Postcards from Lockdown
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Category Archives: Funny Ha Ha!
My LOCKDOWN Life in 10 Movie Quotes
Yep! This is how exciting my life is at the moment.
The movie quotes follow the cartoons.
My Lockdown Life in 10 Movie Quotes
1. ”I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), Apocalypse Now (1979). He added ‘It smells like victory.’ Sounds relevant.
2. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
Rick Blaine, Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca (1942).
3. “I’ll be back”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was made famous in the 1984 science fiction film The Terminator, a cyborg assassin.
4. “Go ahead, make my day”
Clint Eastwood as “Dirty” Harry Callahan, Sudden Impact, 1983.
5. “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!”
The Wicked Witch of the West to Dorothy and her dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.
6. ‘Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.’
Teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society, 1989.
7. ‘Shaken, not stirred’
James Bond played by Sean Connery, Goldfinger,1964.
8. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Don Corleone played by Marlon Brando, The Godfather, 1972.
9. ‘Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’
Ilsa Lund played by Ingrid Bergman to the piano player, Casablanca, 1942. Humphrey Bogart played nightclub owner, Rick Blaine.
10. ‘Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands. They just don’t.’
Elle Woods played by Reese Witherspoon, LEGALLY BLONDE,2001
Seniors’ ZOOM Party
We are all skilling up in strange ways during lockdown. I’ve taken up cartooning and ZOOMing. (It’s a word now).
SOME THINGS GO SPLONK! ………… For 4-6 year olds in Uncertain Times.
I’ve heard that some 4-year-olds are stressed. So I made this little fun ebook called SOME THINGS GO SPLONK! to help 4 – 6 year-olds in uncertain times. If you know anyone with young friends, kids or grandkids please send it on to them. It’s free.
Naturally, getting an ebook file that I could upload or email turned into a ‘Some Things Go Splonk’ situation. So here is Some Things Go Splonk by Kerry Cue-compressed as a pdf file. Or you can look at each page one at a time below.
Australians all let us Shut Up …………. Go home and watch TV
Yep! There are many reasons to complain and yet …
Other Beer Viruses & Boutique Bugs
You have heard of the Corona Virus, well …
PS: In case of emergency, drink HIBERNATION ALE from Denver, Colorado. They may know how to stop the Beer Virus.
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Pandemics, World Chaos … Time for the 1 Day Bucket List
Captain Hook and the History of Oz
From Charming and Colliding Blog
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
Ministers of Education have been alarmed in the past to discover Australian High School Students know very little about the history of this country. The following essay by Ashlee M, Year 8, Coolathanu High is believed to be included in some bureaucratic report somewhere.
Australia is a large incontinent that lies in the Specific Ocean except for Tasmania which doesn’t know where it is. Australia is very hot because the Topic of Popracorn is in Queensland somewhere, which means Queenslanders are sweaty and can grow topical plants in their ears. But the most important topic is the topic of Cancer because if youse get sunburnt, Omigod, ya gonna die.
Full Article: Captain Hook and the History of Oz
Sweating in a Summer Wonderland … with a Big Thanks to the CFA
I grew up in Kyneton next door to the CFA, the volunteers who risk their lives for the community, fighting fires in, often, 40°+ (104F°+) heat
We Aussies aren’t big flag-wavers … but, for so many reasons, the CFA makes me proud to be an Australian.
Coffee Menu in an Age of Insanity
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