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Good evening folks. Came to say hi but disappeared down a rabbit hole looking at Richard Dadd and his Fairy Feller Master Stroke effort. Fascinating and sad in equal measure.
S️ooo we're all getting up a posse to go sort Julie2468 's medics out
Milkey hello. Are you still trying to sort out your finances? Money worries don't help our health.
Cheers
Going to see the exhibition in London next weekend. It's definitely an unusual story. Richard Dadd who painted such mind blowingly detailed paintings came home from travelling abroad and voices in his head told him his father was the devil and he killed his father. Sorry, not a heart lifting story for this time of night.
Evening Shimmer
I was wondering about Steve losing weight too, as he's had several months of argy bargy trying to sort out his employment issues. It all contributes, unfortunately.
I'll definitely join Julie's posse as it drives me nuts when the medical professionals try to toy with patients' lives! Being a gob on legs has helped me to get OH where I wanted him to be. Hmmph!
This post flew off into the ether, but while I was busy retrieving it I had time to read Uki's post and it saved me asking about Richard Dadd, whom I knew nothing about. Ta, our kid.
Let's see if this posts...
Anytime. Do you remember oops! Ahem you may not be old enough but we used to get a lot of Public Information Films warning and advising us about all sorts, some with actors, some animations.
Petunia n OH closing gates etc Charlie the cat and his interpreter boy etc Most are hilarious, some short lived for reasons that should have been obvious. Well today I looked at the one advising having a chain on front doors as it might be your aunt, hubs who's lost key, a con man or 'mad, bad, axe man, who is deep in sin' ... don't worry, the aunt in the animation smacked the murderer on the bonce with her brolly. Take that! Sorted.
We'll have her in the posse!
Cheers
Shims, I've got a DVD of those PIFs. Green Door xxx
You lucky blighter! Well I am glad you mentioned that, the sadness I referred to. He spent decades in Bethlam (Bedlam) then Broadmoor when it opened. Lots of his paintings were done in those institutions.
I had a go at his explanatory poem earlier.
Cheers
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