tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7718857481384613997..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: "... did not some idle fellow such as I put them down..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36089318611723426952015-10-19T15:32:07.256-07:002015-10-19T15:32:07.256-07:00I think one of the Kinnears did it too...I think one of the Kinnears did it too...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6815569236977740842015-10-19T14:42:26.488-07:002015-10-19T14:42:26.488-07:00RoryRoryJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85066664068326310632015-10-19T14:29:02.735-07:002015-10-19T14:29:02.735-07:00I've just found him on YouTube - his name was ...I've just found him on YouTube - his name was Bob Blackman.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37784040689571665342015-10-19T14:24:52.265-07:002015-10-19T14:24:52.265-07:00Roy Kinnear. I just remembered.Roy Kinnear. I just remembered.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63695434531626979682015-10-19T14:22:39.518-07:002015-10-19T14:22:39.518-07:00Yes, that was an actor who died of a brain haemorr...Yes, that was an actor who died of a brain haemorrhage, but he has a son who is also an actor with the identical name. I forget what that name was.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9221189892825608402015-10-19T14:20:42.689-07:002015-10-19T14:20:42.689-07:00I'll have to check, but if they have, this mus...I'll have to check, but if they have, this must be even more confusing, as they only have one, central front wheel. This I know for sure.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71886211210978175202015-10-19T14:20:13.278-07:002015-10-19T14:20:13.278-07:00Funny that I was only thinking of Freddy Frinton t...Funny that I was only thinking of Freddy Frinton the other day - he was the one with the dangly cigarette wasn't he. The other person I was thinking of was that man who used to hit himself over the head with a tin tray to the tune of Mule Train - funny what things used to amuse us in the olden days.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10646100148527635922015-10-19T14:19:14.781-07:002015-10-19T14:19:14.781-07:00I am a dilettante, not a polymath.I am a dilettante, not a polymath.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8426532581508051132015-10-19T14:06:41.152-07:002015-10-19T14:06:41.152-07:00I thought Reliant Robins had two headlights...I thought Reliant Robins had two headlights...Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11610696231026066202015-10-19T13:51:25.264-07:002015-10-19T13:51:25.264-07:00I loathe being sick; fortunately, i'm rarely i...I loathe being sick; fortunately, i'm rarely ill. <br /><br />I suppose i'm a polymath, too. I think it comes from being curious about disparate things.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3111729787709860512015-10-19T13:02:50.680-07:002015-10-19T13:02:50.680-07:00It's still in there somewhere, but I think you...It's still in there somewhere, but I think you may have sucked the last of it out... (only joking!). I have the face I deserve now, and I know how I got it - as does Jeffrey Bernard.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-43342612001151258112015-10-19T13:01:07.484-07:002015-10-19T13:01:07.484-07:00I have always been a dabbler and proud of it. It h...I have always been a dabbler and proud of it. It has kept me one step ahead of all the idiot polymaths at every dinner party I have ever attended. The one big thing that hedgehogs know is that Reliant Robins have three wheels, and only one headlight.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72817998153109286072015-10-19T12:13:28.565-07:002015-10-19T12:13:28.565-07:00God you were a gorgeous young man. There is an alm...God you were a gorgeous young man. There is an almost feminine beauty to your young face. Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60059295710758123672015-10-19T11:53:43.437-07:002015-10-19T11:53:43.437-07:00Polymaths are a rare breed these days as the speci...Polymaths are a rare breed these days as the specialist has superceded the generalist. Isaiah Berlin once wrote that foxes know many things whereas hedgehogs know one big thing. The foxes used to roam free across the hills. Today the hedgehogs rule. The risk of aspiring to be a polymath is that you end up a dabbler. <br />Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79209290525803420142015-10-19T11:38:53.626-07:002015-10-19T11:38:53.626-07:00Mine.Mine.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70903284813675887572015-10-19T10:39:49.688-07:002015-10-19T10:39:49.688-07:00What band did he play in?What band did he play in?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-20905860945228836792015-10-19T10:31:03.934-07:002015-10-19T10:31:03.934-07:00Don't give me that... oh no, I forgot. Anyone ...Don't give me that... oh no, I forgot. Anyone who fancies Russell Crowe would want to slap me there.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87758428964971423062015-10-19T10:29:48.122-07:002015-10-19T10:29:48.122-07:00Not Freddy Frinton?Not Freddy Frinton?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14609651060268354812015-10-19T08:43:55.411-07:002015-10-19T08:43:55.411-07:00Too right...my bitch slap muscles are flexingToo right...my bitch slap muscles are flexingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61367959244705391552015-10-19T08:18:43.946-07:002015-10-19T08:18:43.946-07:00I like the picture of you. I didn't read the ...I like the picture of you. I didn't read the post in its entirety, my eyes glazed over when i got to the word wrong so i skipped to the picture. You looked a bit like Peter Frampton.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86355988555481607512015-10-19T07:30:07.678-07:002015-10-19T07:30:07.678-07:00See the above photo - another slappable face...See the above photo - another slappable face...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21947608552047683932015-10-19T07:19:01.065-07:002015-10-19T07:19:01.065-07:00I think some people found it very slappable.I think some people found it very slappable.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74821491820382877622015-10-19T07:18:02.637-07:002015-10-19T07:18:02.637-07:00If I thought I was rambling, then that must be a s...If I thought I was rambling, then that must be a sign of mild delirium.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74936078264297773362015-10-19T07:17:05.675-07:002015-10-19T07:17:05.675-07:00Oh yes - have you ever read 'Brief Lives'?...Oh yes - have you ever read 'Brief Lives'?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14906611960565224582015-10-19T07:14:25.188-07:002015-10-19T07:14:25.188-07:00I did years ago, yes. Man-flu is exponentially wor...I did years ago, yes. Man-flu is exponentially worse than an ordinary cold in a woman.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com