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25 December 2010
A Robyn Hitchcock Christmas
Here;s wishing both my readers a very happy Christmas!
And a very entertaining one to you too. Don't imbibe too much now. I know what you Celts are like. I'm a 64th Irish. That's where I blame my own drinking on!!
What am I saying I'm also half Australian. A far more likely "reason"... ha ha ha!
O why do I have to be so literalistic and honest. Yes my family is half Aussie, but they're £10 pom-type Aussies, so I can't even say I have Australian blood. How disappointing is that. So genetically I'm just the type of Englander who likes drinking and so gravitates Down Under. That would be the truth!!
PS did you know I was nearly born in Adelaide. In a way I'm glad to be in London, bc if I were an Aussie I know I'd want to be in London anyhow. I love great metropolises and none is greater than the Centre of the Universe, yes London Town Itself!!
Happy Christmas, jams! It's mighty quiet around here with Stella in North Carolina visiting her family; you'll have to make do with best wishes from me and the kitties, Esther and Pester, um, I mean, Esther and Lily. Have a great day!
And a very entertaining one to you too. Don't imbibe too much now. I know what you Celts are like. I'm a 64th Irish. That's where I blame my own drinking on!!
ReplyDeleteWhat am I saying I'm also half Australian. A far more likely "reason"... ha ha ha!
O why do I have to be so literalistic and honest. Yes my family is half Aussie, but they're £10 pom-type Aussies, so I can't even say I have Australian blood. How disappointing is that. So genetically I'm just the type of Englander who likes drinking and so gravitates Down Under. That would be the truth!!
PS did you know I was nearly born in Adelaide. In a way I'm glad to be in London, bc if I were an Aussie I know I'd want to be in London anyhow. I love great metropolises and none is greater than the Centre of the Universe, yes London Town Itself!!
"A 64th Irish"?! Now that's what I call a tenuous link.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, my own genes are more than 90% identical to chimpanzee, apparently :)
Have a blessed Christmas Jams!
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely holiday season.
ReplyDeleteNo chance of drinking at all Gleds!
ReplyDeleteHaha Insciens
A happy Xmas to you too ECL!
And to you too Colin!
I'd like to be in London Town for Christmas too. Just goes to show I'm never satisfied :-)
ReplyDeleteMay you and your not wife enjoy the holiday.
Thanks Susan. I hope you have a good day too
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas, jams! It's mighty quiet around here with Stella in North Carolina visiting her family; you'll have to make do with best wishes from me and the kitties, Esther and Pester, um, I mean, Esther and Lily. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI hope it is a good day Steve
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas, Jams from the rather chilly shore of the Gulf of Mexico.
ReplyDeleteAt least you get the snow to play in.
Happy Xmas Bryan. I could do without the damned snow though!
ReplyDeleteQuirky video - I like it!
ReplyDeleteFar too many Kay. It always seems that the Stalins outnumber the Mother Theresas
ReplyDeleteOops wrong post.. Nrsie, quirky is Robyn's middle name!
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