tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post3943140936132258580..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: SuperficialitiesRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-71760858237009611732017-05-16T16:10:55.179+01:002017-05-16T16:10:55.179+01:00MikeM: Robbo? Nobody's called me that since Mi...MikeM: Robbo? Nobody's called me that since Miss Hudson's class at primary school during the war.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-73291501120137900602017-05-11T13:56:05.685+01:002017-05-11T13:56:05.685+01:00Well, Robbo, you've certainly brought your fem...Well, Robbo, you've certainly brought your female fans to life with this one. Your gum chewing gender-mates seem less titillated, though I'm pleased you will not have to add another asterisk to your blog intro.MikeMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-89014862068299928272017-05-11T12:14:27.736+01:002017-05-11T12:14:27.736+01:00Lucy: Appreciate your inventive approach re. addit...Lucy: Appreciate your inventive approach re. additional comments and your Croix Rouge spirit. Gloomy? I do have one incredibly faithful commenter but his surname (Robinson) merely confirms that some people are capable of simultaneously chewing gum and thinking. <br /><br />Breath bated? <i>On doit hausser les épaules.</i> I can't see it as comfort-threatening let alone life-threatening but this may be because I'm not looking in that direction. I'm more concerned about the irregular bouts of self-hypnosis I'm prone to when singing takes a backwards step. "On average," I say to V, "this song has me continuously in a higher register than any other."<br /><br />"No it doesn't. You're confusing bass and treble clefs."<br /><br />I'm not reassured, even though I'm slightly proud of committing such a techno-sounding error.<br /><br />V despatched me from the last lesson saying that during home practice I should eschew "marking". More snob appeal.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-77029397159123441952017-05-11T09:29:35.569+01:002017-05-11T09:29:35.569+01:00That should, of course, have been 'is', no...That should, of course, have been 'is', not 'his'. I almost deleted and rewrote, but thought in your current gloomy mood you might appreciate the extra comment.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-76017328843566293772017-05-11T09:28:06.228+01:002017-05-11T09:28:06.228+01:00Breath his bated. (Not, I hope,as DT would say, ba...Breath his bated. (Not, I hope,as DT would say, bad.)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-16277006211558585632017-05-11T07:05:36.579+01:002017-05-11T07:05:36.579+01:00All: Hey, proof of the pudding yesterday: 241 page...All: Hey, proof of the pudding yesterday: 241 pageviews!Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-20297868391618388212017-05-11T06:57:58.650+01:002017-05-11T06:57:58.650+01:00Sabine/Beth: Oh yes I can if I'm desperate eno...Sabine/Beth: Oh yes I can if I'm desperate enough. These days comments to Tone Deaf are as rare as <i>apercus</i> from Brexit voters. Politics wasn't getting me anywhere, neither were elegantly written <i>feuilletons</i>. I have a 3000-word short story on one of my favourite subjects (embarrassment) waiting to be posted but I can't do things like that at the drop of a hat. I need to be read, do you understand?<br /><br />Actually, I may have become a hostage to fortune. However cheap this trick is I have - by implication - given my word. I will reveal all. But when did either of you tackle eroticism recently? It's gonna be much harder than I thought. Tone is everything and the risks are terrible. I may have to write the thing in French in order to maintain my status as a <i>belle-lettrist</i>.<br /><br />Meanwhile keep on visiting Tone Deaf. I am as you both know an ex-journalist, well versed in cheap tricks. Anything just this side of downright lying.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-46523354443870115332017-05-11T00:46:53.835+01:002017-05-11T00:46:53.835+01:00Come ON! You can't leave us hanging like that!...Come ON! You can't leave us hanging like that!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-76679541193438818462017-05-10T20:10:42.507+01:002017-05-10T20:10:42.507+01:00No, no, no. This is a cheap trick! You cannot ment...No, no, no. This is a cheap trick! You cannot mention an erotic experience in the first sentence and then - what?<br /><br />Hope all is well, BTW.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.com