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FATHER'S DAY
« on: June 20, 2004, 12:04:12 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, all you mothers out there in the dark can just get off your high horse for a moment and celebrate all us fathers out there, just as we fathers celebrated all you mothers on Mother's Day.  And how best to celebrate?  A plethora of posts, that's how.
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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2004, 12:08:48 AM »
Happy Fathers' Day to all with the credentials. It is not celebrated in Oz until the first Sunday in September.
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2004, 12:09:46 AM »
Happy Father's Day to fathers, grandfathers , father-figures, mothers who are also fathers, you name it!
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2004, 12:11:40 AM »
I had a turkey sausage with salad for dinner. Heated up the sausage in a frying pan --- and my entire abode now smells of sausage - even my pillow. It's a tad disgusting.
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2004, 12:12:26 AM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on June 20, 2004, 12:08:48 AM
Happy Fathers' Day to all with the credentials. It is not celebrated in Oz until the first Sunday in September.

I am almost afraid to ask when you celebrate Christmas, DR Tomovoz?




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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2004, 12:14:11 AM »
Thank you for sharing that Panni. I prefer to think about your earlier post of Miss Jean Brodie (and of course of the wonderful Maggie Smith).
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2004, 12:15:04 AM »
Eleven days after that other famous birth TCB.
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2004, 12:16:08 AM »
Sausage pillows - I smell a marketing phenomenon.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2004, 12:17:39 AM »
Someone file a patent on behalf of haineshisway.com: Scent of Pillows.

Sausage pillows, hamburger pillows, hot fudge sundae pillows, cheese and tomato pizza pillows - I'm tellin' you, we got us a winner.
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2004, 12:19:39 AM »
Coconut cream pie pillows, spaghetti and meatballs pillows, eggs benedict pillows (what a way to wake up in the morning) - I love my Scent of Pillows.  I'm hungry now.

And what, may I ask, is Summer Solstice?
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2004, 12:25:37 AM »
It is the Winter Solstice here BK. Does that help?
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2004, 12:26:03 AM »
Pillows florentine.  Brisket pillows.  Country Fried Steak pillows.  Meatloaf pillows.  
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2004, 12:27:03 AM »
Let us not forget the Jean Brodie chrysanthemum pillow.
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2004, 12:27:10 AM »
Welcome five GUESTS.  We're talkin' about food-scented pillows, a fine late-night discussion.
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2004, 12:27:59 AM »
Quote from: bk on June 20, 2004, 12:26:03 AM
Pillows florentine.  Brisket pillows.  Country Fried Steak pillows.  Meatloaf pillows.  

I may just vomit on the floor....
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« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2004, 12:28:18 AM »
A visit to Stone Henge might be appropriate.
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« Reply #16 on: June 20, 2004, 12:30:12 AM »
I've just read an article by Ismail Merchant bemoaning what's happened to movies today. I'm not a big fan of his, but I applaud what he says in the piece.
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« Reply #17 on: June 20, 2004, 12:32:02 AM »
When the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. About June 21 and December 21.
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« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2004, 12:37:08 AM »
I only care about food-scented pillows.  Fresh-baked biscuit pillows.  Chocolate cake pillows.  
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« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2004, 12:39:49 AM »
Happy Fathers Day to all HHW fathers and non-HHW Fathers!

*But the HHW Fathers are definitely the cooler ones.

-I should have been in bed hours ago... so...

Goodnight.
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« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2004, 12:41:29 AM »
Forgive me for being absent for most of yesterday, but it was just too darn hot around these here parts.  As promised, I did have Chinese food for lunch today with some good friends.  I then came home, laid on the bed, watched my Mariners, napped (frequently) and watched various and sundried movies and television reruns.  I watched a couple of episodes of LAW AND ORDER: THE SVU, in order to get my Christopher Melloni fix.  I then watched THE MUMMY to get my Brendan Fraser fix.  Do you see a pattern developing here?

I finally ended the evening by switching to CBC and catching most (but not all) of SPARTACUS.  Although this was the fully-restored version, I arrived too late to catch the Tony Curtis / Laurence Olivier bath scene, but I am sure that I can live out the rest of my life quite comfortably without having witnessing that.  What I did find fascinating about the film, besides the performances of Kirk, Tony and Jean, was the sheer brilliance of Charles Laughton.  Over the years there have been so many impressions, so many jokes, that I had somehow forgotten the incredible talent of the man. He was indeed a genius.


Favorite Laughton roles anyone?
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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2004, 12:44:25 AM »
Love Charles Laughton and only wish he'd been alive when I became friends with Elsa L.  Love him in Witness for the Prosecution, in which he delivers a brilliant performance.  He's one of the highlights of Spartacus, too.  
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« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2004, 12:44:59 AM »
Ismail Merchant, while reclining on a Viktor Benes Parisian Cake scented pillow, concludes his article about what has happened to movies today with:

I believe we have entered a new Dark Age, a barbarous age dominated by greed and profit, by the mentality of lottery riches and cheap celebrity. The culture that once civilized us has been dramatically eroded over the past five decades, and soon it will cease to have any meaning because there will be no one able to appreciate or even understand it.

Those who value the artistic and literary achievements of the past, who have been enlightened and inspired by the genius of generations, are now in the minority. It is time for the minority to speak: to defy political correctness, to put politicians in the dock, to attack those in positions of responsibility who have failed to fulfill their duties and obligations.


Bravo, Izzy!
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« Reply #23 on: June 20, 2004, 12:48:49 AM »
The quality of Merchant's comments is not strained.
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« Reply #24 on: June 20, 2004, 12:55:01 AM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on June 20, 2004, 12:48:49 AM
The quality of Merchant's comments is not strained.

We are by far the cleverest site on the internet (and the nicest).
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« Reply #25 on: June 20, 2004, 12:56:59 AM »
The dinner gong sounds. See you all tomorrow. Sleep well. (May your pillows be scented by your dreams of beauty).
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« Reply #26 on: June 20, 2004, 12:58:48 AM »
Re TCB's Laughton question, then I should really try to get to my sausage bed...
Lots of favorite Laughton performances...
O'HENRY'S FULL HOUSE - which I haven't seen in the proverbial coon's age and would love to view again.
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
bk has already mentioned WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
(I'm embarrassed to admit I've never seen THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII)
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« Reply #27 on: June 20, 2004, 01:15:53 AM »
I suppose I should answer my own question.  Prior to today, I probably would have said WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, or even ADVISE AND CONSENT, but after watching it again, I would have to go with Laughton's performance in SPARTACUS. Damn, I wish I could be that good.
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Re:FATHER'S DAY
« Reply #28 on: June 20, 2004, 02:15:53 AM »
Quote from: bk on June 20, 2004, 12:17:39 AM
Someone file a patent on behalf of haineshisway.com: Scent of Pillows.

Sausage pillows, hamburger pillows, hot fudge sundae pillows, cheese and tomato pizza pillows - I'm tellin' you, we got us a winner.
This isn't as far-fetched as my fellow DRs may think!

For example, buckwheat is used to fill pillows, which stay cool and conform to the head that rests on them.

Various seeds and spices are used in sausages.

Why not, then, use seeds other than buckwheat?  Fennel, for example, has a wonderful smell.  So does caraway.  I can easily imagine any number of seeds being used, perhaps in combination, to create a fragrant pillow upon which to rest one's head.

And if you ever get tired of the smell, you can eat your pillow!  (But, probably not if you're on the Atkins plan.)
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« Reply #29 on: June 20, 2004, 02:24:47 AM »
I am shamed to admit I have never watched the film Spartacus.  We have it on DVD, but I have not yet taken the time to watch it.

For that matter, although we also have them on DVD, I have not wached the first two Godfather films.

Am I alone in this guilty pattern?

The sun will be up soon here in Rehoboth.  The sky is baby blue dappled with pink clouds.

I need to go back to sleep.  G'night.
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