>>>>>>>>>LOL
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks Alan. You knew that would be up my street :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I think she was very patient; I would have "gifted" him right where I could leverage him.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And for the record, the 'English Major' is a quasi-regular feature on the show. Keillor is an English major and every so often he wants to remind us that English majors are sexy and desirable. The spots are usually a hoot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Surely you mean "semi-regular" or does the sketch only have some resemblance, usually by possession of certain attributes, to being regular? :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm not sure. What would half regular mean? To me quasi-regular means that it appears without any predictable regularity, but does, in fact, appear from time to time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Would semi-regular mean once every two shows?
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm using it in the other sense: as in "to some extent, partly or incompletely" - semi-civilized; semi-independent
>>>>>
>>>>>These don't mean half civilised or half independent; how could one quantify that?
>>>>>
>>>>>Why don't we settle for "frequent"?
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm only entering into this in the spirit of the English major, you understand. You know me - I'd never be pedantic about usage of English :-)
>>>>
>>>>[Horrified expression]... The thought would never have entered my mind! ;)
>>>
>>>Like many of its brothers. :-)
>>
>>BTW, noticed your signature lines. Did you ever read Humphrey Lyttelton's obituary written by himself? I guess it would be an autoobituary? I have it somewhere in a book on jazz writings. If you haven't read it, it's a real corker. He can't even get his name right. I'll see if I can find it.
>
>No I didn't. It'll be a sad day when there's one written for real. Can't remember - are you
I'm afraid it can't be too much longer though. The man has been around for a long time. He's in his 80s, no? Anyway, I'll look for it. You'll get a real kick out of it, if I can find it. It's there somewhere, but it will take some major rummaging, so don't bate your breath.
>one of the enlightened who listen to Raio 4's "I'm sorry, I haven't a clue", chaired by Humph? He's a scream.
I don't listen regularly, but I do have some of the shows on CD. Humphrey is one of the funniest people alive today.
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>BTW, when peace was declared after WW II, Humph led a jazz band outside Winnie's window, amongst the rejoicing crowd.
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