tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8505986956350300951..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: wild...embrassade, to see the QueenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-75063853235819742672008-07-13T11:57:00.000+01:002008-07-13T11:57:00.000+01:00Thanks for the correction, Lucy. Wild clematis of ...Thanks for the correction, Lucy. Wild clematis of course has a smaller,altogether less impressive flower.<BR/><BR/>Social hugging could become a nightmare. One former hotelier was so effusive that he almost knocked me off my feet. A famous chef left me looking over his shoulder rather like the woman you sometimes see in the movies, who stares rather blankly at the camera, from which you are supposed to deduce that she in not in love with the person who is embracing her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-18820456756115427762008-07-13T10:46:00.000+01:002008-07-13T10:46:00.000+01:00Umm, sorry, convolvulus. Wild clematis is old man'...Umm, sorry, convolvulus. Wild clematis is old man's beard. It is a pretty flower though, I've always thought so.<BR/><BR/>I'm amazed at all this hugging going on, it probably is the Sopranos influence, that's how they all fancy themselves!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-37776748699977736132008-07-11T12:03:00.000+01:002008-07-11T12:03:00.000+01:00Being born in the West Riding didn't prepare me fo...Being born in the West Riding didn't prepare me for the more florid social mores of the south-east when I moved to London. The dos and don'ts of social kissing were a nightmare. A nightmare that continued and darkened when I moved to the USA. There, you don't shake hands with a woman unless she first proffers her hand. But once introduced a hurricane of social kissing ensues. In the USA I read a lot.<BR/><BR/>By the way the fully-dressed officer was only a captain. The rank hardly justifies all that show.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-79443130168975566052008-07-10T19:04:00.000+01:002008-07-10T19:04:00.000+01:00Interesting observations on greetings, which I thi...Interesting observations on greetings, which I think is happening here too, though I'm no expert. Then the last one on gender behaviour which reveals things haven't changed much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com