I know you won’t recall that on Friday, July 9, I posted I had just discovered the second book of the William Warwick series by Jeffrey Archer and had put the third book in the series “Turn a Blind Eye” on hold. I got it on Wednesday this week and started to read it yesterday (I had two other books to finish first) and finished it today.
Archer’s writing holds up again. I’m looking forward to October when the fourth in the series, “Over My Dead Body,” comes out The library has it on order, and I’ve put a hold on it (I’m 11th in line).
As I said, any series of his you read, start from book one because they flow seamlessly from one book to the next; his short stories you can read in any order you like; I have yet to read one I haven’t liked.
A bit of trivia.
From the front page of: “Turn a Blind Eye”
During the battle of Copenhagen in 1801,
the flagship commander signaled to Lord
Nelson that he should stop attacking the
Danish fleet and retreat.
Nelson held a telescope to his blind eye
and said, “I do not see the signal.” Having
disobeyed the order, Nelson continued to
attack and won the battle.
This incident has come to be known as
turning a blind eye.
Sorry, Alexi… I don’t mean to contradict you… it’s works that promote false etymology that bug me.
Cute story about Nelson, but in the interest of scholarship, which I know is something you appreciate…
I’d read before that it’s been debunked.
…
After all, Nelson, even in this tale, doesn’t say the words, so it’s unlikely to derive from him…
and it’s much older than that anyway.
…
Can’t directly quote the OED… it’s an expensive subscription.
I know Wikipedia isn’t authoritative but I do believe this (italics and underline mine):
“Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. Although the Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase as early as 1698, the phrase to turn a blind eye is often falsely attributed to an incident in the life of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.”
Thanks for that. I just accepted that Archer had done his research and verified that the attribution was true and cited it as trivia.
Two side notes:
1) Archer himself is a graduate of Oxford University.
2) That attribution is also cited in my “World Book Encyclopedia” (I went looking not because I disbelieved you, but out of curiosity).”
now , if you really want to express an opinion on today’s awful pun, be sure to add
a couple more o’s to your Boo!…..like this:
Boooooo!
see? now I feel properly lambasted.
From: KATE AITKEN’S COOK BOOK
Published by: WM. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
LONDON – GLASGOW – TORONTO COLLINS
A White Circle Book Toronto I.S.B.N. 0 00 682482 X
Peas, fresh shelled, are one of the delicacies of early summer; 3
pounds unshelled peas serves 4.
MINTED GREEN PEAS
3 pounds green peas
Boiling water
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons white sugar
2 teaspoons margarine or butter (use butter)
1/2 cup cereal cream (also known as 1/2 and 1/2 10% milk fat)
2 teaspoons minced fresh mint
Shell peas; cook in boiling salted and sugared water till tender
(about 8 minutes). Drain; add margarine or butter, cereal cream and
mint. Shake well; reheat and serve. Serves 4.
NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE DAY – NATIONAL ALL OR NOTHING DAY – NATIONAL BAGELFEST DAY – NATIONAL AUNT AND UNCLE’S DAY – NATIONAL COFFEE MILKSHAKE DAY
Y’all scarf a bagel with a schmear! (((((HuGz!)))))
I know you won’t recall that on Friday, July 9, I posted I had just discovered the second book of the William Warwick series by Jeffrey Archer and had put the third book in the series “Turn a Blind Eye” on hold. I got it on Wednesday this week and started to read it yesterday (I had two other books to finish first) and finished it today.
Archer’s writing holds up again. I’m looking forward to October when the fourth in the series, “Over My Dead Body,” comes out The library has it on order, and I’ve put a hold on it (I’m 11th in line).
As I said, any series of his you read, start from book one because they flow seamlessly from one book to the next; his short stories you can read in any order you like; I have yet to read one I haven’t liked.
A bit of trivia.
From the front page of:
“Turn a Blind Eye”
During the battle of Copenhagen in 1801,
the flagship commander signaled to Lord
Nelson that he should stop attacking the
Danish fleet and retreat.
Nelson held a telescope to his blind eye
and said, “I do not see the signal.” Having
disobeyed the order, Nelson continued to
attack and won the battle.
This incident has come to be known as
turning a blind eye.
Which is what I’m going to be doing to this pun.
Sorry, Alexi… I don’t mean to contradict you… it’s works that promote false etymology that bug me.
Cute story about Nelson, but in the interest of scholarship, which I know is something you appreciate…
I’d read before that it’s been debunked.
…
After all, Nelson, even in this tale, doesn’t say the words, so it’s unlikely to derive from him…
and it’s much older than that anyway.
…
Can’t directly quote the OED… it’s an expensive subscription.
I know Wikipedia isn’t authoritative but I do believe this (italics and underline mine):
“Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. Although the Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase as early as 1698, the phrase to turn a blind eye is often falsely attributed to an incident in the life of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.”
Thanks for that. I just accepted that Archer had done his research and verified that the attribution was true and cited it as trivia.
Two side notes:
1) Archer himself is a graduate of Oxford University.
2) That attribution is also cited in my “World Book Encyclopedia” (I went looking not because I disbelieved you, but out of curiosity).”
I knew you’d like it!
Boo! 😀
now , if you really want to express an opinion on today’s awful pun, be sure to add
a couple more o’s to your Boo!…..like this:
Boooooo!
see? now I feel properly lambasted.
How about this……………..
GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAN!
That works.
It’s a good pun, but I don’t think it deserves the baseball bat treatment. Not contorted enough.
Pastis also shows the other side of the table in the final panel.
What a combination of talent for Ghost Riders! Of course the song always makes me think of Ghost Writers.
Holy cow, Nighthawks.
I didn’t think you would steer your strip towards such a low pun.
And rustling cattle?
I myself would never horse around that way!
…
Also, Stephan steps Pastis own personal safety zone to let Rat attack him with a bat…
Would you let Cleo axe your cartoon self, unbridled?
…
I’m not surprised you’re stalling.
…
Hay… I’d have more to say, but I’m not in the moo’ed…
I think you’ve herd it all anyway… so I’m just gonna bale.
t shouldn’t be that much of surprise that I’d STEER my strip in the bad pun direction.
Not after years of those Monday Mundane Pun Days—like this one
They don’t cost a mint either.
From: KATE AITKEN’S COOK BOOK
Published by: WM. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
LONDON – GLASGOW – TORONTO COLLINS
A White Circle Book Toronto I.S.B.N. 0 00 682482 X
Peas, fresh shelled, are one of the delicacies of early summer; 3
pounds unshelled peas serves 4.
MINTED GREEN PEAS
3 pounds green peas
Boiling water
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons white sugar
2 teaspoons margarine or butter (use butter)
1/2 cup cereal cream (also known as 1/2 and 1/2 10% milk fat)
2 teaspoons minced fresh mint
Shell peas; cook in boiling salted and sugared water till tender
(about 8 minutes). Drain; add margarine or butter, cereal cream and
mint. Shake well; reheat and serve. Serves 4.
Try whirled peas.
I can’t imagine that 😉
yes, having Cleo belt , or in this case, axe, me would be all-Pastis all the time—
but I ran out of panels at the end so I had to end it quickly.
know of a good Panel store online so that I can stock up?–
of course they’d be delivered in a Panel Truck
coffee milkshake
..
Just hangin’ around.
Cats…
Just trying hard to make sure there’s cat hair on ALL your clothes. 🙂
I wonder why somebody made that “Moon River” video using two Audrey Hepburn movies in whiich she didn’t sing it…
instead of the one in which she DID.
I LOVED seeing Audrey in Sabrina and Funny Face! And the proof anyone can sing well, especially to Mancini’s music.
Me too.. But I’d rather see them in context, and see her sing Moon River where it belongs.
It was a pivotal scene in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”… where her down home roots are revealed to George Peppard.
She’s singing in private thinking no one will hear her, or find out that she’s a backwoods girl, pretending to be a city sophisticate.
I love that movie… And I like Sabrina, too.
…
Btw she sang her own songs in My Fair Lady, too.
But they lied to her, and over dubbed them with Marni Nixon, without telling her.
There are videos on YouTube with her own singing.
It’s not as professional but it’s warmer, and more personal.
I agree!
Kinda like watching Lee Marvin do his own singing in Paint Your Wagon.
And apropos of nothing…
proper eating methods are always welcome…..I always thought that you gnaw on it
like it’s an apple
Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
HAPPY MONDAY CLEOPHANATICS!
Need to go back to The Pastis School for Punnery.
NATIONAL DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE DAY – NATIONAL ALL OR NOTHING DAY – NATIONAL BAGELFEST DAY – NATIONAL AUNT AND UNCLE’S DAY – NATIONAL COFFEE MILKSHAKE DAY
Y’all scarf a bagel with a schmear! (((((HuGz!)))))
Bagels!
Poor Cleo. No cash falling in. Unless you count Johnny. (Loved Johnny and Willie) (and Audrey)!!!!
That’s a moth!!!
OMG! Never even seen a picture of one that big!
The man-munching moth of Madagascar!
Nope; UK.
Not Australia?
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646230/worlds-heaviest-moth-makes-rare-appearance-australian-school
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