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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 06:07pm on 24/04/2005
I've been down to Southampton for the TS's AGM and Annual dinner. The hotel's sign welcomed "The Tolkein Society", so a copy of the Times was found in the lobby, and the "i" and "e" from the header were blu-taked onto the sign in the appropriate places. The manager noticed us doing this, and was sufficiently embarrased that he went off and printed out a new correct version. Thankfully, the menus were spelt correctly! The speaker was interesting, and much discussion ensued.

To paraphrase PGGJ: "Horror of Horrors!. *froth* *rant*. Marketing gone mad! Will it be "Classical Music for people with no taste" next, or something?

Anyway, I hear the siren sound of beer calling...
Mood:: 'nostalgic' nostalgic
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posted by [identity profile] hoiho.livejournal.com at 05:30pm on 24/04/2005
Mmmm, beer.
 
posted by [identity profile] antinomy.livejournal.com at 07:57am on 25/04/2005
Will it be "Classical Music for people with no taste" next, or something?

Surely you've seen the '40 Great Classical Tunes' type albums..? I'm not convinced this is any worse, sadly.
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posted by [personal profile] rmc28 at 08:21am on 25/04/2005
I refer m'learned friend to the three CDs I waved at him yesterday.
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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 08:49am on 25/04/2005
No, those seem like eminently sensible CDs - people need to be able to choose music for their weddings without buying a million CDs.
 
posted by [identity profile] tienelle.livejournal.com at 10:44am on 27/04/2005
Um, what's so objectionable about the CD? Do you object to the very notion, or is it just that their implementation is poor?
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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 01:18pm on 27/04/2005
The very notion. Why not just play some of your favourite classical music at your babies?
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posted by [personal profile] sally_maria at 04:23pm on 27/04/2005
I suppose I should introduce myself properly this time, since it was my fault for pointing out the mis-spelt sign. Although my suggestion was that we should all join the Tolkein Society http://www.tolkeinsociety.org/

And I'd love to know what makes certain pieces of classical music particularly suitable for babies - I would guess ones that send them to sleep, because sleeping babies are always better than the alternative.
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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 05:46pm on 27/04/2005
Ah, hello again!

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posted by [identity profile] wildfyre.livejournal.com at 10:19am on 06/06/2005
Thought I ought to get round to checking that you are the Matthew I thought you were ;-)

Mwahaha! @ the sign. I thought the funniest part was the receptionist looking up as we blu-tacked the letters in place, saying, "I thought you were making fun of my sign."

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