tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post2346581434282015064..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: COGITO, ERGO SUM FIRST MINISTERMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-28207191274554870302010-09-25T23:19:18.727+01:002010-09-25T23:19:18.727+01:00Erm... thanks you for that, Munguin (with the apos...Erm... thanks you for that, Munguin (with the apostrophe).<br /><br />Dame Margaret Rutherford if I'm not mistaken, and a damned good tale!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-39509721729831637842010-09-25T08:22:47.116+01:002010-09-25T08:22:47.116+01:00The music almost died away. . .then it burst like ...The music almost died away. . .then it burst like a pent-up flood;<br />And it seemed to say, "Repay, repay", and my eyes were blind with blood.<br />The thought came back of an ancient wrong, and it stung like a frozen lash,<br />And the lust awoke to kill, to kill. . . then the music stopped with a crash,<br />And the stranger turned, and his eyes they burned in a most peculiar way;<br />In a buckskin shirt that was glazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway;<br />Then his lips went in in a kind of grin, and he spoke, and his voice was calm,<br />And "Boys," says he, "you don't know me, and none of you care a damn;<br />But I want to state, and my words are straight, and I'll bet my poke they're true,<br />That one of you is a hound of hell. . .and that one is Dan McGrew."<br /><br />Then I ducked my head, and the lights went out, and two guns blazed in the dark,<br />And a woman screamed, and the lights went up, and two men lay stiff and stark.<br />Pitched on his head, and pumped full of lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew,<br />While the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that's known as Lou.<br /><br />These are the simple facts of the case, and I guess I ought to know.<br />They say the stranger was crazed with "hooch", and I'm not denying it's so.<br />I'm not so wise as the lawyer guys, but strictly between us two —<br />The woman that kissed him and — pinched his poke — was the lady that's known as Lou.Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-21755129073406590312010-09-25T08:21:45.635+01:002010-09-25T08:21:45.635+01:00Ooo Poetry!
Ladies and gentlemen I give you “The s...Ooo Poetry!<br />Ladies and gentlemen I give you “The shooting of Dan McGrew” by Mister Robert W Service:<br />A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;<br />The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;<br />Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,<br />And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.<br /><br />When out of the night, which was fifty below, and into the din and the glare,<br />There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear.<br />He looked like a man with a foot in the grave and scarcely the strength of a louse,<br />Yet he tilted a poke of dust on the bar, and he called for drinks for the house.<br />There was none could place the stranger's face, though we searched ourselves for a clue;<br />But we drank his health, and the last to drink was Dangerous Dan McGrew.<br /><br />There's men that somehow just grip your eyes, and hold them hard like a spell;<br />And such was he, and he looked to me like a man who had lived in hell;<br />With a face most hair, and the dreary stare of a dog whose day is done,<br />As he watered the green stuff in his glass, and the drops fell one by one.<br />Then I got to figgering who he was, and wondering what he'd do,<br />And I turned my head — and there watching him was the lady that's known as Lou.<br /><br />His eyes went rubbering round the room, and he seemed in a kind of daze,<br />Till at last that old piano fell in the way of his wandering gaze.<br />The rag-time kid was having a drink; there was no one else on the stool,<br />So the stranger stumbles across the room, and flops down there like a fool.<br />In a buckskin shirt that was glazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway;<br />Then he clutched the keys with his talon hands — my God! but that man could play.<br /><br />Were you ever out in the Great Alone, when the moon was awful clear,<br />And the icy mountains hemmed you in with a silence you most could hear;<br />With only the howl of a timber wolf, and you camped there in the cold,<br />A half-dead thing in a stark, dead world, clean mad for the muck called gold;<br />While high overhead, green, yellow and red, the North Lights swept in bars? —<br />Then you've a hunch what the music meant. . . hunger and night and the stars.<br /><br />And hunger not of the belly kind, that's banished with bacon and beans,<br />But the gnawing hunger of lonely men for a home and all that it means;<br />For a fireside far from the cares that are, four walls and a roof above;<br />But oh! so cramful of cosy joy, and crowned with a woman's love —<br />A woman dearer than all the world, and true as Heaven is true —<br />(God! how ghastly she looks through her rouge, — the lady that's known as Lou).<br /><br />Then on a sudden the music changed, so soft that you scarce could hear;<br />But you felt that your life had been looted clean of all that it once held dear;<br />That someone had stolen the woman you loved; that her love was a devil's lie;<br />That your guts were gone, and the best for you was to crawl away and die.<br />'Twas the crowning cry of a heart's despair, and it thrilled you through and through —<br />"I guess I'll make it a spread misere", said Dangerous Dan McGrew.Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-49471822556552818392010-09-25T08:16:46.335+01:002010-09-25T08:16:46.335+01:00Mister MixedPickle I don’t ordinarily point out sp...Mister MixedPickle I don’t ordinarily point out spelling mistakes as I often make them myself. But Munguin would very much like his apostrophe back!Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-89428940958859488082010-09-25T07:34:45.016+01:002010-09-25T07:34:45.016+01:00"He will still be the next First Minister of ..."He will still be the next First Minister of Scotland and Alex Salmond will be replaced by Nicola Sturgeon after the next election(snp slaughter)<br /><br /><br />A FACT!!"<br /><br />Niko, you have been drinking expensive bleach again<br /><br />A FACT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-22849133417300255452010-09-25T00:43:22.028+01:002010-09-25T00:43:22.028+01:00I should imagine they all are CH.
They must be wo...I should imagine they all are CH.<br /><br />They must be wondering how they can get rid of him. <br /><br />Lord Gray of Yawn? Won't be so easy now that they don't have Gordon in Downing Steet, but Labour will need working peers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-23290642581133108852010-09-24T23:17:07.577+01:002010-09-24T23:17:07.577+01:00Niko is as frightened as we are that Iain Gray mig...Niko is as frightened as we are that Iain Gray might cross the threshold of power showing how impotent he will be.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-56857786081909554942010-09-24T22:48:16.693+01:002010-09-24T22:48:16.693+01:00Awwww Niko. I've just been to the theatre to s...Awwww Niko. I've just been to the theatre to see a dramatic reading of Jerome K Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat, and "The Importance of Muffins" a short play about the value of life and the way that we waste it.<br /><br />All very intellectual stuff. So I was just delighted to get home and continue my evening of culture.....<br /><br />I forget how poetic you can be at times.. and how cultured.<br /><br />Thank you. I enjoyed that.<br /><br />I was wodnering if you have a silmilar rendering for your beloved leader Iain Gray.<br /><br />I hear that teh name of his new boss will be announced tomorrow afternoon. <br /><br />Are you excited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-7200739027001696582010-09-24T22:41:10.545+01:002010-09-24T22:41:10.545+01:00Allan, that was more or less what Jamieson's a...Allan, that was more or less what Jamieson's advice to Eck was... <br /><br />We have to remind people that frankly the Tories, Liberals and Greens.. and other minorities have no chance of forming a government. A vote for anything otehr than the SNP is a vote for Gray as First Minister and four years of being ashamed to be Scottish as he makes an idiot of himself (and us) on the world stage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78781157847309790822010-09-24T21:57:17.454+01:002010-09-24T21:57:17.454+01:00Who moved the rock?Who moved the rock?Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264783996137140609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-51488318480575457972010-09-24T21:12:27.713+01:002010-09-24T21:12:27.713+01:00To Alex Salmond from all the snp slaves on Munguin...To Alex Salmond from all the snp slaves on Munguins Blog<br /><br />Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)<br /><br /><br />How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<br />I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<br />My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<br />For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.<br />I love thee to the level of everyday's<br />Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.<br />I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;<br />I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.<br />I love thee with a passion put to use<br />In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.<br />I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<br />With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,<br />Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,<br />I shall but love thee better after death.<br /><br /><br />poutsokefalo the lot of yaNikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-51215856546562956212010-09-24T17:18:13.453+01:002010-09-24T17:18:13.453+01:00The SNP should campaign that a vote for Labor will...The SNP should campaign that a vote for Labor will make Iain Grey First Minister. That in it self should deliver independence.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264783996137140609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-22878756928922233242010-09-24T17:16:59.260+01:002010-09-24T17:16:59.260+01:00I have watched First Minister Questions before and...I have watched First Minister Questions before and its a bit like playing parcel parcel with the fool and it's always the same fool that gets caught out. Sorry Tavish.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264783996137140609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-67351097720291990912010-09-24T12:30:28.598+01:002010-09-24T12:30:28.598+01:00Oh Lord that would be really funny, if Gray is the...Oh Lord that would be really funny, if Gray is the next FM. I might well emigrate. A complete loser, a total drip, with the personality of a wet floor cloth (comes from being used to wipe the floor on so many occasions).<br /><br />I see no reason for a leader to resign if the election is lost. Unless it was very clearly his fault that they lost. As was so evident in the case of Brown.<br /><br />Brown was right to stand down as leader, but he was NOT right to stop working as an MP whilst being paid. <br /><br />If he is too embarrassed to take his place on the back benches he should intimate his desire to step down and give someone else the chance to represent that constituency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26254513663123293402010-09-24T11:04:22.453+01:002010-09-24T11:04:22.453+01:00I hope Iain Gray is the next FM, just look at the ...I hope Iain Gray is the next FM, just look at the cack handed mess he makes of being in opposition. Alex should stay as leader if the SNP lose the election, I have never agreed with the Tory mantra that leaders who lose elections should fall on their swords. I certainly hope the SNP does not emulate that practice.<br /><br />The SNP does better when it concentrates on its key aim: an independent Scotland and does not take on the role of a caretaker minority government. Its part of the establishment it wants to end and it gets lambasted for not being able to implement its programme because the unionist all vote against often without reading it. The minute that Alex Salmond gets too cosy and complacent in Bute House is the minute he should go. Also compared to Iain Gray the term of the SNP will seem halcyon indeed he is so rubbish. And lastly Iain will no doubt have to call upon a reduced no doubt Lib Dems to prop his government up the FMQ fun that Alex will have with that should make FMQs watchable again instead of the painful spectacle of Alex putting Iain out of his misery all the time, lets see what happens when Iain gets the last word!Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-24588633654472455522010-09-24T10:13:09.967+01:002010-09-24T10:13:09.967+01:00Erm Dean:
I could say anti-SNP rubbish.
Of cour...Erm Dean: <br /><br />I could say anti-SNP rubbish.<br /><br />Of course it would be more interesting to ask why you think that and who you think would benefit if it were to happen...<br /><br />I suspect it wouldn't be the Tories at any rate, and I further predict that the liberals won't be making any huge inroads.<br /><br />But I think the important thing is that it's simply not true. Alex Salmond is a good leader and he's a remarkable man, but he's not the only person that could lead both the SNP and Scotland, just like Annabel isn't your only asset and Iain Gray isn't Labour's only liabilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-38272775694904727762010-09-24T10:08:17.077+01:002010-09-24T10:08:17.077+01:00Ew er Brownlie. I didn't notice that. I just a...Ew er Brownlie. I didn't notice that. I just asked her to pose in a normal fashion and...well, that's what she did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-1215237684589169952010-09-24T10:07:01.054+01:002010-09-24T10:07:01.054+01:00Can you explain that Dean? I said that Annabel ask...Can you explain that Dean? I said that Annabel asked a sensible question. In what way is that anti-Tory? In what way is it anti-Tory to point out that the Scottish government doesn't have the power to raise a graduate tax? And is it anti-Tory to make a bit of fun of something that she made fun of herself?<br /><br />If you mean the fact that I had a bit of a laugh at the Latin...well surely that is what Annabel intended? Otherwise why not say: “to ask the First Minister what he intends to do about the funding of tertiary education”, without the classical preamble?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26536903226244129482010-09-24T09:39:14.265+01:002010-09-24T09:39:14.265+01:00Niko is right though ... once the SNP lose Sallie ...Niko is right though ... once the SNP lose Sallie they are finished electorally - we can all remember the dysunity of the Swinney interim!Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78738056908016224552010-09-24T08:56:42.647+01:002010-09-24T08:56:42.647+01:00Why is Auntie Bella, in the photo, reliving the ge...Why is Auntie Bella, in the photo, reliving the gesture the Chook made towards her?<br /><br />Niko, you've been having wet dreams again!brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690872114535168567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-13598059747914176742010-09-24T01:14:23.938+01:002010-09-24T01:14:23.938+01:00anti-Tory nonsense.anti-Tory nonsense.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-71252122195165978732010-09-23T23:10:12.272+01:002010-09-23T23:10:12.272+01:00Thanks SR
http://subrosa-blonde.blogspot.com/Thanks SR<br /><br />http://subrosa-blonde.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-49493611667468409932010-09-23T22:47:41.664+01:002010-09-23T22:47:41.664+01:00What an excellent summary and so quick off the mar...What an excellent summary and so quick off the mark - well done Tris.<br /><br />I've put up the video at my place for those who can't access it.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-63788073473210126192010-09-23T21:21:05.517+01:002010-09-23T21:21:05.517+01:00I think Sophia gave them to the Pope CH... althoug...I think Sophia gave them to the Pope CH... although I'm a bit confused now. Ask brownlie; he was there, I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-83674105594069047742010-09-23T21:17:25.660+01:002010-09-23T21:17:25.660+01:00I suppose we can be thankful that Annabel did'...I suppose we can be thankful that Annabel did't show us her tartan knickers fresh of the washing line.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.com