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.

[jno]

ah, knickers for nippers... if only I had grown up in Britain in the 50s instead of working in the mines (well, the canaries refused to go down there)...

OK, been to the dentist with an inflamed gum; he concluded he would have to take off my gold cap and then the only safe way was to put TWO new crowns in the single space, one on the front roots and one on the back (assuming them all to be strong enough to take crowns, otherwise he'll have to pull it out). And some root canal work. Sigh.

And to lose my nice smile...

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[DaSwede]

Scary I: jno's dentist

Scary II: grand central frozen

Been out for one of my evening walks. A man was playing the clarinet on the pavement by the subway exit and I got this almost Rhapsody in Blue feeling...

[netibiza]

Ah yes jno down the mines, they were the good old days!!!

[VINNY100_2]

Morning Folks..
Tis a lovely day again.loved the vids Kip...snap jno...my trauma eneded yesterday..after weeks and weeks of dentistry..after nicking some nerves....the blighter found out what was wrong...the X-Rays werent picking up anything so he decided to take an old filling out and found my tooth had cracked right down the middle,he filled it with some er filler but it still gave me pain the nerves...so yesterday i went back and told him to take it out....it bled most of the night...and he told me I couldnt drink any becks..and no yo .tut..! so I stayed up most of the night listening to the radio.its still as sore as a vultures ar*****e but no more pain...!! FIN.Will be back to anoy you all later (:O)

[Robinia]

morning frosties...
...ooh look, muddy pawprints everywhere - that woofy and her gang must have been in here... erm, wonder whether jno knows her slippers are now peep-toes....?

speaking of jno I won something on Ebaygum

Kit that's amazing...
but I often have that effect on people

[Robinia]

oooooh, ouch Vinny, didn't rinsing with warm salty water work? it usually does....aww, I'll be nice to you today then, you can have my toast....


:o)

[VINNY100_2]

Actually robinia...he told me to do that so Im going to do it after I eat your toast thanks.....oi...! where's the honey mummy...hehe..are be back later fer me massage....you did say you were gonna be nice to me...haha (:O).

[netibiza]

Poor Vin>/(B>, aren't teeth the very devil?? When I had my wisdom tooth out a couple of years ago, it didn't hurt or bleed at all, I think Spanish dentists are the best. I had previously had 2 wisdom teeth out in hospital in Barnet and was kept in for 2 weeks due to bleeding and choking and swelling (NO no Vin!!) and had a huge knee-shaped bruise on my neck where the dentist admitted he'd put his knee when I was unconscious, happy days indeed. Chin up old chap!!second thoughts best not, chin down then!! x

[netibiza]

Ooooh sorry I shouted!!!!

[shaneystar2]

Oooh noooo not a teeth thread ....my worst nightmare .
I had a crown done when I was about eighteen .I had that crown until I was about 45 and it came out one day while I was eating some sausage and mash.How I wish I had stuck it back in with some super glue instead of going to the dentist.
I've had nothing but trouble with my teeth on and off ever since.
I haven't got many left to be honest ! And when I go next month I am going to need a small fortune in dosh.
Plenty of warm salt water Vinny .....
Hope you are all OK ...lovely day here but cold .Trouble is here we get the thick sea fog after it's been so sunny and it takes a while to clear .....bit like my brain .....

[Robinia]

hello ladies...I can't stop laughing...I just went into the frontroom & charlie had taken his squeaky snowman in there & put it in the sunny spot...hahaha, bless he must think it needs a warm.

[netibiza]

Watch and learn Charlie!!

[DaSwede]

Poor Vinny. I hope this is the end of all the pain for you. I've got one of those cracked-all-the-way-down-the-middle-ones too, hasn't been as painful as yours but new filling only made it worse and I can't chew properly on that side. With a crown I might be able to, but there's no guarantee. So keep that soup on the boil won'tcha... / I started reading Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle in the seventies Vinny but it was so hard to read (emotionally, that is - it's about animal experimentation) that I had to give it up. Judging by the Amazon reviews, though, Fan Man sounds like something I might be able to handle - I'll get it the next time I order books.

I'm reading a docu-book now, called Waltz of the Werewolves, by Sigge Eklund. It's about his wife's sister who's a heavy drug addict and how that tears everyone apart; can't wait to finish it, I feel in a way personally involved (but I'm not at liberty to tell y'all what I mean by that.) The funniest book I've ever read isn't really possible to translate, it's written in Pidgin Swedish or a kind of multi-ethnolect anyway. How I wish you all could read it. Come on. Dorothy L. Sayers learned Italian just to read Dante. How hard can it be ;-) It's worth it!

Aww Charlie...! Foxes do that, they bring their young out to bask in the sunshine.

Knee-shaped bruise on your neck Neti...! Sure that wasn't when your shoulder problems started...? Let's sue him! Let's sue all our dentists! Right now! / So what are you supposed to do with the salt water, Robinia and Shaney, gargle with it or what? To avoid future infections or to cure ongoing ones?

[Robinia]

Learn Swedish? are you mad woman?! it takes me all my time to search my brain-files for the English word that I need...if you only knew how long I sit here waiting for the connect worm to come to me....

The salt water is for swishing around in your mouth, to stop the bleeding & helps it heal....well, for most parts really it's very healing if you've a wound. Good for mouth ulcers too. I was told in no uncertain terms that I was medieval for recommending bathing with it as a temporary relief when someone was in agony....erm, at the exit, you know.....thankfully another dinosaur came along to back me up.
I'm not medieval...just evil :o)

[Jude123]

Hi everybody. You poor thing Vin hope the tooth business is over now and you are feeling better. What a day I've had. My standard lamp fell to bits yesterday so I went off to buy another one. B& Q. Dun Elm, Home Base, Ikea (ugh Sorry Kit). Ended up back at Home base and bought one there for �60. all but a 1p. Faux Tiffany (Is that the word- faux)Lol
Some good news today - my friend has been given the all clear. Her lump is fatty tissue.
Found it on Sunday, Drs. on Monday, Hospital and result on Wednesday. How quick was that..
I'm off now to have a cuppa see yer later 'gater{s}

[DaSwede]

Don't worry, Robinia, I don't think you're medieval - I can't even mention the parts I myself have in the past applied yoghurt to... with wondrous results I might add.

That's great news for your friend Jude, what a relief!

norwegian singer living in sweden

[VINNY100_2]

Evening ooh ta very muchly everybody...trouble is,im hooked on rock salt now (:O) nope its much better but still taking the aspirins coz its a little bit painfull ..us men ey.Mind you I know this woman at zuperbug and she's had 2 kids but refuses to go to the dentist....erm...give me the dentist anyday thankyou..!!!
Ive never read that one kip, I use to read a lot of weird books and couldnt make head or tail of them,The Ticket That Exploded by William Burroughs was one of them...think i was on the wrong narcotics, hehe..! I use to have a little book I kept in my top pocket of my army greatcoat..all Hippies wore them you know..called the "thoughts of chairman mao"I remember the town mayor coming round and I waved my book at him and said he would be the first one up against the wall when the Revolution came. hahaha...fings we use to do...(:O)
thats great news jude... good for your exit is it robinia hahaha..never heard it called that before..!
he had his knee against yer throat netti...blimey...sure you wernt going out with him at the time hehe..!(:O)
yo (*_*)

[VINNY100_2]

Brill tune Kip
pretty..maid to...(:O).

[jno]

that's good news, Jude.

if anyone inquires if I am pregnant, I can also tell them my lump is fatty tissue...

[DaSwede]

kit tiptoes through this room full of snoring biddies to leave a parcel on their breakfast table... jno always sleeps with one eye open of course... shh jno don't tell anyone you saw me...

valentine's question

valentine's answer

valentine's jigsaw puzzle

(The puzzle quote I nicked from H.D. Thoreau, it's one I like very much.)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, BIDDIES!

oh sh1t I woke Vinny up... dang, he thinks it's morning!