Five to ten objects that represent you...

[Kevin]

that is a cool treasure

[Phoenix]

Sarah Pi wrote: "I need to say dibs on writing a story or a song called "Brass Knuckles and a Heart Eraser." All credit to Alecia for the title."

Let me know what you come up with, I'd like to see/hear it. :)

[Brittomart]

I have to bring in an object that represents my "strengths and contributions" tomorrow to my psych recitation.

No joke.

[Brittomart]

Hey, you guys, I need something that represents laughter because I'm really good at making people laugh.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Bus pass
birding book and binoculars
one of my sketch books with my bird drawings in it
a crossword puzzle
the current book I'm reading
tea
chocolate
sneakers
library card
beach sand


Britt, how about bubbles? They could represent the laughter you spread.

[Brittomart]

Haha I'm bringing two quotes (she said we could do a reading). One quote is the one about semicolons by Kurt Vonnegut and the other is this little gem from Miss Dottie Parker: "Now I know the things I know; I do the things I do, and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!"

[Brittomart]

well, that class is over. My brought my quotes, but I ditched them and told a funny story about how I was afraid of Fruit Gushers Candy when I was like, 8.

[ms.petra]

improv will take you far Britt! Stay Fierce!

[Sarah]

What's the Kurt Vonnegut semicolon quote?

[Brittomart]

Haha, okay Barb, here is the deal. In the commercials for fruit gushers, when the kid ate of piece of candy, his head turned into a watermelon or grape or whatever fruit, depending on the flavor of the candy. Being the very literal person that I am, I thought that if I ate a fruit gusher, my head would turn into a fruit. This thought terrified me to no end.

So I was an 8 year old kid afraid of a type of candy.

[Carol]

<---- Moose!

I missed the part about "in a bag." I read "bring to school" and Moose would love the attention!

[ms.petra]

Moose is so cute!

[Katrina]

1. Work t-shirt
2. work badge
3. cup of coffee
4. picture of the family
5. something that smells like vanilla
6. a book about canning/preserving
7. model airplane
8. a wrench
9. my pocketknife
10. packet of seeds

[Phil]

Møøse.

[Sarah]

Carol, has he ever bitten your sister?

[Félix]

Moose was the real name of the Jack Russell that played Eddie on Frasier.

[Sarah]

Did HE bite your sister?

[Félix]

My sister?

[Sarah]

Phil, help me here.

[Carol]

I'm not sure what's happening...I feel a little swoony...
My Moose doesn't bite! He is so cute, thank you ms. petra!
There is something wrong with my sister, but it's not caused by a dog bite...

[Sarah]

The credits for Monty Python & the Holy Grail read as follows:

A Møøse once bit my sister ...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse
with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst
Nordfink".

We apologise for the fault in the
subtitles. Those responsible have been
sacked.

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those
responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
have been sacked.

Møøse trained by TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA

Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor's Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME
Møøse trained to mix
concrete and sign com-
plicated insurance
forms by JURGEN WIGG
Møøses' noses wiped by BJORN IRKESTOM-SLATER WALKER

Large møøse on the left
half side of the screen
in the third scene from
the end, given a thorough
grounding in Latin,
French and "O" Level
Geography by BO BENN

Suggestive poses for the
Møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER
Antler-care by LIV THATCHER

The directors of the firm hired to
continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to
be known that they have just been
sacked.

The credits have been completed
in an entirely different style at
great expense and at the last
minute.

Executive Producer
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama

The Producers would like to thank The Forestry Commission
Doune Admissions Ltd, Keir and Cowdor Estates, Stirling
University, and the people of Doune for their help in the
making of this film.
The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used
are fictitious and any similarity to the names, characters,
or history of any person is entirely accidental and
unintentional.
Signed RICHARD M. NIXON
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama
EARL J. LLAMA
MIKE Q. LLAMA III
SY LLAMA
MERLE Z. LLAMA IX
Directed By
40 SPECIALLY TRAINED
ECUADORIAN MOUNTAIN LLAMAS
6 VENEZUELAN RED LLAMAS
142 MEXICAN WHOOPING LLAMAS
14 NORTH CHILEAN GUANACOS
(CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LLAMA)
REG LLAMA OF BRIXTON
76000 BATTERY LLAMAS
FROM "LLAMA-FRESH" FARMS NEARE PARAGUAY
and
TERRY GILLIAM AND TERRY JONES

[Félix]

Oh.

[Félix]

I feel so ashamed.

[Carol]

I thought the funny o's meant Phil was opposed to moose/Moose.

[ms.petra]

Barb wrote: "I never get the MP references, but I should have known when I saw the funny o's (don't know how to get those)."
me either Barb!

[Cynthia]

I had no idea what Phil was talking about. What else is new.

[Monika]

1. Ipod
2. chocolate
3. small handbag
4. book
5. pencil
6. Audrey Hepburn's photo

By the way, it's a nice activity to begin a new school year. Next year I will use it;)

[Lori]

water bottle
book
popcorn
keys
my coffee mug
my couch pillow
flip flops
pint of ice cream
Raider's collar
my walking stick

Haha to the MP credits. In all my viewings I only caught those the last time!

[Phoenix]

MP was the bane of my existence for the first few months I was married. Although at the time I didn't know it was MP because I had never heard of the movies. I just thought my husband randomly lost his mind when he would say (in a very bad british accent)something like "it's only a flesh wound", when he would cut himself shaving. Or "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Go away or I shall taunt you another time." And since I really wasn't sure what the hell to say to that I just ingnored it or walked away thinking I'd married a mad man. The straw that broke the camels back for me though, was when his cousin came to visit and they came skipping/galloping into the kitchen smacking coconuts together acting as if they were riding horses and talking about some black knight or something. I was just calculating how much time it would take to pack a bag for myself and my daughter and wondering if we could get away undetected, when his cousin saw the horrified look on my face and asked if I'd ever seen a MP movie. Of course since I hadn't, they had to go out and rent the Holy Grail. And instead of thinking about running away I thought about what kind of drug and just how much of it I would have to take to enjoy the crap on screen... I'm still not a Monty Python fan, but at least I'm aware of were that paticular weirdness stems from now.

[Phoenix]

Nope, I wasn't aware of that Bun...I've only ever seen the one movie (not all of it either) and a few clips on youtube over the years. It was 11 years ago when they had me watch the movie.

[ms.petra]

Alecia, that is a great story! Growing up, I had friends who were obsessed with Monty Python. But like you, I am just not a fan.

[[deleted user]]

Bun, I think The Meaning of Life was my favorite and if one cannot appreciate the humor of Monty Python...

Please tell me you've seen Fawlty Towers?

1)Book
2)Water Bottle
3)DS
4)Moleskine
5)iPhone
6)Chapstick
7)Hankie
8)Sugar-Free Cinnamon Altoids
9)Mini screwdriver kit

Things I always have with me...Most pointing to my OCD issues. Heh.

[Sarah]

Monty Python is the only comedy that my stepfather will tolerate. I'm fairly sure it's the only comedy that he's ever seen. As a result, his own sense of humor is very similar.

[[deleted user]]

Then, Sarah Pi, for Christmas or Hanukkah or whatever the next holiday is you might exchange gifts for, go on Amazon and order him a TV series called Fawlty Towers. Should come on a couple of discs. I own it, but can't remember how many discs. Anyway, it's John Cleese from MP, and it is bloody hilarious!

[Sarah]

I know Fawlty Towers! He may or may not be aware of it, though. South Africa didn't get television until 1976, and he simply never developed any interest in it whatsoever.

[[deleted user]]

Well, I can go weeks without turning the thing on. But, I do love it deep down...

[Sarah]

I loved A Fish Called Wanda so much. Any time it's on TV I stop to watch.

[Phil]

A Fish Called Wanda was a success, in my opinion, because of the fantastic work of Kevin Kline.

[[deleted user]]

I love Jaime Lee too. She can scream REALLY well, but her comedic timing is great as well.

[Sarah]

I think Kevin Kline is underrated. He was awesome in that movie. My other favorite of his was Soapdish, with Robert Downey Jr. and Elizabeth Shue and Sally Field. That's another of my favorite comedies.

[[deleted user]]

I love Kevin Kline. Very funny man.

Speaking of Elisabeth Shue, has anyone ever seen her movie Molly, where she plays an autistic girl? I'm telling you, that part in the Romeo and Juliet play makes me laugh SO hard!

[Sarah]

BunWat wrote: "I like Kevin Kline a lot. Not sure he's underrated though, he's had a pretty satisfactory career so far."
Underutilized? I wish he were in more movies, is what I'm saying.

[Cynthia]

That's a pretty impressive list of stage roles. Apparently as movies go, his nickname is Kevin Decline, as he turns down a lot of film roles.

[Dario]

Books lots of them
Textbook
Mountains of Legos
My bike
any video game console you care to name
computer
paper (for origami)
Magnets

[~Geektastic~]

1. Jane Austen's collected works
2. sketchbook from printmaking class
3. necklace with my dog's old nametag on it
4. copy of Final Fantasy IX
5. photos of my grandparents
6. hemp necklace made by my husband
7. my thrift store Frye boots
8. burt's bees chapstick

[~Geektastic~]

We had to do something similar to this exercise in one of my painting classes. It was a self-portrait expressed through still-life. It's interesting to realize that my painting would be completely different today than it was then, and that was just 3 or so years ago. I think I'm less worried about appearing "arty" now than I was then; my original still-life tried too hard to say "I am a cool bohemian artist."

Oh, and I would add my bag of pretty blue and green dice to my list.

[Janice]

a book
iPad
laptop
picture of my grandkids
6x9 coiled notebook
pencil
quilting fabric, preferably a batik
bookmark
demitasse
coffee cup

[Janice]

I have a really beautiful coffee cup at my office. I should take a picture of it and post it. I won't be in my office until Saturday so will do it then.

I absolutely hate plastic coffee cups or takeout mugs.

[Sally, la reina]

I like this question. More later.

[Janice]

Barb, here's a picture of my coffee cup. I had a meeting at my office so took the opportunity to snap a picture of it.