Talk:Bartholomew Steer

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Geogre: Fascinating new article. Glad to see you're still creating great content.--Alabamaboy 20:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. He's a bit early for me, generally, but I put him in the Giles Mompesson School of Jacobean Discontentedness, and reading The Making of the English Working Class is one of the pivotal moments in my life.  I had to filter out Walter's contempt a bit.  He seems to regard Steer as being tiresome for not realizing that socialism wouldn't work.  I want to read what the Cambridge fellow wrote on the subject (Adam Fox).  Geogre 21:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Arrgh! Stupid Wikipedia!  I was pleased that I wouldn't have to explain the land of Cockayne in the article, as there was a link.  Grrrr!  I should have known better.  I just should have known better.  First, Cockayne links to an actual hamlet in Yorkshire, which is nonsense.  So I went to Land of Cockayne, figuring that that simply had to link to the right concept.  Nope.  It goes to a Soft Machine album.    I should have known.  I wonder if I should have easter egged Goliard?  It wouldn't have been right to do so.  How about Cloud Cuckooland?  Again, not right.  What an aggravating habitus of young folks this can be.  Geogre 22:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I think I've gnomed that into submission now, although I haven't yet ventured to move the album. Choess 01:29, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I had run out of steam and needed to restock the boilers before messing with it.  In any case, to avoid the double redirect, I easter egged the link so that it's Cockayne so that we can have a curious reader go to the proper spot.  It's hard to find an equivalent to Cockayne that isn't Cockayne, as it's "wish fulfillment land when you are very hungry and being abused," and that's why I liked John Walter's phrasing and used it (instead of paraphrasing).  Although I have some problems with his account, I think it was a very well written or very economical entry in the DNB.  Geogre 01:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)