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Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter13-Nov-13 2:40

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

13-Nov-13 2:40

Yeah, but for most of us, that bar stool stood in a bar!!!

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

S Houghtelin13-Nov-13 2:51

S Houghtelin

13-Nov-13 2:51

Exactly my point...

W∴ Balboos wrote:
Moral of My Story: Bar Stools have a specific purpose. Stick to it.

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

mikepwilson13-Nov-13 2:51

mikepwilson

13-Nov-13 2:51

Troof

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

Nagy Vilmos13-Nov-13 3:10

Nagy Vilmos

13-Nov-13 3:10

I have never 'fallen' off a bar stool. Every time someone else moved the floor...

speramus in juniperus

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

S Houghtelin13-Nov-13 3:27

S Houghtelin

13-Nov-13 3:27

I hate when that happens.

My favorite falling off the stool memory is when I was a young man I made the acquaintance of a little person, Bob, who was quite personable and we had quite a nice evening of conversation about music, girls and other things important to young men and many, many drinks ensued. Well the inevitable happened and Bob fell off the stool and to this day burned into my mind is of poor Bob struggling and flailing as he fell to the floor. This was immediately followed by Bob clambering back up the stool only to fall off the other side due to under estimating his velocity followed by more flailing. I don't think I ever laughed so hard since.

Bob's only injury was his embarrassment. I think the hangover the next morning hurt more than landing on the floor.

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

Tim Carmichael13-Nov-13 2:11

Tim Carmichael

13-Nov-13 2:11

I've never fallen off of a bar stool, but many years ago I was standing on a folding chair trying to get to something.
The chair folded; I straddled the chair and could not reach the floor.

Painful lesson learned... use the appropriate tool for the job.

Re: Fell Off A Bar Stool

BillWoodruff13-Nov-13 4:13

BillWoodruff

13-Nov-13 4:13

Bummer, Dude. Rose | [Rose]

bill

"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.

Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett

On a less contentious note...

Dalek Dave13-Nov-13 1:08

Dalek Dave

13-Nov-13 1:08

I will be settling down to watch a very sad thing on TV tonight.

After 70 odd stories over 25 years it is the very last Poirot.

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is wherein he dies.
(This is not a spoiler, his obit appeared in the New York Times in 1974)

But for those who have not read the book I will say nothing except that there is a very surprising ending.

Ze Leetle Grey Cells will finally rest.

David Suchet is the absolute definitive Poirot, and I doubt anyone could play him better.
I am glad to see that they managed to finish the run (There was a doubt a few years ago but Suchet insisted and even set up his own production company to ensure they were finished).

It does mean that "Black Coffee" will be the only Poirot that has never been made for the TV Series.

Part of me can't wait, and part of me is sad that the end has come.

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Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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