Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Candles?

Are you still burning whale bacon?

[Katti's Cat]

Catching up on all the MR threads I missed - so much more entertaining than ironing the washed holiday clothes

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

If you're a big fan of the original stories like your husband, this movie will annoy the hell out of you from about the first minute onwards. There are some great twists on the Holmes mythology that build upon or veer away from Holmes, especially in movies. Without a Clue is a great one, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother another, and my all-time favourite 'They Might Be Giants'. This new iteration is just an action movie that has borrowed the names for 'brand recognition'.

One of my favorite SH movies that deviates considerably from the books is The Seven Percent Solution. In this case, I believe it is the die-hard Holmes fans who know the mythology who most appreciate the deviations; even if only as a "what if" type of scenario. The movie and the book were both wonderfully crafted. The line at the end as Holmes is preparing for an extended time away was wonderful. Watson demands to know how he should explain Holmes' absence to his readers, only to be told by Holmes to tell them he was killed by Professor Moriarty. After all, said Holmes, the readers will never believe him anyhow. Only people familiar with the books can truly appreciate a line like that.

[happy_terd]

playing ladder slasher on jsp.

[Moejoe]

Editing this:

Originally Posted by PJ Lyon from "The Grey Race"

“Tonight I see my sister for the first time in a year and a half Mr. Grey, my nephews and my brother-in-law too. I want tonight to be my reason for being here, not you and not the job you want me to do. I want to sit down with a cold beer and listen to my sister tease me about how I'm still an inch shorter than her and my arms aren't as strong. Then I want to watch some crummy old movie on the TV, you know, one that'll make me cry because it's Christmas and all. Then I want to crawl into a warm bed and forget that I'm in a city where penguins need overcoats and even then they're still complaining about the weather. I want to do all that knowing I can wake up in the morning and catch the first train back to California without breaking a contract. Do you understand where I'm coming from, Mr.Grey?”

"You talk a great deal once you get going, don't you, Mr.Finch?"

[Crusader]

Just got in from an observing session. I still have to carry the scope back in. Pity I have to go to work tomorrow otherwise I would have stuck around to try to get a better view of Mars. Currently it's just too low with the atmosphere causing havoc.

The Orion Nebula, 47 Tuc and Carina Nebula were stunning as usual and well worth the effort. Now to get the 10" beast back inside...

[tyler.]

Originally Posted by Crusader

Just got in from an observing session. I still have to carry the scope back in. Pity I have to go to work tomorrow otherwise I would have stuck around to try to get a better view of Mars. Currently it's just too low with the atmosphere causing havoc.

The Orion Nebula, 47 Tuc and Carina Nebula were stunning as usual and well worth the effort. Now to get the 10" beast back inside...

That sounds awesome! Wish I had some telescope savvy :P

[Crusader]

Originally Posted by tyler.

That sounds awesome! Wish I had some telescope savvy :P

Be careful what you wish for. I started out with the 10" in 2008 as "my first and only scope"... Fast forward, and I currently have 3 scopes in the harem, not to mention the accessories and eyepieces. Once you're hooked it can become an expensive hobby... Beware aperture fever!

[kindlekitten]

trying to get up to go pee!!!!

yeah! sure! trivial you may say!!! but in this case I have to disconnect myself from a "game ready" which is a fancy machine designed to flush ice cold water over my leg for 30 minutes at a time... then carefully get out of bed making sure I have the bad leg (which is the outside leg) completely free of all obstacles. then proceeding to the bathroom is much like leading a clown train. the 180 lb pup dances back and forth, stands on her hind legs and announces to all and sundry; "here's my Mom!!!!" runs around in a circle and does it at the back of the parade. the KindleKitten darts in and out tooting her celebratory horn *toot toot* LOOK IT'S OUR MOM!!!! does a few handstands... runs to the end of the parade route to check it out, comes back, informs me I'm slow, and does it all over again. the Walker, which has become just a damn nuisance is on a vendetta aimed primarily against Kindle Kitten, but occasionally the pup, not wanting to rest until it smashes tails and paws. the arrival at the throne is often met with a big old shaggy Newfie head IN the throne refreshing itself, and/or a Kindle Kitten standing on the edge, checking out the Newfie, and/or assuring me that she will ground guide my bottom (which hasn't missed in a LONG time!) safely to the comode.

then we get to do it all again in reverse!

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

We might be on Earth-Two. Only way to be sure is to Google Superman and see if he's married.

are you not familira with the story "Man of Steel, WOman of Kleenex"?

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Why can a wife get away with telling her hubby that? You know the claws would come out if it was the other way around.

BOb

I've been on the receiving end of more than one husband telling me I was chubby.

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Currently wondering why I bothered watching Sherlock Holmes, or any other recent Hollywood movie. It was 'meh' at best, just another flashy, ridiculous story about super-humans, but this time they didn't have uniforms. There was a list somewhere online the other day of the 24 MUST-SEE movies of this year -- I wanted to watch 2 of them.

ugh! what a dissapointment! at least it was better than "Men Who Stare at Goats"!

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Well here's my opinion, and I'm not a massive Holmes fan although I do love the Basil Rathbone movies; this could have been a story about anybody. Downey is good, Jude Law is good, but this wasn't Sherlock Holmes. In this version Holmes is a dangerously erratic, mentally ill, pugilist with a crush on Watson. Watson is, well, blank and doesn't have much character at all throughout the film. The story is flimsy at best, and the CSI-like crash-zooms into flashbacks and flash-forwards are annoying as hell. All of this takes place in a CGI London more fake than any I've seen before.

but Holmes is quite often portrayed as a dangerously erratic mentally ill individual. I think there was always the suggestion of "man crushes" in Conan Doyles works. as I recall, in the original stories, wasn't there only one even mere hint of a romantic liasion between Holmes and a woman?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

trying to get up to go pee!!!!

yeah! sure! trivial you may say!!! but in this case I have to disconnect myself from a "game ready" which is a fancy machine designed to flush ice cold water over my leg for 30 minutes at a time... then carefully get out of bed making sure I have the bad leg (which is the outside leg) completely free of all obstacles. then proceeding to the bathroom is much like leading a clown train. the 180 lb pup dances back and forth, stands on her hind legs and announces to all and sundry; "here's my Mom!!!!" runs around in a circle and does it at the back of the parade. the KindleKitten darts in and out tooting her celebratory horn *toot toot* LOOK IT'S OUR MOM!!!! does a few handstands... runs to the end of the parade route to check it out, comes back, informs me I'm slow, and does it all over again. the Walker, which has become just a damn nuisance is on a vendetta aimed primarily against Kindle Kitten, but occasionally the pup, not wanting to rest until it smashes tails and paws. the arrival at the throne is often met with a big old shaggy Newfie head IN the throne refreshing itself, and/or a Kindle Kitten standing on the edge, checking out the Newfie, and/or assuring me that she will ground guide my bottom (which hasn't missed in a LONG time!) safely to the comode.

then we get to do it all again in reverse!

Poor baby!

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

are you not familira with the story "Man of Steel, WOman of Kleenex"?

I believe I read it years ago. I just put it in my folder of things to import into my Kindle.

I have given too much thought to that subject for years. Some mighty interesting problems arise.

1. Superman flies through the heart of the sun and remarks, "That tickles!" If a nuclear inferno only registers as a tickle on his Kryptonian skin, how is an ordinary woman suppose satisfy him physically?

2. Kryptonian muscles. In one comic in the 50s, Superman blows out a star with his super-lungs. Other muscles are not so easily controlled at certain peak moments. How does Lois' head stay on?

3. How did Ma and Paw Kent explain the "bullet holes" in Clark's bedroom ceiling to visitors?

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I've been on the receiving end of more than one husband telling me I was chubby.

That's crass!

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

but Holmes is quite often portrayed as a dangerously erratic mentally ill individual. I think there was always the suggestion of "man crushes" in Conan Doyles works. as I recall, in the original stories, wasn't there only one even mere hint of a romantic liasion between Holmes and a woman?

Watson was married several times in the course of the books, but not Holmes. There was only one hint of a possible hint of anything remotely approaching a hint of romantic thought in Holmes mind, and that was the phrase from 'A Scandal in Bohemia': "To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman." And that could have been more of a sign of respect on his part.

I don't know if Holmes was gay, but I don't believe he liked women very much. I guess only Sir A.C. Dolye knew for sure. I suspect Holmes was asexual.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Watson was married several times in the course of the books, but not Holmes. There was only one hint of a possible hint of anything remotely approaching a romantic thought in Holmes mind, and that was the phrase from 'A Scandal in Bohemia': "To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman." And that could have been more of a sign of respect on his part.

I don't know if Holmes was gay, but I don't believe he liked women very much. I guess only Sir A.C. Dolye knew for sure. I suspect Holmes was asexual.

"like I know!!!" she says petulantly! I said a hint!!! sheesh!!!! I think it was one of the first man crushes in Western Lit. just written well

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

"like I know!!!" she says petulantly! I said a hint!!! sheesh!!!! I think it was one of the first man crushes in Western Lit. just written well

Could be.

[kindlekitten]

well Watson when you eliminate the obvious...

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

well Watson when you eliminate the obvious...

Holmes will never get Watson into bed with chat-up lines like that

[happy_terd]

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