Random Thoughts

[verbal gymnastics]

I've heard of a March hair but not a February one...

[Otis Westinghouse]

Hare.

[verbal gymnastics]

I know Otis.

I was torn whether or not to spell it as hair or hare as it was a phonetic joke. It would appear that it didn't work.

Next time I try I'll get somebody else correcting me.

What is the comedic etiquette in situations like this?

[sulky lad]

Would a Bobby Charlton combover on a blustery spring day count as a mad March hair ?
I expect a coherent reply from Otis mocking Alan Sunderland's perm for my troubles!
PS a joke by VG that doesn't work, surely not ?

[verbal gymnastics]

Why the eye roll sulky? There's nothing wrong with my jokes. You just don't get sophistication

[ice nine]

I believe in reincarnation. I hope that Hitler came back as a Jew.

[verbal gymnastics]

Following on from that, if you were to be reincarnated, who would you like to come back as?

[Jack of All Parades]

If there were such a thing, would love a second chance to come back as myself in order to see if I could get a few more things right given a second time around, not waste the opportunities that were once there.

[verbal gymnastics]

That reminds me of a line in a song by Squeeze called Wicked and Cruel

"If I came back as her
Would I love me?"

If I came back as me I'd need quite a few reincarnations before I got things right.

[History History]

Surely, you can't come back as somebody who is already here and as you can't know anybody who isn't born yet, you can't choose at all.....or something like that

Am I making any sense???

[Jack of All Parades]

Well, I would like to think of it in terms of the conceit played with in Here Comes Mr. Jordan where Robert Montgomery comes back as himself but in another body or the update with Warren Beatty.

[History History]

Or there's always the option of inhabiting one half of somebody as Lily Tomlin's character did to Steve Martin in All Of Me.

[Jack of All Parades]

Now that is too bizarre for me- I can still see him dragging his foot along the side walk lurching out of the car- an inspired bit of physical comedy but too Jeckyl and Hyde for me.

[History History]

[quote="verbal gymnastics"

If I came back as me I'd need quite a few reincarnations before I got things right.[/quote]

But you'd still like Elvis.....

[verbal gymnastics]

Who knows?

Maybe liking Elvis is one of my mistakes and in a second chance at my life I'd dislike music and be able to dance ie the opposite to my current life

[History History]

Not being able to dance is a prerequisite to liking Elvis - witness the first few rows at any EC concert.

[verbal gymnastics]

You've seen me then!

[sulky lad]

I have always said that if there is re-incarnation, I'd want to come back as one of our dogs - though as they're both rescues, they have had traumatic starts to their lives,. However once picked my Mrs. Sulky and the girls, they seem to have reached dog Nirvana.
I'd also like to come back as someone who didn't always see both sides of any argument and consequently be able to make decisions and not procrastinate quite so much.

[History History]

You've seen me then!

You're not Ann Widdicombe, are you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTN5KVDYkuI

[verbal gymnastics]

If only.

There is no beginning to my dancing talent.

[ice nine]

I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, 'Stuff You Should Know'. The topic was decapitation. Did you know that because the brain is still intact after decapitation facial expressions are still possible. It takes app. four second until death occurs. Creepy.

[verbal gymnastics]

Freaky!

I should think that with my brain it would only be about a nanosecond.

[migdd]

I love my porch! It's complete at night with a vodka gimlet and dear wife.

[verbal gymnastics]

It's been a bank holiday in England and we've had friends over for the afternoon.

We've sat on the patio, having a good chat, no alcohol and watching the kids on the trampoline and playing in glorious sunshine so I know what you mean migdd.

And 10 minutes after we cleared up outside, the heavens opened and it's now been raining for about 3 hours.

[ice nine]

They don't celebrate Memorial Day over in England, do they?