Many thanx, John. I always feel a loyalty to Peter Cushing as he was one of the first to sign drawings for me and always replied to my(tiresome) letters. Ihad quite a correspondence with him when I was quite young. As I got more sense I realised he probably needed some time to make films and I eased off.
When both of us were much older I asked him to sign one last painting, and he was most gracious about it, commenting very kindly about the work and the title I gave it. "The Last Gentleman" Good old Peter, always a soft spot for him. Speak to you again soon
Thing is, I think P.C. was very approachable, so just flatten your hair with spit , polish the top of your shoes on your trouser legs and bluff it out . I think you'll do!!
Thanks a lot for your confidence.
I guess I can play the role if the need arises. I always loved the Scottish poet Robert Burns - of gentlemen in "Twa Dogs":
"His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar."
(I think Burns preferred the dog's life.)
"When up they gat an' shook their lugs, Rejoic'd they werena men but dogs."
See, I really do learn something every day It is a very common phrase here when complimenting or thanking a man to say " You are a gentleman and a scholar" !! and I never knew the origin. And Rabbie Burns of all people! Some of us probably had Scottish roots in N.I.!! The only lines of Burns that I have commited to memory(because of their truth) are "Oh wad sam po'er the giftie ge us, tay see oorselves as ithers see us" Please excuse any miss-spelling of the dialect. But just in case... "Oh, would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us" Which doesn't rhyme at all.
Best thoughts to you and yours, Tom
My favorite Burns couplet as well! In finding out exactly where it came from just last year, I saw a welter of confusion about the phrase on the web. I had quoted it re a favor Shahin did for me and wanted to make sure the context was not insulting. Even after discovering that Burns had it attributed to dogs (!!!), I still say it anyway! Thanks Tom
Not 'Boone's Farm' Watermelon Wine? (Elton John? Neil Diamond? Sedaka?) Many a ribald bout of debauchery was fueled by that 11% swill! Wasn't it swell?!
Late 60's , Tom T. Hall. Never can remember all the words, but here's a taste.(as I remember)
"Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime, but old dogs and children and watermelon wine"
So that's why I said it was O.K. for you to be a dog at times (a compliment)
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