Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Up or Down?

     Tuesday, the last day of my extended holiday weekend and what a weekend. Five glorious days. There were fireworks, beer, gardening, more beer, fires in the fireplace outside, a bit more beer. A small matter of injuring myself so the beer is now self medicating and a trip to the doctor tomorrow, back spasm. Ouch.
 
     I've finally levered myself to the desk for a little chat. Here is what Rory left us with last week.
 
Oh no! Your elevator just suddenly stopped!!
Who would you like to be stuck in there with you? Why? Or, who would be the absolute worst person to be stuck in an elevator with?
 
     Very appropriate seeing as how I just finished watching Devil, a horror flick about 5 people trapped in an elevator. Definitely don't want to be stuck with them, it didn't end well for most.
 
     I have been stuck in an elevator once. I was fooling around playing the Bionic Man, sound effects and all and tripped the inner doors. Who knew you could do that? About an hour of going up and down with the inner doors open not fun for me or my friend who was freaking out. No more Bionic Man.
 
     Who would I pick?
 
     There are a few, okay quite a few, names that come to mind but I'll keep this a PG rating and there are a few qualifiers.
 
1. I've had my coffee. I don't play well with others caffeine free. Ever.
2. I have my smokes. I don't do well in an extended nicotine free state either.
3 I don't have to pee.
4 No cameras
5 No Muzak.
 
     Now if I was stuck with Ferd, it could be either the best or the worst. We would laugh about the situation, he would keep me entertained with song and dance. OR He would start bitching. How are we going to get out? Can't you climb through the escape hatch and fix this thing?  When will this be over? I would reply. We wouldn't be here if you hadn't had to take 2 hours getting ready, making us late so we ended up on this particular elevator in the first place There is no f****ing way I'm climbing on top of this thing. You do it if you think it's so easy. A bit of a coin toss.
 
     For all around coolness and a wee bit of hero worship; Annie Lennox, David Bowie, David Sylvian, Richard Butler, Brian Ferry, Meryl Streep, Judy Dench, Tom Waits, Grace Jones, Simon Pegg, and on and on. Any one who's art I've admired over the years. A chance to have a one on one with them for even 10 minutes.
 
    The are you for real; Mariah Carey, Snooki, Alicia Silverstone, Tammy Faye Baker, Paula Abdul, Kanye West, Simon Cowell, OctoMom, Prince, Martha Stewart. The out there crazy, are you kidding me kind of folks. Just to see if all the hype about the crazy is real or just a publicity stunt. I'm fully aware this could go very, very wrong.
 
    Honestly, I can't think of anyone who would be torture to be stuck with. Weird, but even people who's view of the world is completely different from mine would be interesting to talk to just to try and understand, to make sense of where they are coming from. Are Chris and Roman the waste of skin I think they are? Is Bristol, well, Bristol. I'm not saying we would ever be BFFs but they're people too, right? Again, this could back fire, badly. I guess I'm just a sucker for punishment.
 
     Drop by Rory's place and see who else we'll be stuck with, or not.
 

 
 

14 comments:

  1. I like your pick of Tammy Faye; I bet she would be so much fun! Of course, she's busy having a fine time up at that big Make-up Counter in the sky!

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    1. No say it isn't so. I had no idea she had passed away. Mind you I haven't heard anything about her for years but still. Now you're just making me feel old LOL

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  2. If you did get stuck in there with someone that drove you batty, you could always hope the car would drop 20 floors and end your misery.
    And seriously, how did you not know about Tammy? You need to get out more.
    m.

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    1. My misery would never be that great, I'd climb out onto the roof and fix it first LOL I had no clue about Tammy. Now I'm a little sad. In all fairness I'm a Canadian so our U.S. coverage is less thorough. I agree, I do need to get out more.

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  3. Nice assortment of people. Makes you wonder how one or the other encounter would go. I was stuck in an elevator with my kids once... the boy was just about 3 and Middle was 6 months old. He was terrified and I had no way of holding him because I left the stroller and car seat in the car. Just in and out quick to pick up daddy for lunch... well, turned out, next time better take that carrier!!!

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    1. Thanks Susi, it's that curiosity thing. Enquiring minds want to know LOL
      Your elevator story sounds way worse than mine. Two kids, 3 and 6 months. You're my new hero.

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  4. I love your "are you for real" list. I'd be curious to see how that went!

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    1. Glad to see I'm not alone in my curiosity. At the very least it would make great blog fodder.

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  5. I'd love to be trapped with Ferd!! He knows all the words to Afternoon Delight, and can line dance right? LOL
    Maybe we can get Elwood to spin for us? Wait, we need a bartender....??
    Definitely Annie Lennox and David Bowie too...because that would just be too cool. And hopefully they'd sing Under Pressure.

    I'm sensing a music theme here.. it's the fear as you say of being subjected to hours of Muzak! Better bring Prince along too.
    But not Martha: I don't want to spend my last remaining hours making elevator drapes out of my pants ;)

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    1. I can bartend for that elevator dance party you've got going on.
      You and Ferd alone? Be careful what you wish for. LOL But yes he knows the words to Afternoon Delight and can line dance.
      Pant elevator drapes, LMAO. She did turn a prison stint into a snappy poncho pattern. She also has some mean cocktail recipes. Who knows what would happen after a few?

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  6. I think you're right about talking to whomever was stuck in there with you... but some of those people???? You do realize half of them are drama queens and you would want to kill them before they rescued you.... right?

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    1. Hopefully we wouldn't be stuck there that long if it all went south. It might end up being more like an episode of "When Animals Attack' rather than "Ellen".

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  7. You, me and Tom Waits. With coffee. Yep, we are good...

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    1. I'm thinking with Tom the coffee will be fortified. LOL

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