tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post4258587061108222741..comments2023-12-14T17:43:04.484+00:00Comments on timbobig: How long is a piece of time?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-2986252966840887352012-04-23T17:36:15.470+01:002012-04-23T17:36:15.470+01:00Why don't you claim to be 80? People would say...Why don't you claim to be 80? People would say 'He's a marvel for his age, that Tim, you've got to grant him that - 80 years old and he still runs for the bus/open oysters with his teeth/jumps out of ladies' first-floor windows'. Then when you're 90 you can spring a real surprise.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-40843468467085733942012-04-22T15:28:13.145+01:002012-04-22T15:28:13.145+01:00I still like to use the old Peter Cook phrase from...I still like to use the old Peter Cook phrase from his Jeremy Thorpe sketch - "The man is a proven lawyer!".<br /><br />Sorry not very cutting edge....Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-38457372426068231932012-04-22T08:05:46.196+01:002012-04-22T08:05:46.196+01:00"If precision of language were to become the ..."If precision of language were to become the watchword, what would lawyers be for?" <br /><br />Or diplomats?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767918086420070312.post-65620545717330288202012-04-21T21:18:55.385+01:002012-04-21T21:18:55.385+01:00Well, I'm glad you'll be celebrating your ...Well, I'm glad you'll be celebrating your seventieth birthday, at any rate. Chris kept apologising for his. <br /><br />And yes, I appreciate precision of language. I'd never make it in the legal profession.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.com