tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2687169403104544620..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The LIfe of IxyKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65418602794932216192019-02-08T12:20:50.299+00:002019-02-08T12:20:50.299+00:00Not many of the other lot are either, Susan. But, ...Not many of the other lot are either, Susan. But, in case you (or others) haven't seen it, in order to show that there are some politicians who DO KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE, this is worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AljakpXAh7c<br />Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-41248645717144908752019-02-08T11:23:15.199+00:002019-02-08T11:23:15.199+00:00Bill - I concede. Science, after all, must be read...Bill - I concede. Science, after all, must be ready to admit fault. It is true that no Tory MP at present is demonstrating any purpose or fitness whatsoever.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-47391718326258047932019-02-08T10:27:54.741+00:002019-02-08T10:27:54.741+00:00Thanks again, all. Good choice of clue, Lynne – th...Thanks again, all. Good choice of clue, Lynne – there’ll be blood everywhere.<br />I agree about the Jan Pienkowski book, Enid. I think including Ixy, though, might have challenged the narrative timeline a bit. And Sandra, I wish I’d consulted you before posting the blog. Your intimate knowledge of Ixy’s carnal relationships would have made it so much more exciting.<br />Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13901523015850870302019-02-08T09:20:05.138+00:002019-02-08T09:20:05.138+00:00I've had a word with my mate Ixy about this. H...I've had a word with my mate Ixy about this. He says the sex makes it all worthwhile - an 'end' (ho ho) it itself.Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-39576979509716741022019-02-07T21:13:33.577+00:002019-02-07T21:13:33.577+00:00There is a wonderful pop-up picture book by Jan Pi...There is a wonderful pop-up picture book by Jan Pienkowski called "DINNER TIME" which does actually explain quite a lot, but which sadly (or maybe wisely) omits a pop-up tic. And to our own Jan - what a horrifying story, but echoing Bill's feelings, you are on a Canary island. which does limit my sympathy somewhat.<br /><br />Lynne - what exactly is 'cosy crime'? Is it sitting on a goose down cushion with a large glass of something nice while phishing for my bank details?Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80891096909768240942019-02-07T17:32:40.237+00:002019-02-07T17:32:40.237+00:00Fab post thank you. Also very helpful as I'm w...Fab post thank you. Also very helpful as I'm working on my first cosy crime and one of the big clues is a sheep tick. Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26264997417111591952019-02-07T15:20:14.016+00:002019-02-07T15:20:14.016+00:00Under normal circumstances, Jan, I would have been...Under normal circumstances, Jan, I would have been alarmed, concerned, even sympathetic at your terrifying tale of poitrinal infestation, but you’re on a Canary Island and I’m not.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-77454678896822951652019-02-07T12:52:03.351+00:002019-02-07T12:52:03.351+00:00If we're going to talk Brexit, I'm going t...If we're going to talk Brexit, I'm going to pop out to see if I can find a tick to mate with. I'm on one of the Canary Islands (not the Isle Of Dogs, the other sort) but I guess they have them here. And I know you're not meant to have sex with the little bleeders (in reverse) but I sort of did once, in a tent up Glencoe way. Didn't know it till we were back in the Glasgow flat a few days later, when a small blood blister (a Black Bob in Pompey parlance) was noticed nestling in the hairs upon my chest. Ooh, sez she - what's that? We had no idea, but two days later it had grown to the size of a glossy black pea. And when she tentatively touched it, the bloody thing got up and walked away on these spidery black legs. Didn't get far - no one makes off with a gallon of my precious blood and lives - and any after effects remain mercifully obscure. Just goes to show though, don't it? Avoid holidays, whether in a northern glen or an Atlantic island. Maybe Brexit is my fault after all? Well bloody ang me....Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50341334863409344432019-02-07T11:09:43.516+00:002019-02-07T11:09:43.516+00:00More proof, Umberto, of the seemingly self-defeati...More proof, Umberto, of the seemingly self-defeating nature of evolution. The decrease in smokers (‘good thing’) has occasioned an increase in ticks (bad thing).<br />And Susan, for a change, your habitually flawless observations seem to be slightly less rigorous. Unless I’ve misread you, you seem to imply that one of the attributes of ‘a Tory MP. Or even a Tory prime minister’ is to have ‘apparent purpose’. Surely, current events demonstrate that even the qualifier ‘apparent’ cannot obscure the total absence of such an impulse in the species you identify (and, we must recognize, species variants of alternative persuasions).<br />Nonetheless, I’m very grateful to both of you for your indulgence of my obsessions.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22947347170728445422019-02-07T10:41:14.938+00:002019-02-07T10:41:14.938+00:00But Bill, if Ixy evolved into something 'with ...But Bill, if Ixy evolved into something 'with more <i>apparent</i> purpose' he might become a Tory MP. Or even a Tory prime minister. Better, a thousand times better, a sheep tick. At least a tick can be open about his blood-sucking.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5918713542060673502019-02-07T01:59:28.283+00:002019-02-07T01:59:28.283+00:00Dark indeed, and fascinating - once again, Bill. I...Dark indeed, and fascinating - once again, Bill. I'll save this post about Ixy and forward it to the next person who tries to tell me there's a purpose to everything in creation, even ticks. <br /><br />BTW - I never gave it much thought, but I didn't realize that ticks are arachnids until just now when noticed that your pictured Ixy has eight legs. I had to check on Wiki. While I am rather fond of spiders on the whole - for their web aesthetics and especially for their pest-control work - I think we could do without ticks in my humble opinion as a lord of the universe wannabe. The only good thing about being a smoker 30 years ago was that one could use a cigarette to burn off a deer tick picked up on a hike. Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.com