Thursday Threesome

Onesome: Two- Hey, we did 'threes' last week; let's try 'twos' this week. When you think of pairs, what comes to mind? ...and 'Bartletts' is the only wrong answer <g>!

Well, how about Bosc, then? <g> Pairs: well, horse and carriage, Astaire and Rogers, Tracy and Hepburn, salt and pepper...oh, and a series from the 1970s (?) called The Dumplings with James Coco and Geraldine Brooks. It was about a chubby couple (I think he was a chef) still madly in love with each other and had a theme song called "Good Things Come in Pairs": "He and she, you and me, a sweet blend of milk and honey. Always together, we'll go through life discovering good things come in pairs."

Twosome: Day- Which day of the week do you live for? Is it getting back to work on Monday (right!) or maybe Friday, so you're gone! One of the weekend days? Which day works for you?

Saturday! Sleeping late, time with budgie, maybe something to do, maybe just for working on the website, and chat with Remember WENN friends at night; a nice sensible rising/abed schedule altogether (but if I had my way I'd always get up at nine and go to bed at one).

Threesome: Sale- Are you one of those people who will wait until something is on sale before you buy it? ...even if it's like forever? ...or do you just haul on down to the store whenever the urge hits? Hmmm? Planner, immediate or impulse? What type of buyer are you?

It depends on how badly I need it. If the refrigerator dies, I'm sure not going to wait for a sale. On the other hand, we're eventually going to need a television. We're hoping the one we have will last long enough for the price on HDTV to go down a bit more. Maybe a nice post-Thanksgiving sale?

And the other discussion question:

We wanna know - what movie can you bat the lines out faster then the actors? What are your favorite lines from a movie? Come on - this is your chance to show off your acting skills!

It would take me forever to list all the lines I can bat out faster than the actors. There are some movies we end up just trading lines from at odd times, like taking showers at night or while on errands: we were doing 1776 last night. Then there's Big Jake, A Christmas Story, Spaceballs, Auntie Mame, Jurassic Park, TV series like Good Neighbors and Remember WENN, etc. Me, I can also do whole bits from favorite Get Smart and M*A*S*H episodes, The Homecoming, Rankin-Bass specials, etc.

Favorite lines from movies? How many pages have we got? One of the silliest but the one that can make me laugh the most is "Comb the desert" from Spaceballs. Mame's "Live, live, live, life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death from Auntie Mame (not to mention "Agnes! What happened?" "I lived!"). From Jurassic Park, usually said when we get home from errands: "Well, here we are back in the truck." "At least we're not in the tree."

For prime lines, though, just replay the entire series of Remember WENN. No finer quotes anywhere.

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Comments:

I remember "The Dumplings". They ran a restaurant, were quite large and very much in love. James Coco and Geraldine Brooks were the stars. The theme song was sung by Steve Lawrence. Canceled almost immediately, even though it had good reviews, so said Coco on a talk show. The show I recall was about the possibility of one of the restaurant's soups to be marketed nationally. Mr. Dumpling refused, because it took too much time away from his marriage. Sweet sentiment, fun show!

Brian Phillips

# posted by  Brian Phillips : 11:05:00 AM

 

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