Hi - Newbie here!!

[Razor]

Hi Louise,

I'm from ahem... Liverpool

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Arr well, nevermind

All joking aside, it's good to see that you don't mind taking advice from a Manky Manc ;D

Well done Louise,

Ray ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

No I don't mind questions at all  , he's not an Aussie, he's a Pom like me! He's orginally from Cheltenham and I'm from ahem... Liverpool  ;D

Crikey, he had all the pupils from Cheltenham Ladies College to choose from, and he picked a Liverpool lass instead -- you must be some stunner !

** Phil.

[Razor]

Crikey, he had all the pupils from Cheltenham Ladies College to choose from, and he picked a Liverpool lass instead -- you must be some stunner !

** Phil.

Oh Dear, me is thinking that Mr Taylor is in for a good old arse smacking

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Oh Dear, me is thinking that Mr Taylor is in for a good old arse smacking

Wot, for paying a compliment : surely not !

[Razor]

Mmm, yes, I suppose it could be read that way, if you squint very hard ha

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

Mmm, yes, I suppose it could be read that way, if you squint very hard ha

Ypu're just not used to the subtlety of a Kentish compliment, Ray -- too much practice with the macho Mancunian style, I suppose  ;D

[Razor]

Whatever do you mean Mr Taylor?  I'm a modern day Romeo me ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

Whatever do you mean Mr Taylor?  I'm a modern day Romeo me ;D

'Nuff -- lest we put Louise off !  (But I do like this new "Mr Taylor" style -- just think how difficult it would be for conflict to arise if we all addressed each other by title and surname: "I say, Mr Ander, I just wondered what you might think about this latest hypothesis of mine concerning sweetness and whole onions ?".  "Spot on, old chap : couldn't have put it better myself.".  Or something like that !).

[Razor]

Wouldn't it be just tip top if we gave it a go?

Mr O'Brien ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

Wouldn't it be just tip top if we gave it a go?

Unbidden, the words of Betjeman's "Varsity Students' Rag" come flocking to mind :

I'm afraid the fellows in Putney rather wish they had
The social ease and manners of a 'varsity undergrad,
For tho' they're awf'lly decent and up to a lark as a rule
You want to have the 'varsity touch after a public school.

There's something about a 'varsity man that distinguishes him from a cad;
You can tell by his tie and blazer he's a 'varsity undergrad,
And you know that he's always ready and up to a bit of a lark,
With a toy balloon and a whistle and some cider after dark.

Sir John Betjeman, CBE
per procurationem
              ** Phil.