tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post959660037759010619..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Z dines outZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-42243604847946801012011-01-21T20:41:31.669+00:002011-01-21T20:41:31.669+00:00Darling, on this occasion, I don't think that ...Darling, on this occasion, I don't think that I do.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-33498043822265464412011-01-21T17:55:31.136+00:002011-01-21T17:55:31.136+00:00Dearest Z, you exaggerate terribly, I'm afraid...Dearest Z, you exaggerate terribly, I'm afraid.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-22350869053996840552011-01-20T20:20:35.911+00:002011-01-20T20:20:35.911+00:00The drinks party, I can well understand, Dave. Bu...The drinks party, I can well understand, Dave. But dinner with friends? Surely not. We enjoyed your company at those lunches - if Chris, Rog, Roses or any other of our mutual friends had been there too, you'd not have disliked it, I'm sure. It would have made it more fun - not least, because I'd have gone to *even* more trouble with the food.<br /><br />Yes please, Scarlet. I accept.<br /><br />Chris, darling, you are a rare and totally wonderful man.<br />And Mike, you've taken my breath away. I'd have enjoyed the food (sounds an ideal meal to me, if the talking is the main point, with the food a delicious incidental) but I'd not have said a word for the whole evening.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-32427086823080493522011-01-20T20:09:45.877+00:002011-01-20T20:09:45.877+00:00A few years ago we were invited to a supper with t...A few years ago we were invited to a supper with the Meyrick Society (which studies early weapons in depth) at the Wallace Collection to discuss (among other things) a (probably) English detached wheel lock, which we'd been asked to take along. The supper, a buffet affair, was glorious if, according to Ann (she said it was a very male sort of supper) a little limited. There was crusty new bread, a ham, a superbly mature Stilton Cheese, a similarly mature cheddar (crumbly and with a rind) and a venerable port. But the point of the story is that there was no difficulty about wondering what to say next and to whom. Mainly blokes (and about three token ladies) all of whom had spent a lifetime studying various aspects of the history of weaponry: I have rarely spent a more interesting and educational evening (although generally speaking I do prefer mixed to exclusively male company). I remember saying to Ann afterwards how nice it had been not to have to wonder about what to talk about next, but she was looking a bit glazed by then, and just nodded at regular intervals, so I don't know that she'd enjoyed it quite as much as I'd expected.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79692263187512981662011-01-20T10:12:46.715+00:002011-01-20T10:12:46.715+00:00I love parties and laughter and small talk and cha...I love parties and laughter and small talk and champagne and canapés and dressing up (I mean putting a shirt and tie or cravat on) and circulating and merry quips and meeting new people and appreciating pretty, witty and well-dressed women and going on somewhere else afterwards and dissecting it all in the small hours after returning home knowing full well that it's all vanity of vanities.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81920209118827807272011-01-20T09:08:33.645+00:002011-01-20T09:08:33.645+00:00If I ever throw a party I will make sure that you ...If I ever throw a party I will make sure that you are on the invite list.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-5338990508745592042011-01-20T07:57:29.871+00:002011-01-20T07:57:29.871+00:00You talk of that which I seek to avoid at all cost...You talk of that which I seek to avoid at all costs.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com