tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post1559472823906263415..comments2023-07-07T15:02:48.367+02:00Comments on My Grappa Hell: Lord Curzon of KedlestonRon Combohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-84426614657573505782009-04-22T18:04:00.000+02:002009-04-22T18:04:00.000+02:00WIth reference to shooting tigers under the dining...WIth reference to shooting tigers under the dining room table, bear in mind that 'With big hungry tigers table manners have no place,' as the Bonzos said. (I hope that's right, I'm quoting from memory.)Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-86247002588983516862009-04-20T16:17:00.000+02:002009-04-20T16:17:00.000+02:00For further enlightenment on the subject of dealin...For further enlightenment on the subject of dealing with tigers it is absolutely essential to read Jim Corbett's Man-Eaters of Kummaon. I recently found a 1st edition in top condition on ABE to replace my well used "reading copy". MORE DRAMA !Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-39598292789853844842009-04-20T13:47:00.000+02:002009-04-20T13:47:00.000+02:00Might I suggest a quick shufti at Youtube`s traile...Might I suggest a quick shufti at Youtube`s trailer to "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End" might well prove instructive in dealing with this sort of thing,the treatment meted out to Old Scrotum,the wrinkled retainer, being especially memorable !Bucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-6691952555329081562009-04-19T12:36:00.000+02:002009-04-19T12:36:00.000+02:00Isn't it a bit non-U to shoot a tiger underneath a...Isn't it a bit non-U to shoot a tiger underneath a dining room table? Don't they have to be running or something - like birds have to be shot in flight?Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-52549695209055320242009-04-19T03:13:00.000+02:002009-04-19T03:13:00.000+02:00A man and his biscuit should be as one.I've ne...A man and his biscuit should be as one.I've never been the same since H&P stopped making milk and honey.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-83319552354211152472009-04-18T20:04:00.000+02:002009-04-18T20:04:00.000+02:00Oh how things come around - to think that was only...Oh how things come around - to think that was only a little over a century ago. Who'd have thought we'd be struggling to find even a second assistant, let alone third these days. At Diplo Hall we've had an unfilled vacancy for assistant mole catcher for over a year now and I've simply given up trying to find a reliable man to clean my shoes. Those were the days - eh?Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133802230513064516.post-13259220930617436722009-04-18T10:52:00.000+02:002009-04-18T10:52:00.000+02:00Marvellous. Your post and picture not only remind ...Marvellous. Your post and picture not only remind me that a cull is long overdue at Ashley Towers, but also of a scene I saw again recently in <I>Remains of The Day</I>, where an elderly servant (Peter Vaughan on top form again) recounts the shooting of a tiger underneath his Lordship's dining room table.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com