Lola at the Coffee House, Cafe 101

Oh yes, wandel, definitely. Especially for the church!

HOORAY! You guys are finally going to make it legal. Cool

'Bout time!

My most heartfelt wishes for the two of you. City Hall or church or landfill or wherever you choose, I'm sure you'll make it a day to remember. Probably just as well that I won't be there. I'd just cry. I always do.

<smooches>

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wandeljw wrote:

I agree with Thomas that a church wedding for the two of you would be a very bold and interesting move.

Actually I was immaturely riffing off the Freudian ambiguity of the phrase "they want us to do it in a church".

[The jukebox in Lola's Café plays the Beatles' White Album]

Why don't we do it in a church
Why don't we do it in a church
Why don't we do it in a chuhuhurch
Why don't we do it in a church
Noone in the world will be watching us
Why don't we do it in a church.

[The jukebox in Lola's Café is finished playing the Beatles' White Album]

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If Bernie and Lola got married in a church the headline in the morning paper would read:

Eastside Church Collapse Snarls Traffic

Joe(The life Lola and Bernie are living makes it hard to be a fiction writer.)Nation

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Quote:

Ball and chain

Meaning

A 20th century slang term, meaning wife.

Origin

The allusion being to the presumption that a man's wife held him back from doing the things he really wanted to.

This, of course, refers back to the actual ball and chain, which was a heavy metal ball, secured to a prisoner's leg by means of a chain and manacle. The ball and chain was in use in both Britain and the USA by the early 19th century (and possibly much earlier). The earliest citation in print is from The Times, January 1819:

"They sentence the prisoner to receive 50 stripes on his bare back, and be confined with a ball and chain to hard labour for 12 calendar months."

Soon after, in 1821, there's this US reference from the Ohio Repository, Canton, Ohio:

"Bread and water, the ball and chain, and even whipping, the convicts prefer to the solitary cell."

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"And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain" midwest iconoclast jewish writer

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"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies."
Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn."

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I was born to live, it seems, a fugitive dream
Make things always better than they seem
And I stop and start, and stop and start
And stop and start again

Baby I don't want you for your money
I don't want you 'cos I love you honey
I don't want you to ease this memory pain
No, I want you to be my ball and chain

Yes, I want you to be my, be my ball and chain

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Joe Nation wrote:

If Bernie and Lola got married in a church the headline in the morning paper would read:

Eastside Church Collapse Snarls Traffic

Joe(The life Lola and Bernie are living makes it hard to be a fiction writer.)Nation

This is exactly my concern. It's not nice to create a public disturbance, especially the act of snarling traffic. But mostly I don't like the atmosphere in churches........too much holiness and awe for me. So it's City Hall for us.

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City Hall is fine, Lola. We were joking about a "church wedding". The quality of your relationship is the only thing that is important.

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It's City Hall for sure, Wande. Where else can I wear a red dress for my wedding? HofT says she has a "drop dead gorgious" red dress. So I'll try it on.

And of course, you're right. It's our relationship that matters. And of course, as Spendi has pointed out, there's no better relationship than that provided by a ball and chain.

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Good luck Bernie. These Harriet Martineau types need careful management.

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I beg your pardon, Spendi. Charles Darwin described Harriet as "ugly." I'll bet I'm no uglier than you.

You're such a sweet, fun little meany.

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Lola-

I didn't know that. He had no room for talking about ugliness.

Actually I was thinking more of her cottage in the Lake District where she was said to receive a regular supply of champagne from her many admirers at a time of life when admirers are usually in short supply. Bearing in mind the long trek they had to make to bring her such gifts as well one could easily think that Mr Darwin was a poor judge or that he saw her from a different point of view than they obviously did.

Judging from the recent photograph I saw you would cause a lull in the racket if you walked into our pub.

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spendius wrote:

Judging from the recent photograph I saw you would cause a lull in the racket if you walked into our pub.

Since that's not really a compliment (thinking about what people are around there :wink: ), I want to add that Lola will cause a lull in the racket anywhere she walks in.

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"Anywhere" is a bit over the top Walt. Compliments are devalued when exaggerated too much.

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Well, that was coined for England .... and only for those occasions where other A2K-members/spooses are not present as well.

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She'll walk into Fiat repair shops any time such an opportunity presents itself. If you've owned a Fiat, and if you've known any Italians, you'll have a good sense of her efficiency.

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Now y'all are embarrassing me.

In reference to Harriet Martineau, I think Darwin's comment was that he was surprised how ugly she was. He was surprised because she had so many admirers. That's my understanding anyway.

Walter, have you been to Spendi's pub? I would like to visit. When we travel that way, we'll stop by.

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Lola wrote:

When we travel that way, we'll stop by.

Am I overinterpreting you, or is there a honeymoon trip to Europe forthcoming?

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Thomas wrote:

Lola wrote:
When we travel that way, we'll stop by.

Am I overinterpreting you, or is there a honeymoon trip to Europe forthcoming?

The honeymoon will take place when we can afford one....and no telling how long that will be. But when we have the money, we'll certainly enjoy visiting all our European friends. In what sort of joint do you hang out Thomas?

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