tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post7330783849020877893..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Frogs and sheepChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-79977494762554005332007-04-16T00:03:00.000+01:002007-04-16T00:03:00.000+01:00Damn! I missed the chance for paronomasia. I blush...Damn! I missed the chance for paronomasia. I blush - reddy-coloured.<BR/>I love it when you talk purty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-39610746961090109912007-04-15T23:54:00.000+01:002007-04-15T23:54:00.000+01:00Golly. You all know so much about these sheep (red...Golly. You all know so much about these sheep (reddy-coloured, O learned one!) and I merely saw them - and no, I didn't manage a photo at 70mph - just a gasp and a giggle. <BR/>abf - you be as pretentious as you like, pet - I love it!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-72928780129754238232007-04-15T23:46:00.000+01:002007-04-15T23:46:00.000+01:00(From the Department of Literary Pretentions)Cast ...(From the Department of Literary Pretentions)<BR/>Cast your mind back to the dim & distant - to Virgil's <I>Eclogues</I>, number 4 in particular. If I remember aright, the sheep therein came with ready-coloured fleeces, thus saving the dyers a lot of trouble (or rendering them workless, as the case may be - that's progress for you).<BR/>Incidentally, the same poem helped save Virgil from the ravages of the early Church fanatics, who saw, in his vision of a Golden Age about to dawn, a Messianic prophecy, instead of a bit of Augustus flattery.<BR/>Pretentious? Ego?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-58285329924274070482007-04-15T18:47:00.000+01:002007-04-15T18:47:00.000+01:00Apparently this is the first advertising stunt of ...Apparently this is the first advertising stunt of this year to promote the pyramid estate. The sheep were dyed red using 'non-harmful' colour.An Honest Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737317978687717195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-20302459440226901722007-04-14T22:42:00.000+01:002007-04-14T22:42:00.000+01:00I heard about the red sheep on the radio. Did you ...I heard about the red sheep on the radio. Did you manage a photo?Bunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199316679271938919noreply@blogger.com