Tuppy:   Guess what! I'm going to the opera tonight.
Bertie:   Opera, Tuppy?
Tuppy:   Cora's singing in the, um, Barber of Figaro.
Bertie:   Is that the one about the pyramids?
Barmy:   Sounds like it is, from the name.

(it's like shooting fish in a barrel, I know)

"... gown by Parisian courtier Worth..."

I was looking something up about the Carol Burnett Show. Somehow I ended up on youtube and saw a comment about the best TV sketches, putting the elephant story up there with Nile Crane ironing his pants, and Betty White's herring circus ( Read more... )

Running around on the Green Bay football field during the Packers/Colts game. The refs were calling timeouts while he was on the field.  Apparently more of the crowd was watching him than the play.  But instant replay was the best, seeing every muscle ripple under his fur as he booked it for the sidelines. Great form, as the commentator said ( Read more... )

So... I subscribe to BookBub.  It's a handy daily email that notifies me when ebooks in my picked genres/from picked authors are available for free or sale prices, from Amazon as well as other sites.  I've found some fun things, and definitely bought sequels in some cases ( Read more... )

The Ironman competition: "Competitive suicide!"

I nearly choked on my tea just now. I was finishing the cup when I heard a James Cagney impression in the middle of a work conversation a few cubicles down.

"You dirty rat!"

:D

* Obv. it's all about the intonation and delivery, not the words, when it comes to that particular time-worn impression. ;)

I don't know how they're playing! The falling snow alone is so heavy it's hard to see anything, much less a football in the air. (They're still making completions!) But even funnier, it's only the end of the first quarter and snow is several inches deep on the field. There was a fumble and the ball almost got lost and buried. And when anyone falls ( Read more... )

I don't know how they're playing! The falling snow alone is so heavy it's hard to see anything, much less a football in the air. (They're still making completions!) But even funnier, it's only the end of the first quarter and snow is several inches deep on the field. There was a fumble and the ball almost got lost and buried. And when anyone falls ( Read more... )

I have the Baylor/Kentucky basketball game on. Kentucky's leading scorer of the game (who incidentally just fouled out, with under two minutes to go), is named...

Archie Goodwin.

:D