<html><div>Ask the guests to sing along. Linda<br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcotedsl@verizon.net><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] THE BIRDS AND THE BEES results<br>Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:01:39 -0400<br><br>I hope the wedding went great! (I do need to point out that the locals may have high standards for the numbers that Linda suggested, as Hutch lives in Virginia, a little over 20 miles form the Tennessee line!)<br> <br> Jean-Joseph<br> </p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/10/2021 11:26 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net">lindafowens@netzero.net</a> wrote:</div><blockquote cite="mid:20210710.112600.2653.0@webmail03.dca.untd.com"><div>Fiddle away. If I may suggest, pick something short, sweet, sentimental, and easy.� LInda� As in Tennessee Waltz or Carry Me Back to Old Virginny...<br> <br> ---------- Original Message ----------<br> From: E Cohen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eac@inbox.com"><eac@inbox.com></a><br> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a><br> Subject: Re: [Fictionary] THE BIRDS AND THE BEES results<br> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:24:38 -0400<br> <br> On 10-Jul-21 01:07, Hutch wrote:<br> > I would be quite pleased to run this round, but it will be several days <br> > to a week before I can do anything with it. I am (astonished!) playing <br> > my fiddle in a wedding this weekend.<br> > <br> > No, I'm not a very good fiddle player. But she wants *me* to play, and <br> > play my fiddle (I'm a much better guitarist and a MUCH, MUCH better <br> > singer), regardless of how good or bad I think I am. (I *know* how good <br> > a fiddler I am ... NOT! Soon, so will all of southwest Virginia and <br> > northeast Tennessee *sigh*)<br> > <br> > I won't be able to even think about it until after the weekend. So, <br> > Eric, if you have a word off the top of your head, go for it. If I <br> > haven't seen a word by next Friday/Saturday, I'll throw one in the ring.<br> <br> I have plenty of words, but it's your turn. Also, have fun with the <br> fiddling!<br> <br> <br> > BB,<br> > Hutch<br> > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----<br> > Version: 3.1<br> > GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$<br> > N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?<br> > X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++><br> > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------<br> > <br> > <br> > On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 12:29 PM E Cohen <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eac@inbox.com">eac@inbox.com</a> <br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eac@inbox.com"><mailto:eac@inbox.com></a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > ����I think I've run a round more recently than Hutch, so I'm happy if<br> > ����Hutch<br> > ����takes it.<br> > <br> > ����Thank you, Jim, I loved this game.<br> > <br> > ����Also, I'd give five bucks to the Kickstarter for the movie about the<br> > ����parrot.<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > �����> Hello, fellow fictioneers!<br> > �����><br> > �����> Thank you all for indulging me in my variety round, and thank you<br> > ����Beth Bruch for making a return appearance after something like eight<br> > ����years! Thanks too to Jed, who submitted votes for the first time in<br> > ����a long while.<br> > �����><br> > �����> And now for the results: Apparently we collectively need more<br> > ����practice in inventing plausible Hollywood plots. The actual synopsis<br> > ����of The Birds and the Bees, (starring George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, and<br> > ����David Niven; directed by Norman Taurog; and written by Sidney<br> > ����Sheldon based on an idea by Preston Sturges) got twice as many votes<br> > ����as any other entry!<br> > �����> (On the other hand, it didn’t win the Most Want To See prize,<br> > ����which goes to Ziv and the talking pet parrot.)<br> > �����><br> > �����> Among the fake entries… we have a TIE, between Hutch and Eric at<br> > ����4 points each, so I’ll ask them to confer privately and decide who<br> > ����gets to run the next round.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> HUTCH: Two friends from very different circumstances decide to<br> > ����trade places at a high-society party. Each meets the girl their<br> > ����parents expected the other to meet. Confusion and comedy follow.<br> > �����>   Eric - I think this definition and my own are both more like<br> > ����madcap<br> > �����>    comedies of the '30, but I don't know much about movies. Maybe<br> > �����>    they made those in the '50s as well?<br> > �����>   David - 2 points.<br> > �����>   Pierre - 2 points.<br> > �����>   Jed - If that last sentence had been “Hilarity ensues†I<br> > ����might have voted<br> > �����>    for it. :)<br> > ����(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/">https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/</a><br> > ����<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/"><https://www.kith.org/words/2000/09/10/rrreviews/></a>) I think I’ll give<br> > �����>    this my “most want to watch†vote, though a lot would<br> > ����depend on the tone<br> > �����>    of the movie. I’m thinking it might have the general<br> > ����flavor of _The Reluctant<br> > �����>    Debutante_, which could be very enjoyable.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> DAVID RANDALL: A lost Japanese fisherman and his two children<br> > ����are rescued by a menagerie of animals that have become<br> > ����super-intelligent in the wake of an atomic explosion on a tropical<br> > ����island.<br> > �����>   Ziv - I think this wins my "want to watch" award, but only if<br> > ����it were made<br> > �����>    more recently -- I can't imagine 1950's America having<br> > ����Japanese<br> > �����>    protagonists at all, much less ones portrayed with any<br> > ����kind of sensitivity…<br> > �����>   Eric - I know we're supposed to only get one vote for which<br> > ����movie we’d<br> > �����>    like to see, but it's hard. Two watching points.<br> > �����>   Jean-Joseph - 1 point, if for no other reason than that that<br> > ����I'm amused thinking<br> > �����>    about the Mr. Ed-like special effects that would have been<br> > ����in play back<br> > �����>    in 1956.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> ERIC COHEN: When an out-of-luck reporter signs on as caretaker<br> > ����at the Bird Nature Sanctuary, he hasn't bargained on all the Birds<br> > ����-- formidable great-aunts Lucy and Helena, rowdy schoolgirl Rhoda,<br> > ����or the lovely Diane.<br> > �����>   Ziv - 2 points -- sounds like 1950 gender politics to me…<br> > �����>   Pierre - 1 point.<br> > �����>   Jed - I like this one quite a bit (especially the idea that<br> > ����Bird is a family name),<br> > �����>    but where are the bees? 1 point.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> JEAN-JOSEPH COTE: Two rival all-female motorcycle gangs battle<br> > ����over turf in Southern California, culminating in a choreographed rumble.<br> > �����>   Ziv - Then, in the sequel, the victorious Bees meet up with<br> > ����the Sharks<br> > �����>    to find out who is US Street Rumble Champion.<br> > �����>   Eric - I know we're supposed to only get one vote for which<br> > ����movie we’d<br> > �����>    like to see, but it's hard. One watching point.<br> > �����>   Ranjit - 1 point, and tied for most want to watch.<br> > �����>   Jed - Nice. 2 points.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> BETH BRUCH: A bee keeping widower and ornithologist widow clash<br> > ����while trying to keep their teenaged children from dating. As tempers<br> > ����flare, so does the chemistry between the parents; they resist until<br> > ����the teens step in to teach their elders a lesson about the birds and<br> > ����the bees.<br> > �����>   Ziv - 1 point.<br> > �����>   Pierre - I'd like to watch this one.<br> > �����>   Jed - I like this, but I feel like it might be more 1970s<br> > ����than 1950s. (Huh, but<br> > �����>    I now see that _The Parent Trap_ (which this description<br> > ����roundaboutly<br> > �����>    made me think of) was made in 1961, at least ten years<br> > ����before I thought<br> > �����>    it was, so maybe 1956 isn’t too early for this sort of thing.)<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> THE IMDB: On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat<br> > ����a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl<br> > ����falls in love with the man she's just fleeced.<br> > �����>   Eric - 2 points.<br> > �����>   David - The Lady Eve [Jim adds: I confess, when I chose this<br> > ����movie I had<br> > �����>    no idea it was a remake of the more famous film David<br> > ����mentions!]<br> > �����>   Ranjit - 2 points, and tied for most want to watch.<br> > �����>   Jean-Joseph - 2 points for the shipboard romance.<br> > �����>   Beth - 2 points.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> PIERRE ABBAT: Biologists studying pollinators in the Amazon<br> > ����rainforest are abducted by the Ye'kwana tribe. Anthropologists and<br> > ����missionaries in neighboring tribes cooperate to try to free them.<br> > �����>   Pierre adds: I was going to say the Yanomamö tribe at first,<br> > ����but Yanomamö<br> > �����>    (which I think was considered a single language at the<br> > ����time) is spoken in<br> > �����>    only a small area and not related to anything else,<br> > ����whereas Ye'kwana is<br> > �����>    Cariban, and Cariban languages are spoken in a wide area,<br> > ����so there would<br> > �����>    be more outsiders who could talk with them.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> ZIV STERN: A newly orphaned boy must learn to navigate first<br> > ����love with the help of a new authority figure: his father's talking<br> > ����pet parrot.<br> > �����>   Eric - I hope this isn't true, but it might be. 1 point.<br> > �����>   David - 1 point, and most want to see.<br> > �����>   Jean-Joseph - I guess this last one is the movie I'd most<br> > ����like to see.<br> > �����>   Beth - 1 point, and most want to see.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> General comments:<br> > �����><br> > �����> Eric - This was great fun.<br> > �����><br> > �����> Pierre - This is tough! Maybe because I don't watch movies.<br> > �����><br> > �����> Jean-Joseph - I think this worked out quite well, where all of<br> > ����the entries seem well-written and plausible to me. Kudos to all!<br> > �����><br> > �����> Linda - This ballot makes no sense. I have been enduring a heat<br> > ����wave plus family stuff--not so bad, as family stuff was fun and now<br> > ����it is cooler. sorry not to help out this time.<br> > �����><br> > �����> David - The vote for The Birds and the Bees<br> > �����> Was slow, for we lay at our ease<br> > �����> In summer siestas,<br> > �����> Or played in fiestas,<br> > �����> Far away from our Macs and PCs.<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����> -Jim<br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > �����><br> > <br> > <br> > ����-- <br> > ����-- Eric  |  @GoudyBoldItalic<br> > <br> > <br> <br> <br> -- <br> -- Eric ��| ��@GoudyBoldItalic <br> <br> <span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">____________________________________________________________</span><br> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm_source=mktg&utm_medium=taglines&utm_campaign=nzlifelk_launch&utm_content=tag695&promoCode=A34454" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #004080; font-size: medium;"><strong>Choose to be safer online.</strong></span><br> <span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;">Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock.<br> Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.*<br> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: small;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm_source=mktg&utm_medium=taglines&utm_campaign=nzlifelk_launch&utm_content=tag695&promoCode=A34454" target="_blank">NetZero.com/NortonLifeLock</a></span></span></div></blockquote><p> </p><pre class="moz-signature">--
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