though, worryingly, the research that indicated a...Though, worryingly, the research that indicated a sense of humour made you live longer was Norwegian.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.com