tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36113293.post2357875677299451597..comments2024-01-27T07:36:42.313+00:00Comments on Tom Phillips: The Library at ElsinoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36113293.post-1323912476835970312007-05-24T15:35:00.000+01:002007-05-24T15:35:00.000+01:00Yes indeed, many happy returns (or: much lucky re...Yes indeed, many happy returns (or: much lucky recursion, as one of my cards once said).<BR/><BR/>N.B. Kerstin, being British is no help with Empire Day -- you have to be <I>very</I> old to remember that (oops).Mike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36113293.post-44636618197532709282007-05-24T14:04:00.000+01:002007-05-24T14:04:00.000+01:00Well, now that we have reached Empire Day congratu...Well, now that we have reached Empire Day congratulations are called for...<BR/>... not being British I confess I had no clue about Empire Day, but when I looked it up, I found out that it is a highly neglected day today - it isn't even a holiday anymore and there is no uniform observance worldwide.<BR/>This again links it to this other festive occasion. There might be no worldwide observance of the night porter's birthday, but wouldn't it be marvellous of one of Tom's own Union Jacks were flown - and how about commemorating this celebration by issuing a special TP-stamp (well, better not to join that special coin in his pocket though)?<BR/>Even though you won't get half the day off school: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36113293.post-20342086966378008812007-05-10T20:27:00.000+01:002007-05-10T20:27:00.000+01:00'How wonderful that it is grey and the books are a...'How wonderful that it is grey and the books are all so similar and it will just get greyer and bigger'<BR/>thinks TristramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36113293.post-33014095065162376832007-05-09T15:41:00.000+01:002007-05-09T15:41:00.000+01:00um. it's so... grey. and the books are so... sim...um. it's so... grey. and the books are so... similar. is this before or after? does it just get greyer and bigger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com