Monthly Archives: February 2012

Words and Civilisation: “Laid-Back”

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Scribe Doll

“Oh, don’t worry,” my friends say about someone I have yet to meet, “he’s very laid-back.” Little do they know that that is when I start worrying. Describe somebody as “laid-back” and I have an inner reaction of tension, irritability … Continue reading →

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Pet Hates: Mean-Spirited Favours

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Scribe Doll

There are favours for which you are sincerely grateful.  Favours which come as rain upon the desert, or a hot salt bath when all your muscles are aching.  Then there are favours which are a pain in the far South … Continue reading →

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Pet Hates: By E-Mail

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Scribe Doll

Number One:  The CC option.   At the risk of upsetting many of my friends and acquaintances, I simply have to voice this.  Why do so many people find it so difficult to grasp the concept of the BCC option?  … Continue reading →

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Theatre Review: ‘Lucky Stiff’

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Scribe Doll

The show that launched the careers of song-writing musical team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (who went on to write hits such as Ragtime), Lucky Stiff is a manic, madcap, slapstick number with zero plot realism but full marks for … Continue reading →

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Words and Civilisation: My Friend ‘Cox’

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Scribe Doll

I have just acquired a new friend or, perhaps I should say, a new incarnation of an old friend.  My old one has retired to a well-earned rest,  after ten years of inexhaustible patience and loyalty, his jacket a little … Continue reading →

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