TORONTO STAR : Prophet of our times

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:10 pm

SWITZ wrote:The 10th I'll be on Mount Rainer. Been walking and riding my bike for the last few weeks trying to get some lungs. The days of doing a couple of situps and pushups are long over Just don't want to hear "Get out of the way old man" as teenagers hike by me....

Probably the best I can do that day is be a teacher or be someone that listens. The one thing I like to instill in young people is how powerful poetry is before they find out that I'm crazier than an outhouse rat........

Switz

Poetry, too!

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:13 pm

Boss wrote:Switzy, Switzy,

Just think. On Mount Rainer, 3pm you stop your riding and walking and clasp your hands together. 10 minutes is all it will take. You will be partaking in something bigger than yourself. Wholism. At that time you will be at One with others. Not by watching satellite television, but simply by clasping your hands together. Talk to yourself, to the mountain. Sunday, the 10th of September at 3pm.

Cool bananas

Boss

What better place than a mountain?

Think of Moses...
And many other prophets, too...

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:51 pm

............do you have a plan "B" sounds a little too Hari Kirshna for me......something perhaps closer to Bukowski............couldn't I just hug a tree for ten minutes ?

Switz

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:59 pm

Fljots...dale
PG Wodehouse is one of my passions

Well Spike ? He was a Brilliant, mad genius, inventor, poet, actor and making Peter Sellers laugh to the point of having a heart attack.
PGW story just came to mind that I like, "The Amazing Hat Mystery".

The Pacific nw here has had its share of cults and many that reached notoriety and being a member has about the same status as being a car salesman.

Switz

Boss · Post by **Boss** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:20 pm

Hug a small tree so your hands can grip together on the other side!! The Hari's won't mind a bit. If there are any around they might join in!!
Personally, just sitting there with your hands in your lap sounds less difficult to me, but you're in control
Take care Switz, you too Fljots. Will you be holding a hand on the 10th? I know, 'You're too pushy'. Well they do call me Boss!

Boss

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:16 pm

Not unless my oldest daughter visits. If I show her this thread she will probably think it's an excellent idea.

She's the really flaky person in my family. I'm only semi-flaky and the rest are not flaky at all!

Not meaning flaky as an insult, btw.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:21 pm

SWITZ wrote:Fljots...dale
PG Wodehouse is one of my passions Well Spike ? He was a Brilliant, mad genius, inventor, poet, actor and making Peter Sellers laugh to the point of having a heart attack.
PGW story just came to mind that I like, "The Amazing Hat Mystery".

The Pacific nw here has had its share of cults and many that reached notoriety and being a member has about the same status as being a car salesman.

Switz

Oh, Spike Milligan is a British institution! Even though he was a total nut-case. Or because he was a total nut-case?

My favourite PGW character was Psmith. Jeeves & Wooster, Blandings, et al - yes, love 'em - but I love Psmith best. Not enough Psmith books, imo.

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:09 am

Then Fljots...dale you want mind if I add another to the list .......The Black Adder...!!

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:58 pm

Oh YES!

Rowan Atkinson is another totally brilliant Brit! Makes you laugh and cry at the same time. What more could you ask?

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:45 pm

I've been a goon show fan since 1970 when the university of Washington radio station used to play the show every sunday night at 9pm for a few years. Since then when ever I meet someone with an english accent I'll throw out a goon line to see if its a part of their make up. Its amazing how their faces light up to a smile to remember those radio days. Some really fun conversations and met and made instant friends this way. This past year I met a London cabby who used to drive Spike around and knew him very well and had some fun stories to tell. Also I met a retired english teacher and fencing instructor who still teaches part time at Lakeside high school, a Chris Weaver who knows Leonard Cohen. About six months ago he brought by a friend of Marianne's who was in Seattle to see a doctor. I can't remember her name but she was very tall (a Viking as Chris calls her) and very nice. She had lived on Hydra in the 60's and had a child about the same age as Marianne's. We talked briefly about Leonard and Marianne, about Hydra, the poverty then, greek government, earthquakes, insurance problem.
Fljotsdale when you say Spike is a British institution .....I feel you hit the nail on the head.

Switz

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:11 am

Oh, yes! Our whole family listened - never missed it for anything! My brother and I used to try to imitate the voices of the characters. Mom and dad did too.

I liked Bluebottle best.

I wouldn't dare try out the voice these days, though! My grandchildren would think I was nuts!

You have met some very interesting people! I've never met anyone remotely attached to anyone famous.

Shall I be jealous?

Nah!

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:08 pm

Fljlotsdale

Love Bluebottle's

I like it when Major Bloodnock is trying to cover up some affair he having and then slobbering for Sabrina.
Do you remember what silent TNT sounds like ?

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:02 pm

LOL!

Silent TNT? No.

Don't even remember that, sorry.

It WAS a long time ago...

I've only heard odd excerpts since, not the whole series *sigh*.

I should probably look out for them on Disc.

SWITZ · Post by **SWITZ** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:04 am

neddy: silent tnt ? What does it sound like ?
fx: wis-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-
b. bottles: Well I guess when you hear nothin' den dats it...
fx: wis-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-
neddy: Can anyone hear silent tnt ?
fx: (radio listeners hear a Very loud explosion...crashing plates for 15 seconds)
b. bottles: (slyly) Did you hear anything Governor ?
neddy: (nervously) Uh...? No
b. bottles: Good..!!!! Cuz only idiots can hear explosions like dat !!

fx: (Loud running bootsteps and door rattles open, enter Eccles)
Eccles: er' what was that loud explosion ?

neddy: and so with that statement the Crown vs. Eccles rests its case your honor..!

Eccles: (Clucking chicken) What ? what..what..what..what..what..what..what..what....?

Fljotsdale.... it went something like that

this bit was from "Six Charlies in Search of an Author".

switz

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:33 pm

Ah....! I can hear the voices AND the sound fx!