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Not to hyjack this thread,,But I gotta ask ya Scott. Are you going to do the New Years Day Shoot again?? Hows that shoulder doin?
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Opera, Opera Houses and when the "Fat Lady Sings"
John, I'm with you in spades on the "Not wanting to see men in tights playing leapfrog across the stage floor- while women are singing in Italian and wearing TuTu's-- Huum- possibly a cultural take on the old "Nehru Jackets" or years ago- women wearing costumes designed by Bishop Desmond TuTu-- makes me recall the Chinese philosopher's words: "May you live in interesting times"--
Not SD today (6/Nov- my Birthday) but close to it at our Kent Co. hunting club- overcast skies, some moisture- started out with my partner and his two Labs- father and son- Junior out for some OJT- Our club manager gets some very cagy and strong flying birds- not the same as the wild ones you are headed for with Colonel Day and crew, but great cover mix- I used the 12 GHE and shot it very well (for an old guy anyway) and enjoyed the morning- some of the pheasants didn't however- Anyway, sounds like you will be exposed to some great Midwestern culture and hospitality-hope you all get into some good bird cover, enjoy the day, the dog work, and even the "Opera"-- Possibly a report on that will be forthcoming after your safe return home-- 
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11-06-2009, 11:15 PM
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Gentlemen: Having studied and seen many opera's, I don't recall leaping men in tights and women in Tutu"s singing Italian Opera or opera of any kind. I think you have the opera mixed up with Ballet. As an after thought, maybe a Ballet written with the dancers
singing and hopping all over the stage branishing a Parker CHE shooting mock pheasants would be a blast. Off this Sunday to see the Makado by Gilbert and Sulliv an. s g |
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CHE's and a mock pheasant shoot-sounds interesting | |
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11-07-2009, 09:44 AM
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CHE's and a mock pheasant shoot-sounds interesting
Gentlemen: Having studied and seen many opera's, I don't recall leaping men in tights and women in Tutu"s singing Italian Opera or opera of any kind. I think you have the opera mixed up with Ballet. As an after thought, maybe a Ballet written with the dancers
singing and hopping all over the stage branishing a Parker CHE shooting mock pheasants would be a blast. Off this Sunday to see the Makado by Gilbert and Sulliv an. Thanks to Bruce and friends for the Anne Hathaway clarification- also some of the "re-issued" Shakespeare titles- Opera or Ballet, having some culture of an evening in SD during "Big Rooster" season can't be all that bad. After carrying such a fine assortment of Parkers in various gauges, grades and barrel configurations, plus the ammo exchange in the course of a fine day afield after John Ringneck(s), I know my body and mind would be taxed a tad just keeping things sorted out, so off to the Opera House we shall go. I had heard the line about "Killing the lawyers tonight" somewhere, believe Don Henley alluded to that in his song "Get Over It"-- something like "Old Billy was right, first thing we do is kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight"-but NOT Bruce Day of course-- Also glad James spelled it properly as "mock pheasants" who should be properly grateful to have met their "mock demise" vis a vis a fine CHE Parker- first class exit indeed. Had James spelled it "mock peasants" instead, I might have thought he had been watching old Mel Brooks' "History of the World" the scene with King Louis (you pick the numbers here, you've seen one King Louis, you have seen them all for my $) with a loader and a pair of hammerlock doubles, calling out "Pull" and a peasant gets airborne from a catapault- His Majesty fires off both barrels, the peasant falls, and the great line ensues: "It's good to be King"!!  s g[/QUOTE] |
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11-07-2009, 11:52 AM
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My mind is taxed too just keeping things read.
The Shakespeare phrase "kill all the lawyers" was uttered by Falstaff, an overweight buffoon in the play who ate too much, drank too much and frequently said inappropriate things as part of his role of comic relief. He played the everyman likeble fool comic role, hung out in the local tavern, and was popularly described as a "lying tub of lard". His name is a play on words describing his impotence after drinking too much. I'm sure his kind died out generations ago. Last edited by Bruce Day; 11-07-2009 at 12:09 PM.. |
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The Chinese must of paid attention to Shakespeare, Didn't they kill all the lawyers? 
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