There’s no place like Rome… there’s no place like Rome…
There’s no place like Rome… there’s no place like Rome…
(Pope Benedict XVI)
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Nice irony in your choice of name. I appreciate it.
Redbull gives you wings!
What’s that *click click* things suppose to mean? i dont get it
It’s a reference to the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy had to *click* her ruby slippers three times saying “there’s no place like home”
And he’s even wearing ruby slippers! WIN! (No sparkles, though)
Thanks. Guess i am not a big fan of movies.
Well, in the book her shoes are silver. When they made the movie, they originally tried to use silver, but it wasn’t impressive enough on screen, so they switched to ruby slippers.
I love movie trivia! When the Marx Brothers were on stage, Harpo wore a red wig and spoke in an Irish brogue. His red wig appeared brown on screen, so they switched his wig for a blond one, and he became a horn honking mute.
Did you ever read his autobiography “Harpo Speaks”? I read it really long ago, but I remember it was amusing.
I’ve never read that one but I’ve read a few of the “Groucho letters”, specifically the one to Warner Brothers about the use of “Casablanca” is great. If you look up the book on amazon, that particular letter is available to view online (by using the “look inside the book” feature).
I read Grouchos book, Groucho and Me , but he did not speak well of Harpo. Evidently Harpo was not responsible with money, and Groucho resented him for it. As a fan, I would have preferred less bile.
Rule 1: Never expect a comedian to be funny all of the time, especially when they are getting their last word in.
Rule 2: Taking me seriously will result in you being shot from a cannon shaped like a penis while wearing a white helmet at a random billboard with a stick figure we call a model on it.
Rule 3: I lack enough clever for a rule 3.
Rule 4: Now I am just embarassing myself with trying to post another rule after 3.
Rule 5: This stopped being funny after Rule 0.
Rule 6: Why haven’t you people stopped me by now?
Rule 7: *gurgling in own blood death noise*
Rule 8: *insert witty eulogy*
Rule 9: … *computer explodes*
I don’t get it. What does #5 mean?
LOL, that the joke stopped being funny before I even started. Smartass. XD
When I was a kid, Charlie worked in the Pentagon, so we spent a lot of time taking in the sites in D.C. One of my absolute favorite things to do was seeing Dorothy’s ruby slippers in the American History Museum.
I saw them in Houston, at the Smithsonian traveling exhibit. I never
quite caught on to the notion of wearing them with robin’s egg blue
socks…
Probably because it made them pop on screen. Additionally, Dorothy was supposed to be played by Shirley Temple. Back then actors sort of belonged to their studios and they had worked out a trade to get Shirley Temple for one of their actors but it fell through, so they went with Judy Garland. I’m not sure the movie would have been as memorable, I love Shirley Temple but I think it would have just been one of many of her movies. That being said, Dorothy in the first book is a very young girl, certainly not a teen with breasts.
I looked it up. Shirley was six years younger than Judy. Wouldn’t that have been too young for that role? I agree with you that, had Shirley played the role, we probably wouldn’t be talking about the movie now.
It’s hard to visualize that line up (lion, scarecrow, tin man, Dorothy) with a short Dorothy. The image we know has been tattooed on my mind’s eye, though.
It actually would have been the right age. Like I said, Dorothy was supposed to be very young in the book. If you ever get a chance to look at the original illustrations for the first book you should, it is very different from the movie interpretation. Now, in later books, Dorothy looks a bit older, but she still is no more than ten years old, I’d say.
The DVD I bought my wife (or, apparently, I bought Little Miss Seven) had a second disc that had a short making-of doco. Quite an amazing story, lots of dramas… I suspect that the making-of would make a first-rate movie in and of itself. They go into the Shirley Temple non-selection, other casting decisions – and re-casts.
Aren’t there also two good witches in the book, not just one?
In the movie, OZ is real and there’s a town made of porcelain.
Indeed! When Dorothy lands on the Wicked Witch of the East, the Good Witch of the North is there, not Glinda. Glinda is the Good Witch of the South and she never comes to Dorothy. Instead, when the Wizard sails away in his balloon, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tinman make a trip to the South to find Glinda, who is the most powerful witch in Oz, and ask for her help. It is on the way that they find the town made out of porcelin, as the above commenter noted.
Was the south or the north that had the spring necked creatures and that bear bodied creature with the head of a panther?
South, if you’re referencing the first book. Dorothy didn’t go to the North at all in the Wizard of Oz. She starts in the East, goes West towards the Emerald City (which is dead center), continues West to take care of the Witch, goes bace to the Emerald City and then heads South. Eventually, throughout the 14 books L. Frank Baum wrote about Oz, they went to all the four major countries in Oz, however if you study the map, L. Frank Baum has a lot of detail about people in Oz that you never see.
Wow. I never knew that Oz was so expansive. Thank you for giving me a whole lot of new reading material.
Jane’s good at that. Stick around–She’ll give you enough to start a spreadsheet.
*Boots up Excel*
Well, and there are countries all around Oz too, that many characters go to visit occasionally. Baum also wrote a book about these other countries, in addition to the Oz series, but I have yet to read them.
Wow. I think I might have to go to the library a lot more this summer.
Jane, if you ever get swept away by a tornado, the lolipop guild will be asking YOU for directions!
*blushes* Thanks guys. I was really into the series as a kid. To this day, Charlie and I get into this fight over the fact that I think L. Frank Baum should be considered the father of modern fantasy because he was the first to create this whole intricate world and that Tolkein owes a lot to him. Charlie is a huge LOTR fan, so you can see how this goes over.
I’m with you.
There are mice in the book, not in the movie. I you watch the muppet’s Wizard Of Oz, they bring the mice back, proof that someone at Jim Henson’s Studios read the book!
The Mice are Cool BTW.
The bishop standing next to him seems rather enthusiastic about something. Perhaps he saw some prepubescent manboobs.
Perhaps that was the weirdest comment ever.
I certainly feel like putting a shirt back on…
Good to hear it was effective.
Best shirt I ever had…
I can still see the outline of your pubescent manboobs through your shirt. Perhaps you should put on a manbra, too.
Perhaps. Perhaps I shouldn’t… oooohhh stop it, you big tease, you!
Already done
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/10/28/political-pictures-george-bush-pope-benedict-like-rome/
Fail
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/10/28/political-pictures-george-bush-pope-benedict-like-rome/
The guy above you said the same thing. Fail.
All the better for the five-minute split between the two posts!
Perhaps he didn’t refresh before posting. I do that sometimes.
Meh, perhaps I’m just cranky because I don’t like having to be up early.
Why did you have to be up early today?
Well, I’m up early every [week]day. I have to be at work by 7. Before anyone goes off on me, I complain because it’s just the way I am. I’m not really a morning person. And for some reason, every time you talk about how early you were up, there’s always someone who chimes in with “I was up at bla
bla bla really early and I went to bed at bla bla bla really late”.
To me, it’s early if it’s before noon. No me gusta.
Five out of seven days? That’s a whole lotta cranky!
What’s with “punkinqueen,” btw? Were you in a beauty contest?
When I decided to register for the site not too long ago, jules was (obviously) taken so I opted for punkinqueen (I <3 nightmare before xmas [and pumpkins and Halloween in general] so that’s where it came from). Just trying to tie up some loose ends.
Consider yourself friended and favorited. Love the avatar!
Thanks for asking, thanks for answering. I’m relatively new at this game, and had no idea whether asking was a breach of some etiquette or not. Looks pretty rare to ask, though.
*Sighs – Nightmare Before Christmas… I haven’t watched it this year yet…*
I hate morning too…I’ve only found one thing that makes me enjoy waking up. Morning head. Unfortunately I’m single…and hating mornings more and more every day.
Morning head is great though I don’t get it that often. Having kids about ruins a lot of spontaneous opportunities.
…anyone’s got any idea of HOW MUCH those bloody gucci shoes may cost? Surely enough to build a zillion schools in Africa…
dunno they don’t look stunning to me, just red. The value probably went up by being worn by the pope though.
… exaggeration much? and as far as i know the shoes are the only way he can express himself, so it’s not like he has a full gucci wardrobe.
Well, I don’t have a full gucci wardrobe either. Also, I’m pretty sure you don’t join the priesthood because you have a burning desire for self-expression. Quite the opposite, in fact.
No, you join for the money… Everyone knows that!
Sounds about right.
And the chicks… no wait.
No, that is why you form a small cult.
Hmmm…this idea intrigues me.
Do cults traditionally need to be suicidal? I’m enticed by the idea of “chicks” but the ritual death part really turns me off…
You could always pull it off as a money scam. Lure in idiots, screw the ones you want, and then just milk it. Steady recruiting will offset the ones who eventually leave.
But you need to be very charismatic – or have a really brilliantly warped theology to spew. Preferably both. Otherwise it’s just a ponzi. I lean heavily toward the twisted idea spew, I have a bunch of them! Hmmm, my dream of a hareem of lovely young men may yet become a reality…
The world inside your head must be a wonderful place…
*muses*
no, the wee little boys.
Sorry! That was mean. I like the pope… I just don’t like his taste in shoes.
point i was trying to make is that everyone needs some way to express who they are. that’s his. a pair of shoes. in the great scheme of things, it’s pretty minor.
Well, I actually could care less where he gets his shoes, nor do I believe he should sell them and put to money to schools in Africa, or whatever it was the commenter was suggesting. I do, however, find the idea of the pope needing a form of personal expression laughable in light of his recent comments about how homosexuality is a threat to mankind.
I must say that I worry about the mental damage required to make any kind of leader believe that gay sex is any kind of threat.
Perhaps the gentleman doth protest too much?
(Meaning Benny 16 of course, not DWN. Not that I’m implying that DWN isn’t a thorough gent. . .)
Tried the man sausage, didn’t work for me. And I am utterly repelled by it. Only tried it due to emotional confusion and turmoil. And yes, I think that Benny protests too much. We usually hate what is in the mirror more than anything outside of it.
Well, just like your vegetables, it’s good to try everything once. ;o)
I could have done without the experience because of how young I was and how everything turned out. Either way, didn’t kill me or make me hate anybody in the end so worked out well enough.
Even our worst experiences contribute to making us who we are; therefore I wouldn’t give up any of mine, even the horrible and painful, because I very much like who I’ve turned out to be. (Damn, that sounds narcissistic!)
Well I like who you turned out to be too, so carry on with Yo’ Bad Self! ; )
Thank you! You’re good with me, too, DWN. *hugs*
Yay, hugs!!! *squeezy hug*
I don’t think that sounds narcissistic at all! That’s sort of my philosophy of life as well, even my worst experiences have given me something to learn from, and that’s all you can really ask out of life.
True for a lot of subjects. If the person’s reaction is “Meh”, I figure it’s not their cup of tea. If the person’s reaction is, “EW HEW HEW!!!”, I’m thinking they’ve got some issues.
There was some to-do about the Pope wearing Prada (not Gucci). But the shoes get given to him by the maker. And unless your view of African schools is three bricks and one stick of chalk, you’re possibly exaggerating. Now, if you said “new schools in Zimbabwe…”
*Click name for papal shoe info. Surprised me, too!*
Red shoes!
Red shoes with gold sparkle trimming!
[drools a la Homer]
aggggghhhhh…
If you thought they were good (click, scroll through the German text, unless you can translate)…
Das schoen ist die bomben!
*crappy fake german*
Notice how, except for the color, all the shoes looked like the black-and-white checkered Van slip-ons all the hipsters were wearing a few years ago?
Dunno how well a leather-soled shoe would be for skating, and I’d love to see Ratzinger in a b/w-checked shoes…
*fake German laugh fest*
Ah babelfish is a wonderful thing. Click my name if you’re at all interested in a translation.
Jules, that is spectacular – and my ear retains its fish-virginity. I never knew that… but I’m going to get me some babel-fishies.
And yet, curiously, God has yet to disappear in a cloud of Uncle’s logic…
My beliefs tend to revolve around the thought that God IS a cloud of illogic (not sure if that’s even a word, but I’ll stick with it).
…the Pope wearing Prada…
I saw what you did there. ;^)
There’s still tiny shades of Thomas Cranmer running in this ‘ere soul…
They look like a pair of fat old ‘fruit-cakes’ all decked out in their ‘good buddy’ dresses.
Sheez, he really *does* look like the love child of Robert Blake and Zell Miller!
Click on my link above to see why the red shoes…
Do people ever read the comments? This was said further up.
Further up FAIL. Check the time stamps: It was an exact TIE!
Actually the original one was 12:07, I did check
I retain my non-fail
*shakes fist at imaginary genetic cause*
I respectfully withdraw my fail.
*huddles in back of chair, sucking thumb*
He’s not my pope now. See URL
Sheesh! So glad I grew out of watching Urbi et Orbi (pope’s address to the world on Xmas Day and Easter) a long time ago, or my blood pressure would be sky-high this Thursday!
ROFL
Ah, heartsick…I wish I could be in Rome!
Oh hello there anti-christ
Sorry – I’ve tried to channel Uncle Fester all day, and it’s not happening…
That pleases me!
Can’t someone just assassinate every last one of these asshats and let us get on with our lives?