Ask Sharivari

ok today one of my idle 'what if...' ilx thoughts has leapt to 'confirmed', took me long enough to work it out lol

It took you that long to work out he was a Russian plant?

:D exackly

What was your theory though

obviously i am a big proponent of ilx couplehood

ur own admission of living somewhere just outside london + sv's mention of irish s.o. rung faint alarm bells a few months ago. not ashamed to say that subsequent namesearch corroboration via the perfume thread and stout defence from a particularly ugly slur by twu have pushed this one into 'gotcha' territory. u had a good run tho. move over jaymc there's a new sherlock in town etc. obviously everyone else had worked this one out already

Idk that anyone knew or cared! It’s a good guess though but the truth is that I’m his much less polite sock he uses for his dodgy political opinions.

right ok we'll go with that no further qns

ffs dmac out

this is true, you had alluded to this in your trademark obtuse way some time ago

srsly idnr twigging this so ive either forgotten or simple gibberish is being misattributed as obtuseness (latter is v common tbf)

lol I knew I didn’t imagine this
Irish politics discussion thread

But when I was searching for this I found posts of mine far more recent I didn’t even recall making, so.

ha

listen

idnr the post but its entirely likely the opportunity to have a dig at peter crouch eclipsed any other info processing at the time

lol for all my sleuthing he straight up said it

I don’t recall writing that either, tbh, and I’m not sure what made me presume I had won over her mammy - which is a 20-30 year project with no real guarantee of success at the end of it.

well i wasn't going to say but

Well this is a nice to-do.

Remember, even if it seems you've been a creeper for no reason, creeping is its own reason.

lol I have to say I was impressed by the perfume thread bit, I wouldn’t have remembered whatever tipped off imago there.

What’s the worst mixed metaphor you’ve ever used?

happy birthday for yesterday!

you have left the cohort and graduated to better things. hope you had a blast

Thank you. Feels good to be in the Pravin Tambe age bracket at last.

our idol and beacon

A mutual acquaintance of ours has likely passed it on by now, but an encore can't hurt:

Happy (belated) birthday!

Mulţumesc!

happy birthday sv!

a belated hb to you sv!

Thank you!

hbsv.

🎂🎉🎂

La mulți ani!

ty, ty

Back to the original point of the thread? Who is your favorite soprano these days? Favorite tenor? What are your favorite languages?

(Please ignore extra '?)

Thinking just about the ones I’ve seen live in the last few years, Yoncheva stands out as a genuinely exceptional talent. I’ve been impressed by Lisette Oropesa every time I’ve seen her as well. It was unfortunate Grigolo turned out to be such a menace as I’d always thought he was very good. Calleja, probably, of those currently employable by the Royal Opera House.

Otherwise, predictably, Netrebko and Kaufmann.

Russian and French are probably my favourite languages, despite being poor at both.

Cool. No love for Piotr B?

I’m racking my brain trying to remember whether I’ve seen him perform but I suspect not. He’s always good value on screen, though.