tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7300836606955856057..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: What I Did On My Holidays, by NigeBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6649157940483469432007-07-09T08:47:00.000+00:002007-07-09T08:47:00.000+00:00He is Hyde, Ian, no doubt about it. When he drink...He is Hyde, Ian, no doubt about it. When he drinks that stuff, it's as well to stay clearBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-57138491692113968612007-07-09T08:42:00.000+00:002007-07-09T08:42:00.000+00:00and it's good to see you back, nige. what is Jekyl...and it's good to see you back, nige. what is Jekyll without Hyde?Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-58523849367853212912007-07-08T20:30:00.000+00:002007-07-08T20:30:00.000+00:00Ah Susan, I sympathise - and I do love France, bel...Ah Susan, I sympathise - and I do love France, believe me, but in the conflicted English manner, with a kind of incredulous resentment that the French of all people could have got it so right. La Rochelle is getting on for halfway down the lefthand side, i.e. Atlantic coast, north of Bordeaux, in Poitou-Charentes, an area disputed for centuries between the French and the English (inasmuch as the Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48031750995872867622007-07-08T19:55:00.000+00:002007-07-08T19:55:00.000+00:00I wish *I* were in France right now! Quit your pis...I wish *I* were in France right now! Quit your pissin' & moanin', Nige. Some of the best of us have French ancestry, including many a Brit (I do believe the national language of England was French for about two-hundred years, no?).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, consider the alternative. Instead of a vacation this year, we have the eldest going to university. This weekend she's been utterly indulged, having Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-68421486749253546432007-07-08T17:12:00.000+00:002007-07-08T17:12:00.000+00:00Well OK Mopsa, fair enough. The trouble is, I thin...Well OK Mopsa, fair enough. The trouble is, I think, that the very character traits that have motivated and enabled the French to maintain the many attractive features of their national life are in themselves somewhat unattractive to non-French people. There - that's a fair and judicious summing up, isn't it? Most unlike me...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4218829195102042282007-07-08T16:48:00.000+00:002007-07-08T16:48:00.000+00:00France can only BE France if it is full of the Fre...France can only BE France if it is full of the French. Why would you want it otherwise?Mopsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912659592484055741noreply@blogger.com