From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #172 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, July 19 2012 Volume 19 : Number 172 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again [Miles Goosens ] Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again ["Red-Headed Chuck" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:05:03 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again Me 'n' the camp moms laughin' and drinkin' Nothin' feels better than hearin' your kids sing Takin' turns dancin' with Marianna While the band plays "Oh You Pretty Things" somebody'll get it, Miles On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Rex Broome wrote: > Dramatis Personae: > > -Marianna, striking woman of Brazilian descent with two lovely children who > are only clearly understood to be female after some period of observation > -Me, Rex "Tim" Broome of the "Tim and Dave Morning Zoo" > > Marianna: Excuse me, can I speak with you about them for a moment? > > Me: Of course. > > Marianna: You see, they do not have much English. They have some, but not > much. They are very, very musical and I hope they will have fun here. The > older one has been taking piano for some years, but the younger one not so > much. > > Me: Okay. Well, they're going to get intro classes in all the > instruments. There are a lot of kids here who have been in camp many times > before and they'll help them feel welcome. > > Marianna: Their father is Seu Jorge. You have heard of him? > > Me: Oh, wow, really? Yes! Well, maybe we should have them do some Bowie > covers! -- ((Yah, yah, I know, in retrospect I kind of wanted to kill > myself for having said this.)) > > Marianna: (awkward chuckle) ... anyway, they are used to performing in > front of very big crowds. Thousands of people. But on their own they can > be very shy. > > Me: Well, the crowd on Friday will be smaller than that... but it will > include their family and friends, and they'll have a whole week to learn > their parts. The kids are always pretty confident by the time we get them > on stage for the show. > > Marianna: Oh good. I am glad. > > Me: They'll be fine. And what is your name? > > Marianna: I am Marianna. I am Seu Jorge's wife. > > Me: Oh... congratulations? > > _______ > > *** I normally wouldn't post something quite so starfuckery; we have > showbiz scions in camp fairly frequently, but this was, to me, singularly > odd, given that my boss didn't seem to know about the celebrity connection > beforehand, and I'm still not sure she figured out who the hell I was > talking about when I told her. Weirder still, considering that the kids > speak Portuguese, we actually had a returning camper who *also* spoke > Portuguese and was able to serve as a translator. I don't know that we had > any other campers who could speak Spanish this week, much less Portuguese. > What a crazy, crazy world! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:39:07 +0700 From: "Red-Headed Chuck" Subject: Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again keep 'em coming! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:00:09 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again I love it. - -tc On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Rex Broome wrote: > Dramatis Personae: > > -Marianna, striking woman of Brazilian descent with two lovely children who > are only clearly understood to be female after some period of observation > -Me, Rex "Tim" Broome of the "Tim and Dave Morning Zoo" > > Marianna: Excuse me, can I speak with you about them for a moment? > > Me: Of course. > > Marianna: You see, they do not have much English. They have some, but not > much. They are very, very musical and I hope they will have fun here. The > older one has been taking piano for some years, but the younger one not so > much. > > Me: Okay. Well, they're going to get intro classes in all the > instruments. There are a lot of kids here who have been in camp many times > before and they'll help them feel welcome. > > Marianna: Their father is Seu Jorge. You have heard of him? > > Me: Oh, wow, really? Yes! Well, maybe we should have them do some Bowie > covers! -- ((Yah, yah, I know, in retrospect I kind of wanted to kill > myself for having said this.)) > > Marianna: (awkward chuckle) ... anyway, they are used to performing in > front of very big crowds. Thousands of people. But on their own they can > be very shy. > > Me: Well, the crowd on Friday will be smaller than that... but it will > include their family and friends, and they'll have a whole week to learn > their parts. The kids are always pretty confident by the time we get them > on stage for the show. > > Marianna: Oh good. I am glad. > > Me: They'll be fine. And what is your name? > > Marianna: I am Marianna. I am Seu Jorge's wife. > > Me: Oh... congratulations? > > _______ > > *** I normally wouldn't post something quite so starfuckery; we have > showbiz scions in camp fairly frequently, but this was, to me, singularly > odd, given that my boss didn't seem to know about the celebrity connection > beforehand, and I'm still not sure she figured out who the hell I was > talking about when I told her. Weirder still, considering that the kids > speak Portuguese, we actually had a returning camper who *also* spoke > Portuguese and was able to serve as a translator. I don't know that we had > any other campers who could speak Spanish this week, much less Portuguese. > What a crazy, crazy world! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #172 ********************************