tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post2103788785803400369..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Who was Archbishop Ullathorne?Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-41364311438984176642012-02-16T15:29:01.692+00:002012-02-16T15:29:01.692+00:00Mack, when I give cash to a beggar I usually accom...Mack, when I give cash to a beggar I usually accompany it with a line stating that they should go and have a drink. If I was in that state the last thing I would want would be a do gooder telling me NOT to drink it away.<br />Interesting line from Becket - I like it!Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-76704468240610420012012-02-16T15:20:32.138+00:002012-02-16T15:20:32.138+00:00Soliciting arms! How about refreshing adult bevera...Soliciting arms! How about refreshing adult beverages? The other day I passed an elderly man whose begging sign read: "I WON'T LIE. I NEED A BEER." If stopping wouldn't have been dangerous (this was on a freeway on-ramp) I would have given the poor fellow a dollar.<br /><br />Thomas Becket, giving a cloak to a beggar: "Here, this will keep you warm."<br /><br />Cathedral canon: "He'll only sell it for drink."<br /><br />Becket: "Then THAT will keep him warm."<br /><br />-BECKET, 1964Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-12960194772999221782012-02-16T14:33:50.116+00:002012-02-16T14:33:50.116+00:00Patricius - Ha, ha, it is very funny and had quite...Patricius - Ha, ha, it is very funny and had quite passed me by. I rushed to verify it and it is in print as "arms" (must be a sic)or, is it?Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-20629248065659421792012-02-16T13:46:30.918+00:002012-02-16T13:46:30.918+00:00"...a number of aged and decrepit people sing..."...a number of aged and decrepit people singing and soliciting arms."<br /><br />Gun-runners?<br /><br />Seriously, though, this promises to be a ripping yarn!Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.com