11/11 Found Poetry.

[Mal McLean]

Heather

[Bob Pacey]

You know that bottle is gonna run out eventually Heather


Enjoy it while you can !


Bob

[Heather]

An' then I go to the bottleshop an' I buy another one Bobby!

Unless it's your shout!

[Neville Briggs]

Oh Stephen, you spent all that time writing a reply that entirely misses the point.

Gough was a barrister, he married into the family of a barrister.

Barristers are word-smiths, believe me I have spent many hours in the court room watching them. The dramatic flourish, the passionate word, the striking phrase, the masterful pause, the latin quotes, the satirical jibe, the metaphors, similes, and THE HYPERBOLE. It's all there. . Is that poetry. Most certainly.
Why do you think that they wear ancient wigs and flowing black robes? To draw attention to the fact that, as speakers, they are not ordinary, not like just anybody else, they are mystic, it is they who interpret and work out mysteries. They are poets.

Just ask Rompole of the Bailey, ask Shakespeare and Portia. Ask Perry Mason. ASK GEOFFREY ROBERTSON.
I can only admire such talent. I have all the Rumpole of the Bailey series on DVD.

[Stephen Whiteside]

I understand that (some) barristers are word-smiths, orators, and showmen, but that does not make them poets.

And the daughter of a barrister does not necessarily have all the talents of a barrister. Assuming her father was the barrister, perhaps she took after her mother?

Perhaps they wear the wigs and robes because they cannot rely on their own innate talents to convince the rest of the world that they are not ordinary.

Rumpole was not real, Neville, and John Mortimer was not a barrister. Neither was Leo McKern.

Geoffrey Robertson is not a poet.

Whoops. John Mortimer WAS a barrister. Well, perhaps there's ONE. Even so, I'm still not convinced Mortimer was a poet.

[Bob Pacey]

Ok my shout but you gotta come and get it Nudge.


Sorry Stephen and Nev but it had to be said !

Cannot let the purple moderator have the last word.

Bobbit

[manfredvijars]

I have all the Rumpole of the Bailey series on DVD.

... and I have ALL his sagging superstructure hanging over MY belt ....

[Stephen Whiteside]

I must confess I've never liked Rumpole. It always struck me as twee middle class pap.

[Mal McLean]

I think I have one answer.



Judges don't make good poets........


wait for it........



because of......






inconsistent sentencing!

[Neville Briggs]

Oh Mal.


Stephen, There was a judge in Australia once ( true story, but I can't remember his name ) the accused said to the judge;
" As God is my judge, Your Honour, I am not guilty."

The judge replied " He's not, I am, You are "

Now That's poetry.

Never mind Manfred. As long as you are safe from 'she who must be obeyed "
Leo McKern played Dad, in Dad and Dave the movie, but I never saw it. With Joan Sutherland as his wife ?? I think it was called Dad and Dave. On our Selection ?

Marty. write out a hundred times. Barista..coffee maker.

I think Heather and Bob have a problem folks. Don't mention it though

Celebrity barrister Geoffrey Robertson was once married to Nigella Lawson. Now that should be poetic How I envied him...she is such a good cook