Friday, 20 August 2021

THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE IS FANTASTIC # 1

 

The technology available is fantastic

But is it more trouble than it’s worth

And will our worst fears be realised

And shall the geek inherit the earth

THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION

The October Revolution

Is something to remember

But the Russians don’t

Celebrate it until November 

WHAT A COINCIDENCE

 

A farmer went straight to the bar

And ordered a glass of champagne

The woman sitting next to him said,

That she had already done the same

 

“What a coincidence” the farmer said

As they clinked glasses

 

He told her it was a very special day

And that he was celebrating

She said it was special for her too

And she was also celebrating

 

“What a coincidence” the farmer said

As they clinked glasses

 

He asked what she was celebrating

She said after many years of marriage

And trying for a family with her husband

She would soon need a baby carriage

 

“What a coincidence” the farmer said

As they clinked glasses

 

He told her he was a chicken farmer

And his hens had been infertile all year

But that day they were all laying again

And that was why he was in good cheer

 

She said that it was indeed great news

But asked what changes he had applied

In order for them to become fertile again

“I simply used a different cock” he replied


The woman smiled, clinked his glass

And said “what a coincidence”

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

 

“The Gay Divorcee” is a Musical Romantic Comedy, Written by George Marion Jr, Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman from the book by Dwight Taylor, musical adaptation Kenneth S. Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein and Directed by Mark Sandrich.

The story concerns American dancer Guy Holden (Fred Astaire) and Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers), there’s clearly an attraction between them but Mimi keeps running off.

Then she visits a lawyer in London, Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald (Edward Everett Horton) and tells him she wants a divorce from her absentee husband.

Meanwhile Mimi’s Aunt Hortense (Alice Brady) hires a professional Rodolfo Tonetti (Erik Rhodes) to play the correspondent in an apparent infidelity.

But what neither of them knows in that Guy and Pinky are friends so they travel down to Brightbourne together where the dancer meets Mimi again but she thinks that he is the correspondent.

When the dust settles and the confusion has been cleared up Mimi’s husband Cyril (William Austin) turns up but he refuses to grant a divorce, luckily the waiter (Eric Blore) comes to the rescue.

The movie is a feast of song and dance and won the first Oscar for Best Song: “The Continental”, a twenty-two-minute production number.

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 421

 

Mary had a little lamp

Its beam was all aglow

It led the way to the abattoir

Where the sheep had to go

THE CANARY ISLANDS

The Canary Islands, as listed

In geographical catalogues

Are not named after the birds

And are really the Isles of Dogs

MARRIAGE DATE NIGHT

 

When he got home one night,

His wife began to shout

That she wasn’t cooking dinner

And demanded he take her out

But to somewhere expensive

So, he agreed after some hesitation

And she repeated it had to be expensive

So, he took her to a petrol station