It's odd. For over 30 years I worked in the very center of one of the busiest and largest cities in the world and still enhoy visiting it. There one experiences noise and the presence of others 24 hours a day. Even there though one can enjoy the solitude and peace of just being my own person.
None of this is to say I am unhappy in my marriage, Just to say that it is nice at times to know that you are your own person and have the opportunity to do what you like when you like in peace and quiet.
Having said all that Nimrod the Mighty Hunter has just come in the cat flap and is bellowing for his dinner. I have his orders to follow.
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LOL! (See the comment that I left to your "dog" posting!) I've always wondered at the perversion of couples who are, seemingly, joined at the hip. More power to them, if that's what they want; but, it would seem a bit much of a good thing. (On the other hand, cartoon character Agatha Crumm said, "Too much is never enough!" Of course, she also said, "Seventy-seven isn't old for a multi-millionaire!")
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I have to admitthat I have never come across Agatha Crumm. her cartoons aren't shown over here. A cartoon about a woman of 77 who is her own woman sounds like a very good idea, though I'm ot sure it would take over here.
I'll need to do some research to learn more about her origins, et cetera. If she was 77 in the early 1980s, do you suppose that she is 101 by now? She ran in the small, local newspaper in Florida, as I recall. I have a couple of books that are collections of the daily strips. They are wonderful!
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I've Googled her and can't find any examples of her comic strip online. So I'll just take your word for it how good she was as we just never saw that comic strip over here. Until very recently old age was not considered a suitable subject for poking fun at and even now it's not very PC.
Hmmm...somehow, I never thought that Mr Hoest was poking fun at old age. To the contrary, except for Winsome and Junior (Ms Crumm's twit of a son), all of the major characters were well-aged. Mostly, the fun was poked at un-founded pretentiousness and anyone who failed to appreciate the genius of Ms Crumm. I can see how the one grandmother strip might have left a different impression, however.
Mr Hoest's other cartoon lines include "Howard Huge" about a St Bernard and his human family, and "Lockhorns"--a single-panel cartoon series about Leroy and Loretta Lockhorns foibles as a married couple. I'm not sure how much input Ms (Bunny) Hoest had to any of these cartoons before Mr Hoest died; but, I still see "Lockhorn" and "Howard Huge" cartoons in newspapers or week-end supplements to them.
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I'm sorry that I haven't had the opportunity to see the cartoons. They sound like something I would appreciate. American cartoons just don't make it over here (with the exception of Doonesbury and I don't get the paper that appears in).
Hmmm...Come to think of it, we don't see British cartoons--Canadian, a few, yes; but, no British of which I'm aware. I do so enjoy the occasional British offering on TV, however. I love the dry wit often displayed.
BTW: The first performance of our local light opera company (Wichita Music Theatre) will be Full Monty. For the first time in its history, the company has offered to accept tickets back, for that performance, from seasons-tickets holders who wish not to see the production and wish a refund for it. Few have actually turned in their tickets, though, to my understanding.
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Oh well, obviously cartoons are just something that don't cross the pond.
I had heard somewhere that the Full Monty was crossing the divide between film and tv. I have to admit that I'm not sure how successful it would be on the stage as I suspect that the more gritty elements of the film (i.e. that they are unemployed, bitter and desperate) may not come over. The film was hugely successful over here. I hope that the musical is in Wichita. FRom memory there is some nudity but I'm not someone to be shocked by it - excessive violence Yes, nudity No.
I'm with you, Val. According to the producing director at the WMT, the lighting will be such that most of what the audience sees will be in their imaginations. Cop Car
Hmmm, makes me wonder how many people will claim that they are shocked at what they see on stage - and it's their imaginations.
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