Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 06, 2021
December 03, 2021
December 08, 2021
Transcript:
comic strip dvd fred the cat fred: a mousehole! hey, is there a mouse in there? hole: no fred: good. the firector's cut fred: a mousehole! heyyy- is there a mouse in... there? hole: no fred: good. alternate ending fred: a mousehole! hey, is there a mouse in there? hole: no fred: good. rat: i'm a naked mole rat. deleted scenes blam in french fred: un cavity du vermin! c'est un vermin dans la maison ici? hole: non fred: tres bien. consumer: big deal! there are no interviews or commentaries or documentaries, no 5.1 surround sound, no interactive animated menus, no scene analysis- i don't feel fully entertained yet. style
Living in France, I’ve seen that last gesture a few times. True story: my brother and sister-in-law were visiting, here. We went shopping. An old guy we knew asked us, as we walked through the parking lot, if we would give a push to another old guy whose old(!) car wouldn’t start. We pushed his car easily until it started, and as he drove off, waving his thanks, my sister-in-law, thinking of Rosie the Riviter, showed her muscles. The old dudes laughed. When we explained her faux-pas to her, she was totally embarrassed. As Benny Hill would say, it was too late to apologize!