Eat Hermione for Lunch

[Bostock]

Great! Thank you Fraser!

[Tommiebaby]

bosock, sorry if I was RUDD

[Bostock]

Concerning: Banker bets, banker wins: I am now convinced that "Liquid gold is simply oil! The bank is an investment bank. Hermione Parrit-Jones was, (according to the sleeve notes of TAAB2,) employed at the Credit Uzbek investment Bank, Canary Wharf.

Ian Anderson:

"Hedge funds, wraps and equities.
Lackeys, aides in fierce attendance.
Trusts and gilts, reserve currencies.
Liquid gold in safe ascendance..."

I recently reed on the Internet that sometimes oil and petroleum is referred to as liquid gold, and since it's an investment bank...

They are probable trading in oil or petroleum, among other things. The words "safe ascendance" probable means that it's a safe investment. Ascendance means to dominate, so it probable means: safe ascendance/dominance. They are sure to dominate this investment, or control this investment without risking any loss. Oil is always in demand. Is there anybody out there?... With specific financial insight? ...Come forth ye banker... ye...who ever you are... and shine... (got a little carried away there...)

Anyway. There are other ideas about what this means. For the moment, this is mine...

[Bostock]

Written by Tilden: “I'll have a go - I believe it refers to gold bullion coins.
You see, they are recognized and redeemable around the world and are therefore very liquid.
And Gold is arguably the safest place to keep ones savings.
Traders, if my observations are correct, will even jump into Gold on Fridays via GLD on the NYSE if there is trouble on the horizon - because they cant sell company shares before Mondays open when they would take a hit.
While it doesn't deliver the kind of returns some hot share options can, it slowly increases in value or ascends. Good Evening."

Okay… Gold bullion coins… sounds convincing! … but… I am not sure… What do you mean with the words: “…recognized and redeemable?” And what do you mean with: “…and are therefore very liquid??” And... GLD?? Okay… G must stand for gold… but what does LD stand for? I can’t find it on the Internet. (I’m from Denmark… I tend to get a little lost…) … “… it slowly increases in value or ascends…” I understands that … but ascend and ascendance seems to be two different words. Ascend meaning to climb or increase, and ascendance means to dominate?

Ian Anderson:

"Hedge funds, wraps and equities.
Lackeys, aides in fierce attendance.
Trusts and gilts, reserve currencies.
Liquid gold in safe ascendance..."

[Deleted]

Hi Bostock, Welcome to the board.
Those are titles that change with the number of posts you make.
The Claghorn was an early homemade instrument Ian used onThis Was, so is the first of some fairly silly titles everybody is assigned.
Darin Cody

Feb 23, 2013 7:08:01 GMT -5 Bostock said:

Does anybody know what this mean? Claghornist, Ethnic Piano Accordian-ist etc…? And why the stars?

[fraser]

I think the Hermione mystery has been pretty much worked out. But who is barren Madge?

[Bostock]

Oh...! I didn't see your reply the other day. Thank you Darin Cody. Thanks for your kind reply, and the warm wellcome!

[Bostock]

Written by Fraser: "I think the Hermione mystery has been pretty much worked out. But who is barren Madge?"

I agree! The "Eat Hermione for lunch" mystery has been dealt with. It's having sex with Hermione Parritt-Jones. Probable oral sex... as for oral sex... well i consider that to be a theory, since it can't be proven right or wrong...There are still lines in the lyrics that puzzles me... (... I will get to barren Marge... ) ...but for the sake of repetition, and for new board members... From the sleeve notes of TAAB2:

"Madame Seductress.
Hermione Parritt-Jones is set to appear for the international publication Madame-X Magazine Summer Swimwear edition in June. Already shot in Antigua, Barbados and Weston-super-Mare, the photos show the 19 year-old ex-Eastonbirt College schoolgirl in a variety of fashion-wear. Recently grounded by parents Roger and Huffy for spending several nights up in London without permission, she has been given the green light to postpone, for now, her university studies in order to pursue a modelling career. Headmistress Diane Polyp-Duckworth of Eastonbirt reluctantly agreed that “irons don't stay hot forever, so best strike while there is still fire in the old oven. Hermione completed work experience at Credit Uzbek Investment Bank, Canary Wharf, last Summer and chose modelling over her original plan to seek an MBA at a prestigious Massachusetts Business College. Her mentor at Credit Uzbek, Mark Caddish received a £12,000,000 bonus last year although much of this was in deferred stock ownership and off-shore bullion. Inland Revenue are “interested” in his earnings and tax declarations over the last few years."

...but as for barren Madge... Well, who is she?

I looked the word barren up in the dictionary. (...not surprisingly...) I don't think it's her name, because barren doesn't begin with a capital. To me it looks like a nickname. Oh, there she goes... barren Madge!... or there she shuffles...
She serves: Fray Bentos Pie... Sounds nice... but... Fray Bentos Pie... or so I've been told is like a TV-dinner. A ready made dish... It should taste awful!

Ian Anderson:

"While barren Madge prepares hot dinner.
Fray Bentos Pie: always a winner."

Barren: 1) Not producing offspring. 2) Incapable of producing offspring. 3) Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable. 4) Lacking in liveliness or interest.

I personally go for number 4: Lacking in liveliness or interest. Of course she may also lack any interest in sex...?
The first time I heard it I thought: "How nice! Fray Bentos Pie? Must be an old recipe... handed down for generations... but.. it's not..."

I think it's presented as a winner, because it's so easy to make for her. Just shove it in the oven... and down the hatch it goes...

[Bostock]

Written by Tilden: "Hi, I think I can answer some of these questions this evening so I will continue if no one minds...
Recognized as in government minted so there is absolutely no question as to purity.
Redeemable meaning say... convertable for other more readily spendable funds.
Liquid has the same meaning - you know like water.
About ascendance... maybe we just need to try a different dictionary to find what we need. I'm sure Ive heard it as a reference to climbing...
GLD is just the abbreviation for Gold."

Thank you again Tilden! "Recognized as in government minted so there is absolutely no question as to purity." I'm sorry Tilden, I don't understand this sentence... "Redeemable meaning say... convertable for other more readily spendable funds." The same... Liquid as in water? Molten? Probable not. Not understood. GLD stands for gold. Okay, understood. "About ascendance... maybe we just need to try a different dictionary to find what we need. I'm sure Ive heard it as a reference to climbing..." Okay.. I tried other dictionary's, but unfortunately no result yet. But If the price of Gold Bullion Coins went down... well that wouldn't be to dominate, or to be in safe ascendance. So if the Price safely ascends, that would leave the investor in ascendance / domination. I believe you Tilden!

[fraser]

Frey Bentos pies are not a mystery to me. They sell them in the Tesco across the road. I almost bought one the other day to honour the song. But the barren Madge line has got me thinking...

Bostock wrote: "Barren: 1) Not producing offspring. 2) Incapable of producing offspring. 3) Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable. 4) Lacking in liveliness or interest. I personally go for number 4: Lacking in liveliness or interest. Of course she may also lack any interest in sex...?"

I am starting to think that you are right about the lacking interest in sex. This fits with my latest theory, and lets see if anybody can prove it right or wrong.

My theory is that all the Geralds are gay.

Gerald the homeless is obviously gay, having had a relationship with a male teacher as a schoolboy (even though that could be put down as a case of abuse) but then having a bit a slap and tickle leading to civil partnership with a man as an adult.

Gerald the military man sings about boys showering together during military training and reminisces about the old school song from the Pirates of Penzance.

Gerald the chorister sings about being wondrous in the eyes of lesser boys and stiff white ruffs on cassock'd ranks. (I am not sure what that means, but it sounds to me like a stereotypically gay thing to say)

So it makes sense for Gerald the ordinary man, if he is either in the closet or in denial about his sexuality, to be in a relationship with a sexually barren woman.

But then Gerald the banker goes and eats Hermione for lunch. Still 4 out 5 ain't bad for a theory.

[Bostock]

A reply to Fraser: I would actually like to taste the Fray Bentos Pie, but I don't think it's available in good old rotten Denmark? Gerald the homeless is definitely gay. (No offense to the gay people!) I think that Gerald the homeless enjoys a little "slap and tickle," but Gerald the banker seems to be a strait guy, banging little Miss Hermione for lunch... Maybe barren Madge is mentioned in the sleeve notes of TAAB2? I like your theory! I read an interview with Ian Anderson where he talked about a conflict between him and his father. When he was a teenager. His father was convinced that Ian was gay because he played music. It was a very traumatic experience, Ian said. The interview was made after the release of TAAB2. I'm not good with computers, but if you write the following on the Internet you will find the interview: "Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Suffered Father's Gay Intolerance."

Thanks for sharing you thoughts Fraser!

[Bostock]

I know that this is not the right place to write this, but how can I contact the ledership of this forum? Is that posible?

Bostock

[Deleted]

Don't know about the term leadership, but you can contact admin by going to your messages and sending a new message addressed to admin.

[Bostock]

Mar 4, 2013 6:37:09 GMT -5 @quizzkid said:

Don't know about the term leadership, but you can contact admin by going to your messages and sending a new message addressed to admin.

Thank you Quizz Kid.

Bostock.

[TM]

I PM'ed you Bostock.

[Bostock]

Mar 4, 2013 10:44:11 GMT -5 TM said:

I PM'ed you Bostock.

Thank you Admin. I have emailed the idea to Ian. I couldn't get my hands on a computer before, about now... maybe he likes the idea too... Thanks again!

[fraser]

Feb 28, 2013 4:55:37 GMT -5 Bostock said:

A reply to Fraser: I would actually like to taste the Fray Bentos Pie, but I don't think it's available in good old rotten Denmark? Gerald the homeless is definitely gay. (No offense to the gay people!) I think that Gerald the homeless enjoys a little "slap and tickle," but Gerald the banker seems to be a strait guy, banging little Miss Hermione for lunch... Maybe barren Madge is mentioned in the sleeve notes of TAAB2? I like your theory! I read an interview with Ian Anderson where he talked about a conflict between him and his father. When he was a teenager. His father was convinced that Ian was gay because he played music. It was a very traumatic experience, Ian said. The interview was made after the release of TAAB2. I'm not good with computers, but if you write the following on the Internet you will find the interview: "Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Suffered Father's Gay Intolerance."

Thanks for sharing you thoughts Fraser!

I read the interview and found it interesting. It certainly sheds some light on some of the lyrics in TaaB2. But in his Dad's defence, when you see Ian leaping about on stage in the early days wearing tights and brandishing a flute, it should come as no surprise that someone with a conservative upbringing would wonder whether or not he is gay.

As someone who grew up in New Zealand, where rugby is a national obsession, I find the pivotal role schoolboy rugby plays in the young Bostock's psychological development interesting. One version of him does not like to 'muck-in on the rugger feild', finding it brutish and uncaring. Another went from muddy rugby to the softer evensong. And another seemed to embrace the game and went from playing feilds to killing feilds.

[Deleted]

www.rock.com.ar/blog/ian-anderson-en-el-escenario-solo-me-preocupo-por-mi-satisfaccion/

This section clears it up.

En esta secuela recito una línea que dice “Treat myself to quality time, test a porsche and snort a line, eat Hermione for lunch” (“Me di un momento de calidad, testeé un porsche y esnifé una línea, me comí a Hermione en mi almuerzo”).

Hace referencia a un banquero “playboy” que se va de vacaciones, toma cocaína y tiene sexo oral con su novia en el almuerzo. Me gustó la idea, aunque no consumo drogas y el mediodía es un poco tarde para mí para el sexo, porque soy un tipo mañanero (risas).

"It makes reference to a playboy banker who goes on holidays, takes cocaine and has oral sex with her girlfriend during lunch"

"Ian says about : I liked the idea though I don't have drugs and at midday it's too late for me at having sex because I'm a morning type of guy" (laughing)

[mywordsbutawhisper]

Be some or all of it completely true, a complete fabrication, or somewhere in between, I vote "Bostock" as being convincing enough to lay to rest (in a manner of speaking) all speculation on "Hermione for lunch". Topic End!

[Bostock]

...and now for something completely different...

[mbanford]

you do know what a munch is, don't you?

[TM]

Feb 28, 2014 11:43:35 GMT -5 mbanford said:

you do know what a munch is, don't you?

Of course, it's a small adobe like home where the Lullaby League lives.