[blml] Gut yontiff, Pontiff [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Herman De Wael]

richard.hills at immi.gov.au wrote:

>>BLML usage statistics for November 2006
>>
>>Posts   From
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>>  48   svenpran (at) online.no
>>  47   richard.hills (at) immi.gov.au
>>  45   herman (at) hdw.be
> 

I thought I had decided to keep quiet!

> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> In the 2005 Ashes cricket series, England
> defeated the long-time holders Australia by
> only two runs (the narrow margin of victory
> in the decisive Second Test).
> 
> [Note: In the current Ashes series, England
> has also bounced back from an embarrassing
> First Test loss to play impressively in the
> (still ongoing) Second Test.]
> 

Please note that I am an England supporter. Not Barmy Army quality, 
but happy to be able to see highlights for once (the BBC are the only 
English channel on our sets and they have not broadcast any cricket in 
the last 5 years).

> 
>>>>The late great Isaac Asimov noted that
>>>>"Happy holidays, your Holiness,"
>>>>translated into Yiddish was:
>>>>
>>>>"Gut yontiff, Pontiff."
> 
> 
> I will be taking a week's happy holidays, so
> I can catch up on my science-fiction reading
> and my movie watching.
> 

As someone who has read the entire SF output of IA, I can only say, 
enjoy, Richard!

> Because I will be away from my computer for
> a week, this is a golden opportunity for
> Sven Pran to defend his title - although if
> I was a betting man, I would put my money on
> dark horse Herman De Wael to win December.
> 
> :-)
> 

Who knows? Maybe someone could bowl me a yorker in the form of DwS-bait?

> 
> Season's greetings
> 

Same to you, and to all blml-ers who are taking summer holidays (or 
winter ones, up here).


-- 
Herman DE WAEL
Antwerpen Belgium
http://www.hdw.be