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RickyMaveety · 06-27-2008, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

It was worth a very slight smile for the first picture or two but got boring through repetition. Sorry, just call me Sad. That is actually my initials backwards.

But then .... you never got to the best parts with all the people!!! Bummer.

Oh well .... maybe someday you'll sit through the whole thing .... get to the good parts, and have a big ol' smile. Maybe???

Catire · 06-27-2008, 10:44 PM

Thank you for posting the link , it made me smile and laugh as well.

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Catire

Thank you for posting the link , it made me smile and laugh as well.

Good!! Now, if we can just talk Slayda into watching the whole thing, maybe we'll work a smile or a chuckle out of him as well.

slayda · 06-28-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Good!! Now, if we can just talk Slayda into watching the whole thing, maybe we'll work a smile or a chuckle out of him as well.

I did. But it was just the same guy dancing (as badly as I would BTW) and he only had the one step, over & over. Now if I had something to dance about, that would make me smile.

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I did. But it was just the same guy dancing (as badly as I would BTW) and he only had the one step, over & over. Now if I had something to dance about, that would make me smile.

But, if you had watched the whole thing, you would have seen it is NOT just the same guy dancing .... but, I'm not going to force you to watch the whole thing. I just think that you should ... once, just in case it might make you smile.

slayda · 06-28-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

But, if you had watched the whole thing, you would have seen it is NOT just the same guy dancing .... but, I'm not going to force you to watch the whole thing. I just think that you should ... once, just in case it might make you smile.

Yeah, there were a bunch of other people that got into it & even a submarine creature (dauphin?). But hey, I often smile at flowers & sometimes trees, especially in the fall when the leaves come drifting down. So I do smile. It's good for my facial muscles. And it's makes me look better (well at least not so bad). Often when I'm hot in the summer, I smile at a nice breeze. When I came back from Saudi Arabia (way too hot), I smiled when I had to walk outside in NY (mid December with sandals and short sleeves near midnight) because I was finally cold. So maybe I just smile at different things.

But thanks for trying to make me smile.

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Yeah, there were a bunch of other people that got into it & even a submarine creature (dauphin?). But hey, I often smile at flowers & sometimes trees, especially in the fall when the leaves come drifting down. So I do smile. It's good for my facial muscles. And it's makes me look better (well at least not so bad). Often when I'm hot in the summer, I smile at a nice breeze. When I came back from Saudi Arabia (way too hot), I smiled when I had to walk outside in NY (mid December with sandals and short sleeves near midnight) because I was finally cold. So maybe I just smile at different things.

But thanks for trying to make me smile.

Hehehehe .... love you too, Slayda!! And, you know what? Eeyore is probably my favorite character. I have a jacket with him emblazoned on it ... because ... well, just because he's my favorite. And, I have my Eeyore moments as well, so I'm not going to tell you that you can't have yours. In fact ... I will defend to the death your absolute right to have as many Eeyore moments are you want.

I just wanted to make sure you gave the entire film a look ... and you did, and I'm happy for that even if it didn't make you smile. Meanwhile, back at the farm ... the parts in New Guinea and India still make me chuckle.

You are right about Saudi Arabia .... waaaay too hot. When I was about 10 or so, my mother came very close to marrying a Saudi national, who intended to move us all back there to live. I hate to think what my life would have been like there (female, non-Muslim, and extremely outspoken) ... I'm quite sure they would have executed me before I turned 12.

slayda · 06-28-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Hehehehe .... love you too, Slayda!! .... I hate to think what my life would have been like there (female, non-Muslim, and extremely outspoken) ... I'm quite sure they would have executed me before I turned 12.

Quite likely. While in Riyadh, I got to see the "beheading" square. I was "horribly" impressed. There was an incident where 4 men got some illegal liquor, got drunk, broke into a neighbors house & raped a woman. Within a week they had lost their heads, literally.

Glad you were saved.

PS Eeyore is my hero.

RickyMaveety · 06-28-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Quite likely. While in Riyadh, I got to see the "beheading" square. I was "horribly" impressed. There was an incident where 4 men got some illegal liquor, got drunk, broke into a neighbors house & raped a woman. Within a week they had lost their heads, literally.

Glad you were saved.

PS Eeyore is my hero.

I'm surprised they didn't behead the rape victim as well. I had to more or less save myself from ending up in Saudi Arabia. I simply told my mother that, before I would end up living there, I would go live with my biological father. That gave her a good idea about how seriously I took the matter ... because I could not stand my biological father.

Eeyore is my hero too!! The things you learn about people ....

GeoffC · 06-30-2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Maybe I need a smile transplant.

Well at least you and I are on the same wavelength--don't know why, but things like this are more likely to make me cringe than smile...

RickyMaveety · 06-30-2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Well at least you and I are on the same wavelength--don't know why, but things like this are more likely to make me cringe than smile...

Hey, it takes all kinds to make a world. After watching the video a few bazillion times, I started reading the guy's journals ... I think you would find a lot of his writing very funny. He has a very dry wit ... and his story about being arrested for dancing in front of the Parthenon is a hoot.

vivaldirules · 08-03-2008, 07:08 PM

It's been a month since I watched the video (thank you, RM) and I still can't get the music out of my head. So for others who love it also the music is "Praan" composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Palbasha Siddique. It's available as an mp3 at Amazon. The lyrics are from the "Stream of Life" verses in Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali which you can find in our MR ebook library. It contains many lovely verses.

RickyMaveety · 08-03-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

It's been a month since I watched the video (thank you, RM) and I still can't get the music out of my head. So for others who love it also the music is "Praan" composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Palbasha Siddique. It's available as an mp3 at Amazon. The lyrics are from the "Stream of Life" verses in Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali which you can find in our MR ebook library. It contains many lovely verses.

Yeah, I've been listening to it a lot myself. It's just so uplifting.

Nate the great · 08-03-2008, 07:39 PM

I go back and watch the video about twice a week. It still makes me smile.

RWood · 08-03-2008, 07:42 PM

Why am I reminded of Frank Zappa's song Dancing Fool every time I see this video?

08-03-2008, 07:08 PM	#27
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	It's been a month since I watched the video (thank you, RM) and I still can't get the music out of my head. So for others who love it also the music is "Praan" composed by Garry Schyman and sung by Palbasha Siddique. It's available as an mp3 at Amazon. The lyrics are from the "Stream of Life" verses in Bengali of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali which you can find in our MR ebook library. It contains many lovely verses. Last edited by vivaldirules; 08-03-2008 at 07:11 PM.

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Catire Lord of the Universe Posts: 670 Karma: 737849 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maturin , Venezuela Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 / PSP	Thank you for posting the link , it made me smile and laugh as well.

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