tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post8406801770741037273..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Wowsers control news agendaBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82579979616307568902007-05-30T23:29:00.000+00:002007-05-30T23:29:00.000+00:00I mentioned a while back the immense Dostoevsky/Dm...I mentioned a while back the immense Dostoevsky/Dmitri Karamazov quote, 'Man is broad, too broad even. I would narrow him down.' Well, afraid I don't have the energy to pursue your crucial avenue of thought in much depth right now, but for the good part of a century there seems to have been huge efforts to narrow man down to as little as possible; the idea I suppose expounded by the DH Lawrence Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3990677034145880922007-05-29T06:47:00.000+00:002007-05-29T06:47:00.000+00:00Some years ago, while chatting with a Swiss girl. ...Some years ago, while chatting with a Swiss girl. I asked her how she would best describe the Helvetic Republic, leaving aside the Alps, gnomes, alp horns, Swiss army knifes and cuckoo clocks. Her answer was,'If it was not prohibited it was mandatory'.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-32147230363913931282007-05-28T17:24:00.000+00:002007-05-28T17:24:00.000+00:00You're quite right, Susan - and that might well ha...You're quite right, Susan - and that might well have been the explanation. Either that or he was just being a complete arse, in the time-honoured fashion of teenage boys. It was certainly a clear case of binge drinking and a warning to us all. Just Say No.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39451891342259644442007-05-28T16:56:00.000+00:002007-05-28T16:56:00.000+00:00Wasn't it Blair's son who got falling-down drunk w...Wasn't it Blair's son who got falling-down drunk when he was well under 18? Was it because he'd never had a wee drop at home on Christmas before then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com