Bard spotting on Bluesky 29 November 2024

Adrian Edmondson (@adrianedmondson.bsky.social):

Bizarre thing happened to me yesterday that my teenage self would not believe. I was playing at the gig to celebrate the life of the genius that was Neil Innes. Whilst waiting backstage to go on, Michael Palin sang the lumberjack song to me, in German.

Lloyd Bayley (@lloydbayley.bsky.social):

God...That could NOT be more "him"! :) What a treat!

🏳️🌈 Jayne Silver 🏳️⚧️ (@jaynetherainbow.bsky.social):

Oh, I think it could. He could've done it while on a trans-continental train, before catching his transfer to a hot air balloon!

Lloyd Bayley (@lloydbayley.bsky.social):

Well blimey! You win! :)

🏳️🌈 Jayne Silver 🏳️⚧️ (@jaynetherainbow.bsky.social):

Now look, I came here for an argument...

Linda Clark (@lindyjc57.bsky.social):

That's not an argument; that's a contradiction…!

🏳️🌈 Jayne Silver 🏳️⚧️ (@jaynetherainbow.bsky.social):

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Not necessarily; Dialectical Synthesis is the result of two arguments reinforcing one another on a particular set of points, & mere contradiction does not, itself, rise to the distinction of "argument", which is properly a cogent, purposeful, structured defense or attack of positions. In this essay—