tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post8674971113522442614..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: Urbane? Moi?!Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-82047362769559752402010-12-29T08:11:41.842+00:002010-12-29T08:11:41.842+00:00Why, thank you so much, CW.Why, thank you so much, CW.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-28338013836457079112010-12-28T11:55:24.078+00:002010-12-28T11:55:24.078+00:00Dear Mr. Froog of Froogville viz. Bill Froog viz. ...Dear Mr. Froog of Froogville viz. Bill Froog viz. Dark Star nom de guerre:<br /><br />Please let it be known in these reaches of cyberland you call home that "you make my insomniac nights a bit more enjoyable." <br /><br />DISCLAIMER: we are on different continents, thus, though one's mind can wend itself into the juicy innuendo of that quoted statement, it is, alas, pretty much just what it says: I can't sleep, therefore I read Froog. Although in an alternative reality of Sci-Fi thrills, anything's possible, hmm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-32985090338988728762009-02-08T09:42:00.000+00:002009-02-08T09:42:00.000+00:00Fellow China-blogger Kim kindly left this comment ...Fellow China-blogger <A HREF="http://eastweststation.com/blog/" REL="nofollow">Kim</A> kindly left <A HREF="http://thebarprop.blogspot.com/2007/01/sometimes-larking-usually-darkening.html?showComment=1233769260000#c1306710953934324607" REL="nofollow">this comment</A> over on <A HREF="http://thebarprop.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">the <STRONG>Barstool</STRONG> </A>a few days ago. I take the liberty of transferring it over here.<BR/><BR/>"Sorry to be so blunt, but your blog is great...a real inspiration. Good to have found you and look forward to reading all your stuff once I've finished an important trip to Ningbo this Saturday."Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-79898719545790472192008-12-19T16:47:00.000+00:002008-12-19T16:47:00.000+00:00Thank you so much, Elizabeth.I'm sure you haven't ...Thank you so much, Elizabeth.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you haven't really read through the whole year. Reading through half of January is quite enough of a chore! I'm sorry to have imposed upon you.<BR/><BR/>Happy holidays!Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-34711272246134012502008-12-18T16:42:00.000+00:002008-12-18T16:42:00.000+00:00Having read through all your China 2008 blogs, I n...Having read through all your China 2008 blogs, I nominate "Chinese people love me 13" Sat Jan 2008 Happy Christmas!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-56374867522500901522008-12-16T15:38:00.000+00:002008-12-16T15:38:00.000+00:00Well, there are quite a lot that fall into that ca...Well, there are <I>quite a lot</I> that fall into that category, Elizabeth, my dear.<BR/><BR/>Go on - click on the 'China Observations' tag and stick a pin in!!Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-45937445770562361312008-12-14T23:22:00.000+00:002008-12-14T23:22:00.000+00:00It's very difficult to pick a favourite when I'm s...It's very difficult to pick a favourite when I'm such a newcomer to your blog, but I like those which tell us about life in China. Have a Happy Christmas.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-90317977643582903402008-12-12T18:15:00.000+00:002008-12-12T18:15:00.000+00:00And Snopes, you old dog, where have you been? I w...And Snopes, you old dog, where have you been? I was getting concerned about you.<BR/><BR/>Please read my last comment to Elizabeth. I would be delighted to receive a 'pick of the year' recommendation from you.<BR/><BR/>A comment here will be fine, if you don't have my e-mail address. But I think you do, don't you?Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-88675276193750432292008-12-12T18:12:00.000+00:002008-12-12T18:12:00.000+00:00My dear Elizabeth,I'm glad to see you're still obs...My dear Elizabeth,<BR/>I'm glad to see you're still observing this thread.<BR/><BR/>It is an opportune time to importune you to contribute to my latest mad venture. I had thought that over Christmas I might like to give myself a break from writing new stuff every day, and so I have been asking my 'regulars' (Tony, and.... er... one or two others) if they would commend one post from the last year as worthy of reprinting in a year-end review.<BR/><BR/>You may not have read that much, but please do let me know if there is anything so far that stands out as a 'favourite'.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-530935896012974532008-12-12T11:56:00.000+00:002008-12-12T11:56:00.000+00:00Snopes' remarks are not a review. Don't be thrown...Snopes' remarks are not a review. Don't be thrown; Froogville is interesting and fun.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-15745352929027409042008-12-12T10:27:00.000+00:002008-12-12T10:27:00.000+00:00It's always an entertaining read, Master Froog, bu...It's always an entertaining read, Master Froog, but I wonder if you aren't overdoing it just a touch. I worry that the volume of your output may be evidence of a lack of balance or fulfillment in other areas of your life.<BR/><BR/>When I knew you, you would be holding forth to your friends like this all the time, with a constant stream of barbed witticisms, anecdotes, quotations, arguments, provocative opinions and strange flights of fancy. I fear that perhaps your social circle has rather narrowed these days or is a little less intellectually stimulating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-15822487473197185282008-12-03T17:26:00.000+00:002008-12-03T17:26:00.000+00:00Well, I'm glad that's all sorted out.This is not j...Well, I'm glad that's all sorted out.<BR/><BR/>This is not just a <I>chat room</I>, you know?<BR/><BR/>Narcissus just wants to see his own reflection in the pool - undisturbed by other ripples.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-8918358775601173732008-12-03T14:11:00.000+00:002008-12-03T14:11:00.000+00:00Elizabeth: That's all right then. Sorry to suggest...Elizabeth: That's all right then. Sorry to suggest that you might have had a shameful past.<BR/>But look, we can't keep on meeting like this: why don't we let Froog delete our exchange here and then you drop into OMF again one of these day for a chat?<BR/>By all means keep your anonymity if you like; my initial enquiries lead me to believe that you are a retired steel worker living in Pittsburgh, but I promise not to probe further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-63313703367427303002008-12-02T17:11:00.000+00:002008-12-02T17:11:00.000+00:00Tony: Sorry, not, but I'm another Elizabeth who c...Tony: Sorry, not, but I'm another Elizabeth who commented on your superb blog a while ago. Anonymity caused by not having a site of my own.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-34593216896796648912008-12-02T12:40:00.000+00:002008-12-02T12:40:00.000+00:00Elizabeth:You guard your anonymity very closely. A...Elizabeth:<BR/>You guard your anonymity very closely. Are you by any chance the Elizabeth to whom I was married for 23 years and from whom I was divorced 25 years ago?<BR/><BR/><I>(Froog: Sorry to take up space in your review section with a matter of concern only to me, but I am intrigued by your new commenter.)</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-26692589555845840302008-11-17T18:01:00.000+00:002008-11-17T18:01:00.000+00:00Thank you.Thank you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-10933413753136472008-11-17T15:21:00.000+00:002008-11-17T15:21:00.000+00:00Welcome, Elizabeth. I'm not forward enough to cal...Welcome, Elizabeth. I'm not forward enough to call you Liz just yet. It's a pleasure to welcome one of Tony's followers here. I can only hope that I don't shock, offend, or disappoint too often.<BR/><BR/>I am very wary of exposing my e-mail address on the Internet, but if you search this blog for a post about Nanjing you may find a link cunningly embedded.<BR/><BR/>Do you not have a blog or website of your own?<BR/><BR/>I hope you will continue to read, and be entertained. Welcome again.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-60635885029612404092008-11-17T13:04:00.000+00:002008-11-17T13:04:00.000+00:00I can't find your email address so am having to se...I can't find your email address so am having to send this via your comments box. No (sadly for you?) I'm nobody, just an elderly fan of your blog to which I was directed by OMF of which I'm also an ardent reader. Friends call me Liz but my computer insists otherwise.<BR/>I apologise for raising your hopes.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-18697013264552534202008-11-16T23:52:00.000+00:002008-11-16T23:52:00.000+00:00Yours to command, Ma'am.But, if by some chance you...Yours to command, Ma'am.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But, if by some chance you're <I>not</I> the Queen of England, I'm intrigued to know who you are. Could you drop me an e-mail? Or give me a little clue?Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-83996061481961570462008-11-16T11:29:00.000+00:002008-11-16T11:29:00.000+00:00Arise Sir Froog.Arise Sir Froog.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-46282532935076016952008-11-16T02:28:00.000+00:002008-11-16T02:28:00.000+00:00Gosh, the Queen of England reads my blog?! I am h...Gosh, the Queen of England reads my blog?! I am humbled, Ma'am.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-7583740994416790182008-11-16T00:09:00.000+00:002008-11-16T00:09:00.000+00:00Admiration-inducing and entertaining.Admiration-inducing and entertaining.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097255261187209466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-84723561419557049792008-11-14T22:13:00.000+00:002008-11-14T22:13:00.000+00:00Oh, it was out of five. And given the nature of y...Oh, it was out of five. And given the nature of your friends and/or readership, obscure witticisms were inevitable. For what it is worth, I feel the blog reflects you well, and that is all one can ask for from a blog.Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-51676623140294861292008-11-11T02:00:00.000+00:002008-11-11T02:00:00.000+00:00Thank you, Swordsman. I forget - was it out of 5,...Thank you, Swordsman. I forget - was it out of 5, or 10?<BR/><BR/>I fear this thread is being used so far only for obscure witticisms rather than considered analysis of my <I>oeuvre</I>.<BR/><BR/>Oh well, I suppose I shouldn't complain; it might have invited character assassinations.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-31424507166020988142008-11-11T01:50:00.000+00:002008-11-11T01:50:00.000+00:00Oi give it foive...Oi give it foive...Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.com