time passes slowly up here on the mountain

[Dayna]

Gee what is this? It's only 8:00 PM & everyone's gone to bed already!

I wish i could understand the time zones & how they work. I see the shows from here are broadcast on Us stations. Are any on in Cleveland/ Youngstown area?

What does all this mean for me GMT & the other parts? I could try to look for them.

[gordonfmoore]

How about 'One and One Is One' by Medicine Head? Or would that promptly wipe out all the maths they've learned over the years?

Thanks for that. I knew I'd made a mistake on the board somewhere, but hey, you know what it's like, you can't admit to the kids that you're thick and don't know what you're doing. All heck would break loose.

PS Did you ever write to Medicine Head to point out their error?

What, are they actually wrong then? So what is the answer? I'm confused.

And thanks for the Wilson Pickett vid. Since I can't stand it, I'm sure the kids will love it.

[Dominic]

One song was called Telstar ... One was Tequila.

Telstar by The Tornadoes was Margaret Thatcher's number one Desert Island Disc.
"Tequila!" is the punchline of my favourite bad joke.

[Gordon Neill]

To be honest, I'm not sure what the answer is either. I was just bluffing. I used to know but my kids keep confusing me. Apparently, 1 + 1 can be: (a) 2, (b) 11, or even (c) a window (something to do with taking the literal shapes of 1 + 1 = and making a picture with them). So who's to say that the answer couldn't be one? I blame the parents. Erm...

[Gordon Neill]

Dominic said:

"Tequila!" is the punchline of my favourite bad joke.

C'mon, you can't just leave it that.

[ritchie]

Oh yes he can.....,

look behind you......

yup they've started to advertise the panto season, hurry up get your tickets it will soon be over and we will be moving into easter!

[Gordon Neill]

Ritchie blurted:

they've started to advertise the panto season, hurry up get your tickets it will soon be over and we will be moving into easter!

You've lost the thread pal. Remember? 'Times passes slowly up here on the mountain'? Remember? You started it.

Do they have pantos in Ohio, Dayna? I think it's a peculiarly British institution. Do people in Ohio shout 'It's behind you'? Or do they not bother telling you?

[Tom McPhillips]

trying to explain a pantomime to an American is just about impossible - you start with the Principal Boy (a girl) who gets the girl (a real girl) and move onto pantomime Dames (Men) and at that point give up and try not to go to the "behind you" issue.

It's as bad as trying to explain cricket...

For the benefit of Americans I do it like this - "Cricket is a very complicated and immensely boring game, in fact cricket is like watching paint dry - whereas baseball is more like watching paint after it has dried..."

I haven't made many friends here yet.... no idea why...

[taiyo no otosan]

Tom quipped:

"Cricket is a very complicated and immensely boring game, in fact cricket is like watching paint dry - whereas baseball is more like watching paint after it has dried..."

I like that. I shall use that when trying to explain it to Japanese folk, who seem to find baseball interesting.

[gordonfmoore]

To be honest, I'm not sure what the answer is either. I was just bluffing.

I'm starting to panic a little bit now as I have to start teaching again on Tuesday!

Perhaps I should teach a GCSE in World Music instead. Does anyone here know anything about that? and lend me their notes (ooh a nice pun).

[Dayna]

I would take a class like that. I'd even like to come there for it, if I could find a way to pay for it.
That's interesting you mention baseball & Japan. There are quite a few very good baseball players from Japan on US baseball teams now.

[Gordon Neill]

Gordonfmoore wrote:

Perhaps I should teach a GCSE in World Music instead. Does anyone here know anything about that?

I don't about a GCSE, but there is a postgraduate course available. Liverpool University is backing a Masters degree in popular music studies. There's no need for them to drum up support as students have been beating a path to their door and singing their praises. bums should note that they will not be able to fiddle the final scores. By the end of the course, students are expected to blow their own trumpet. (I could go on, but I won't).

Further details at:

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Prospectus/PG/taug ... ies_ma.htm

[Gordon Neill]

Hmm. I think pantomimes are a peculiarly British institution for Christmas. I don’t know why they didn’t travel to America as they date back to at least the 16th century (so my mum tells me). They’re certainly peculiar and in rude health over here. They’re billed as family entertainment, but are full of double-entendres and politically incorrect. As Tom mentions, the hero is usually played by a woman and, for some odd reason, the heroine is played by a woman. Which gives the inevitable romance a certain edge. Invariably, there is some older woman who, of course, has to be played by a man (I think it’s the law). The stories are loosely based on traditional tales, such as Puss In Boots (!) and Cinderella (who’s sisters are, of course, played by men). And then there’s the audience participation and the ritual dialogue which always contains some variation along the lines of: ‘I think David Bowie’s fab’… ‘Oh no he isn’t’… ‘Oh yes he is’… ‘Oh no he isn’t’…. A bit like this forum at times, really.

[Dayna]

I would take the music class if i could. That sounds almost like a thing I got involved with in our theatre at the college where I took some classes.
There was a play or skit I got involved with, that was some silly Western Meladrama, where the cast was supposed to be all mixed up, because some of the people were missing that were part of the show. (That was part of the story). Anyway our professor/director, made it so there were a couple of women playing the part of some men cowboys, with oversized pants & hats. And he had some of us trying to make our voices sound like some other person that was supposed to be part of the show but they weren't. ( Does that make sense?). That was very hard for me, but fun at the same time. I don't think I'd make a very good actor, because I feel more like hiding all teh time. maybe I will just stick to the quiet art instead.

[Gordon Neill]

Dayna said:

There was a play or skit I got involved with... where the cast was supposed to be all mixed up.

There are times that I feel as if I'm part of the cast as well.

I don't think I'd make a very good actor, because I feel more like hiding all the time.

Well you could just play parts that involved hiding. Or the remake of the Invisible Man.