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@handyandy said
The dementia seems to be your affliction, pinhead. By the way, I thought you disapproved of name-calling.

Actually I asked a question didn't call you a name Andy. You are the one still name calling as everyone can see. Stop making yourself look silly, or not up to you! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
Actually I asked a question didn't call you a name Andy. You are the one still name calling as everyone can see. Stop making yourself look silly, or not up to you! 😉

-VR

Haven't you got another 'holiday' coming up?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Haven't you got another 'holiday' coming up?

goad, you must be feeling left out as you have to involve yourself in a conversation going on between Andy and I. Do you feel he isn't doing so well in it? 😉

-VR

@Very-Rusty

You were in the schools for those children had to wear bump caps with chin straps weren't you?

@mudfinger said
@Very-Rusty

You were in the schools for those children had to wear bump caps with chin straps weren't you?

You are mistaken, I wasn't the kid sitting behind you in class!!! 😛

-VR

@mudfinger said
@Very-Rusty

You were in the schools for those children had to wear bump caps with chin straps weren't you?

Your picture looks like you might be wearing such a "topper". 🤔

@very-rusty said
You are mistaken, I wasn't the kid sitting behind you in class!!! 😛

-VR

😆 Excellent response!

@very-rusty said
George Elliot was a woman?..... 😉

-VR

Is there no end to your ignorance?

@very-rusty said
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

My question would be why use the pen name George Elliot? Were male novelists more accepted in that era?

-VR

Dur.

More male privilege. Women were practically nobodies in the 19th century. The few who weren't stood out, and often got hammered down because of it.

@suzianne said
Is there no end to your ignorance?

Do you think that everyone but me knew that Suzie Q? IF so you would be the ignorant one!

-VR

@suzianne said
Dur.

More male privilege. Women were practically nobodies in the 19th century. The few who weren't stood out, and often got hammered down because of it.

Yes, I learned that when reading up on bio of Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880 AKA George Elliot!

-VR

@very-rusty said
Do you think that everyone but me knew that Suzie Q? IF so you would be the ignorant one!

-VR

Well in fact I would estimate that the majority of Germans would know that...not that it is relevant