The following rules were established by Kent at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:
The rules:
1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!
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4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.
Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....
I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version) II - none III - none IV - Quislet, Esq V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version) VI - Rockhopper Lad VII - cleome VIII - Rockhopper Lad IX - Rockhopper Lad X - none XI - none XII - none XIII - Invisible Brainiac XIV - Invisible Brainiac XV - Invisible Brainiac XVI - Invisible Brainiac XVII - Invisible Brainiac XVIII - cleome XIX - cleome XX - cleome XXI - Jfposey XXII - Invisible Brainiac XXIII - jfposey XIV - Invisible Brainiac XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!) XVI- Quislet, Esq. XVII - Invisible Brainiac XVIII - none XIX - none XX - Quislet, Esq. XXI - thoth lad
In a superhero role playing game, a friend came up with a villain, later turned hero Nun-Chuks, the Vatican assassin. She had throwing crosses and her nunchucks were rulers.
Mystery of the Wax Museum is an early 1930s film with Fay Wray and intersting colouring. It's pre code so Wray is allowed a role that you'd not see until Alien. Well worth watching if you've not seen it.
Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still But he told us where we stand And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear Claude Rains was the invisible man Then something went wrong for Faye Wray and King Kong They got caught in a celluloid jam Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space
The Goodies was a TV show in the UK that I'm sure has been mentioned here before. All three of them had long careers in radio comedy well before this. A lot of the best comedy that reached TV had similar origins.
Words can change their meaning over time. For example, the word “awful” originally meant something that was worthy of awe. And that is what I meant when I said “thoth lad is awful!”
I had to nip back out to the shops earlier on for some olive oil. Picked up an extra Easter Egg to give tomorrow. Quite a few folks around that aisle, but I didn't notice any discounts.
One of my neighbours has a voice that projects a bit. I was reading in my garden when he came out into his with another member of the family for a "private chat". They knew I was there, but went on regardless. Despite managing to block out some of it, I couldn't not hear part of his conversation. At least I didn't hear any of the other side of the conversation. So the details remain none of my business as it should have been for all of it.
You may be right. That was where the conversation was taking place in his mind, never mind who was nearby. I can only guess that the subject of the conversation is elsewhere. The subject is there at the moment. I guess he wasn't around a couple of hours ago, when I got a repeat performance. As I was in another part of my garden, I was sure to make enough noise so they would know I was there. Made no difference. And now I have more details that are none of my business.
Today's Legion World is brought to you by the word, "tact"
There's no business like show business Like no business I know Everything about it is appealing Everything that traffic will allow Nowhere could you get that happy feeling When you are stealing that extra bow
There's no people like show people They smile when they are low Yesterday they told you, you would not go far That night you open and there you are Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star Let's go on with the show!
The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props The audience that lifts you when you're down The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops The sheriff who'll escort you out of town The opening when your heart beats like a drum The closing when the customers don't come
There's no business like show business Like no business I know You get word before the show has started That your favorite uncle died at dawn And top of that, your pa and ma have parted You're broken-hearted, but you go on
There's no people like show people They smile when they are low Even with a turkey that you know has fold You may be stranded out in the cold But still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold Let's go on with the show, let's go on with the show
Some of the best Kinks covers are the most unlikely: Def Leppard doing "Waterloo Sunset," with amazing sensitivity and restraint, for instance. Or Van Halen coming up aces on both "You Really Got Me" and "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?"
A burger chain in a comic called the New Statesmen was called Cronenburgers after the horror film director. While there was lots of ketchup, It was also part of the setup to a very bloody encounter in one of their outlets.
Wimpy reached my childhood home decades before any of the other fast food outlets. For some reason, their brand appeal could never match the behemoths of Burger King and McDonalds. Stand ins for said behemoths were finally allowed into reprints of a Judge Dredd comic. There had been fears of legal action. I remember them having to slightly alter a Scooby Doo stand in for similar reasons.
I was very glad when the Judge Dredd story Thoth mentions, with American advertising icons as the villains, finally got clearance to be reprinted several years ago. It's not only more hilarious and more relevant than ever, it's also beautifully drawn by Brian Bolland.
Wimpy was a character in the Popeye comic strip and cartoons. He is remembered for saying “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” In the comic strip he also said “Come over Sunday for a duck dinner. You bring the duck.”
Or if you were lucky enough to be a comic book artist in the early 90s, you could get a pay deal where you scratched out a few lines on paper every month, and spend the rest of your time playing video games, driving expensive cars, and eating fast food.
Tesseract Trousers were all the rage before men putting their hands in their pockets pulled them out as tentacles and claws due to a malfunction. For a while though, they really put the Pocket into Pocket Universe.
Musicians have shorter life spans. Some say it's the cold, damp halls in which they play. Others suggest that it's that they starve for their art. But it's mainly livestock revenge attacks. Oddly, not by cats since catgut is really cattle and horses and such.
From Harold. He's that sheep over there under the elm. He's that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep. He's the ring leader. He has realized that a sheep's life consists of standin' around for a few months and then bein' eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep. He's patently hit on the idea of escape.
There's really little difference between a flock of swans majestically sailing overhead and a flock of similarly white, yet more woolly, airborne sheep.
One day, after a storm, I was walking across a plaza with a cinnamon roll in my hand near my head. Suddenly a gull dive bombed me, snatching the roll out off my hand. It did not hit me at all but I was startled.
"Gullible's Travels" is a surprisingly common pun. Wikipeida lists a number of books, songs, and albums that use this title. None of which were the album I was looking for when I googled it.
Californication was getting played at around the same time as I went through a shopping mall on the way home a couple of weeks ago. Not a favourite, so extra annoying points for that.
Californication was getting played at around the same time as I went through a shopping mall on the way home a couple of weeks ago. Not a favourite, so extra annoying points for that.
It's those psychic spies from China trying to steal your mind's elation!
I've got ninety thousand pounds in my pajamas I've got forty thousand French francs in my fridge I've got lots of lovely lira Now the deutschmark's getting dearer, And my dollar bill could buy the Brooklyn Bridge. There is... ...nothing quite as wonderful as money! There is nothing quite as beautiful as cash! Some people say it's folly, but I'd rather have the lolly, With money you can make a splash! There is nothing quite as wonderful as money! There is nothing like a newly minted pound! Everyone must hanker for the butchness of a banker It's accountancy that makes the world go round! You can keep your Marxist ways, for it's only just a phase... Money, money, money makes the world go round! Money! Money! Money! Money! Money! Money! Money! Money! Money!
My car is getting bigger Big time My house is getting bigger Big time My eyes are getting bigger Big time And my mouth Big time My belly is getting bigger Big time And my bank account Big time Look at my circumstance Big time And the bulge in my big big big big big big big
"Saints preserve us!" is a stereotypical "Irish Cop" expression.
It is, e.g., the favorite phrase of Mike Clancy, assistant/partner to Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, the longest lasting detective of the Golden Age of radio drama.
There's a radio show here looking back over radio detectives of bygone eras. Lat week they did Father Brown, and we've had The Saint, Sexton Blake, The Shadow, Paul Temple, Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. I listened to a lot of Maigret radio dramas not long ago too. All of them are really good way of taking your mind off things.
Charlie Chan was created as an explicit counter to "Yellow Peril" stereotypes of Asian characters in Western fiction, but ironically ended up embodying a whole other set of stereotypical traits.
Yellow Cab, a fast food pizza chain in the Philippines (that takes its inspiration from New York's yellow cabs...!), has a menu item called Charlie Chan Chicken Pasta, with a sweet peanut-based sauce.
I know very little about him, but I did hear read that he would reach out to the artists he was about to parody and ask them for their OK. But when one refused, he went ahead and did it anyway. So, why bother asking in the first place?
I know very little about him, but I did hear read that he would reach out to the artists he was about to parody and ask them for their OK. But when one refused, he went ahead and did it anyway. So, why bother asking in the first place?
But is it, if you don't really care what the other person's view will be? "A gentlebeing knows that manners are far more than simply the appearance of courtesy." - Butler Boy :smile
I'm fairly certain that Weird Al almost always respects the artist's wishes if they don't want to be parodied. That's why there are, e.g., no Weird Al parodies of Prince.
There have been occasional controversies, such as with Lady Gaga, who apparently gave her permission and then withdrew it or something, but that's definitely the exception rather than the rule.
Twenty-Twenty vision is average vision. Hindsight may be that, but with added distortion/ embellishments to fit the internal vision of the viewer. Having Umpteen-Squillion hindsight means your visions are entirely fictional and loaded with unlikely happenings.
Hey mister man with a guitar in your hand You're a rubber legged looney in a scruff-bag band Hey there my man get that piggy off your back Well a decent sort of chap wouldn't talk a load of c-rap You with the mouth, your headin' on collision GOT TO TRY TO USE YOUR TWENTY-TWENTY VISION Hey mister clean your shirt is white as snow Do you want to wreck a record on your DJ show
Well the wind don't blow, mama don't know Say you got a lot to say I know that you big boyz make a big noize Nobody get in the way
A wee drop of rocket fuel gets you in the guts It's better that the nutter who nuts you in the nuts One piece of drastic plastic is a hit Then a master ghetto blaster drops you in the head
Well the wind don't blow, mama don't know - Say you got a lot to say I know that you big boyz make a big noize - Nobody get in the way
Hello sailor do you wanna buy it It ain't my cup of tea don't knock before you try it
Dirty shirts can smell really mean Gleamo washes not only white, not only bright, but clean Mister man do you really wanna rock it Funny money burns a hole in your pocket Lady danger lookin' good as ever Can't afford her on the never never
Well the wind don't blow, mama don't know Say you got a lot to say I know that you big boyz make a big noize Nobody get in the way
Well the wind don't blow, mama don't know - Say you got a lot to say I know that you big boyz make a big noize - Nobody get in the way
Here come the boyz who make a lot of row Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama weer all crazee now
I was always on the wilder side Chasing love away Love was something for romantic fools Just a game how to play How can I deny my heart When my love is blind I got no choice I've gone too far I lose my mind When we're makin' love When we're makin' love When I look into your magic eyes The mirror of my love I like to see you Smiling back at me It makes me feel so good Need to keep you satisfied The only way I know And all the cares I cannot hide Will never show When we're makin' love Woh makin' love Don't believe that I'm a liar But I can't get enough Never knew I could be higher Just by makin' love How can I deny my heart When my love is blind I got no choice I've gone too far I lose my mind When we're makin' love When we're makin' love Don't believe that I'm a liar But I can't get enough Never knew I could be higher Just by makin' love Oh oh oh yeah oh makin' love Oh makin' love Makin' love Coming to you Makin' love With nothing to do Makin' love Makin' love Makin' love Makin' love
Yahweh and I had a chat after it didn't leave enough milk in the fridge for coffee. Killing everyone in a flood shows a certain level of going in the huff. It might have use of the "it wasn't me and it's been apportioned to me from an earlier mythos" excuse for the flood though.
I took my boat for a car I took that car for a ride I was trying to get somewhere But now I'm following the traces of your fingernails That run along the windshield on the boat of car
There's something solid forming in the air And the wall of death is lowered in Times Square No one seems to care They carry on as if nothing was there The wind is blowing harder now Blowing dust into my eyes The dust settles on my skin Making a crust I cannot move in And I'm hovering like a fly, waiting for the windshield on the freeway
I can't remember why, but that's a name I normally avoid. I'll not have read his Marvel work, so I may be being harsh there. I was underwhelmed by what I read of Black Science and a peek at something else. I did buy a couple of issues of End League though.
The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees Yo ho it's hot, the sun is not a place where we could live But here on earth there'd be no life without the light it gives We need its light, we need its heat, we need its energy Without the sun, without a doubt, there'd be no you and me The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees The sun is hot It is so hot that everything on it is a gas Iron, copper, aluminum and many others The sun is large If the sun were hollow, a million earths could fit inside And yet the sun is still only a middle-sized star The sun is far away About 93, 000, 000 miles away, and that's why it looks so small And even when it's out of sight, the sun shines night and day The sun gives heat, the sun gives light, the sunlight that we see The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions Of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and helium The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees
I know a few people who won't watch Doctor Who, with a woman as the Doctor. Generally, because they see it as pandering to be seen as super right on when it comes to equality. None of them would have minded another time lord, say Romana, getting her own show and running with that on its own merits.
She was apparently incredibly depressed at moving from New York to California to do the show, and begged to get out of her contract so she could return home and marry her boyfriend.
Thanks EDE. I hope that worked out for her and she didn't end up divorced and blacklisted by the networks.
Originally Posted by Invisible Brainiac
What a difference eleven seconds can make
There was a Steve Yeowell drawn book called 67 Seconds. It's a Lois/Jimmy take minus any superhero genre trappings of a photographer forever following an intrepid journalist who is always beyond him. The 67 seconds covers the main action as the photographer makes another life risking move to keep up. It was written by James Robinson presumably closer to Golxen Age times than everything later on.
67 seconds is also the time it takes to read lots of Big 2 comics due to lack of plot.
Beverly Owen was also married to Jon Stone, the showrunner on "Sesame Street" during what's considered its classic 70s era. I have two sets of 70s "Best of Sesame Street" DVDs.
Beverly Owen was also married to Jon Stone, the showrunner on "Sesame Street" during what's considered its classic 70s era. I have two sets of 70s "Best of Sesame Street" DVDs.
That would be the boyfriend in question. They did eventually divorce. Though she later went back to school and pursued a Master's degree.
The closest thing to a Master's degree I have is an encyclopedic knowledge of all 80s adventure cartoons, such as "Masters of the Universe" -- the latter being one which I never even liked that much as a kid.
I was with mr_cleome visiting neighbors a few weeks ago. Everyone wanted to watch the new version of She-Ra, after the Blazers game. I have to admit it: really fun. (You don't need detailed knowledge of the original to enjoy it, either. I should know since I never saw any of those.)
Glad to hear something positive about it. It's one of the few 80s cartoons re-imaginings that I'm even mildly curious about. If only to see how much better the animation is than in the old one (seriously, Filmation in the 80s made Hanna-Barbera look like Tokyo Movie Shinsa.)
Yes! That has the potential to be truly awesome (and the original version, despite the mediocre animation, was well-written and well-designed.)
Funnily enough, I've thought the same thing for years about The Centurions (Power X-Treme,) aka The Other Surprisingly Good Ruby-Spears Cartoon.
I mean, the basic concept is Three Iron Men Instead of One. And the first Iron Man movie is the cornerstone of whole Marvel multi-media franchise.
Unfortunately, both Thundarr and Centurions are owned by Warner Brothers, so they'd drop the ball like they've done with just about all their other IPs.
I never saw the more than the theme to the centurions, but it did look cool at the time. Lots of toy accessorising probably. Although if they could teleport anywhere I don't know why they didn't go to the villain's HQ.
Is it silly, no? When a rocket blows and, and everybody still wants to fly Some say man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies Oh why, oh why? Sign o' the times
Is it silly, no? When a rocket blows and, and everybody still wants to fly Some say man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies Oh why, oh why? Sign o' the times
Overrated title track of an overrated album by the overrated Prince Rogers Nelson.
"Get Lucky" is the second, and the highest-selling, album by the always-unfashionable-yet-retrospectively-underrated Canadian rockers Loverboy.
The album title comes from a line in the song "Only the Lucky Ones," whose heavy synth-rock beat was quite blatantly ripped off by the loathsome American Gen-X pop star P!nk on her hit 2000s single "Just Like a Pill." I don't know whether the members of Loverboy sued P!nk, but I hope they did.
The Chipmunk Adventure movie had a rather age-inappropriate song called "Getting Lucky" sung by the pre-teen Chipettes.
Some of the lyrics:
Give me a clue Tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you
Boy I really love you with my heart and soul Honey won't you take me Where I want to go
Give me a clue Tell me what I need to do to get lucky with you
Getting lucky whoo, getting lucky It's really what it's all about
Getting lucky, mmm getting lucky It's something I can't do without
Also, the Chipettes were dressed in vaguely Middle Eastern costumes and were flirting with snakes. Context: they were trying to retrieve some jewels being guarded by snakes, and decided to become snake charmers...
I heard Anderson Cooper speak at a conference in Boston. Someone asking a question complimented him by saying, "You could probably take home anyone in this room tonight, even the women!"
Sometimes the most surprising men turn out to be gay (or bi).
In Turkey, I met this older gentleman who was quite commanding - had his own business and was no-nonsense. He didn't speak much English and I didn't speak Turkish, but he made it quite clear what he wanted me to do.
He also has three children.
But his tastes could also be quite feminine... when I met him he was wearing women's underwear.
Another possibility is that as IB and this gentleman were talking a passing person tripped and fell. The passerby started bleeding. The man then reached in to his backpack and pulled out a pair of silk panties which he used to stop the bleeding. He then told IB that this is the type of underwear that he likes to wear.
There was that time when I was helping to defend a Morrocan port from a blockade. An urgent set of signals had to be sent, but the flag box had been partially damaged. I knew I had a garment with the correct colour about my person. The display of my bloomers saved the Empire, but lost my place in polite society.
Bob: Finally a girl for us both! Bing: Yup, radiation gets a bad name but a two headed Dorothy Lamour is just for us! Bob: Those cannibals sure were sore to lose her though. Bing: Speaking of sores, you don't look so good...
Films often come in little packs when the genre is popular. One such was the cannibal film sub genre of horror. Quite a few were made by Italian filmmakers. The one thing they all shy away from in modern interviews is the use of animal killing footage in some of those movies.
Meatballs was a summer camp movie starring Bill Murray. By the time I saw it, it was one of a number of such films no doubt released on the back of its success.
Meatballs was a summer camp movie starring Bill Murray. By the time I saw it, it was one of a number of such films no doubt released on the back of its success.
For some reason, the only thing from "Meatballs" that has stayed with me is a scene where an obviously intoxicated Bill Murray slurs, "Eeeeeeet yurrrrrrrr oooooooooaaatmeeeeeeeal."
It is amazing what we remember and what we don’t. It stuns me when a family member will say “I remember when you did X!” And I have no memory of it at all
The lead singer in the Buggles would go to produce bands such as Yes,ABC, Frankie goes to Hollywood and Seal. Sometimes following a producers career makes it easier to find a sound you like than listening to lots of new bands.
The Great Scott was secretly jealous of all the comics Superman got. "He looks up to me, and what do I get?" he was heard to say over a pint of bitter in the pub.
On of the big unanswered question about Jo Nah's origin story was what Marla Latham did with his time in Smallville. Did he go to the nearest bar and get drunk? Did he fix Professor Lang's maths or put a hoax artefact in his collection? Perhaps he nipped off to kill Booster Gold who was having a time travel issue from the future and wanted to join the Legion himself?
Uh oh! Having Marla do that on Jo's initiation would be far too tempting for TMK. They'd add that into another layer of their Mary Sue plot for him in their run!
Jo: Nass! Marla's drunk himself unconscious after sleeping in with that girl from the Smallville Super Bar. Clearly, even him puking all over our time bubble is all part of Glortih's plan to manipulate the timestream. I'm must get back to the 30th century and use my ultra acting powers to pretend to be a jock from now on.
>sigh< why couldn't this timeline follow my original mission, to use my penetra-vision to catalogue the underwear of the 20th century?
I sometimes wonder why, when they were choosing a Legionnaire to be revealed as Jewish back in the 70s, they didn't go with "Jo Nah" as the obvious candidate, but I suppose the whole not being from Earth thing is probably the main reason.
Rah Ketts was an unsuccessful applicant in v3 issue 14. His ability to play any sport at top level was considered not useful enough since the death of Legion foe Sportsmaster V the previous year.
I had a hero called Politeness Man. If he asked politely enough you would do as he asked. Although if it really went against your interests, it would not work. For example, no matter how politely he asked, you would not hurt yourself.
The way he joined the team was by asking if he could.
"The Fantastic Mr. Frump" was an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends in which a random guy gaining fabulous power by accident.
I remember that watching it as a kid was the first time I ever heard the expression "Go jump in a river!" when Mr. Frump says it to someone (who then promptly does as he says!).
It is unbelievable how in movies, tv shows, and anime how characters can take all sorts of punishing blows and still act normally. When in real life if you stub your toe you will spend the next 5 minutes dealing with the pain.
Being able to knock people out by a blow on the back of the head is one of those skills that media falsely led me to believe would be much more important in life than it actually is.
And the Legion of Super-Heroes was never actually published.
What?! Hang on, there must be a problem with your message getting through my transuit to my telepathic earplug. I hope I don't have to use my LW Flightless Ring to take them back to the repair shop.
So the person who really controls everything in the galaxy is the person who programs the nanites. Mordru really just wanted directions to the nearest hat shop, but thanks to the nanite controlled earplugs it came out as him wanting to kill everyone.
Mentalla was cool. I always thought, if she had done what she did in the Adventure Era, she would likely have succeeded. As it is, it was impressive how far she got; successfully fooling 4 other criminals as long as she did.
I guess that they'll bring Solstice back at some point too. I wonder if Kole has appeared anywhere outside of the event, or was her appearance there a continuity HICcup.
One good thing about the Legion not being set in the present DCU is that generally aren't available to serve as fodder for these sorts of things. Though LO3W was bad enough.
Ugh, yes. And of course, the Retroboot Legion - the one being introduced /brought back by that event - had no casualties. The Threeboot Legion though? Meh, they're not going to appear again for a while anywayyyyy.
And this is even without my bias because of what happend to Kinetix! Whom I still think can be fairly easily brought back.
and this is even without my bias because of what happend to Kinetix! Whom I still think can be fairly easily brought back.
She sure can...
Kinetix: Are you sure Brainy programmed you for this? Computo: Certainly. I have now activated the Sanctuary V Therasphere. You will now be able to create an environment to help deal with issues around transformation or power neediness you have. Kinetix:But what if I don't know how to choose a helpful path? Computo: Irrelevant as all paths lead to residents being Event fodder. Kinetix: Hmmm. I could always give Freud V another go.... Computo: I can do that too. Just tell me about your mother while I set these explosives.
The explosives are there to... uh... I don't know. Blow up the Sorceror's World so Kinetix can be restored?
No need. That was her appearing as if by magic in a futuristic version of HiC. No need to have a reason for her turning up. Not in the days of revolving continuity. If there's a whim to bring someone back, they're back!
I wonder if it developed into The Shurg. I rember Garth and Imra out dancing and wondering who else has a night on the town in their uniforms. Naval connections.
I caught a few Marx bros radio shows last year. While not every gag worked there was more than enough to show how the sparsity in a lot of formulaic shows today.
Wonders if Formulaic can be used as the name of a Chemo style villain...
No, because Jinks's catchphrase was, "I hate those mieces to pieces!"
Btw, Jinks and Dixie had the same voice actor, Charles "Daws" Butler. Pixie was voiced by Don Messick. Between them, Butler and Messick played just about every major Hanna-Barbera character of the 50s and 60s.
Ah. I must have gotten confused - I seem to remember one series where Mr. Jinks, Pixie and Dixie were part of a larger gathering of Hanna-Barbera characters on a treasure hunt or something. Led by Yogi Bear and with Top Cat handing out missions.
Yes, unfortunately, during the 70s and 80s, Hanna-Barbera put all their funny-animal characters together in cartoon shows that couldn't hold a candle to the classic 50s and 60s shorts. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, either they should portray Yogi Bear as a greedy glutton, or just shouldn't put him in any more cartoons! Just my opinion.
I went to see the Mousetrap not long ago. You're not supposed to give away the ending. Which is pretty easy, since I can't remember it.
Mousetrap the game was one we had but never really played. I can't recall if it took too long to set up or if there was a fidgety bit. I don't even think it was bought for me. I think it was my siblings. As I spend time working out the complexities of today's board games, taking a couple of nights to read the rules, and a couple of play tests to get the hang of it, I look back on fidgety games of yore with some fondness.
"I've fallen, and I can't get up!" is a famous catchphrase of the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture based upon a line from a United States-based television commercial.
"The good news is that if you have experienced symptoms such as heart failure or death from overly frightening tv commercials, you may be entitled to compensation! Call the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe today for a consultation regarding your case!"
I just want to say That being chosen as this month's Miss August Is, like, a compliment I'll remember For as long as I can Right now I'm a freshman In my fourth year at UCLA But my goal is to become a veterinarian 'Cause I love children
In the American Civil War at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, General John Sedgwick’s last words were “Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
"Pittsylvania" was the name of a proposed British colony roughly where West Virginia is now located. The name survives in Pittsylvania County, VA, which, however, is not located in the area that was proposed to become the Pittsylvania Colony.
A disastrous attempt at establishing a colony at Panama tied up about a fifth of the Scottish economy in the late 1600s, leading to ruin for a lot of people. A sad tale of greed and cluelessness.
Panama is high on my list of countries to visit in the Americas. But Peru and Bolivia are my top two. Peru for Machu Picchu (and my best friend from my Masters class is from there), and Bolivia for the Salar de Uyuni salt flats.
Or maybe "Welcome Home, Roxy Road Caramel"
