tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post4111039293139813854..comments2023-08-12T08:41:01.080+01:00Comments on Green Bristol Blog: Is the government throwing in the towel on global warming?Chris Hutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-25501827826387997402008-08-15T12:30:00.000+01:002008-08-15T12:30:00.000+01:00Could the words "The road to [hell]" have been add...Could the words "The road to [hell]" have been added when people knew "Pilgrim's Progress" well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-33436230909986641182008-08-10T17:56:00.000+01:002008-08-10T17:56:00.000+01:00I don't know about clever; I'm just an ex-squaddie...I don't know about clever; I'm just an ex-squaddie with a little bit of education and a regular relationship with the Open University.<BR/><BR/>Literature was never my strong point, but perhaps the following preserves the meter of the original*:<BR/><BR/>"The road to hell is paved with grand pretensions"<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>*I'd always thought this was a quote from Samuel Johnson, but <A HREF="http://www.samueljohnson.com/road.html" REL="nofollow">apparently not</A></I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-60441970647059938222008-08-09T08:35:00.000+01:002008-08-09T08:35:00.000+01:00But he's a very clever consultant, cleverer than m...But he's a very clever consultant, cleverer than me, so I can rarely anticipate how he might outmanoeuvre me, which is what makes debating with him so interesting.Chris Hutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-34457248510752153052008-08-08T15:51:00.000+01:002008-08-08T15:51:00.000+01:00Chris Hutt said..."... but as so often I didn't an...Chris Hutt said...<BR/><BR/>"... but as so often I didn't anticipate the exercise of your higher intellect James."<BR/><BR/>Oh Chris, but he's a consultant... you really should have anticipated it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-51226557238451023562008-08-08T09:11:00.000+01:002008-08-08T09:11:00.000+01:00I had hoped that because everyone knows the saying...I had hoped that because everyone knows the saying my variation would be understood as amusing wordplay, but as so often I didn't anticipate the exercise of your higher intellect James.Chris Hutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-44566450983406277092008-08-07T22:31:00.000+01:002008-08-07T22:31:00.000+01:00Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions,...Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions, rather than pretensions?<BR/><BR/>http://www.jamesbarlow.co.uk/not-evil-just-wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com