tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431190409861224426.post6391755863834498512..comments2016-12-01T13:52:05.058-08:00Comments on Points for Cross-Examination: 5/13 - The DPs that Bloom in the Spring, Tra-Lahrumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222741183212487472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431190409861224426.post-14366583247281175622016-12-01T13:52:05.058-08:002016-12-01T13:52:05.058-08:00"P****r", by the way, means upper lip, t..."P****r", by the way, means upper lip, typically of the stiff kind.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431190409861224426.post-10000350525402589412010-05-23T15:04:43.711-07:002010-05-23T15:04:43.711-07:00Now, SB1, my page is badly messed up. Before you ...Now, SB1, my page is badly messed up. Before you posted this comment, I posted a comment which has disappeared, and accordingly I thought noone had said anything.<br /><br />My final take on L1 was that maybe the whole affair was a Witness for the Prosecution-type sham designed to lure LW1 to her doom, although perhaps the more proper comparison would be to Widow's Peak: Miss O'Hare and Mrs Broom dislike each other from the moment the latter arrives in Kilshannon, escalating from graffiti to vanadalized roses to car damage to shipwreck until Mrs Broom tells Mr Clancy the dentist Miss O'Hare's scandalous secret and Miss O'Hare shows Mrs Broom up as an impostor during an engagment luncheon thrown by Mrs Doyle Counihan. Before leaving Kilshannon, Mrs Broom is seen boarding Miss O'Hare's boat and starting a quarrel. Then Miss O'Hare disappears. With Mrs Broom unable to offer a convincing explanation, the police soon find it impossible to restrain Mrs Doyle Counihan and the other wealthy widows from calling Mrs Broom a murderess and arranging a public meeting where proceedings come to a sudden halt when Miss O'Hare walks in, having spent the interval with her cousin in another town. Then just as the two troublemakers leave Kilshannon for good, Mrs Doyle Counihan is visited by Gaffney the lawyer, who informs her that Mrs Broom is suing her and the other widows for slander. Then the whole plot wraps up neatly.<br /><br />Yes, I can see traces of Mrs Doyle Counihan in LW1, which may be a bit of why I don't think I'd mind much if she did tell the wife and get herself into a spot of bother.hrumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222741183212487472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431190409861224426.post-68950476411326592102010-05-16T13:15:11.199-07:002010-05-16T13:15:11.199-07:00Greetings hrumpole! Outstanding readings this wee...Greetings hrumpole! Outstanding readings this week!<br /><br />I must say that I side with the crowd, regarding LW#1, when they insist that the LW should not say anything to the wife. But this has nothing to do with an expectation nowadays of philandering, or a current day loss of respect for monogamy. Rather, it has to do with how the LW is being wronged. Assuming the letter is true to the word (which, like you, I doubt), the LW is only suffering an increased (and unfairly so) workload due to the actions of the office lovers. That is a legitimate complaint and one that the LW could certainly take up directly with the lovers, and/or management. I would support her wholly in those endeavors.<br /><br />However, regarding telling the wife, I suspect the LW's motives so much that I can't possibly support that course of action. If the only motive was truly to prevent an STD or other damage, then yes, fine, send an anonymous note saying only that it'd be wise to get checked for STDs. But nothing about with whom the husband might or might not be sleeping. The name of the partner only adds to drama and produces nothing good or positive in return. At least in my humble opinion.<br /><br />Regarding LW#3, I'm not convinced that the LW's fiancé actually laughed at the LW. I believe she took what was likely nervous discomfort as laughter and disparagement when it was, in fact, nervous discomfort. Something is certainly going on there, and it is a problem, but, based on her letter alone, there is truly no way to know.<br /><br />Oh, too, regarding your Rumpole example, and taking the mick out of Mizz Liz, please see this for someone taking the mick out of Mick: http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/mick-jagger-introduces-stones-in-exile/17wg26uo8<br /><br />Good cheer, hrumpole! :-)SmagBoy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06579694369460538262noreply@blogger.com