And now for something mostly different!
First, a recommendation: If you like White Collar or Leverage and have not read I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal (And I Just Don't Get Any Respect), go ye and read! It is made of awesome and giggling and do not eat or drink while reading.
Second, I have been having a wonderful time watching reruns of Have Gun -- Will Travel on the Western Encore channel. (
adonnchaid , you know about this channel, yes?) Today's episode featured a *hilariously* pragmatic Indian chief. Try to understand: he's not making war on the white man. He's *gouging* the white man for all the market will bear. Some of the chief's comments that were cracking us up: "Tell [the guy organizing the hunting parties] the rate's gone up for war parties [to give his people a thrill]" and "I'm not going down there until those white men quit acting dangerous. Riding too fast, shooting at everything drinking fire water... no" and, possibly best of all: "Oh, that arrow. We sell these to travelers ... Next time you want to kill someone, say so. We'll make Apache arrows for you." Needless to say, this was not a chief from an Apache tribe!
(Okay, no, the *most* hilarious one was "We haven't killed any white men in 17 years." ::trades look with other Indian there:: "16 years.")
Third -- you're all fired. Why did no one tell me about Jon Stewart and the Gospel Choir ?!? (This is NOT work safe. But it was funny, I thought.) (Well. To be absolutely precise, I was reminded of the Tom Lehrer joke about the necrophiliac who achieved his childhood ambition of becoming coroner. When not enough laughter ensued, Lehrer said "The rest of you can look it up when you get home." )
And one small PS to my ongoing commentaries about this modesty/self-worth issue? If it wasn't for that modesty/self-deprecation, Miss Marple would have gotten paid more often! (She got paid once only to my knowledge. I'd have used her icon if it wasn't for the video I linked to.)
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Second, I have been having a wonderful time watching reruns of Have Gun -- Will Travel on the Western Encore channel. (
adonnchaid , you know about this channel, yes?) Today's episode featured a *hilariously* pragmatic Indian chief. Try to understand: he's not making war on the white man. He's *gouging* the white man for all the market will bear. Some of the chief's comments that were cracking us up: "Tell [the guy organizing the hunting parties] the rate's gone up for war parties [to give his people a thrill]" and "I'm not going down there until those white men quit acting dangerous. Riding too fast, shooting at everything drinking fire water... no" and, possibly best of all: "Oh, that arrow. We sell these to travelers ... Next time you want to kill someone, say so. We'll make Apache arrows for you." Needless to say, this was not a chief from an Apache tribe!
(Okay, no, the *most* hilarious one was "We haven't killed any white men in 17 years." ::trades look with other Indian there:: "16 years.")
Third -- you're all fired. Why did no one tell me about Jon Stewart and the Gospel Choir ?!? (This is NOT work safe. But it was funny, I thought.) (Well. To be absolutely precise, I was reminded of the Tom Lehrer joke about the necrophiliac who achieved his childhood ambition of becoming coroner. When not enough laughter ensued, Lehrer said "The rest of you can look it up when you get home." )
And one small PS to my ongoing commentaries about this modesty/self-worth issue? If it wasn't for that modesty/self-deprecation, Miss Marple would have gotten paid more often! (She got paid once only to my knowledge. I'd have used her icon if it wasn't for the video I linked to.)
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