Hey, Walter and Francis. How do you say brat in German and French. It's obvious to me, listeners, that neither of those two Europeans have read Dahl's "Beware of the Dog." It's a great short story", incidentally. <smile>
Raggedy, I remember that Hud was her comeback movie, but I'll have to check on every one but The Day the Earth Stood Still. I guess that was one of the first sci fi movies that I saw.
Ah, Walter, thanks for the picture update. Isn't that a humpback?
Tom Chapin's
On a fateful day in the month of May
I was sitting catching fish
When a magic whale swam up to the rail
And said, "Please make a wish."
So I said, "Well gee, I'd love to be like you, a giant whale."
Next thing I knew, I was grayish-blue and I had a two-ton tail.
Sing a whale song. Sing a whale song. Sing a whale song.
As the flounder said to the oyster bed: "Sing a whale song."
With a mighty leap I dove down deep
And swam out through the cove.
Then I raced to the top, did a belly-flop and down again I dove.
From the Arctic to the Baltic to the far off Hebrides,
Like a submarine through the deep blue-green,
I swam the seven seas.
And sang a whale song. Sing a whale song. Sing a whale song.
As the dogfish barked to the Great White Shark: "Sing a whale song."
But there were some things I wish I could forget,
Like that garbage scow off of Curacao
Or that oil spill below Brazil
Or getting caught in that giant net
And I couldn't get out and oh, was I upset!
So I had to hail that magic whale who changed me back once more,
Saying, "Now that you know the Great Below
We need your help on shore
To tell your tale of being a whale and all you've seen and done.
Then wet and dry will unify and all the world as one
Will sing a whale song. Sing a whale song. Sing a whale song.
From the smallest ant to the tallest tree,
From the highest peak to the deepest sea,
All the world will ring in harmony
And sing a whale song.
There's a sound clip with that should anyone want to listen.
you can follow the whales progress or lack of it here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4631396.stm
Meanwhile a reporter was arrested for trying to get a job at buck house on suspicion of falsifying details on a job application, Scotland Yard has said.
strange things going on on the Small Island
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4633100.stm
Letty wrote:Hey, Walter and Francis. How do you say brat in German and French. It's obvious to me, listeners, that neither of those two Europeans have read Dahl's "Beware of the Dog." It's a great short story", incidentally. <smile>
It was part of the curriculum in English classes, actually - I have to admit, I saw "36 hours" instead of reading it
I'm sure, neither Francis nor I have ever heard the equivalent of 'brat'.
oldandknew wrote:you can follow the whales progress or lack of it ...
I only have access to the "West End Final-edition", olk :wink:
Thanks, OAK, for the update. Ah, me, listeners. Them newspaper reporters will do and dare for a juicy story, right? Doesn't mean, however, that there is NOT something amiss.
Not to worry, Walter. I find it on Google.
Speaking of Google and "beware", listeners:
Reuters--Privacy experts condemn subpoena of Google
Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Right-to-privacy groups said on Friday an attempt by the Bush administration to force Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of materials from its databases set a dangerous precedent that should worry all Americans. "This is the camel's nose under the tent for using search engines and all kinds of data aggregators as surveillance tools," said Jim Harper of the libertarian Cato Institute who also runs Privacilla.org, an Internet privacy database.
Here's the plot of Beware of the Dog, listeners:
This famous psychological story is from Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying. Its unexpected and memorable plot twist has twice lent itself to film; first in the feature 36 Hours (1961), and later in the TV-movie Breaking Point (1989). The basic narrative concerns an English World War II pilot who crashes and then finds himself in a very comfortable hospital. Something is wrong though...
Spoiler Warning! Pilot Peter Williamson has sustained a massive injury while flying a mission over Vichy France (the name given to the German-controlled areas of the country). He ejects from the plane and later awakes to find himself in a hospital bed in Brighton on the English seashore. Strange things keep happening though - like the time he recognizes the sound of German planes through the window when there shouldn't have been any nearby. The nurse also mentions that the hospital water is very hard, when Williamson knows the water in Brighton is famous for being soft. Suspicious and frightened, he later drags himself to the window and sees a wooden sign, "GARDE AU CHIEN" (French for "Beware of the dog"). He now knows that he is in Vichy France, and that the nice English caregivers are actually Germans in disguise. When they send in a fake RAF commander to convince him to divulge his squadron's location, he stares him straight in the eye and says nothing more than "My name is Peter Williamson. My rank is Squadron Leader and my number is nine seven two four five seven."
don't they make bratwurst out of brats?
There was a saying during my schooltime, a certain "Herr Brat" invented the 'Bratkartoffel' (fried potatoes).
Might well be that his wife invented the Bratwurst.
Indeed they do, Yit, and they make turtle soup out of certain turtles.
Well, I know, also, folks, that there is a Latin phrase for crazy dogs, because I recall a funny excerpt from James Thurber called "The Dog That Bit People."
Back later, listeners, with robot language and other interesting translations.
Funny, Walter. I reckon you're right. A German invented fried potatoes? I will have to think on that one.
etymology of the day:
Main Entry: brat-fry
Pronunciation: brät' fri
Function: noun
Etymology (brat-): German, from Old High German brAtwurst abbreviated to brAt, from brAt meat without waste + wurst sausage
Date: circa 1888
Etymology (-fry): Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bhrjjati he roasts
Date: 13th century
1: A slang term for the activity of grilling large quantities of bratwurst outdoors for the purpose of fund-raising such as, for tavern softball teams, volleyball teams, etc.
Main Entry: dou-ble-brat
Pronunciation: dub' el brät
Function: noun
Etymology (double-): Middle English, from Old French, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos), from duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin to Old English -feald -fold
Date: 13th century
Etymology (-brat): German, from Old High German brAtwurst abbreviated to brAt, from brAt meat without waste + wurst sausage
Date: circa 1888
A brat and its significant other nestled between two halves of a hardroll.
Love that example.
and, listeners, translate this:
Gort, Klaatu Birado Nikto.
Why wouldn't Gort destroy the world?
You're close, Francis, but I think Pat was saying for him to get back to the space ship and go to bed without dinner.
I thought that those words were intended to Gort not destroy the world.
I was just teasing you, honey. That's exactly what it meant.
Well, folks, we do have fun and stuff here on our cyber radio.
News from the world of archaeology:
Archaeologists Find Tomb Under Roman Forum Thu Jan 19, 8:02 PM ET
ROME - Archaeologists digging beneath the Roman Forum have discovered a 3,000-year-old tomb that pre-dates the birth of ancient Rome by several hundred years.
State TV Thursday night showed an excavation team removing vases from the tomb, which resembled a deep well.
Archaeologists were excavating under the level of the ancient forum, a popular tourist site, when they dug up the tomb, which they suspect is part of an entire necropolis, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
"I am convinced that the excavations will bring more tombs to light," ANSA quoted Rome's archaeology commissioner, Eugenio La Rocca, as saying.
Also found inside the tomb was a funerary urn, ANSA said.
State TV quoted experts as saying the tomb appeared to date to about 1,000 B.C., meaning the people who constructed the necropolis pre-dated the ancient Romans by hundreds of years.
Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of the god of war, Mars.
Last year, archaeologists who have been digging for some two decades in the forum said they believed they found evidence of a royal palace roughly dating to the period of the legendary founding.
In memoriam Wilson Pickett
(and because it's nearly midnight here)
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
Do all things I told you
In the midnight hour
Yes I am, whoa, yes I am
I'm gonna wait 'til the stars come out
See them twinkle in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
You're the only girl I know
Really love you so
In the midnight hour
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
Just you and I, oh baby, just you and I
