tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post3224996966126924949..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: My Sexuality is in Question...Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-68460953335364809612015-09-27T18:31:29.370+01:002015-09-27T18:31:29.370+01:00I clicked because of your title and was pleased to...I clicked because of your title and was pleased to find humor and good writing, both of which are sadly lacking in the blogosphere. I teach English in Costa Rica, and can never decide whether I'm more appalled by the English skills of the tico teachers in the schools or by the native English speakers, most of whom have taken up the profession on a whim to fund their extended surf vacations without knowing the difference between an embedded question and their posterior. Anyway, good story, well told. more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-27361085196374256092015-01-01T03:01:48.079+01:002015-01-01T03:01:48.079+01:00Oh hello! Sorry I never acknowledged your comment...Oh hello! Sorry I never acknowledged your comment earlier, I've been a away from the blog for a while.<br /><br />References to you were most definitely intended to be complimentary and those to the thug, derogatory.<br /><br />Can't for the life of me think where I got the notion you might have a temper. I shall just have to watch all your programmes again, see if I can spot a wee hint of it.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-3824154336975835302014-11-16T21:44:20.759+01:002014-11-16T21:44:20.759+01:00A very enjoyable piece and I think that I am flatt...A very enjoyable piece and I think that I am flattered . I am nearly as grey as you now.<br />Who says that my temper is alarming ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12957428253168147047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-25579925278177587742013-08-12T01:16:49.849+01:002013-08-12T01:16:49.849+01:00I am feeling chuffed at getting the 'in joke&#...I am feeling chuffed at getting the 'in joke' "as I stubbed my cigarette out in my heavy ashtray".<br /><br />Now I am feeling silly at the amount of time I debated where to use single and double quotes there. Thankfully I do not do that visually.<br /><br />In Angola good education was a luxury afforded to those that could send their kids overseas. I hope that it is spreading further these days. Where do you find teachers - let alone good ones - when you have had no education system for close to 30 years.Nigel Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316662790230511444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-16606740971047342662013-08-07T15:35:38.485+01:002013-08-07T15:35:38.485+01:00Don't worry. Considering some of your more rob...Don't worry. Considering some of your more robust comments flying in my direction and love for your nieces there can be no doubt over your sexuality.<br /><br />What intrigues me - and makes my heart sing - that you are clearly so very fond of John (as he is of you). I myself once questioned not my sexuality (I am a woman) but my mental state: I fell for a gay guy (of Irish Trinidadian extraction), brought up in Canada. Dear dog in heaven, Tom. No woman was ever wooed more (other than me by my second husband) than I was by GG. Three years into our friendship he abandoned me. On the whim of his psychiatrist's advice. Tragedy. If ever there was one. I went into mourning. Big time. <br /><br />You summed up the teaching profession perfectly. I have very fond memories of my teachers, even those I didn't get on with, and those who didn't exactly take to me either. You could always tell the genuine article from the pay packet "Beamten"<br /><br />Gordon Ramsay? Well. Give the guy some slack. Playing to the camera and all that. In real life he is probably a really nice guy. The one who'd make me a little nervous is Marco Pierre White. Not least on account of his broad shoulders. Cleaver in hand.<br /><br />Keith Floyd? Loved the guy. Yes, how to enjoy life, fall into a hole, crawl out again. Whilst making an omelette. He did it well.<br /><br />Stay Tom aka Hippo and you, Tom, and anyone crossing your path will be just fine.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-1616048407223410112013-08-07T12:32:27.541+01:002013-08-07T12:32:27.541+01:00I bet Julian enjoyed it. Being googled I mean.I bet Julian enjoyed it. Being googled I mean.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-15067663871787186632013-08-06T09:56:14.833+01:002013-08-06T09:56:14.833+01:00Trust you to get straight to the knob, I mean nub ...Trust you to get straight to the knob, I mean nub of the matter...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-73114757988533515992013-08-06T09:54:57.244+01:002013-08-06T09:54:57.244+01:00Believe it or not, I had to Google Julian Clary to...Believe it or not, I had to Google Julian Clary to find out who he is.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-54632253712330734162013-08-06T09:50:08.776+01:002013-08-06T09:50:08.776+01:00Maybe she had seen some early reviews of the play?...Maybe she had seen some early reviews of the play?<br /><br />If it wasn't for people willing to give of themselves, the world would be sorrier than it already is.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-23566026818529437882013-08-06T09:47:49.152+01:002013-08-06T09:47:49.152+01:00Thankyou Commander-in-Chief, I'm pleased you e...Thankyou Commander-in-Chief, I'm pleased you enjiyed it.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-72769917575870653532013-08-06T05:54:26.768+01:002013-08-06T05:54:26.768+01:00‘There’s a little bit of Keith Floyd in you too,’ ...‘There’s a little bit of Keith Floyd in you too,’ <br /><br />Yeah. Like a stick of rock dude<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-61188359553606829372013-08-06T00:47:57.743+01:002013-08-06T00:47:57.743+01:00"Here was an intelligent, well-educated and u..."Here was an intelligent, well-educated and unnervingly observant young man who eschewed the altar of Mammon in favour of service to the community..." A man in my own mould if I might say though I grew pretty old as the years of teaching passed by...Actually old chap - I didn't want to say this before but you do remind me of the British TV personality Julian Clary with a little Larry Grayson thrown in for good measure. Ciao!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-77178641261262721082013-08-05T22:01:46.388+01:002013-08-05T22:01:46.388+01:00I agree with you about people who help out like th...I agree with you about people who help out like that. My wife took over the local cubs and has a waiting list to join. The saying goes that if you want something done, ask a busy person. She even asked just now if it would be ok if she swapped a shift with someone. This meant not going out to the theatre on a family trip she organised. Women. You can't live with them and you can't live with them. <br />The main visual difference between you and Phang is that you are offering more support to your lady. <br />Good story. Retired job.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349739454297792385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-89271878143484397132013-08-05T19:45:38.778+01:002013-08-05T19:45:38.778+01:00Camp as custard? I like custard...Camp as custard? I like custard...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-6180987168510667842013-08-05T18:01:49.095+01:002013-08-05T18:01:49.095+01:00Yes, an enjoyable read HippoYes, an enjoyable read HippoCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-78440446212742870112013-08-05T16:38:59.396+01:002013-08-05T16:38:59.396+01:00When I can be bothered to plough through all those...When I can be bothered to plough through all those blooming words of yours: I am usually (read always) amused, envious and ever so slightly in love with the old roué. Hard man he aint. He'd love you to think so.<br /><br />I hate to say it Tom, but there is an uncanny resemblance. Camp as custard and that's just you man!<br /><br />LLX<br /><br />lettice leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637631435776710877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-90850817392972046412013-08-05T16:34:07.512+01:002013-08-05T16:34:07.512+01:00Oh go on! Please!Oh go on! Please!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-38516753205205025512013-08-05T16:22:17.441+01:002013-08-05T16:22:17.441+01:00Heartwarming, uplifting, charming, funny... I coul...Heartwarming, uplifting, charming, funny... I could go on! Thanks for a great post~.<br />ElsElsewherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205062128898300234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-67743461070260423742013-08-05T15:48:14.159+01:002013-08-05T15:48:14.159+01:00I am very pleased.I am very pleased.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-39689590917458163662013-08-05T15:47:39.118+01:002013-08-05T15:47:39.118+01:00I am pleased.I am pleased.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-40427802730061621102013-08-05T15:43:20.152+01:002013-08-05T15:43:20.152+01:00I am having a uncharacteristic ally down day today...I am having a uncharacteristic ally down day today<br />This cheered me upJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-33307308164376434712013-08-05T14:22:32.706+01:002013-08-05T14:22:32.706+01:00I really like this story.
Well done.I really like this story. <br />Well done.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-66953731129243976542013-08-05T13:42:58.864+01:002013-08-05T13:42:58.864+01:00That is the Lappa and will be the restaurant. If ...That is the Lappa and will be the restaurant. If you decide to go through a Gauguin phase in the tropics, you are most welcome. Like most astute restauteurs, I feed and house artists in return for paintings.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-70649696098653766572013-08-05T13:30:57.840+01:002013-08-05T13:30:57.840+01:00I taught in an English Prep' school for a whil...I taught in an English Prep' school for a while where all the children were unbelievably polite. I remember my wife turning up one day, where she was immediately approached by several children asking if they could help. Even SHE was impressed. I presume that the very attractive open-sided building is (will be) the restaurant. It looks very inviting.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com