tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post5455469683818413565..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: You Brits Are On NoticeDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-58820902856869108672008-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:002008-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:00"I can't for the life of me understand why anyone ..."I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would be interested in sports. But I can easily understand why someone would want to play the bassoon."<BR/><BR/>--Frank Zappa<BR/>(who wrote parts for the bassoon on a number of his albums)David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-82510654511090862992008-09-27T11:31:00.000-07:002008-09-27T11:31:00.000-07:00Which just goes to show that real life is much wei...Which just goes to show that real life is much weirder than fiction. I was telling David that I used to haul a bassoon around through major international airports (a great hobby, if you can get a bassoon) and most people would probably not believe the very strange but true tales that came out of this. To say nothing of hauling a bagpipe around, which I also did for fun and excitement (as David pointed out, a bagpipe is a deadly weapon.) <BR/><BR/>Best example ever, though: When I lived in Arizona in the late Eighties we went through three governors in about two years due to a series of scandals that I'm having trouble remembering at the moment. Some genius made the whole sordid saga into a stage play and then a musical ("Gov: The Musical") and it tanked on Broadway, at least in part because of its inherent unbelievability. When your <I> musical </I> can't sell tickets because of its "inherent unbelievability", that just goes to show something or other. That's sort of like sitting through "Carousel" and then asking yourself later, "Why did she marry the son of a b___ in the first place? This play could have been half an hour long!"Jen Sterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961079238063675246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-3615010013768080762008-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:002008-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:00Absolutely right that if you invented a group like...Absolutely right that if you invented a group like the Taliban in a novel, no one would believe it. Fiction has to be plausible.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-75590237761914144382008-09-26T10:20:00.000-07:002008-09-26T10:20:00.000-07:00Bras are for feminine vanity, of course.Women can'...Bras are for feminine vanity, of course.<BR/><BR/>Women can't run in burqas anyway, so trying to tell them that big-boobed women need them wouldn't work.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-58803387808013472402008-09-26T07:47:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:47:00.000-07:00Hi, Janet--"They've been telling Canadians they sh...Hi, Janet--<BR/><BR/>"They've been telling Canadians they should vote for the parties that would withdraw from Afghanistan. Talk about poison political endorsements."<BR/><BR/>No kidding. Like having a child molester advertise your preschool.<BR/><BR/>What I can't figure out is why they have an opinion on bras in the first place. I'm surprised they know what a bra <I>is</I>.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe they don't, and have it confused with something else.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-66627749165105360352008-09-26T07:44:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:44:00.000-07:00Hi, Tim--Yes indeed, the Taliban make your Viators...Hi, Tim--<BR/><BR/>Yes indeed, the Taliban make your Viators look like models of sanity and restraint, don't they?<BR/><BR/>Of course, if you came up with characters as extreme as the Taliban in a novel, no one would believe it for a minute.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-74758324004246705812008-09-26T07:43:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:43:00.000-07:00Hi, Matt--Ah, but you didn't mention the make-up! ...Hi, Matt--<BR/><BR/>Ah, but you didn't mention the make-up! And though I'm sure you don't wear a bra, are you sure you never sell them?<BR/><BR/>Yep, the Taliban: utterly bonkers.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-64366623059463422672008-09-26T06:50:00.000-07:002008-09-26T06:50:00.000-07:00They've been telling Canadians they should vote fo...They've been telling Canadians they should vote for the parties that would withdraw from Afghanistan. Talk about poison political endorsements.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and they're going to shoot at our soldiers more, just so we get the point. This despite the fact we drive on the right.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we do sell shaving kits and bras, but to my knowledge, not in Afghanistan.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-43613312957107884722008-09-26T06:09:00.000-07:002008-09-26T06:09:00.000-07:00Matt, don't be so sure - bet you drive on the left...Matt, don't be so sure - bet you drive on the left!<BR/><BR/>It is as if the Taliban consider the definitive British sin to be driving on the left rather than selling shaving kits or bras. <BR/><BR/>That worries me, as driving on the left is the only one of the four vices mentioned that I am guilty of.<BR/><BR/>The Taliban really could have come out of Jack Vance...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-61973720630824007992008-09-26T05:19:00.000-07:002008-09-26T05:19:00.000-07:00Hi, DavidI'm okay. I have a beard and I don't wea...Hi, David<BR/><BR/>I'm okay. I have a beard and I don't wear a bra.<BR/><BR/>(The Taliban are quite, quite mad, aren't they? They would be figures of fun if they weren't so psychotic.)mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.com