tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post4372295926444949376..comments2024-03-28T09:35:43.919+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: The Beer Bucket List - Mark DredgePaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-85775716452243288002018-05-11T22:18:52.679+01:002018-05-11T22:18:52.679+01:00Thanks for all the quotations, folks. There were s...Thanks for all the quotations, folks. There were some good ones amongst that lot.<br /><br />Here's one from Albert Einstein to end on. "Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-85488701160151040542018-05-11T18:38:53.811+01:002018-05-11T18:38:53.811+01:00Nice irony, prof.
Hey, what are the Two Secrets O...Nice irony, prof.<br /><br />Hey, what are the Two Secrets Of Good Comedy?<br /><br />Well, the first is, always leave your audience wanting more.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />E.Ethelred The Unsteadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-53018444237778251882018-05-11T17:03:10.406+01:002018-05-11T17:03:10.406+01:00Wise men speak because they have something to say;...Wise men speak because they have something to say;Fools because they have to say something.<br />Plato.<br />It seemed appropriate in this case.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-42480314488747277632018-05-11T13:42:06.068+01:002018-05-11T13:42:06.068+01:00It's interesting to hear the wise words from T...It's interesting to hear the wise words from Tim Minchin, about this American import, that "every kid gotta have a dream".<br /><br />What he says, is that this fallacy is what is holding back so many from success. There is a vanishingly small chance that any given eight-year-old will be another Cristiano Ronaldo, but the general encouragement given to them to obsess about their Dream, to the detriment of all else is often pretty disastrous.<br /><br />Tim himself made use of whatever opportunities circumstances presented him, over a wide range of sometimes unglamorous engagements, and it certainly served him well. "I wonder if I'll be any good at this?" he would ask himself.<br /><br />I doubt that he'd pass over a decent beer though.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />EEthelred The Unsteadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-70083897034168497442018-05-11T12:21:30.570+01:002018-05-11T12:21:30.570+01:00'one from Mark Twain, “The only certainties in...'one from Mark Twain, “The only certainties in life are death and taxes!”'<br /><br />I think you'll find that was Benjamin Franklin (who did NOT say the words regularly attributed to him about beer being a sign of God's love for us, incidentally).Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-18386624442049605722018-05-09T17:46:46.715+01:002018-05-09T17:46:46.715+01:00"I always have a quotation for everything - i..."I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking." Dorothy L. Sayers.RedNevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-54680081600491329102018-05-09T15:48:59.796+01:002018-05-09T15:48:59.796+01:00PS
If not for quotations, then conversation betwe...PS<br /><br />If not for quotations, then conversation between gentlemen would be an endless string of "what-ho!"s.<br /><br />(That's a quotation too, incidentally)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />EEthelred The Unsteadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-20246694171087433702018-05-09T07:28:48.713+01:002018-05-09T07:28:48.713+01:00Paul, sadly, Mark Twain has been left high and dry...Paul, sadly, Mark Twain has been left high and dry on the second by Lord Ashcroft etc.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />EEthelred The Unsteadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-32300795294812860782018-05-09T01:57:57.046+01:002018-05-09T01:57:57.046+01:00I looked up the Lennon quotation in a search engin...I looked up the Lennon quotation in a search engine and its first recorded appearance was in the Reader’s Digest of January 1957 in the "Quotable Quotes" section:<br /><br />"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans." - Allen Saunders.<br /><br />Ethelred was right!RedNevhttps://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-18520711887523912092018-05-08T21:44:36.455+01:002018-05-08T21:44:36.455+01:00I wouldn’t describe these books as a “death cult”,...I wouldn’t describe these books as a “death cult”, Nev. The idea behind the “bucket list” concept is to focus one’s mind on what might be achieved, rather than to drift aimlessly through life. Of course one should enjoy life’s pleasures now, by living in the moment, but having a few aspirations is no bad thing either.<br /><br />Ethelred, I’m pretty certain that quotation was attributed to John Lennon. It was probably said around the same time he wrote the song “In my Life.”<br /><br />Throwing in one of my own, or rather one from Mark Twain, “The only certainties in life are death and taxes!”<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-6256004179012429072018-05-08T12:33:27.598+01:002018-05-08T12:33:27.598+01:00Yes Nev. "Life is what happens to you whilst ...Yes Nev. "Life is what happens to you whilst you are making other plans", as I seem to remember John Lennon saying, but even he might have been quoting.Ethelred The Unsteadynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-57514583124767188602018-05-08T12:10:13.349+01:002018-05-08T12:10:13.349+01:00There does seem to be some kind of death cult in t...There does seem to be some kind of death cult in the world of beer:<br /><br />"300 Beers To Try Before You Die";<br />"300 More Beers To Try Before You Die";<br />and now "The Beer Bucket List".<br /><br />I think I enjoy my beer better for not permanently keeping one eye on the Grim Reaper!RedNevhttps://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.com