tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8939228435247452578..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: two petals, phrases, engagementAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-61004555013216280122009-09-14T12:15:20.849+01:002009-09-14T12:15:20.849+01:00BB Yes, and there is also something funny when smu...BB Yes, and there is also something funny when smugness and complacency are unrelieved by self-awareness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-41126078802546485572009-09-13T17:11:19.218+01:002009-09-13T17:11:19.218+01:00The "because we are English" phrase is a...The "because we are English" phrase is a device which Romain Gary uses - a way of linking two facts or opinions which, though true, are made ridiculous by the contingent relationship. Gary uses it over and over in various ways but it is always funny,Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-89193736919288573482009-09-12T17:35:10.442+01:002009-09-12T17:35:10.442+01:00I guess a humourless rendition is what is needed i...I guess a humourless rendition is what is needed in both cases to make one laugh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-42929633253566514612009-09-12T07:00:31.048+01:002009-09-12T07:00:31.048+01:00We had a totally humourless French teacher who rea...We had a totally humourless French teacher who read us through La Cantatrice Chauve after our O levels. That and Sartre's 'Les Jeux sont Faits'. I think we proablably laughed more at the latter...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com