Daily advice

[Neville Briggs]

"lack of money continues to pour in "



Dylan Thomas, on the financial rewards of being a poet.

[Neville Briggs]

An adult poet is someone who can live to be a hundred and never leave the playground.


Clive James.

[Heather]

Why is it unhealthy?

[Neville Briggs]

Everything we do seems to be potentially unhealthy, according to the pundits.

[warooa]

potentially?

Lots of vagueness there Nev, potentially say "the pundits"

Reminds me of that old joke about potential and reality, perhaps not one for here.

Everything must be potentially healthy then as well . . . . so say pundits.

On another note, English is weird . . it can be understood though, through tough thorough thought.

[Neville Briggs]

Of course pundits need to be vague, it's the old each way bet.
They say a lot of :could be. might be, studies suggest, appears to be, probably, almost certainly etc.

By the way " pundit " is a word borrowed from another language. It is a Hindi word meaning " self-appointed expert",
something like me.

[Bob Pacey]

Of course pundits need to be vague, it's the old each way bet.
They say a lot of :could be. might be, studies suggest, appears to be, probably, almost certainly etc.

By the way " pundit " is a word borrowed from another language. It is a Hindi word meaning " self-appointed expert",
something like me.


Are you sure it does not mean politician Nev ?


Bob

[Neville Briggs]

It's a probable possibility
and potentially seems to be
that pundits and politicians
are the same
well, almost certainly.
That's the likely situation
on the latest information.

[Heather]

Pundits keep the conversation going.

[warooa]

Punned it: I tried to find 10 puns to make me laugh . . . but no pun in 10 did