I love old movies.
So, what’s on your mind? Got something you’d like to share with the rest of us? It’s Sunday Night Open Thread.
Who wants to start?
I love old movies.
So, what’s on your mind? Got something you’d like to share with the rest of us? It’s Sunday Night Open Thread.
Who wants to start?
At 19:04, the first use of the window-falling gag.
Interesting.
I had never know that gag was used prior to Keaton’s using it in Steamboat Bill, Jr. I wonder if he came up with it in this film, or if Keaton stole it from Arbuckle or whoever devised it for this film.
OK, I was going to go with Elton Motello’s Jet boy, Jet girl but felt it may have gotten moderated. Check for it on youtube, it is. er, interesting. Instead I went with the truly different.
Oh and there is a group called Ukepunk that has a version of Jet Boy Jet GiIrl as well.
I went and checked out Jet Boy, Jet Girl…and it was…eh…different, that’s it, different. This is also different…enjoy.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&p=song+from+repo+man+circle+jerrks#id=2&vid=9a2409c4454da082d3887b69040ccc44&action=click
The Coyote Principle, not to be confused with the Peter Principle……..
THE COYOTE PRINCIPLE….
California
The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor’s dog, then bites the Governor.
The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie “Bambi” and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural.
He calls animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the state $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.
He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.
The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged..
The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.
The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a “coyote awareness program” for residents of the area.
The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.
The Governor’s security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The state spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training on the nature of coyotes
PETA protests the coyote’s relocation and files a $5 million suit against the state.
Texas
The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog
The Governor shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge.
The buzzards eat the dead coyote.
And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is not.
Ray and Bob, two Government maintenance guys, were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
“We’re supposed to find the height of the flagpole”, said Bob, “But we don’t have a ladder.”
The woman said, “Hand me that wrench out of your toolbox.”
She loosened a few bolts, then laid the pole down.
She then took a tape measure from their toolbox, took a measurement and announced, “Eighteen feet, six inches” and walked away.
Ray shook his head and laughed. “Well, ain’t that just like a ‘Miss-know-it-all’ woman?” he said. “We need the height and she gives us the length!”
Ray and Bob are still working for the Government.
I love Bob and Ray! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_and_Ray)
Thomas Arne, the man who wrote “Rule Britannia”, was born March 12, 1710, in London. Here is a fine instrumental version of “Rule Britannia”:
Here’s my joke for the day – another riddle:
Q. What’s the difference between paying a whore $100 for sex and paying a lawyer $400 for an hour of his time?
A. $300
And you won’t enjoy it as much.