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 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
Is something to remember
But the Russians don’t
Celebrate it until November
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”
“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.
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, as listed
In geographical
catalogues
Are not named after the
birds
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