Haines His Way

so how much ruder is it to have them take a potty break during your soliloquy?

Makes me want to see TO BE OR NOT BE again. Jack Benny's face each time Robert Stack leaves is one (several) of the great moments of comedic film.

Evening all!

Jane said:

Danise I knew you would answer Noel’s question.    Your post was so great I had to read it out loud to Keith.  He would like to know if there are female counterparts to Werewolves.  He assumes, based on his viewing experience, the human canine corps is only male.  If female She-wolves do exist, can they have cubs?

Saw your post about the female werewolf, Jane, but didn't have time to answer you last night.

 First, I should point out that there is a female werewolf in An American Werewolf In Paris.

I don’t seem to be able to recall how it was handled in any great detail but my own feelings on the matter is that women don't/can’t become them.  Certainly there would not be any cubs.

First, you have to take into account that a werewolf is not a naturally occurring species.  It is a curse brought about by offending a gypsy woman or being bitten by a werewolf. There is no real need for the werewolf to procreate.  

Unlike the vampire, werewolves are not typically considered a sexual object--at least not that I'm aware of but I'm not going to go there.  Then you have your burly men, which is a whole other subject (not by much) but I'm not going to go there either.

I should also point out that werewolf behavior isn't that far off of your typical human male.  Think about it--they run around all night, make lots of noise, don't worry about how their hair is combed or their appearance, scratch in public and then come dragging home the next day, horribly sorry, swear they won’t do it again and within a month, they're out there again.  Except for the killing (unless you count the beer bottles) I can't see any difference between them and a club-hopping guy.

We women, on the other hand, already have one cycle to deal with that already has been known to strike fear into the heart of the bravest of men. Which would you rather face--a werewolf or a woman with PMS? I don’t think I have to tell you where the smart money would be.

Not to mention, no amount of werewolf spittle would make ME grow any more hair then I already have to deal with.  It's bad enough that I have to spend the time plucking my eyebrows and shaving without dealing with MORE facial/body hair.  

No, werewolves are definitely a guy monster.  

Let me go read the posts for today and I'll be back.

Which would you rather face--a werewolf or a woman with PMS?

But a werewolf with PMS - now that is a scary thought!!!!!

LOL what a wonderful story, DRPANNI.  I too have dreaded performing for student matinees.  I just have a feeling that those kids would rather be anyplace else....except of course in the classroom.  And I am not sure what the teachers tell them, if anything.

Of course some of the kids want to see the play - but most of them have NO interest in it.  Why not limit it to drama classes or students who WANT to see it?  That wouldn't sell many tickets.  And of course theaters can point with pride in their grant requests that they served "this many" youngsters in their "Plays for High Schoolers" program!

Congratulations to Christopher Plummer!  Would that someone in some of our morning presentations of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK would have said something to the little darlings who threw pennies onstage....God knows their teachers weren't saying anything...if they were even in the auditorium at the time!

NOW....I just finished watch "In This Our Life" and I must say that when Miss Bette Davis was let loose, she knew no bounds....hand wringing, eye popping, hip switching, hair pulling, she did it all and then some!  And her character's name was Stanley Timberlake.....a sister of Justin no doubt!

Ah - another "Me and My Shadows" story.....Thea Gill who plays the blonde lesbian on QUEER AS FOLK played Lucille Bremer in the film, but the scene was cut out....they were doing the "mirror" scene, and Miss Judy Davis complained repeatedly that Thea was blocking her in the shot, not unlike what happened when Garland and Bremer were filming the actual scene for MEET ME IN ST LOUIS.  Thea said it was NOT a happy experience for her, and being left on the cutting room floor made it even more so!  Her experience with Miss Davis was not pleasant.

Bruce:

Have you ever recorded any of your songs from the planned follow-up to the First Nudie Musical called Sailors! Sailors! It sounds like a hoot. And in they age of Don't Ask Don't Tell it might play very well if it was ever filmed.

DR Sandra has a new pic!  En garde!  

So - Cloris Leachman can't even audition for Minnie?

Then Benjamin would be related in a way to Freddy Krueger and the Twilight Zone cornfield!  

Cloris can audition, if Caliborne can, too.

Sailors would have been so much fun to do back then.  Probably still work, although the script would need a lot of futzing with.  I did record everything from Sailors, and I know I have it here somewhere because I was listening to it not so long ago.  

Swishy Sarah did you receive my email a few days ago?

I also saw a lovely pair of wood ducks.

I believe the female Wood & Mandarin Ducks are very similar.  We couldn't tell if there was a female Mandarin mixed in with our flock of Wood Ducks, just the male.

I often have trouble distinguishing female ducks. They often do look similar.  But I think you're right -- the female wood ducks and mandarins look similar, although they look quite different from other female ducks.

Danise, Keith very much appreciates your (apparently vast) knowledge of lycanthropy (he made me type that!) so much so that he swears he'll donate to every street gypsy in Ashland lest he angers them.  He says they may have ties to the "old country."

Must be on a dinner break.  My TIVO unit just froze whilst watching The Prize.  Froze, I tell you.  No buttons would work, standby wouldn't work, nothing, just call TIVO Bird's Eye for it was frozen.  I had to call customer care and they suggested unplugging it from the back of the unit which I did.  That did the trick, it rebooted itself and all is now well in TIVOland.

By the way, here in Minneapolis, it's currently -6 degrees, with a wind chill of between -20 and -30.  

BRRRRR!