tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post2992582345039368392..comments2023-06-01T04:51:52.926-04:00Comments on ROSE C'EST LA VIE: Those Hands Under The TableRose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-45213608161781367462010-03-22T12:49:24.080-04:002010-03-22T12:49:24.080-04:00Lady West- I am sure that guests are constantly mo...Lady West- I am sure that guests are constantly moving seating around in order to get a change to- converse with you. You tease! pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-1214051736213474292010-03-22T10:22:59.040-04:002010-03-22T10:22:59.040-04:00Hands under the table telegraphs the natural disco...Hands under the table telegraphs the natural discomfort and guardedness some of these events generate. After a litre and a half of whatever they'll let you have, and only then, will I put both arms on the table.<br />You could have a frame showing the both of them with their hands under the table "twisting paper napkins into odd little shapes"*<br /><br />*Nabokov. He knew from parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-4158066957432462842010-03-22T05:19:23.586-04:002010-03-22T05:19:23.586-04:00Thanks for.. erm.. coming .. back .. Columnist. ...Thanks for.. erm.. coming .. back .. Columnist. Loving getting a good response to my post.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-86774978147908452992010-03-22T01:30:15.520-04:002010-03-22T01:30:15.520-04:00Ahh! I'm so relieved (to know), now!Ahh! I'm so relieved (to know), now!columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-80502372351997176762010-03-21T15:09:15.926-04:002010-03-21T15:09:15.926-04:00Mr Worthington, I am greatly relieved. (Hope you ...Mr Worthington, I am greatly relieved. (Hope you are too..ooh) I always find the Archbishop of Canterbury delightful company but you're right, he should definitely follow my blog.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-13745579358922759332010-03-21T10:26:40.752-04:002010-03-21T10:26:40.752-04:00Without wishing to proclaim any exceptional powers...Without wishing to proclaim any exceptional powers of perception<br />dear Lady West, I knew exactly what was intended and am shocked, simply shocked, to think it could be interpreted any other way. Do clerics read your blog? Might be interesting hear what the Archbishop of Canterbury has got to say on the subject.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-24513771960916486342010-03-21T07:26:41.932-04:002010-03-21T07:26:41.932-04:00Thank you Columnist.. I do love the encouragement....Thank you Columnist.. I do love the encouragement. I am beginning to realise the concept was a bit of a mess! OK, the idea was that she was having to w*** him off but purely through the means of conversation..not naughty chat but purely the erm grinding business of keeping it going ..and still he wasn't grateful. Sometimes, at dinners you do feel you're acting like a bit of Geisha! I think I'll put it down to experience.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205231727184713705.post-84374135203621220472010-03-21T07:06:04.415-04:002010-03-21T07:06:04.415-04:00I thought it was excellent too. I'm still not ...I thought it was excellent too. I'm still not sure what "I haven't come yet..." refers to, but given the fumbling, the interpretation seemed to suggest some "unseemly" behaviour between the two; you are suggesting otherwise in today's post, so please, do tell!columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.com