tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post6191747754070479892..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Receiving Requital for Ancient DoomBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-29807871764273084412009-10-21T07:00:33.551-04:002009-10-21T07:00:33.551-04:00Victoria: Often that's just what we are really...Victoria: Often that's just what we are really doing, while pretending to watch TV.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-13899218506096968892009-10-21T04:30:40.206-04:002009-10-21T04:30:40.206-04:00Watching boring, to me, TV programmes would be suc...Watching boring, to me, TV programmes would be such a penance. Do you not have communal recreation when you just talk to one another about the day?Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403184829256955768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-39683344755868018422009-10-20T09:48:07.542-04:002009-10-20T09:48:07.542-04:00"Two ghoulish characters" absolutely mad..."Two ghoulish characters" absolutely made my day. <br /><br />(FWIW, I cannot imagine watching that show, either.)Tchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388784325608457371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-52719649985557707322009-10-20T03:38:22.733-04:002009-10-20T03:38:22.733-04:00I guess you have to watch the show in question to ...I guess you have to watch the show in question to get your reference : )<br /><br />I remember as a child playing games with some of the nuns in the "TV Room" (black and white; 3 channels) of my aunt's convent while the others watched programmes. I was really young at the time, but it seemed to me the sisters didn't really watch the TV, so much as used it as a stimulus to "be normal" for an hour (i.e. talk about topics, people, places, ideas that were outside of their regular routine). Good times.Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.com