SMART MEN

 

Men are at their smartest

During sex to be serious

And the reason for this is

They’re plugged into a genius!

THE LOOK OF LOVE

 

Let’s face it life just isn’t like it is in books

I chose my wife because she was stately

Yes, I married my wife because of her looks

I chose correctly and I still love her greatly

So, I married my wife because of her looks

But not the one she's been giving me lately

AD MEN

 Just as it is with commercials

    Men are the very same way

For you can't believe a word

    That either of them say

WEATHER MEN

 

Just as it is with a man

          So, it is with the weather

Because nothing ever can

          Be done to change either

THE LIGHT OF MARXISM

 

No self-respecting Marxists would ever

Attempt to change a light bulb their self

For the seeds of revolution and change

Are already within the light bulb itself

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – BEN-HUR (1959)

 

Directed by William Wyler, Ben-Hur is an epic tale of injustice, betrayal and revenge.

Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a rich Jewish Prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century and is reunited with his boyhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) when he returns to Judea as commanding officer of the Roman Legions.

It is a happy reunion, at first, but their different political views separate them.

During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the new Governor and Messala sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother (Martha Scott) and sister (Cathy O'Donnell) into prison, but Judah swears to come back and take revenge on Messala.

He is imprisoned on board the flag ship of Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) and after years chained to an oar, a great battle is fought and Judah finds himself saving the life of his master, who in time adopts him as his own and takes him back to Rome.

 

Having won his freedom, he eventually returns to Judea to find his family, but finds his home in ruins and he servant Simonides (Sam Jaffe) blinded, and his daughter Esther (Haya Harareet) tells him his mother and sister are dead, but later finds they are living in a Leper colony.

After confronting Messala he decides the best way to exact revenge would be to humiliate him at the Hippodrome racing the horses of Balthasar (Finlay Currie) and Sheik Ilderim (Hugh Griffith) in the epic Chariot race.

 

The whole tale of Ben-Hur is set during the time of Jesus Christ and his life is threaded through the story so therefore it has a miraculous ending, which was enough of a reason for Chairman Mao to ban the film in China.

 

It won a record eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charlton Heston), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Hugh Griffith), and Best Cinematography – Colour (Robert Surtees)

It’s a truly great movie which everyone should watch if for no other reason than the Chariot Race.

SEE BOTH SIDES

 

There are two sides to any argument

And there are two sides to represent

There are two sides to every divorce

Your side and BUTT heads of course