tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2898653429644769708..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Postcard Of The Week : The Hasty Angler Loses The Meaning Of The ProverbAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-41268574396525652472010-04-28T10:54:47.692+01:002010-04-28T10:54:47.692+01:00You have found some riddle-type proverbs here! Yo...You have found some riddle-type proverbs here! You have a fine collection of family treasures in these postcards. It is so nice that you a personal attachment to them. Lets go to the bars with Betsy! I agree that sounds more fun than old barns! :) The BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-34080271164209518622010-04-27T22:42:02.429+01:002010-04-27T22:42:02.429+01:00'The hasty hand catches frogs for fish...'...'The hasty hand catches frogs for fish...' As an avid frog catcher in my youth, what amazing catch you could get with a little frog on your line!Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-20787009597344858082010-04-27T20:39:23.275+01:002010-04-27T20:39:23.275+01:00It was likely some sort of 'womanly' illne...It was likely some sort of 'womanly' illness which Eliza thought indelicate to explain to her brother. By the way, the very name Fowler Beanland, just wants to make you know more!Nana Johttp://ananasjourney.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-66810373251752600922010-04-27T19:54:54.655+01:002010-04-27T19:54:54.655+01:00I think the real mystery lies in "Received yo...I think the real mystery lies in "Received yours, was ill but better, cannot explain." And you know I love all the hasty angler proverbs, being the fishing lover that I am. Speaking of hasty, what is hasty pudding? Is it a Brit thing?Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-72584224801228933342010-04-27T19:27:16.631+01:002010-04-27T19:27:16.631+01:00Sounds like a Chinese proverb, this one ( checks b...Sounds like a Chinese proverb, this one ( checks book of Confucius...); nope, not in that one...<br /><br />The photo/proverb pairing here seems a bit suggestive, wot?Subbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969166266526522612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-78322554594898401212010-04-27T17:03:47.435+01:002010-04-27T17:03:47.435+01:00"the hasty hand catches frogs for fish" ..."the hasty hand catches frogs for fish" <br />ummm.... too fast to notice? Kind of, 'the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing'. ? Or, is that about stealing... yea, yea, that's it.... -JHarnett-Hargrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486168670308150669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-74261317064336791532010-04-27T16:27:53.671+01:002010-04-27T16:27:53.671+01:00Sid : I'm not even sure that you're not in...Sid : I'm not even sure that you're not in code.<br />John : I suspect that the editors of these dictionaries of proverbs just slip a few of their own crazy inventions in occasionally just for fun.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-15228443182945355082010-04-27T16:11:05.941+01:002010-04-27T16:11:05.941+01:00What is enigmatic is the message itself! But I...What is enigmatic is the message itself! But I'd love to see that French proverb in the original--I think something got lost in the translation!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-44325601529728821932010-04-27T14:30:34.000+01:002010-04-27T14:30:34.000+01:00Are you sure it wasn't code? These damned Germ...Are you sure it wasn't code? These damned Germans were everywhere at the time.Chairman Billhttp://ttocb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-67552653987749387422010-04-27T14:29:38.416+01:002010-04-27T14:29:38.416+01:00The spontaneous bee closes the large wooden door i...The spontaneous bee closes the large wooden door in rapture.<br /><br />Yours, SidChairman Billhttp://ttocb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-576493463204866312010-04-27T14:17:00.661+01:002010-04-27T14:17:00.661+01:00Huh! They sound like literal rather than idiomatic...Huh! They sound like literal rather than idiomatic translations, like somebody sat there with a dictionary in their lap and just wrote down the words they found. Heh, heh! Just like the English users' manuals for the early Japanese electronic gadgets. I remember reading the manual for a Sony color TV back in the late '60s and being very, very confused.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-8077004740723579122010-04-27T14:02:43.433+01:002010-04-27T14:02:43.433+01:00"the hasty hand catches frogs for fish"...."the hasty hand catches frogs for fish".....haha....Oh my..that IS funny. Now I want to know what it means!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.com