laffite wrote: ↑February 8th, 2023, 6:39 pm
I don't seem to be able to strike an agreeable chord with my Jell-o.
You're going ashore?
Do you mean Fran? The quote is recognizably modeled from Dodsworth when Fran is taking for granted that everything is cool with Sam. Fran sails for the United States, while Sam and Edith to her villa.
Or something else? Hmmm
Barb, you are often over my head.
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 10th, 2023, 7:36 pm
by Swithin
Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 3:17 pm
Thank you so much, diane, and, welcome!
lafitte, just before I sign off, I must tell you that I was not being ironic about puppets, clowns or Santa Claus! They terrify me! (well, maybe not Topo Gigio or Kukla and Ollie) As for clowns, forget it -- they are all scary as hell. And Santa (except for Edmund Gwenn playing him) always seems demonic to me.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space is on Svengoolie tomorrow. I've never seen it.
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 10th, 2023, 8:30 pm
by laffite
I saw a film today, oh boy
It was the Killer Klowns from Outer Space
And when the light went way down low
We couldn't see a thing,
But heard the strangest Being
the sound of which we never heard or knew befoorrrr
We howled and screamed today, oh boy
(etc.)
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 10th, 2023, 9:56 pm
by EP Millstone
Thompson wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 9:50 pm
I’m confused between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2. What is the difference exactly?
bipolar 1 get free medication.
It pays to be number 1.
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 10th, 2023, 11:30 pm
by Dargo
Hope you're feeling better very soon, Bronxie.
(...ya know, you're always missed around here whenever you're away for any length of time, don't ya?!)
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 11th, 2023, 1:33 am
by laffite
Thompson wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 11:55 pm
You should come down here for the Mardi Gras. You can stay with me as long as I get first dibs to the toilet. It’s starting now but the parades will go till 21st. I live right on the main parade route uptown. I hate a parade but some people like ‘em. BYOB, that means ‘bring your own booze’ because you’re not drinking mine. I’ve even got one of those keen portable chairs that you can take to the route, it’s sort of heavy but it’s got that shoulder strap that makes it okay to tote. Now, I sleep on the couch, you all can sleep on the bed or the floor, but ya ain’t sleeping on the couch.
Wow, I’m a rule maker now, sayin’ this and that, king of the castle. I guess you can sleep on the couch, it’s an old one and lives on those springs instead of cushion, I’ve got a chair that reclines and works. It’s all good. I’ll share a beer and a plug of the hard, I’m not a mean guy really.
Uh, no thanks. I'll sleep on the sidewalk.
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 11th, 2023, 4:50 pm
by EP Millstone
laffite wrote: ↑February 7th, 2023, 6:50 pm
. . . Those adorable kids. I love kids . . . I'm no hero but if were walking down the street and saw a child threatened in some way, the bad persons would have to go through my jolly fat body to get to that child. I mean it. In the Adorable stage they are sweet and innocent . . .
Thanks, Dargo. That needed a visual or a link but I had no time. Good one!
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 12th, 2023, 6:29 am
by TikiSoo
Thompson wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 11:55 pm
You should come down here for the Mardi Gras. You can stay with me as long as I get first dibs to the toilet. It’s starting now but the parades will go till 21st. I live right on the main parade route uptown. I hate a parade but some people like ‘em.
Well I used to work for the City Of New Orleans and it's my favorite City in the US. I've been in town before, during & after Mardi Gras and the best time to visit is before.
Although my last visit (since Katrina) everything looked & felt way different, especially in the Quarter-just as Disney-fied now as Times Square. The famous swinging' legs are gone, no open piano bars, no novelty shops, whaaa?
City Park looks good, though. And the "clean up" seems to have helped Armstrong Park and some of the inner City neighborhoods look a little safer than I remembered.
Thompson wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 11:55 pm
You should come down here for the Mardi Gras. You can stay with me as long as I get first dibs to the toilet. It’s starting now but the parades will go till 21st. I live right on the main parade route uptown. I hate a parade but some people like ‘em.
Well I used to work for the City Of New Orleans and it's my favorite City in the US. I've been in town before, during & after Mardi Gras and the best time to visit is before.
Although my last visit (since Katrina) everything looked & felt way different, especially in the Quarter-just as Disney-fied now as Times Square. The famous swinging' legs are gone, no open piano bars, no novelty shops, whaaa?
City Park looks good, though. And the "clean up" seems to have helped Armstrong Park and some of the inner City neighborhoods look a little safer than I remembered.
A friend of mine from college is from New Orleans. When I visited her once around Halloween, I commented how hot the weather was for that time of year. Her response: "This isn't hot!" Of course, I'm from the Chicago area so from my point of reference it was quite warm for late October/early November.
Alas, there is no longer a streetcar named Desire in New Orleans. Apparently the Desire streetcar line was replaced by a bus line a few years after the Tennessee Williams play made it famous.
I did see a Desire bus when I was in New Orleans, but I didn't ride it.
Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Posted: February 13th, 2023, 8:14 am
by TikiSoo
HoldenIsHere wrote: ↑February 12th, 2023, 1:26 pm
A friend of mine from college is from New Orleans. When I visited her once around Halloween, I commented how hot the weather was for that time of year. Her response: "This isn't hot!" Of course, I'm from the Chicago area so from my point of reference it was quite warm for late October/early November.
Alas, there is no longer a streetcar named Desire in New Orleans.
Ugh I was once sent down for an emergency in April and got up at 4am to start work early, before it got too hot. 6AM sweat was pouring into my eyes, even though I was completely still, painting. It's just the swampy humidity.
Sad about the streetcar. I think I saw one of those Booze Bus shuttle vans dressed up as a trolley car last time I was there-awful.
Thompson wrote: ↑February 13th, 2023, 1:36 am
I’ve worked in the Quarter since ‘84 in decent small hotels and the independent ones don’t exist anymore.
Haha hope not The Bayou Hotel. My business partner booked us at the Bayou once and after arriving said it was aptly named, "When you awake, you never know who's "by you!"
Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2023, 3:17 pm
Thank you so much, diane, and, welcome!
lafitte, just before I sign off, I must tell you that I was not being ironic about puppets, clowns or Santa Claus! They terrify me! (well, maybe not Topo Gigio or Kukla and Ollie) As for clowns, forget it -- they are all scary as hell. And Santa (except for Edmund Gwenn playing him) always seems demonic to me.
Maybe you've been looking at too many Horror films
(ducking for cover)
We yearn for your wellness, and to your return.
Thank you my friend. I am trying to, er, stay float. (yes, "going ashore" was a direct reference to DODSWORTH)
I don't know what I would do without my horror/fantasy/mystery/sci-fi movies. Speaking of which, did anyone else watch the Bowery Boys marathon yesterday? They were followed by a string of Agnes Varda films.
Now see, that entire day's line-up defines me: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and then the French New Wave! I embrace it all!
