Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> elag wrote:
>
> > > > When someone says that a place is "exclusive", presumably in an attempt
> > > > to impress, I must always ask: "Whom are you excluding?".
> > >
> > > ahah! my fault. I meant when I mentioned where they lived after she
> > > moved over there lots of people went "Oh, very posh!" etc. She is (or
> > > was) a young girl who left school and took a very poorly paid government
> > > run training course... ending up jetting round the world. I think she
> > > grew up and away from her family, but I still think she deserves credit
> > > for how far she went, I guess she lives the American dream.
> >
> > The American dream makes me gag... its all about conspicuous consumption
> > and keeping up appearances. I dream about sleeping late, sowing dissent
> > and sculpting in the woods... I may be deported.
>
> :O) Yeah, you're obviously a commie pinko and need to get out, shoot
> some deer and tie them to your cadilac!
Used Cadillacs make excellent homes for rodents.
I have eaten deer, but I'd hate to have to shoot one unless I was
starving. Once when I was hiking in the snow I found a deer lying by
the side of the road with the top of its head sawn off (for the
antlers). Its blank stare was one of the most pathetic things I've ever
seen. It really made me angry that the hunters didn't even eat the meat
and instead chose to dump the body like garbage all for the sake of
their bloody "trophy". The most evolved species...
> >
> > > >
> > > > > Damn my memory... one of the European sounding places
> > > > > like Venice?
> > > >
> > > > There is a Venice, California in the Vicinity of L.A.
> > >
> > > For some reason i think it's somewhere near Miami... but I could be
> > > wrong. My son was in L.A and he was nowhere near her.
> >
> > There is one in Florida as well. The only place in Fla. that interests
> > me is the Everglades. Did you ever taste Alligator... tastes just like crocodile.
>
> :O) Yum. We don't get a lot of alligators... or even crocs, in
> Geordieland.
You really ought to check the sewers though...
You've probably heard the urban legend of gators in the NYC sewers?
> I've probably tasted cat, but not deliberately.
It's only fair since they'd probably eat you if they could.
> > > I used to watch that too! and didn't they do a remake in the 80s?
> >
> > Yes, and let us never speak of it again.
>
> I was thinking... didn't one of the Pa Munsters play in one of them? You
> could tell it was him without the makeup as he was still seven foot tall
> and ugly and had Herman's voice too.
> >
> > You know I met Al Lewis (Schnauzer, Grandpa Munster) once. He had an
> > Italian Restaurant called "Grandpa's" in Greenwich Village for a while.
> > He even ran for Mayor once... might have been more interesting than
> > Jimmy Walker...
>
> Oh well, there's the Munster thing for me :O) I'm not sure I have met
> any 'real' celebs. Eddie Kidd (A kind of English Evel Kneivel) once
> opened a shopping precinct nearby and we popped in. There was Eddie
> doing autographs and my wife walked over and picked up some stickers and
> stuff for the kids, ignoring Eddie, who was grinning and brandishing his
> pen. She couldn't understand why I was chuckling til I explained she
> just snubbed the star of the show. "Never heard of the bloke!" was her
> response.
Yeah, that's usually how excited I get when a celebrity is spotted.
"Hey, that guy is on TV!"
"Yeah, that must be why I have the desire to mute him."
I might be interested if I saw... Sergio Aragones (MAD cartoonist) or
Suu Kyii (leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and
democracy in Burma [Myanmar]) but I doubt I'd go over and pester them.
>
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > wow. I should write a book :O)
> > > >
> > > > The story was interesting. If it were fleshed out a bit it might also
> > > > make a nice film script. Have you seen "Trainspotting"?
> > >
> > > Oh yes. We have a penchant for gritty northern dramas, and I guess we
> > > couldn't get more northern than Scotland. Personally I prefer the irish
> > > books by Roddy Doyle, which includes 'the Commitments.' he has a fine
> > > sense of humour, makes me chuckle aloud, but very down to earth too.
> >
> > I hven't seen it, but it sounds good. I just thought that a bunch of
> > freewheeling vignettes in the style of "Trainspotting" might work with
> > that type of story.
>
> Certainly. When I wanted to be a writer, as a youth, I used to throw
> stuff down which was basically my life. Only problem is of course I used
> real names and the people who crossed me generally died a horrible death
> :O)
So, all you really have to do is change the names. I think fishy names
like Mr. Shark, Miss Bait or Mrs. Chum would work nicely.
>
> >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers. I never even really thought about it before but on the immediate
> > > > > area, our street at least, there would be enough people willing to do
> > > > > something.
> > > >
> > > > Hey, I hope something positive does come of it, You see, the Usenet can
> > > > sometimes actually be of some use.
> > >
> > > Oh go on, you jest! :O)
> >
> > The lion can terrify,
> > I can make a roar too!
> > The lion can switch his tail,
> > I can wag my tail too!
> > I'm as trustworthy as a sieve,
> > I hold on to my followers like a net.
> > I sing like a she-ass.
> > I can't stand a thief, whatever I see doesn't stay where it was.
> > I've gotten large from starvation, enormous from eating.
> > I breakfast on ten quarts, I dine on thirty,
> > I don't leave off till I've filled the 'bushel' to the brim.
> > The long, the short of them, there's none like me among the girls!
> > My limbs are elephantine, my face a hyena's,
> > I tower like a tortoise, I have no rival:
> > So much would my lover be loving me,
> > He keeps turning over, front and back, like a snared crab.
> > He wouldn't herd his ewes within a league? of the city gate because of me...
> > I'm frisky, I'm a lively one!
> >
> > -Ancient Mesopotamian Jester's song
>
> It doesn't mention the internet! :O))
Well there is a ref to a net in there somewheres. Have a bit of
sympathy for those ancient types... when they wanted to surf the web,
half the time they ended up with spider bites and the rest of the time
they were cold and wet due to the lack of surfboards.
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