Tag: Arts and Entertainment

The wild ones!

Grateful to Cynthia Gomez for sending this to me.

Spikey

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 70).
We decided to grab a bite at the food court.
I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him.
The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors – green, red, orange, and blue.
My dad kept staring at her.
The teenager kept looking and would find my dad staring every time.
When the teenager had enough, she sarcastically asked: “What’s the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?”
Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response.
In classic style he responded without batting an eyelid ….
“Got stoned once and had sex with a parrot….

…. I was just wondering if you’re my kid.“

Messages of love!

Maybe not what you expected to read!

Big thanks to Cynthia, wife of Dan Gomez, for including me in a recent email to a group of her friends.

This is what I received from her.

oooOOOooo

I LOVE YOU, SWEETHEART

A group of women were at a seminar on “How to live in a loving relationship with your husband“.

The women were asked, “How many of you love your husband?” All the women raised their hands.

Then they were asked, “When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?”

Some women answered today, some yesterday, some couldn’t remember.

The women were then told to take out their cell phones and text their husband: “I love you, sweetheart.”

The women were then told to exchange phones and to read aloud the text message responses.

Here are some of the replies:

  • Who is this?
  • Eh, mother of my children, are you sick?
  • I love you too.
  • What now? Did you crash the car again?
  • I don’t understand what you mean?
  • What did you do now?
  • ?!?
  • Don’t beat around the bush, just tell me how much you need?
  • Am I dreaming?
  • If you don’t tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die.
  • I thought we agreed we would not drink during the day.
  • Your mother is coming to stay, isn’t she??

oooOOOooo

Romantic notions of love ....
Romantic notions of love!

No further comment or reflection from me!  Except to say, “vive la différence!“

Spare a drink for the dogs!

A delightful trip down memory lane.

That’s Life was a very long-running programme on BBC TV in the UK.  As Wikipedia writes, “That’s Life! was a magazine-style television series on BBC1 between 26 May 1973 and 19 June 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen throughout the entire run, with various changes of co-presenters.”

I had just about forgotten this silly item presented on That’s Life back in 1986 but thanks to fellow Brit, Dusty M. living here in Payson, it has re-surfaced.

Still fun to watch some 25 years later. (Can’t explain why this YouTube video has Dutch subtitling!)

And for those that enjoy sentimental recollections, the video below is the last few minutes from the very last programme on the 19th June, 1994.

Ah, nostalgia!

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE

What a wonderful and talented man he was!

Sir Peter Ustinov

Many, many years ago I was a salesman with IBM UK; their office products division.  I found it a wonderful job in a great company and was very happy.  The annual reward for meeting one’s sales targets was the 100% Club.  I seem to recall that at one of these lavish events, one of the guest entertainers was Peter Ustinov.  Indeed, somewhere deep in my belongings is an autograph of the great man.

Anyway, as a nice alternative to the posts on Learning from Dogs this past week, here’s a wonderful compilation of interviews of Sir Peter taken by ‘Parky’ otherwise known as Sir Michael Parkinson – ah sweet memories!