Avital wrote:
And you'll have to tell us what the Queen wore this year during
her annual address! ;-)
Predictable turquoise. That seems to be her favourite at the moment. She
wore that colour in the portrait painted for her 80th birthday by Rolf
Harris.
Part of it can be seen at:
Taking the mickey is done to someone's face as Tamara said, and sometimes
the victim isn't sure whether or not what's being said to them is a
compliment or taking the mickey. The most recent example I can think would
be someone saying to Evanda Holyfield that he danced a very good jive in
Wearing the same colour for a few decades must save a lot of shopping and
dressing time. Not to mention that your kids would always know what to get you
for your birthday.
I enjoyed the article about her portrait. I'm not sure *I* would have the
courage to say 'I was afraid she'd look like a
The turquoise dress she wore for the Christmas Day message was much
more frumpy looking than the one in Rolf's portrait.
There's currently a picture from teh Christmas day broadcast and a link
to watch/listen to the whole message at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4558418.stm
Brenda
On 26 Dec
Quite the hat on Camilla! I didn't realise they were wearing them below the
eyebrows this year. ;-)
I'll watch when I get home. Our network at work blocks video and streaming
because of the high bandwidth usage. Thanks. It takes me back to Christmas at
Granny's, where we had to drop everything
I'm moving this over to chat.
Jenny Barron wrote:
you are welcome to take the mickey any time you like Avital, I
have 2 boys at home at the moment whose main pastime is just that
They must have taught my son. sigh He's 12. I think it comes with the age.
sport - sigh. Seriously a lovely
mine are 17 and 19 and the favouite sport at the moment is patting me on the
head, (I'm 5'5, they are both over 6') and commenting unfavouribly on my dwarf
like size - it is actually very funny so I don't really mind. Mind you at 12
you've got quite a lot of mickey taking to come - look on the
Jeri - I tried to send you a reply to yesterday's messages this morning, but
it has been returned twice.
Malvary
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Forgive me!! I was a bit out of my clear-thinking element when I wrote the
message below yesterday. We couldn't decide if red or white wine would go
better with Christmas dinner, and since no one under 18 was present, we had
both. And, the egg nog-well-fortified-with-bourbon certainly did not
To me - taking the wind out of someone's sails is not the same as taking the
Mickey.
To take the wind out of someone's sails would be like you are having an
argument with someone and they expect you throw a punch, but you turn round
and walk away - or turn to them and give them a big hug.
Hi Alice and all,
That's a great poem, and what a great way to spend Boxing Day!!!
Did you get any lace made, or was there too much socializing and eating ;o)
Thanks for sharing,
Irene Whitham
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Malvery,
I thought the original question asked for the opinion of a USA woman. Last
time I looked, Ottawa was in Canada (^_^) Your intrepretation of taking the
wind out may be Canadian, but it is not USA. I stand by my sober
interpretation of taking the Mickey
Betty Ann in Roanoke,
LOL! Never mind. You had a good excuse if you were going through red and white
wine and bourbon in the same meal. It sounds as though you had a merry time!
Avital
Forgive me!! I was a bit out of my clear-thinking element when I wrote the
message below yesterday. We couldn't decide if red or
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