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Post by CampKohler on Nov 14, 2015 5:24:26 GMT
Elise tries to save civilization as we know it: Suitably inspired and motivated by the preceding, I shall reveal a bit of my own doggerel: On Being Careful by CampKohler
You can shake 'em, but don't break 'em, They're the only ones you've got, The only ones you've got.
Oops! You broke 'em! They were the only ones you had, The only ones you had.
Too bad!
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Post by floppycatlovingbunny on Nov 15, 2015 21:12:19 GMT
We ain't fakin!
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Post by floppycatlovingbunny on Nov 15, 2015 21:55:59 GMT
for Wilfred Owen
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Post by CampKohler on Nov 21, 2015 19:58:21 GMT
Elise, what are you up to? Put up a list of six things here and we will try to guess which one is real.
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Post by eliseharris on Nov 22, 2015 18:43:31 GMT
Gigging, dealing with broken technology (everything broke this week), planning a new live show, thinking about making a video of odd London walks (if it isn't too cold, I can afford to travel and technology holds out), getting loads of headaches and saving the world by flying around it backwards really fast.
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Post by floppycatlovingbunny on Nov 22, 2015 19:32:37 GMT
Look! Up in the sky! It's Super Release!
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Post by CampKohler on Nov 23, 2015 0:04:44 GMT
Well, I think we can rule out 6 due to your acrophobia (those acros are downright scary, aren't they?). If past history is any clue, I would put all my money on 2. You seem to have the magic touch when it comes to finicky electronicky things. Sorry I can't be there to wave my magic wand.
Gigging? That either means,
1) Assigning demerits to military recruits/trainees for fouling up, or
2) Painfully (if not fatally) poking poor, defenseless frogs with sharp sticks.
Either way, I would hope you would be above it.
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Post by floppycatlovingbunny on Nov 23, 2015 8:20:55 GMT
These days, everyone's concerned about getting the most for their money. So, if you want to get your wad's worth, come along, fellow . . .
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Post by eliseharris on Nov 23, 2015 14:58:11 GMT
Oh sorry. All were real except for the Superman thingy! Gigging is doing comedy gigs, in front of paid audience. Went a bit backwards with that one.
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Post by floppycatlovingbunny on Nov 23, 2015 18:46:19 GMT
Don't tell me Super Release isn't real?
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Post by CampKohler on Nov 24, 2015 19:32:58 GMT
I never heard gigging used in that way before. I wonder where gig in that sense came from? It first appeared in the sense of a job in 1926, but the origin is unknown.
In the U.S. military, a gig is a demerit (although I can't find it defined anywhere online in that manner). The imaginary line down the front of a uniform from the shirt overlap, to the edge of the belt buckle to the fly is called a "gig line," because if they are not aligned, one can get a gig from a superior who spots it. It is just one of the things you check while wearing a uniform before advancing into public.
As far as walks go, there must be something interesting within five minutes of home. You don't have to go into the hinterlands and fend off wild beasts. For esample I notice that most sidewalks in London neighborhoods are of concrete that has been cut or broken up into many pieces. Perhaps that is because London is so old? But most neighborhoods aren't hundreds of years old, so why all the pieces?
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Post by CampKohler on Nov 24, 2015 19:46:24 GMT
Forum discussion is continued in the next video topic.There has been a new video and we have moved on. Please don't post here unless you wish to follow up on some matter that originated here. Thanks.
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