tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post3805899625189759512..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : (TBC): She Who Must Be Obeyed Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-57178605083087248912014-11-30T18:43:16.126+00:002014-11-30T18:43:16.126+00:00As you saw, Sue, I already have written a new blog...As you saw, Sue, I already have written a new blogpost. <br />It is so difficult with irony - it sometimes reminds me of a book title by Dashiell Hammett, "Zigzags of Treachery" - that's the way irony works: in zigzags - and when I saw the blank face when I read my 'story' out to husband (he is one for humour, but lost to irony) I knew I was at fault. :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-41809716950284994652014-11-29T21:47:32.674+00:002014-11-29T21:47:32.674+00:00Britta: I hope you will keep writing in English, p...Britta: I hope you will keep writing in English, please, as I enjoy reading what you write, and my German is almost nonexistent. (I'm also very bad at catching satire in writing, so I'd say here it's not your writing, but my reading that's at fault!)Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-12912689693160802022014-11-27T07:02:14.778+00:002014-11-27T07:02:14.778+00:00Dear Sue,
thank you for your kind answer! I have ...Dear Sue, <br />thank you for your kind answer! I have thought a while about my blog (and writing in English): as you know, I studied literature, and am an author. <br />Now, for the first time I recognized here, that - when I use a form like satire or something similar, with hyperboles, extremness etc - this is not seen by my blogfriends. <br />Seemingly I have not reached my intention, geez, missed my aim to make you laugh. And it must have been my text - because most of you have reacted the same way. <br />So: I'm really at a loss whether I will continue (in Germany, where I wrote professionally over 200 columns, they know that one should take my texts with a pinch of salt). <br />But it is very good for me to find out now - I really have to think. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-90515028594326533412014-11-27T00:03:46.713+00:002014-11-27T00:03:46.713+00:00Britta: After a pause to thin,, what would I do, I...Britta: After a pause to thin,, what would I do, I would say this: if it seemed that the effort was turning out to be all suffering and no joy, I might offer a little query to see if another pursuit might change the balance. And I might well receive a response, like yours, here, that indicates, au contraire, you warm to the challenge!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-91803260572506730192014-11-23T18:18:09.176+00:002014-11-23T18:18:09.176+00:00In thar case, Mise, I might follow Tom's sugge...In thar case, Mise, I might follow Tom's suggestion and open a Literary Café, (though Berlin has so many coffeeshops already, and more than one LC). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-8284233963656655192014-11-23T16:57:05.452+00:002014-11-23T16:57:05.452+00:00I predict you will soon be at the effortless ease ...I predict you will soon be at the effortless ease stage with it, Britta, and your dinner guests will marvel and sip their coffee with enthusiasm and perhaps start calling round to your place a bit too often.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-44488843298124500032014-11-23T13:17:17.760+00:002014-11-23T13:17:17.760+00:00Sue: would you say that to someone learning to pla...Sue: would you say that to someone learning to play an instrument or a language? I have a very strong will (and laugh about a lot) - so: no way. Cat&I will TCB together. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-43867765496933663192014-11-23T13:15:21.410+00:002014-11-23T13:15:21.410+00:00As coffee does, Geo., and something new to conquer...As coffee does, Geo., and something new to conquer. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-79949246330866689232014-11-23T01:33:21.097+00:002014-11-23T01:33:21.097+00:00Britta: May I meekly suggest you might consider re...Britta: May I meekly suggest you might consider returning this thing?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-24518446767023220382014-11-22T20:46:01.018+00:002014-11-22T20:46:01.018+00:00I have concluded we live in an age of amazing conv...I have concluded we live in an age of amazing conveniences that give me the permanent jumps. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-21749075950095873612014-11-22T19:07:27.477+00:002014-11-22T19:07:27.477+00:00Elaine: I needed coffee after the initiation, for ...Elaine: I needed coffee after the initiation, for sure - thus the manufacturers TCB (as I just learned from Emma). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-48438698861114756262014-11-22T19:04:55.129+00:002014-11-22T19:04:55.129+00:00Thank you for the enlightenment, Emma! I will copy...Thank you for the enlightenment, Emma! I will copy TCB at once - shall remind me.. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-4694724582371026812014-11-22T19:04:24.634+00:002014-11-22T19:04:24.634+00:00This machine sounds more trouble than it is worth ...This machine sounds more trouble than it is worth - maybe a rocket science degree would help - I hope you feel the coffee is worth it after all that.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-33703512747440636362014-11-22T19:00:48.194+00:002014-11-22T19:00:48.194+00:00Actually Elvis' letters are TCB. They stand fo...Actually Elvis' letters are TCB. They stand for Taking Care of Business. He tried to use it to remind himself of what should be important. If for instance he made a gift to someone he did not know and they thanked him he would let them know he was just taking care of business.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-39852314807044712752014-11-22T18:31:32.109+00:002014-11-22T18:31:32.109+00:00Sometimes I am both, Joanne :-) Sometimes I am both, Joanne :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-2433695529908004612014-11-22T16:50:59.012+00:002014-11-22T16:50:59.012+00:00I like "onto the driver's seat." It ...I like "onto the driver's seat." It is adventurous and commanding.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-26462688600318923882014-11-22T12:48:40.392+00:002014-11-22T12:48:40.392+00:00Of course a man, Tom - with beautiful blond curls;...Of course a man, Tom - with beautiful blond curls; he even offered to teach me Italian too :-) I could prepare an espresso and café without an instruction, and cappucchino with the help of the leaflet - but Latte macciato - there I threw in his towel. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-29250957769629234682014-11-22T12:29:15.627+00:002014-11-22T12:29:15.627+00:00Your beautiful young Italian massage therapist... ...Your beautiful young Italian massage therapist... a man? Be like us men - assemble and use the complicated machine before you read the instructions - it's so much more fun and time-consuming.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com