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Thanks MV and Jac for the kind words
Jac, I have witnessed you become strong and positive in face of adversity and that is some trait to have
you have always been there for me too, which has been a source of strength for me in the most darkest of times
Thank you..
Charles Darwin to conquer the World
The heats are drifting down the page, I’ll give them a bump at the weekend but for now the links for those yet to vote
Charles Darwin to conquer the World
“I know Chezza’s probably busy writing his victory speech”
It’s a corker, tbf.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Let’s hope those darker days are behind us now Nathan..I know TRF has it’s knockers, but they are few and long gone and for anyone who may be sitting alone and worrying about what life is throwing at them this Forum proves time and time again that you just have to make the decision to reach out and you’ll find many hands reaching back to offer up support..it’s not all about the horses but it is the enthusiasm for the game that brings us all here and I”m thankful for that and all the colourful characters that come with it. Jac
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Nathan- I’m sure that you are going to do this anyway, but I think it should be one vote only in the final.
….With the sole option being to vote for Chezza – if Chezza even gets that far after being carved up by Hughesey on every bend!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"From an objective poetry perspective, there’s only one possible winner to this competition… and it ain’t your entry.
“it ain’t your entry.”
Gladders completely lost Chezza at this point.
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There will only be one vote per person in the finalCharles Darwin to conquer the World
Let’s face it in real terms our poetry in the real world would be getting scores similar to this ….. No one has said the word ” Hello ” funnier than this
“I know Chezza’s probably busy writing his victory speech”
It’s a corker, tbf.”
And continuing the “Father Ted” theme, let us hope it does not go on like this one:
I’d like an investigation of Chezzas trf poem competition behaviour …when …sorry if found guilty his forfeit should be similar ….with Big G the victim …..
Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett live chaotically together in Craggy Island’s parochial house, along with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle, who always wants to serve them tea.
A similar set up existed below – two erratic men of distinguishable repute and a rather sensible housekeeper all lived together in rooms in a flat the heart of Bankbroke.
Both addresses present difficulties even a mystery
If you visit 221B Baker Street today you’ll find the Sherlock Holmes Museum, which was opened in 1990 by the Sherlock Holmes International Society. But the Sherlock Holmes museum is not, technically speaking, located at 221 Baker Street. In fact, there is still no 221 Baker Street. Since the 1930s, the famous address has been lumped in as part of a larger block of buildings originally occupied by the Abbey National Building Society. From almost the day the Abbey National opened they began receiving letters from all over the world addressed to Mr. Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street. Such a profusion of letters were delivered that the bank’s public relations department found it necessary to employ a full-time secretary charged with responding to the urgent inquiries from those in need of Holmes’s unique deductive prowess (these inquiries were usually met with a response that the detective had retired to keep bees in Sussex).
When the Sherlock Holmes Museum opened at 239 Baker Street in a Georgian townhouse that likely bears a close resemblance to Conan Doyle’s imagined 221 Baker street, there emerged a dispute over which business should receive the letters. The new museum argued that they were better equipped to respond to the inquiries while the Abbey National presumably wanted to continue their accidental role as the secretary to a fictional detective. The debate lasted more than a decade and was not resolved until 2002, when the Abbey National vacated their building and the Royal Mail finally agreed to deliver all letters addressed to 221B Baker Street to the museum at 239 Baker Street. The Sherlock Holmes Museum, which includes a full replica of Holmes’s flat, was also allowed by special permission of the City of Westminster, to bear the address 221B – although its physical location is still found between 237 and 241. To recap: a fictional flat in a real city has been made a reality at a fictional address in the real city near the real address of the fictional flat. Confused yet? The controversy doesn’t end there.
The fact that there is no real 221 Baker Street has not stopped literary historians from speculating about which Baker Street building Doyle used as his proxy for the home of Holmes and Watson. By closely reading the texts, scholars have proposed multiple Baker Street addresses as a possible inspiration for the literary 221, yet there is no definitive answer. Equally vexing is the design and furnishing of the famous flat itself.
When the Baker Street flat is introduced in A Study in Scarlet, the rooms receive little attention other than the note that they meet the needs of Messrs. Holmes and Watson and consist of “a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.” There are other equally brief descriptions scattered throughout Holmes canon, but usually nothing more than a few words. Yet from these scant clues, dedicated collectors around the world have been inspired to reconstruct their own versions of 221B.
Perhaps the most visited replica of 221B is the aforementioned recreation at the Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street, which promises visitors that “the interior has been faithfully maintained for posterity exactly as described in the published stories.” The Museum flat may also be the most complete of the many 221Bs, as it includes Watson’s bedroom on the second floor whereas most reconstructions focus solely on Holmes’s sitting room.
“Visitors can sit in Mr Holmes’s armchair by the fireside to pose for photos, and enter his bedroom adjoining the study; but please bring your own pipe to smoke!
His possessions are in their usual places: his deerstalker, magnifying glass, calabash pipe, violin, chemistry equipment, notebook, Persian slipper and disguises.”In this sitting room, visitors will find the original wicker chair referenced by famed Holmes illustrator Sidney Paget in his portrayal of the seated detective. In a sense, it could be argued that this chair is Holmes’s chair
. But while the flat includes many recognizable Holmesianartifacts and ephemera, certain inferences must be made to complete the fictional Victorian setting. Such a replica is essentially an architecture of deduction – a physical manifestation of Sherlock Holmes’s signature art form. But unlike Holmes’s brilliant deductions, the answer is never certain. The pipe and magnifying glass, the many newspapers and books and test tubes – these things are an index of the life of Sherlock Holmes. But the wallpaper selection, choice of period furniture, the selection of books on Holmes’s shelves – these are pure extrapolations that reflect that taste, style, and opinions of the collector. Indeed, when it comes to the mystery of 221B Baker Street, there are as many deductions as there are detectives.‘WATSON PUT AWAY THAT WHISKY – STOP WRITING ABOUT ME AND GO TO BED ‘
A fine speech by Father Ted if a little short – Chezza’s is somewhat longer and even more vengeful.
In fact, Chezza often feels like a Father Ted trapped in a Craggy Island world full of Dougals, who all lack the brain cells to appreciate quite how great Chezza really is, especially Chezza’s poetry!
VOTE CHEZZA.
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His possessions are in their usual places: his deerstalker, magnifying glass, calabash pipe, violin, chemistry equipment, notebook, Persian slipper and disguises.”
. But while the flat includes many recognizable Holmesianartifacts and ephemera, certain inferences must be made to complete the fictional Victorian setting. Such a replica is essentially an architecture of deduction – a physical manifestation of Sherlock Holmes’s signature art form. But unlike Holmes’s brilliant deductions, the answer is never certain. The pipe and magnifying glass, the many newspapers and books and test tubes – these things are an index of the life of Sherlock Holmes. But the wallpaper selection, choice of period furniture, the selection of books on Holmes’s shelves – these are pure extrapolations that reflect that taste, style, and opinions of the collector. Indeed, when it comes to the mystery of 221B Baker Street, there are as many deductions as there are detectives.- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.