baitcast - 2-8-2008 at 03:27 PM
Beer is living proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy
BAITCAST
Rob Ben Franklin
[Edited on 2-8-2008 by baitcast]
from the song, "dear god" by XTC
woody with a view - 2-8-2008 at 03:40 PM
Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I dont mean a big reduction in the price of beer..........
great song, anyways.....
...and I quote:
Pompano - 2-8-2008 at 04:00 PM
"Reminds me of my safari in Baja. Somebody forgot to bring the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water."
"I always keep a supply of liquor handy in case I see a snake---which I also keep handy."
W.C. Fields of course.
[Edited on 2-8-2008 by Pompano]
mike odell - 2-8-2008 at 08:25 PM
Pompano,
Gotta love WC Fields, for those who can remember him!
A bunch a years back, I had a neighbor who's history went back
to the old movie days, Colin Grant, his dad was John Waynes
partner in Batjack productions, anywho, Colin grew up in the OLD
Beverly Hills. One of his neighbors happened to be WC Fields,
On a sunny day WC and Colin and his dad were walking through the
neighborhood, and passed an elementary school, kids on recess, WC
stopped, looked through the fence, said, Look at those little ruffians,
with my money, I could give each a buck. Hell, I could give each of the
little beggars 5 bucks, Fu****k em! and walked on.
One of his most famous lines was { I love little children, provided that
they are properly cooked]
I have more of this trivial stuff about WC if interested!!
mike...
Pompano - 2-22-2008 at 06:22 AM
I wholeheartedly agree about W.C. Fields...what a great entertainer and comedian he was...and it is a pity that so few today will remember him. He
was a famous figure long before he came to the fledging Hollywood scene...even giving a command performance to the English throne way back when.
That's in Europe. 
Here's a couple good W.C. quotes for the day:
"Twas a woman who drove me to drink...And I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."
"If a first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it."
[Edited on 2-22-2008 by Pompano]
Beer
bonanza bucko - 2-22-2008 at 08:37 AM
Lent is coming up. So we need to remember that beer, as we know it, was developed to a high standard in monasteries in Europe...mostly
Germany...where the holy fathers knew that beer is "liquid bread".....they could fast and fast for lent and stay just as fat and happy as if it were
Christmas.
God Bless 'Em.
....wonder if there was a Mexican version of those guys who invented Pacifico. If so we need to celebrate his existence with a case or two before
dinner.
boe4fun - 2-22-2008 at 10:06 AM
When I was in high school I had a mixed breed mutt that I named "Ambrose Wolfinger Boe III", not that there was a first or a second, I just thought
the III added a bit of class. He was the smartest dog I ever had, could teach him a new trick in about 15 minutes. Anyway, I first taught him how to
speak, then to speak in sucession, and to stop barking when I would wave the treat. I refined this so that all I would have to do was to ever so
slightly twist the treat in my hand and he would stop barking. I would ask him: Ambrose, what's 4 times 3? He would bark 12 times and stop when I
twisted the treat. Ambrose, what is the square root of 25? He'd bark 5 times. People to this day swear that he could do math.
I told them that he also knew fractions, but the average person could not tell a
half of a bark! He was my tribute to the great WC. 
Oso - 2-22-2008 at 10:11 AM
Sage advice from W.C.:
"Trust everyone, but cut the cards."
My favorite of his characters was Whipsnade, the circus owner. Many great lines- "Who left the cork off my lunch?", but one very non-pc exchange
would never get past today. This was with the guy who played Rochester with Jack Benny. In this film he was a roustabout :
Fields: "I'm looking for the Head Ubangi."
Rochester: "Uh, you ain't talkin bout one of us colored boys is you, Boss?"
Fields: "No, I need the Head Ubangi. Got a little job for him, worth five dollars."
Rochester: "Oh, you mean the HEAD Ubangi!"
bajaguy - 2-22-2008 at 10:14 AM
another quote...."always get your eggs fried, that way you can count them."
Pompano - 2-22-2008 at 10:25 AM
W.C. 's frequent co-star and great counterpuncher...Mae West.
"I've been in more laps than a napkin."
"I used to be Snow White...but I drifted."
"It's not the (Baja) men in my life that counts...it's the life in my (Baja) men."
Kell-Baja - 2-22-2008 at 02:22 PM
Sounds like that one came right out of my hubby's mouth.
toneart - 2-23-2008 at 09:52 AM
A few decades ago I tended bar at Sausalito's famous No Name Bar. At that time all the San Francisco and Marin characters hung out there, and
celebrities too. Included in the habitues were the S.F. Chronicle columnists Herb Caen, Charles McCabe and Stanton Delaplane. They would frequently
write anecdotes that became legendary.
There was a regular who impersonated W.C. Fields. He was a professional. He wore the costume with top hat and he had had plastic surgery to have his
nose enlarged to the red, bulbous stage. By hanging out there he would mingle with the crowd being W.C. Fields. He really had the character and the
voice down. He would also get written about often in The Chronicle. From all this exposure he would get hired for parties. He was very busy and made a
good living!
I don't know how this relates to Baja except that I am here in Mulege (Saludos a todos Nomads), and am hoisting a few cervezas to you all and my nose
is turning red. 
Ah-h-h Yes-s-s-s-s!
[Edited on 2-23-2008 by toneart]