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16 June, 2006
Posted in: Boys, Ireland

Rang my mother for a chat but she hung up on me to hear Bertie give a funeral oration at CJ‘s obsequies.  She got back to me quickly.  She felt it lacked grandeur as Bertie cannot pronounce his ths (a fatally common Irish failing – do you wonder why I had years of elocution classes?  Wonder no longer).  I am as shocked that he has died as I was the day I heard Margaret Thatcher was deposed.  I thought that he would go on forever.

In other news, the Dutch Mama has sent me an email containing this line:
“Our Austrian friend is coming to visit on Sunday with her twin baby boys…about a month old now and (I’ve been so looking forward to telling you this) sleeping through the night!! “Mr. Waffle says that travel often upsets small children.  Let us hope for the best.

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  1. heather says

    16 June, 2006 at 22:13

    She is feeding them schnapps

  2. Brother Lawrence says

    17 June, 2006 at 21:06

    Morbis delecto?

  3. belgianwaffle says

    18 June, 2006 at 23:52

    I KNEW it. Um morbis delecto?

  4. Brother Lawrence says

    19 June, 2006 at 00:45

    Or something like that. It means, or is supposed to mean, taking delight in the ills of others. Its a sin, you know. Just add it to the list.

  5. pog says

    19 June, 2006 at 16:02

    Is that like schadenfreud, then?
    *sighs*
    *and adds to her yards-long list of sins already accumulated*

  6. belgianwaffle says

    19 June, 2006 at 22:26

    Just who’s sinning here? Pog, we need a decent Jesuit to get us out of this.

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