Just a collection of curios and ramblings, rumours and rants.
Old Geezer 1: You know these ‘soaps’ are unrealistic!
Old Geezer 2: You think?
Firstly they’re set around pubs but nobody plays ‘crib’.
Not exactly a spectator sport!
Secondly, in Eastenders nobody watches Eastenders, but in the real world 80% of the population spend 80% of their free time watching such drivel.
So, you’d have characters on Eastenders watching Eastenders.
Who are also watching Eastenders…… ad infinitum.
A bit ‘Flann O’Brien’.
An improvement though!
True!…… Your box.
Interest is the key to life.
Interest is the clue.
Interest is thedrumandfife.
And any God will do.
Tiger got to hunt, Bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder, ‘Why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, Bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
from THE BOOKS OF BOKONON.
Kurt Vonnegut: CAT’S CRADLE.
March 2018.
Homer: The Odyssey.
Siddhartha Mulcherjee: The Gene.
Will Gompertz: What Are You Looking At?
Greetings from Asbury Park.
Southside Johnny: Walk Away Renee.
Southside Johnny: Hearts of Stone.
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run.
Bruce Springsteen: Hungry Heart.
OLD GEEZER 1: ‘You know Paraguay doesn’t exist?’
OLD GEEZER 2: ‘What?’
‘Have you ever been to Paraguay?’
‘No.’
‘Do you know anyone who has been to Paraguay?’
‘No.’
‘Have you ever met anyone FROM Paraguay?’
‘No.’
‘Are there any Paraguayans in the Premier League?’
‘No.’
‘Suspicious!’
‘Just deal!’ (DEALS THE CARDS)
……….. ‘Ever been to Gabon?’……….
The scene: An apartment’s living room.
Eric and Ern watching TV. A siren is heard from the street. Eric gets up and moves to the window, looks out’.
Na-Nuh…Na-Nuh….Na-Nuh….
Eric: ‘ He’ll never sell any ice creams going at that speed!’
THE DRUM AND FIFE. 