tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2191973811945957101..comments2024-03-29T01:17:04.775-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On BananasJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72458695276462429612008-08-26T14:29:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:29:00.000-04:00susannah,I once worked with a woman who told me he...susannah,<BR/>I once worked with a woman who told me her fantasy was to order an entire pizza for herself and only eat the tips of the slices.<BR/><BR/>And I don't even think she was Scottish. <BR/><BR/>I made a decent amount of pies during a year -- and I'm now going to get some wishes out of it!<BR/>thanks,Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9220928967352461702008-08-25T17:22:00.000-04:002008-08-25T17:22:00.000-04:00Hey Jan -- interesting that it works in tennis.I'm...Hey Jan -- interesting that it works in tennis.<BR/><BR/>I'm absolutely AWFUL at tennis, so I wonder if I named it and claimed it if I would ever actually win a point?<BR/><BR/>Speaking of points, that's another Scots thing I do. You cut off the pie point when you get a triangular piece of pie (as opposed to a square cut of some meat pie or something), and you scoot the point to the back of the slice, eating the point last and making a wish on it.<BR/><BR/>Here in the US, this does draw comment from some waiters. <I>Ma'am, does it not taste good?</I> They don't understand the marginalized pie point and worry over it.<BR/><BR/>I try to explain that's the part with the wish in it, but that only makes them back.away.slowly.<BR/><BR/>I used to not say 'MacBeth" in a theatre, of course, did the whole 'Scottish play' sidestep, but now I say it liberally in all contexts, just to make the theatre people twitch. MacBeth,I'll say. MacBeth. But just in case they want it, I'm glad to leave, spit, turn around three times and say 'pisspot' -- as Albert Finney did in <I>The Dresser</I> before knocking to come back in.<BR/><BR/>Actually, it's just a good excuse to say pisspot.Susannah Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660387525544941776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41842976840505668022008-08-25T17:02:00.000-04:002008-08-25T17:02:00.000-04:00Susannah, I do that in tennis, tell myself the sco...Susannah, <BR/>I do that in tennis, tell myself the score I want it to be. And it is oddly effective. I never thought about applying it to real life. <BR/>But I'm definitely going to try it!Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22504301945226622552008-08-25T16:52:00.000-04:002008-08-25T16:52:00.000-04:00HA! Absolutely, Becky. Pessimists are definitely h...HA! Absolutely, Becky. Pessimists are definitely happier. Grateful for every scrap of good luck that somes our way. Revelling in every happy moment because the winds could shift...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24798006948745704052008-08-25T15:51:00.000-04:002008-08-25T15:51:00.000-04:00Okay, I didn't think I was supersitious until I re...Okay, I didn't think I was supersitious until I read Hallie's bit and now I think, okay...maybe. My grandmother didn't do the Kineahora or spit, but she did minimize many of the good things in her life (until the great-grandchildren came; then it was just too impossible for her not to adore them out loud!). And I do exactly that, Hallie, figure the worst is going to happen, because then I'm rarely disappointed. Or so it goes in my mind. I think pessimists may actually be the happier people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49295691021475067572008-08-25T11:26:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:26:00.000-04:00The Scots say 'name the thing you would claim' [wo...The Scots say 'name the thing you would claim' [would have happen], and I do that quite a bit.<BR/><BR/>Like this: "Cooler temperatures by the second week of September."<BR/><BR/>Or ... "Earn out and then some."<BR/><BR/>:-DSusannah Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660387525544941776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56781966973520904562008-08-25T11:20:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:20:00.000-04:00Hey Hank,Worrying isn't a superstition. But worryi...Hey Hank,<BR/>Worrying isn't a superstition. But worrying as a strategy, so SOMETHING BAD doesn't happen -- that's a superstition.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24649128553994626702008-08-25T09:59:00.000-04:002008-08-25T09:59:00.000-04:00Yes, Sheila, that's a dilemma. I think the umbrell...Yes, Sheila, that's a dilemma. I think the umbrella defense is that you don't put it over your head. Open is okay.<BR/><BR/>I've actually said: touch Formica. And I think that's okay, It's the principle of the thing.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77152960868931104762008-08-25T08:32:00.000-04:002008-08-25T08:32:00.000-04:00Never open an umbrella in the house. This was sup...Never open an umbrella in the house. This was supposed to bring bad luck. (But how do you dry the thing, otherwise? If you don't dry it, you could get a killer mold growing in there.)<BR/><BR/>Yes, I still knock on or touch wood--which gets harder and harder to do in this synthetic world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com