The surrealism of everyday life

[maison rustique]

I guess different parts of the country are on different schedules. First day of school is August 14 here--kids have been back from camp for a long time. Mind you, this is vastly different than when I went to school in this area--we started school in September and got out beginning of June. Now they start in August and get out mid-May.

[bloviatrix]

School starts after Labor Day here and finishes in June. [City] Public schools go to the last week of the month and private schools finish earlier.

[StephanieL]

23 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

Yes, but right now it's just strange that he's out of the house for 4 weeks.

 

[Wilfrid]

Thank you not just for letting me play that again but reminding me of a fabulous Allan Sherman tribute show off Broadway many years ago, I just remember that was the first time I saw Tovah Feldshuh.

[bloviatrix]

@StephanieL I have every Allan Sherman album on VINYL!!! In fact one summer when I was in camp my dad sent me his on bastardized version of the song. It's one of the things I kept when my parents moved out of the house.

[bloviatrix]

My personal all-time favorite Allan Sherman number

 

[Wilfrid]

Wow. I was introduced by the well known songs being played on BBC radio all the time when I was a kid. His “Mexican Hat Song” was everywhere.

[small h]

I knew this before the original. Same with Letter B from Sesame Street.

[StephanieL]

I'd listened to "Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max" many, many times before realizing that it was parodying an Irish song.

[Wilfrid]

Indeed, I didn’t know he was doing parodies when I was like six years old.

I have no idea whether I heard “Matilda” or “Zelda” first. Happily Belafonte and Sherman were both all over British radio when I was a child. 

[small h]

The leader of my wedding band informs me that our hora will be a mashup of Hava Nagila and Walk Don't Run by The Ventures. I hope it works!

Edited August 2, 2024 by small h

[maison rustique]

21 hours ago, small h said:

The leader of my wedding band informs me that our hora will be a mashup of Hava Nagila and Walk Don't Run by The Ventures. I hope it works!

We need video!!!

[small h]

Let's see if any gets shot!

[bloviatrix]

If you want kosher food at Fenway, this is where you have to go.

Kid decided he needed to try the hot dog.

 

[Sneakeater]

That knockwurst doesn't look half bad.

[Wilfrid]

Free at last, we can now jaywalk in New York City.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/09/26/modified-jaywalking-repeal-passes-council

I can’t wait to get out there and try it. Walk, don’t walk, I’m walking here. 

(The less funny subtext is guess who was getting ticketed for jaywalking, if anyone.)

I remember jaywalking in Austin Texas and a couple, fused to the sidewalk, yelled at me “Are you crazy, the cops are right there.”

And indeed there was a cop car parked across the street. “I hope they have something better to do,” I said. I guess they did. 

 

[voyager]

I was jay-walking across insanely busy Clement Street and was vaguely aware of another person doing the same about 10 feet from me.    Took a second look.   Ooooops.     Cop.    He made eye contact, grinned broadly and told me to stay safe.  

[Wilfrid]

Airport story. I underestimated the ease of getting to my gate at Portland (ME) this morning. Zero traffic on the road, and the airport is nearby, and for the first time ever I am the only person in the security line. No one ahead or behind. So rather than being a reasonable hour ahead of boarding, I am 90 minutes or more.

There is Starbucks or there is a bar. I seat myself at the bar, telling myself it’s too early to be drinking. Drip coffee.

As 9.30 approaches I consider breakfast. I ask my server about the avocado toast. A fierce woman appears from the kitchen and says breakfast is over at 9.30. Okay, it’s 9.27 but whatever.

At that point, the only other person in the place, a very small older woman, rushes to the counter and banging her menu down threatens the staff with “the rage” of someone who had come there just for breakfast. She continues ranting as my server and I exchange rolled eyes.

After she storms out a party comes in and orders from the post-9.30 menu and I would have thought the kitchen could make avocado toast as easily as burgers for 6 five minutes later.

I settle back with a cold cider as that‘s not really drinking. 

[hollywood]

I saw a Free Luigi banner hanging from an overpass above the 101 freeway.

[MitchW]

18 hours ago, hollywood said:

I saw a Free Luigi banner hanging from an overpass above the 101 freeway.

What, nothing for the Menendez brothers?

[StephanieL]

On 12/13/2024 at 11:28 AM, hollywood said:

I saw a Free Luigi banner hanging from an overpass above the 101 freeway.

No love for Mario?

[Wilfrid]

Florent now some kind of odd sex-adjacent pop up.

[voyager]

Married 66 years!   On that day, so long ago, I could never have imagined it.   It went by fast.

[Evelyn]

WOW! CONGRATULATIONS!!

[bloviatrix]

Mazel tov!