I see England, I see France

[DaSwede]

Last week I saw an old episode of Moonlighting. the name of the episode was I see England, I see France, I see Maddie's netherworld. It immediately struck me as probably being a paraphrase, so I searched for that phrase barring the netherworld-part, and got tons of hits. I gather it's a 'teasing rhyme' (if that be the term) and that the last part of it would normally be I see (name)'s underpants. But even that sounds like a paraphrase to me, as if the origin was oh I don't know - a Churchill speech or something... "I see England, I see France, united in ..." etcetera. (Just fantasizing.)

Does anyone know anything about the origin - or if the rhyme is the origin.

Thanks in advance and for now, more personal thanks sometime next week.

[DaSwede]

Ha ha, that was good advice too.

Erm, I don't usually find this kind of clip funny... but this one... I do. (She's nice, though.)

focus

Calling it a day - g'night.

[netibiza]

Morning all - it's Carnival time here in Ibiza, so Mr N and I are off to watch the procession, and drink and dance along. Prob see you all tomorrow. It's Carnival Day on Tuesday in Sta Eulalia (my town) so will be dancing then aswell.

[jno]

well it is NOT carnival time where I am, as I live in the real world, but it is not snowtime either... what is this 'snow' of which the palefaces speak?

[DaSwede]

There she goes,the Spanish one, off to one of her daily carnivals, bolt-tightening the last thing on her mind despite all my good advice for her last night... tut... oh no Neti we don't think it's too gaudy at all. What's the word - low-key

So now you have a super zoom camera jno, but do you have a high speed one?

[jno]

Wow - wouldn't mind a camera like that... film myself at work then show all those people who think I never move that I'm actually too fast for hte human eye to observe...


neti at carnival

http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/256 /bd1/256bd1f8-efc1-472a-8c87-bb4e0b0ffc0a.larg e-profile.jpg

[marmoset1]

Ha, ha, ha jno! That's Neti to a T! Can't say the same for her companions - Mr N would be horrified to be shown like this!

Loved it.

[shaneystar2]

German Carnival is pretty good ..I used to love it especially Altweiberfastnacht. Had some great times in D�sseldorf when we once had a waiter flat out on a table in a bierkeller and cut his tie off . This is a good old German carnival tradition. We used to wear hats all decorated up with flowers where I worked at the Kaufhof and drink Altbier under the cash desk .
Of course the other mob down the Rhine in Cologne would never have stooped to such silly behaviour !
Then of course on Shrove Tuesday or Fastnacht we used to have lovely pancakes . Not with lemon and sugar but with Speck ....Mmmm!
And as the old saying goes Am Aschermittwoch ( Ash Wednesday ) ist alles vorbei...in other words ..That's yer lot !
And a stinking hangover to contend with .
All they seem to have here these days is a pancake race at Ulney .European countries seem to have much more fun at this dismal time of the year than we do .

[DaSwede]

Hi Marm, it's nice to see you a bit more often - this should be an excellent way for you to keep an eye on Neti.

Gobsmacked at Shaney's tale - tell me in confidence, do they wear lederhosen as well or is that just slander? At the risk of sounding like Kellie Pickler in the quiz show ("I thought Europe was a country") I still have to ask: Isn't the UK part of Europe?? Last one: Is your husband German, Shaney?

Ha ha jno filming yourself at work...

Where's Ninny R today? (That be your hip hop name, bitch.)

[jno]

oh yes, Shaney, I've heard about those German carnivalistas cutting off gentlemen's ties... I've often suspected them of being metaphorical...

[shaneystar2]

Yes kit Mr S is a fully fledged member of the Fatherland .
And no ....lederhosen are not de rigeur in Nordrhein Westphalia....they leave that to the Bavarians .
Altweiberfastnacht is the Thursday before Rosenmontag and it's traditional that women are allowed to cut off the ties of any man they like and also to kiss them whether they like it or not !
Rosenmontag is the day before Shrove Tuesday ..what used to be known here in merrie old old England as Collop Monday when you chanced your luck on what there was to eat. All to do with the beginning of Lent .
Big excuse to have a bldy good time before giving up gin for the duration ....................as if !

[netibiza]

This is more me at the carnival


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[netibiza]

Oh blimey - where have you all gone? Have I frightened you all away?

[jno]

neti, we're all off enjoying ourselves at carnival

[netibiza]

Goooood!!!!!!!

[VINNY100_2]

(((*_*))) Its sunny ere..
shaneys mate has just won �15oo squid and robinia's moaning about somebody in corrie havin lego hair.her name came up over there it did>>>>>>>>>
im just having my lunch,then off outside to do some more brick laying.(:O)
C.Y.L.

[Robinia]

they must have heard that Ninny R, rap bitch (hahaha) was on the way...

a'noon revellers....no carnival here either, but we have got the rain....the only semblance of a parade where I come from was a convoy of milk floats, pop lorries (remember when the pop man came?) & the local scrap dealers pick ups wrapped up in crepe paper with a few balloons tied on....good job it didn't rain in those days - the kids would have gone home looking like they'd been tie-dyed...

oh dear, Vin's full of wind again

[DaSwede]

Morning, possums, this is just a note to let you know that I'm going out of my head. The refurbishing of the front of the house at the next door address... the drilling (probably not the right word) when they take the balconies down - the whole building's rattling. And it goes on an on and on.

I need something calming:

learning

playing

(Hard to believe that dolphins are gang rapists, innit...)

[DaSwede]

"Lego hair", that reminds me, ten years or so ago they were doing a rerun of Remington Steele and a teve critic referred to Pierce Brosnan (as Steele) as "the man with the hurricane safe hairdo", ha ha ha...

Time for American Idol on the telly over here so bye (unless you've got an act to compete...?)

[jno]

ah, here we are, Ikea making themselves useful. I wonder if it's got a hardboard bottom

http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/07/diy-i kea-coffin.html

[DaSwede]

Ha ha jno, Vinny posted that very coffin just a couple of weeks ago - do sit up straight in your desk and pay attention, as Headmistress would say if she were here. (Or it could be the beta, I know, posts do vanish and reappear like mad.)

jno here's a great blog for your son to keep an eye on. It's in Swedish but I think he'll enjoy just scanning the objects - and he'll be able to discern manufacturers by the bold lettering and the links.