tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post8497630730705617766..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: Pies, William Blake and Rugby LeagueThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-16022842104874025482010-10-07T14:10:45.210+01:002010-10-07T14:10:45.210+01:00Two things Pete; I always thought Pie eaters had r...Two things Pete; I always thought Pie eaters had rather more down to earth origins, but I'll bow to your superior wisdom. It was a Riversider who told me about the delights of the Pie Barm, though.<br /><br />Second, the notion that a religious fanatic like Blake would have wanted to have anything to do with any organised sport is surely wrong. He'd have thought you should have been in a drafty hall discussing Swedenborg's theories of correspondance, or Graf Zinzendorf's latest text. The late EP Thompson has a lot to answer for in the left's rather naive view of Blake.Graf Mikeovswintondorfnoreply@blogger.com