One-Liner Wednesday: Persuasion
“Diplomacy is the art of letting other people have your way” – variously attributed to, inter alia, David Frost and Daniele Vare – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 21 November 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Go For It
“I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does.” – Oscar Wilde: ‘De Profundis’ – – – – – – – – Written while incarcerated in Reading Gaol. You really should read it.One-Liner Wednesday 24 October 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Heliotropism
“I don’t believe in ageing; I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun”. – Virginia Woolf – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 10 October 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: The Benefits Of A Classical Education*
“Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur”
One-Liner Wednesday: Not Literally…
“I’d really rather you didn’t” – – – – – – – This sign at a local medical centre could perhaps have been worded better. One-Liner Wednesday 19 September 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Joie de vivre
“I hate having to behave: it takes all the joy out of life” – my Mum (last week) – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 12 September 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Know what I mean?
“Predictive text; don’cha hate it?” – everyone – – – – – – And yet they persist in calling them smartphones…. Your wish is my command, dearest. One-Liner Wednesday 5 September 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Curiosity
”Wha’ ‘appened?” – – – – – – – Inevitable interjection by grandsons into any adult conversation taking place within earshot. Bless ‘em. One-Liner Wednesday 29 August 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: Recycling
“There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world, but no ruined stones” – Hugh McDiarmid (1892-1978), Scottish poet, journalist and essayist – – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 15 August 2018
One-Liner Wednesday: You Are What You Eat
Vegetarian Chicken??? – – – – – – – Part of the menu of the Chinese take-away just around the corner from my Mum’s house. One-Liner Wednesday 8 August 2018
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