Jamie123

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  1. On 4/19/2024 at 5:41 PM, Ironhold said:

    This is the most famous example, but it was first invented by Max Fleischer of Fleischer Studios back in the late 1930s / early 1940s. It's why so many of his action cartoons, like Superman, seem so lifelike given the technical limitations of the day. 

    Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings was another example.

    Although Bakshi's movie is a mess, I think this scene was way better than Peter Jackson's. It is much closer to the book, and Annette Crosby has the perfect voice for Galadriel.

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    She-Ra was always criticized for giving unrealistic bodily expectations to young girls. (You don't get big breasts AND a tiny waist - its one or the other or neither.) No one ever mentioned that no one looks like He-Man either!

  3. 38 minutes ago, LDSGator said:

    GI Joe was my thing and I still collect the comics. I don’t like the “Now I know” socially responsible stuff either. I found it silly, even as a kid.   

    I remember the He-Man/She-Rah cartoons where at the end of each episode the moral lesson would be pointed out. It was usually something like "Don't kick the bad guy when he's down, even if he is a jerk" or "you won't have your grandparents forever ever, so appreciate them while you can". Not bad really, for a franchise that was mostly about selling plastic junk.

  4. How do you fit four elephants in a Mini?

    Two in the front, two in the back.

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    How do you know if an elephant's been in your fridge?

    Footprints in the butter.

    How do you know if two elephants have been in your fridge?

    Two sets of footprints in the butter.

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    How do you know if three elephants have been in your fridge?

    Three sets of footprints in the butter.

    How do you know if four elephants have been in your fridge?

    There's a Mini parked outside.

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  5. This system will allow you to classify each specimen into its correct genus and species.

    1. If it looks like Paul McCartney then it's Paul McCartney.

    2. If it has small round tinted glasses and you can imagine it standing next to a Japanese woman with long dark hair, and it looks like John Lennon then it's John Lennon.

    3. If its playing the drums then the chances are it's Ringo.

    4. If it doesn't fit any of the above categories then you can safely label it George Harrison.

    Another minute wasted with Jamie123! 😝

  6. May you hear an intermittent buzzing noise in your bedroom just when you want to go to bed, with no sign of an actual fly no matter how many hours' sleep you lose searching for it.

    May said fly descend upon your face the moment you give up and put the light out.

    May the Yorkie bar you bought for your mid-morning treat inexplicably taste of mint. (Not that there's anything wrong with mint chocolate, but when you buy a Yorkie bar you expect a Yorkie bar and not an After Eight.)

    May your next door neighbour start tinkering with his car on Saturday Morning, just as you sit down to watch Little House on the Prairie.

  7. 2 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

    Dang - are you sure you aren't me?  I had a startlingly similar experience when I was 6, and then again when I was 7, and then throughout the rest of elementary and middle school.   My elementary school was in the '70's, middle/high school in the '80's.  And you had this experience in the UK?  I grew up in Salt Lake City.  Well, we're all born stupid.  I guess there are recurring themes as kids form social circles and look for things to include and things to exclude. 

    From what I can tell about today's kids, it's now trendy and cool to be part of the alphabet, and feel guilty about being white.  The bad kids are transphobes and fascists and haters.

    As the late great Neil Peart once said...

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    Plus ca change
    Plus c'est la meme chose

     

  8. 2 hours ago, mikbone said:

    Drove me crazy to see girls in Jr. High and High School putting all those beads in their hair.

    You have dated yourself sir.

    Yup... I never much liked the beads. In fact hair styles like that have always bugged the heck out of me. What do these women do when they wash their hair? Undo every last pleat and remove every last bead, and then put them all back again? By the time you're done with all that palaver it'll be time to wash your hair again! Still...women will be women.

  9. As a kid, I was subjected to homophobic abuse. And I'm not even gay! In fact I am SO not-gay, I think many of those who homophobe-abused me were gay by comparison. In fact I suspect some were actually real-gay with an "I'll homo-abuse the allegedly gay kid to get the attention off myself" type of agenda.

    But that's speculation.

    The point is, I know that homophobic abuse is an actual thing, coz I've been on the receiving end. And though I agree there is much nonsense talked about "hate speech", homophobia (along with transphobia) is a real thing.

    But it's so easy to think after the event what you should have said. I was never able to think on my feet. So I'm going to indulge in a little wish-fulfilment fantasy...

    There was one kid - somewhat older than me - whom I'm going to call him "CT". He once gave me a grilling about what I'd do if I were propositioned by a half-naked Bo Derek, beckoning me to bed. When I didn't immediately respond in words to the effect that I'd "do" her, he told me I was not normal, while his bully-partner (a smirking sycophant whom I'll call "CV") snickered snottily away to himself in the background.

    CT: So? What would you do? There's Bo Derek calling out for you, wanting you!"

    Me: Well... (Not sure how to respond. Even then I had a superstitious view of sex [barring masturbation], even though I was not very outwardly religious.)

    CT:  Come on! It's Bo Derek? You do know who Bob Derek is, don't you?"

    Me: She was in 10. And Tarzan the Ape M..."

    CT: So...? What would you do?

    Me: OK, well tell me first what you'd do?

    CT: Oh well...haha...what wouldn't I do? Haha...mmmemmmmemmmm... (performs bodily contortions intended to convey sexual arousal, but actually more suggestive of diarrhea)

    This is where fantasy takes over...

    Me: So you'd have had "carnal knowledge" of her?

    CT: Mmmm...you could put it that way....(continued vocalizations and bodily contortions). But you'd just run away, wouldn't you? Like a scared little rabbit, that's you! You'd...

    Me: Has it never occurred to you that Bo Derek is married?

    CT: (Momentarily taken aback) What...?

    Me: Yes. To John Derek. That's how she got the name 'Derek', you know. Or did you think that's the name she was born with?

    CT: I don't believe this! If you think...you're actually saying that...?

    Me: That I think the sanctity of marriage is important? You bet I am! Or are you the sort of slimy little toad who goes around sleeping with other men's wives?

    CT: What...? (looking over to CV for support, but getting none.)

    Me: Because if you are, then I hope that when you get married, some other little slime ball comes and has his way with your wife! And I hope she enjoys him ten times better than you!

    CT: But...

    Me: And I hope he tells everyone about it, and everyone has a good laugh at Mr. Cuckoo-Cuckold! *does cuckoo impressions*

    It's good to dream...

  10. No idea if you sing this hymn, but...

    I vow to thee, my country
    All earthly things above
    Entire and whole and perfect
    The service of my love
    The love that asks no questions
    The love that stands the test
    That lays upon the altar
    The dearest and the best
    The love that never falters
    The love that pays the price
    The love that makes undaunted
    The final sacrifice
     
    And there's another country
    I've heard of long ago
    Most dear to them that love her
    Most great to them that know
    We may not count her armies
    We may not see her King
    Her fortress is a faithful heart
    Her pride is suffering
    And soul by soul and silently
    Her shining bounds increase
    And her ways are ways of gentleness
    And all her paths are peace
     
    (Sung to the tune of Jupiter from Holst's The Planets)
     
  11. 1 hour ago, LDSGator said:

    Being on the ground there you are vastly more qualified than I am to tell us who is he is. Thanks bud. 

    I don't know very much about him other than what I've read. And this happened in Glasgow, a long way from me! Perhaps I should be a bit more cautious in what I say...

  12. 1 hour ago, LDSGator said:

    Glad she’s taking it well. Better than I would. 
     

    Is Coull someone who tried to rip people off or did he just bite off more then he could chew?

    I suspect the latter. He's a bit of a fantasist. He's self-published about a dozen novels, which are largely believed to be AI-generated. If he was a cynical swindler he'd have run off with the money instead of stopping around to take the abuse, and giving refunds. I wonder how much out of pocket he is. Quite a lot I'm betting!

    P.S. I read somewhere the girl who played "The Unknown" has now been hired by London Dungeon to do a regular performance there!