tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post4020978241576055451..comments2023-05-06T05:13:13.094-04:00Comments on "The Awkward Silence...": True Lazar Tales #2Jerry Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596023102825944180noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-22683849442849895192010-06-21T08:22:05.326-04:002010-06-21T08:22:05.326-04:00Just remembered another time I rose to the occasio...Just remembered another time I rose to the occasion, though it happened in private so may not count. My wife (actually this happened so long ago she might not even have been my wife yet) asked me "How would you define 'idiosyncratic'?" I didn't miss more than one beat before responding "In my own, peculiar way." (Which I suppose was itself a case of "responding in my own, peculiar way.")<br /><br />Actually I'm blessed in that my wife fairly frequently asks me questions beginning with "How would you...." In fact it was one of those last night that reminded me of "idiosyncratic." ("How would you like to bring the delicates up from the dryer?") But most of those questions, and their answers ("Delicately."), are as run-of-the-mill as last night's, which it actually took me a minute to recall this morning. If I ever forget "In my own, peculiar way" (which I'm sure I'll *also* do in my own, peculiar way), it's time to call the assisted-living facility.<br /><br />I'm probably enhancing this story just a bit. I think what I actually said was "In my own, individual way."dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-11967313136578708172010-05-31T17:52:58.702-04:002010-05-31T17:52:58.702-04:00My best* was at a party, when the host opened a bo...My best* was at a party, when the host opened a bottle of "a Long Island wine," and a complete stranger (so I don't think s/he was deliberately setting me up) asked, in my presence, "What's a Long Island wine?"<br /><br />(*Or at least, the best I had the presence of mind to respond to appropriately and immediately. "L'esprit de l'escalier" doesn't count in these things.)dr jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250472951135780136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-41984670477405428422010-05-27T21:18:16.067-04:002010-05-27T21:18:16.067-04:00And another; the best moment I ever had at a Risle...And another; the best moment I ever had at a Risley Committee meeting. <br /><br />Early on in the meeting, there was discussion and griping about Life Safety's latest threat to remove Absolutely Everything that had a poster placed on it. Bicycles, chairs, et cetera. No exceptions.<br /><br />An hour later: discussion of a Very Large Icicle (about four feet long; I do not exaggerate) that had been hanging directly over the front door for the past several weeks and how it was an Immediate Safety Hazard That Was Not Being Addressed.<br /><br />Someone had to make the obvious connection. I just happened to be first. <br /><br />"Put a poster on it." <br /><br />Dave Lapoff (RIP) stood up, walked across the CLR, and shook my hand.jmeltzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178486632456695608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-79164781426806776682010-05-27T20:53:10.172-04:002010-05-27T20:53:10.172-04:00I have one.
At Victor Venning's wedding, the...I have one. <br /><br />At Victor Venning's wedding, the country club auditorium had this arrangement where one could get from the front to the back either by walking along the wall at street level or by walking down a ramp to the floor level and then back up another ramp. (I guess it was the wheelchair ramp. But whatever.)<br /><br />As I started down the ramp I said to those taking the other way "I'll be in Scotland before you".jmeltzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178486632456695608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-36752710488339350442010-05-27T20:35:08.830-04:002010-05-27T20:35:08.830-04:00My favorite: Risley TV Room, 1979, showing the new...My favorite: Risley TV Room, 1979, showing the newly made, badly animated version of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe". Everyone is silent as (no, I'm not a Christ figure) Aslan revives himself from the dead and goes charging off after the bad guys. Jim Allan then pipes up, "Here comes the Calvary!"MBowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992038501958547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216723146415434902.post-51296322135699223732010-05-27T13:27:42.074-04:002010-05-27T13:27:42.074-04:00Cell phones in 1988?Cell phones in 1988?jmeltzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178486632456695608noreply@blogger.com