Dutfields Yard interior photograph, 1900

[Captain Hook]

Hi Sam,

I'll say something in defence of the Irish, parlour-game or not. I just spent six weks in New York and not a Welsh bar did I see.

Cheers,
Hook

[Sam Flynn]

May I ask: Is there a version of Blind Man's Buff where all the players are blindfolded?

That'd be the popular Irish parlour-game, rivalled in popularity only by "Give us a Word" and "Wrap the Parcel".

[Captain Hook]

Blind Manīs Buff

...Its a bit like being asked to play "Blind Man"s Buff" when some of the players arent blindfolded!

Hello Natalie,

May I ask: Is there a version of Blind Man's Buff where all the players are blindfolded?

Cheers
Hook

[Ally]

Oh for fukk's sake. While I don't think there's any doubt at all that I think Phil went about doing this the entire wrong way, and what my opinion is of the entire game only a) a drunk or b) a moron would not have understood that Monty was being sarcastic when he said that....

Oh wait. Right. Option C: both a and b

[Monty]

Gareth

I think he means idiotic.

Isotonic Monty.

[Sam Flynn]

To be fair, Simon, I read Monty as ionic.

...that's iconic, surely, AP?

[Monty]

And how are you viewed AP?

[Monty]

Simon

I was indeed being ironic. Its obvious to you.

AP, thats your beef? Thats what I should be worried about? Simon has aired his view, lets throw it open to the rest of the membership, should I be worried? Wonder if theyll back thee or me, lets see.

Another smokescreen AP, you are becoming adept at avoiding the point, and that is there is no valid arguement against this photo.

[Cap'n Jack]

To be fair, Simon, I read Monty as ionic.

[Simon Wood]

Hi AP,

To be fair, I read it as Monty being ironic.

Regards,

Simon

[Cap'n Jack]

From Monty, a full year after he had seen the photograph:

' Prey, do tell.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philip,

Do you mean to tell us that a particular photo exsists?

I suspect a thread is in order.

Monty'

This is worse than Watch with Mother.

[Monty]

AP

I should be worried?

Why? you got something I should be worried about? Are you going to present it or just bang on about wheel ruts and ladies ankles?

I only dive in when Im certain old boy. Whereas you should invest in some water wings, you seem to be floundering.

[Cap'n Jack]

Monty, old boy:

'Phil,

I dont want to know how it went, cos itll go well.

What I do want is the reaction, and you know exactly what I mean.

Monty.'

You posted that on the 10-11-2008 on the conference thread.
Were you worried about the 'reaction'?
'Cos you should have been.
And I'm quite sure 'Phil' knew exactly what you meant.
Dip a toe in before you dive, why don't ya?

[Monty]

[QUOTE]As I've stated already, my ire with this farce began with a farce, the one acted out on the thread devoted to the American conference where supposedly serious researchers in this case were acting like a bunch of primary school bully boys... heaping praise on George for a discovery which they were waiting for with bated breath, although they had seen it a full year before, and then rushing to his defence once they all realised that nobody has seriously done any work on this photograph to authenticate it, apart from going into a huddle in the playground and slapping eack other's backs.[/QUOTE]

As you were not party to the authentication of the photo, and it is authentic, I find it extremely confusing why you state those words I have highlighted in bold.

You were not involved in any stage of the process so that statement is not only erronous but also smacks of childish spitefulness. How the hell do you know that no serious study has been done on this photo? That is plainly incorrect. To dimiss these people whom Philip consulted based on no knowledge of what they did just goes to show that you are completely ignorant to the quest for the truth. It seems you would rather plot a course of disruption based on mis-information or, even worse, no information at all...as you have done above.

I know for a fact that most of these people Phil consutled over a year ago are not only upmostly respected but are also extremely knowledgeable in this field and others.

I also know that some of these Bully Boys are respected by yourself AP, though I assume you have since changed your views of them.

I would take the opinion of those who have exhustively studied the area, history and the case over those who would rather dimiss for the sake of dimissal, behind a bottle of brandy, whilst conducting their reseach at a keyboard.

Yours

Bully Beef Monty

[Cap'n Jack]

'It's odd how A.P. tries to argue at the same time that Philip both didn't look into it very well and also that it was wrong for him to have shown it to other people in the field for their thoughts before making a public announcement.'

That's not my beef, Dan, my beef is that these people in the 'field' pretended that they had not seen the photo. I can post their childish and tawdry comments if you like... but you better be near a bucket.