Saturday, June 12, 2010

Play your cards right


Philip Larkin on his teenage years:

I had grown up to regard sexual recreation as a socially remote thing, like baccarat or clog dancing.

(And check out some Larkin cartoons at themanwhofellasleep.)
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4 comments:

  1. Mapeel12/6/10 10:44 am

    Hmm, Larkin seems to be sitting on a football jersey icon. I've got one word for you: "1950"

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  2. Anonymous13/6/10 12:44 am

    Carrying on with M A Peel's football reference. I have just sat through the latest England disappointment with a load of English people. The saving grace was that there no Scots present. Otherwise there could have been bother.

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  3. Mapeel13/6/10 6:12 pm

    I saw a tweet that the Scots were rooting for US in the match.

    I'm a lifelong Mets fan, so I understand disappointment.

    Here's the Onion's assestment:

    England: Known for inventing new ways to underperform; look for England's players to lose their first World Cup match by forgetting what time it starts and everyone going skydiving instead.

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  4. Tim F13/6/10 6:22 pm

    What you chaps always neglect to mention, Mrs Peel, is that the winning goal in 1950 was scored by a Haitian. (Nice that her Maj gave the hapless goalie a medal, 60 years on.)

    Indeed, BWT. I do wonder how the Caledonians will behave if and when they actually qualify again.

    Like the Onion analysis, but preferred the prediction for Saturday night, that kick-off was at 1930, but the Americans wouldn't turn up until 1941.

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