tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post790465987881662008..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Cate says Monika is fatBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-68744702480041831602009-10-09T03:46:50.879-04:002009-10-09T03:46:50.879-04:00I knew I could count on Merisi!
Annabella - I thi...I knew I could count on Merisi!<br /><br />Annabella - I think you should send me a photo of Stan and Ollie so that I can compare body shapes with Monika.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-43881317229470813122009-10-08T10:46:36.371-04:002009-10-08T10:46:36.371-04:00Actually, I sometimes call Stan "Chubs"....Actually, I sometimes call Stan "Chubs". He's gotten rather, uh, blobby, and is now shaped like a stegosaurus; complete with a head that appears rather tiny in comparison to his pleasingly plump figure. Ollie is now trim; must be from his eating by scooping out one piece of food at a time, throwing on the floor, and then eating it. <br /><br />I am so embarrassed about my blog. I write so many good things in my head while in the shower but they somehow haven't gotten down. I'll try to get something up very soon!!! I'm flattered that you read it - very likely you are the only one who has.annabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590029985456487927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-20256517048563677692009-10-08T06:14:12.537-04:002009-10-08T06:14:12.537-04:00Re Pommes Frites:
It must have to do with the fact...Re Pommes Frites:<br />It must have to do with the fact that most Austrians learn French in school! They like to practise what they learned, I guess. My mother used French words like Lavour and Plafond routinely (as do I when I speak German), which she did not pick up during French lessons, but from other fellow Austrians who to this day use words of French origin routinely. There's a historic reason for this, French was one of the languages spoken at court. <br /><br />Richard Bright reported in his travel memoirs, "<b>Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary</b>", published in 1818, the following observation:<br />"<i>A correct knowledge of French, however, was all which was actually necessary in Vienna: for, besides that it is generally spoken by the court and well understood by all persons of moderate education, there were few strangers to whom it was not familiar.</i>" (I better leave out what he said about Viennese German!). ;-)Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-33178502519057851822009-10-08T02:49:51.080-04:002009-10-08T02:49:51.080-04:00Formal is "Monika Rupert" so there shoul...Formal is "Monika Rupert" so there should not be a problem there.<br /><br />Did Steph write that poetry at the end of an all nighter?Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-27670513149171181662009-10-07T23:08:27.461-04:002009-10-07T23:08:27.461-04:00Fat, schmat!
Give me a happy cat.
Lean, mean?
Ever...Fat, schmat!<br />Give me a happy cat.<br />Lean, mean?<br />Everyone eats in Wien!<br /><br />(Not Haiku, but oh well.)Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-55572934223582084922009-10-07T17:13:18.919-04:002009-10-07T17:13:18.919-04:00Perhaps the description of Monika should be 't...Perhaps the description of Monika should be 'traditionally-built'? <br />...from Alexander McCall Smith's excellent description of the principal of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which we at No. 66 have thoroughly enjoyed.<br /><br />Also, I thought you normally called her Moni, affectionately? If you've gone formal when speaking to her, she probably thinks, "Oh hell, I've done the wrong thing so I may as well make a habit of it".Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.com