I like this one
grandma i’m jealous of your ability to use an escher as your profile pic.
The current pic is entitled “Waterfall”.
At our old house we had a large print which we hung over the cistern in the cloakroom …
These mutterings are all getting a bit “Radio 4” highbrow, what about the smut, cheese choccy & Gin party talk.
My poor grade C ‘O’ levels are throbbing.
Thick ‘O’ Mick
I had a lovely piece of 70% dark chocolate last night - dunked it in my coffee. It was lovely
Mick, you need to post more to keep us in line and on topic …
The stick I had in school with that name, they ate her I believe, & (besides the Rocky nickname),& the theme tune to a certain weird family being used, a bit too often, I grew up rather naughtyxx
Hi Grandma,
Whilst I am a big fan of Escher and I love the subtle and weird word play here, I can not always keep up with the rapid fire banter.
I don’t want it to change or stop, but when I cant keep up I catch my breath and dip in and out so might loose the thread a bit.
Mick (avid radio 4 listener)
Mick, feel free to go at your own pace.
What do you listen to on Radio 4?
I have discovered the world Service for when I can’t sleep at night because the television can be rubbish and they don’t cater for insomniacs
Herr Albrecht,
I am fortunate enough to have access to Prof Google when any big words come up… it would appear that you dropped an Umlaut. Tsk tsk
“Möbius strip”
But thanks for making me think of this fabulous word of the day “Umlaut” (sounds like an indecisive football hooligan)
Mick
It is more a case of what I don’t listen to on R4, I am not a big fan of the film programme or moneybox and when the news gets too repetitive or depressing I switch to 6Music. I agree with you about the World service, I have learned loads of useless trivia, like early US experiments into LSD involving spiders and what happened to their web making skills when they were stoned.
PS this does not explain my irrational phobia of spiders.
Mick
Lucky spiders, I have an excellent spider remover, about the only thing he will ever catch, unless it’s doused in cream & under his nose.
Are you ever listening to Boston Calling on the World Service? I really enjoy that programme. BTW, can we please not use the “s” word? They are creatures. I can cope with referring to them as creatures. May have to go to drs today. Right side of face, arm and leg are very heavy. That’s new 
I’m afraid Grandma, unless ear bursting Death Metal is being played I am rather ignorant. Too much in depth information is wasted on me. Years of bombarding my head with heavy rock has destroyed any intelligence I may have had once. Sophisticated conversations have never been my forte, I’m too easily distracted I don’t mind 'S*****s, it’s my rather fat, lazy pet that thinks their fair game. x
I can see the relevance of Escher now. Some days I feel like I’m in one of his drawings.
Sue, nearly every sunday evening - a couple of neighbours join us for dinner. Usually, a roast - but sometimes l like to ring the changes, so this sunday l made Roast Chicken Tikka with potatoes and cauliflower - as seen on tv with Jamie [naked chef- has anyone seen him naked?] l even made my own tikka curry paste - and potato and spinach channa dahl - AND naan bread.
We all enjoyed it - but the ‘neighbour’ ate his naan bread with a knife and fork!!! Now that is a big NO NO as we all know.
Bread of any sort is for breaking/tearing not cutting with a knife and fork. Seen it all now. And he holds his knife like a pen - which is nearly as bad.
lt will be back to the usual roast next sunday.
That sounds fabulous. I love Channa Daal. And tikka, and naan bread. Yum.
Your neighbour should not be invited back. He has broken the #1 rule of Indian food. Bread = tearing and dunking.
(Btw, I’m going to India in 55 days! Can’t wait.)
Oh and I should think Jules has seen him naked. But other than that I don’t think there’s been any kiss n tell stories.
Sue
Well I was quite enjoying the conversation about ART. It made me feel all grown up and clever. Not that I know much about ART, apart from Escher. He’s brilliant. Or rather was brilliant. And my usual answer to any question about art these days is Albrecht Dürer. With an umlaut. Meanwhile we could try to have a cultured conversation about music. Except that I just listen to 6 music and whatever Jools Holland tells me to listen to. Apart from old stuff. (See playlists.) And my music tastes seem to be based just lately on whoever has died most recently. (Sorry Tracey, I’ve never been much of an AC/DC fan, so I’m still a bit stuck on Steely Dan!) Or ferrets. We obviously won’t talk about their favourite food because of upsetting people who don’t like to even think of the nasty, hairy 8 legged beasts. So culture might be out. And as for Mick not keeping up, he’s the one who started on about Umlauts. ÜÜÜmlaüts! Phyllis Stein (Mrs)
With regards to ferrets, dh reckons they are the English version of meercats.
ART is a great topic of conversation as it is so wide ranging and subjective and has nudged into my memory that it has been some years since I read Ernst Gombrich’s The Story of Art. That’s a book that would keep Mr D quiet for a while …
I inherited a copy of Gombrich’s The Story of Art from my mother-in-law. It came in handy when I did an Arts Foundation course with Open University. I’ve read it from cover to cover. Considering the subject matter, I found it a surprisingly easy read. It even helped me to appreciate how early Greek sculptures were influenced by Egyptian ones, and how much the Greeks were prepared to move forward with their sculpture compared with the Egyptians. It’s a book I can recommend if someone wants to learn about art.