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Well I listened to Tom Jones in Napier. Cracking stuff! Played to the audience completely; did all his hits how I wish I had the sex appeal he has; at 70 I have 20 years to spare.

 

And I now know that the St David's flag is a yellow cross on a black ground, that there is a movement to get the Welsh part of the union acknowledged in the Union flag and that some silly basta*ds think there should be a dragon involved (cretins!!)

 

The I remembered why I moved to NZ and told the parties explaining this that I didn't care. Sometimes it takes an effort to remember to do this sort of thing.

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Well I listened to Tom Jones in Napier. Cracking stuff! Played to the audience completely; did all his hits how I wish I had the sex appeal he has; at 70 I have 20 years to spare.

Do you know the joke? If not, it's too good not to repeat here.

 

Guy goes to the doctor.

 

PATIENT: Doc, you gotta help me. I can't sleep, I can't concentrate. I'm constantly haunted by this stupid song, "What's New, Pussycat." I can't get it out of my head and [ WHOA - WHOA - WHOA-OH ] it's driving me nuts!

 

DOC: Sound's like you have "Tom Jones Syndrome."

 

PATIENT: Tom Jones Syndrome? I never heard of that. Is it very common?

 

DOC: It's not unusual.

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Isn't St. David's day the day that young boys were sent out wren hunting?

 

I'll be celebrating by having bangers and mash (and leeks) with a mate from Derby tonight!

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Isn't St. David's day the day that young boys were sent out wren hunting?

Hi Peter,

 

No, that's St. Stephen's Day (December 26th). All these Saints................ :unsure:

 

Peter.

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Just what I need -- an excuse to break out the 'tina for a rendition of Guide me, o though great redeemer. :ph34r:

 

Same here!

 

Except where I learnt it, it's "Guide me, o thou great Jehovah". Or the Socialist version: "Shorter hours and better pay". One way or the other, a rousing piece for the Anglo!

 

I've already given my three tunes for Paddy's Nite - my three for St. David's would be "The Ash Grove", "David of the White Rock" and "All through the Night". I play them as a suite on the Anglo, the outer ones harmonised in C, the middle one starkly monodic in Am.

 

Cheers,

John

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I spent mine on the sea front at Cardiff Bay.

 

I play for Cardiff Ladies Morris and it was our first dance out of the season.

 

Cardiff.............Ladies dressed in Welsh traditional costume.........dancing a dance tradition called

Llaregub [/i] (read that backwards) ......with a pint of Brains Bitter.

 

A great day out.

 

Phil

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