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François de Paris

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #150 on: May 06, 2006, 07:35:59 PM »
Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2006, 07:30:49 PM
I'm glad I didn't try any (Rice) Paddy Chayefsky jokes.  That might have cleared the room entirely.

Stop bragging and bring on the puns!
Rice has its price and I want a Paddy Melt(down)!
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« Reply #151 on: May 06, 2006, 07:36:22 PM »
LOL. my assumption was correct .  It would be Uncle Toby in OZ!   I assumed the "Uncle Ben" reference.

Did the Irish teach the Asians how to grow rice I wonder.

I thought Marty was Butcher but it been a long time since I've seen the movie. Perhaps he was a grocer.
He had a husky voice I think.
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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François de Paris

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« Reply #152 on: May 06, 2006, 07:36:30 PM »

Let's do the Paddy Melt Rock!
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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #153 on: May 06, 2006, 07:40:45 PM »
Neil Sedaka used to love his rice but writing about it was a strain.. He ended up employing a Colander Girl.
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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FJL

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #154 on: May 06, 2006, 07:41:37 PM »
Surely there's some reference to be made about Tim Rice and Anne Rice or something along those lines - but I can't think of any.
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FJL

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #155 on: May 06, 2006, 07:44:21 PM »
Has Francois been driven away as well?  Or is he googling for pun material?
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« Reply #156 on: May 06, 2006, 07:46:05 PM »
I'm not sure that you can cook Rice successfully in a Webber. (or is that an OZ tradename?).
I think Ann Rice stated somewhere in a novel that she thought "rice sucked" or some comment in that vein.
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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FJL

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #157 on: May 06, 2006, 07:48:14 PM »
I must go search the Tim Rice catalog for potential puns.  I'll be back. :)
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FJL

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« Reply #158 on: May 06, 2006, 07:51:13 PM »
From the Mental Floss site:

Paddy Cake?
A quiz about... rice!

1.  Which of the following musicals did not feature lyrics by Tim Rice (a frequent collaborator with Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber)?
 A.  A Chorus Line
 B.  Evita
 C.  Jesus Christ Superstar
 D.  Beauty and the Beast

2.  Before playing for the Oakland Raiders, Jerry Rice spent 16 years as a wide receiver with what NFL team?
 A.  Miami Dolphins
 B.  Dallas Cowboys
 C.  Denver Broncos
 D.  San Francisco 49ers

3.  Sometime actress/model Donna Rice was once famously photographed in the lap of what presidential candidate?
 A.  Michael Dukakis
 B.  H. Ross Perot
 C.  Bob Dole
 D.  Gary Hart

4.  Which of the following is not true about rice paper?
 A.  is made of rice
 B.  made in China and Japan
 C.  also known as wafer paper
 D.  can be used as food

5.  Grantland Rice was best-known for his work that appeared in what section of the newspaper?
 A.  Entertainment
 B.  Business
 C.  Sports
 D.  Travel
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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #159 on: May 06, 2006, 07:51:19 PM »
Tim used to eat rice with his salad in days gone by.
(OK  it's an obscure Blondell reference but I didn't need to google or giggle).
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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François de Paris

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #160 on: May 06, 2006, 07:52:05 PM »
Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2006, 07:44:21 PM
Has Francois been driven away as well?  Or is he googling for pun material?

No, but François can't "compete" with you two guys! I'm not that witty and I'm French after all! NOT an excuse, just an explanation!
And he can google without quitting this site, you know! ;)

Tim could title his bio:

From rice to riches! :-\
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« Reply #161 on: May 06, 2006, 07:54:07 PM »
Sorry Fred,  I've never heard of Donna, Grantland and Jerry. They've no doubt not heard of me either.
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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François de Paris

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #162 on: May 06, 2006, 07:54:58 PM »
Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2006, 07:51:13 PM
From the Mental Floss site:

Paddy Cake?
A quiz about... rice!

1.  Which of the following musicals did not feature lyrics by Tim Rice (a frequent collaborator with Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber)?
 A.  A Chorus Line
 B.  Evita
 C.  Jesus Christ Superstar
 D.  Beauty and the Beast

2.  Before playing for the Oakland Raiders, Jerry Rice spent 16 years as a wide receiver with what NFL team?
 A.  Miami Dolphins
 B.  Dallas Cowboys
 C.  Denver Broncos
 D.  San Francisco 49ers

3.  Sometime actress/model Donna Rice was once famously photographed in the lap of what presidential candidate?
 A.  Michael Dukakis
 B.  H. Ross Perot
 C.  Bob Dole
 D.  Gary Hart

4.  Which of the following is not true about rice paper?
 A.  is made of rice
 B.  made in China and Japan
 C.  also known as wafer paper
 D.  can be used as food

5.  Grantland Rice was best-known for his work that appeared in what section of the newspaper?
 A.  Entertainment
 B.  Business
 C.  Sports
 D.  Travel


See, this is so US oriented that that guy from the Old Europe (me!) can only answer the first question!
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« Reply #163 on: May 06, 2006, 07:55:18 PM »
Unless they're obscure reference to Reindeer, Elvis Presley's mansion and Germans (Don't mention the war).
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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« Reply #164 on: May 06, 2006, 07:56:23 PM »
I'm taking a lunch break  - not rice!
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
James Thurber 1957

François de Paris

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« Reply #165 on: May 06, 2006, 07:57:11 PM »
Donna Rice? The Jeans girl!

I guess I'm having a "burp" from my days in Florida!

What a joke that Gary Hart was basing his compain on conservative values and then fooling around with a floosie!
"Do what I say but don't do what i do!"
All the same!
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FJL

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« Reply #166 on: May 06, 2006, 07:57:59 PM »
Oddly, the Mental Floss siite doesn't seem to include the answers to that quiz.  :(
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FJL

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« Reply #167 on: May 06, 2006, 08:00:28 PM »
IN honor of the French, perhaps I'll go make a nice Rice Piaf.
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François de Paris

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« Reply #168 on: May 06, 2006, 08:02:27 PM »
Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2006, 07:57:59 PM
Oddly, the Mental Floss siite doesn't seem to include the answers to that quiz.  :(

Is it safe to use the Floss for one's teeth?
Some rice's stuck between mine!
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FJL

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« Reply #169 on: May 06, 2006, 08:03:55 PM »
Didn't Fanny Rice sing the line "While you're away I'm here to say there'll be no Riceman there" (or something like that)
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François de Paris

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« Reply #170 on: May 06, 2006, 08:06:31 PM »
Quote from: FJL on May 06, 2006, 08:00:28 PM
IN honor of the French, perhaps I'll go make a nice Rice Piaf.

Hey, you seem to have a thing about Edith!
You'd be surprised about how the young French generations don't know anything about la Môme! Sad!

And she's the one who made famous that song that goes
"Pudding! Pudding!"

(clue http://www.lyricsdownload.com/edith-piaf-padam-padam-lyrics.html

And DR Laura comes into view! :D
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« Reply #171 on: May 06, 2006, 08:08:20 PM »
I think Mental Floss was one of the younger Bobsey Twins. (was her brother Fred?).  The older ones were Nan and Bert.
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« Reply #172 on: May 06, 2006, 08:10:33 PM »
I've not read the books for nearly 50 years!
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
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François de Paris

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« Reply #173 on: May 06, 2006, 08:10:51 PM »

Mental Floss? Is that another nickname for that man who can't pronounce "nuclear"?!
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« Reply #174 on: May 06, 2006, 08:10:57 PM »
You gentlemen are downright punny tonight!
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FJL

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« Reply #175 on: May 06, 2006, 08:12:31 PM »
An exhaustive quick search on the ibdb could only come up with Elmer Rice's THE PADDY MACHINE, and Sarah Rice's performance of "Green Finch and Minute Served"
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« Reply #176 on: May 06, 2006, 08:13:11 PM »
Useless information: Teresa Brewer and Bobby Darin both attempted to have hit recordings with English versions of "Milord".
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
James Thurber 1957

François de Paris

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« Reply #177 on: May 06, 2006, 08:13:37 PM »
Now, that would not be proper to go into Condolences Rice jokes, would it?

(My defences are down and I miss my secretary!)
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« Reply #178 on: May 06, 2006, 08:14:14 PM »
"Brewer" was not a poor attempt at a cooking rice reference.  Nor of making rice wine.
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"I'm sixty-three and I guess that puts me with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-three".
James Thurber 1957

François de Paris

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Re:NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
« Reply #179 on: May 06, 2006, 08:15:13 PM »
Quote from: DakotaCelt on May 06, 2006, 08:10:57 PM
You gentlemen are downright punny tonight!

No, I am not but then... I'm not a gentleman! ;)
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