tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post4691687421864215992..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: A lost jokeFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-19172214361879695842008-03-14T00:10:00.000+00:002008-03-14T00:10:00.000+00:00Best to check it out...my memory is shot nowadays....Best to check it out...my memory is shot nowadays... (No that wasn't intended to be a pun, by the way)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-4826397669078686062008-03-13T22:39:00.000+00:002008-03-13T22:39:00.000+00:00Thanks for that, Mothman. New information for me....Thanks for that, Mothman. New information for me. I've used the 'Epitaphs of War' series in classes on WWI poetry, but hadn't known too much of the background.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-46301345078230245112008-03-13T01:52:00.000+00:002008-03-13T01:52:00.000+00:00Do you know, I have read and re-read this little g...Do you know, I have read and re-read this little gem and wondered what witticism could possibly enliven the sombre mood it engendered.<BR/><BR/>My conclusion was that none could...the whole concept is just so unremittingly, mind-bendingly fucking awful that I can't really get my head around it.<BR/><BR/>I recall reading some time ago about how Jack Kipling died while serving with the Irish Guards...with his jaw shot away and in intolerable pain, I believe. An only child, I think, and as blind as a bat and quite entitled to dodge military service had he so chosen. His grief-stricken parents spent months touring the battlefields trying to find his grave, but to no avail I gather: his body was apparently 'misplaced' or - more likely - blown to bits in a later barrage.<BR/><BR/>Awful beyond comprehension.<BR/><BR/>Apart from the fact that I love India and have bought and read several of his books out there, Kipling also endeared himself to me in one major way by describing England as "The most marvellous foreign country". Like so many great English 'patriots' he spent little time there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com