Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[ahc]

Sitting here in limbo

Well, they're putting up resistance

 

[SoulReflection]

There's something about learning from history

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[gtmalone]

I'm bilingual: I speak both English and Hayseed.

Hey! I resemble that remark! My wife and I grew up in Hayseed, MO.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Hey! I resemble that remark! My wife and I grew up in Hayseed, MO.

That's just west of Resume Speed, isn't it?

 

[gtmalone]

There's something about learning from history

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One would think. I read a history of WWI a few years back. When the author was talking about the ethnic conflicts between Austria-Hungary, Germany, Serbia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina it was like reading about the same stuff over there in the '90s. Apparently nothing was learned.

 

[gtmalone]

That's just west of Resume Speed, isn't it?

Well, the spot in the road is pretty wide.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Without Desmond, there wouldn't have been Bob Marley. He opened up the UK to reggae. This song was produced in Jamaica and hit the UK pop charts, then the world. Everyone was kind of stunned by the success. Like the British invasion, they went looking for other artists in Jamaica.




His most well known song is Israelites. Makes you want to tap your foot.

 

[GonePlaid]

That's just west of Resume Speed, isn't it?

Ya take a left at the corner of 'Walk' and 'Don't Walk'.

 

[Jeff Scott]

There's something about learning from history

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Funny you should post this shortly after I read an article on some paintings of Danaë by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi. Cue Zeus:

 

[Charlie Tango]

Without Desmond, there wouldn't have been Bob Marley. He opened up the UK to reggae. This song was produced in Jamaica and hit the UK pop charts, then the world. Everyone was kind of stunned by the success. Like the British invasion, they went looking for other artists in Jamaica.




His most well known song is Israelites. Makes you want to tap your foot.

Speaking of Marley, No Treble had a very tasty rendition of "Three Little Birds" by Jacob Collier.

 

[Winslow]

Cue Zeus:

"Take me to your Leda."

 

[Winslow]

 

[beans-on-toast]

….

I see Sean Connery in that painting.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I see Sean Connery in that painting.

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So he was Zeus, not Zardoz?

 

[GwenOnBass]

He was Zed in Zardoz

 

[Charlie Tango]

He was Zed in Zardoz

And he was Ned in NoDoz.

 

[notJaco]

He's Ned, Jim

 

[beans-on-toast]

So he was Zeus, not Zardoz?

You're only as good as your last gig. From James Bond to trying out for the Village People.

 

[notJaco]

You're only as good as your last gig. From James Bond to trying out for the Village People.

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[SoulReflection]

You're only as good as your last gig. From James Bond to trying out for the Village People.

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Close to a banana but not quite...