Grimm Brothers

Yesterday I was writing about "Once Upon a Time" and
said that most of the charcaters were based on the
Grimm Brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) tales. These were
never considered suitable for children!!!

The first volumne contained 86 stories and was
published in 1812. The second volumne had 70 stories
and came out in 1814.

The books were reprinted in 1822 and had 170 stories.

The 7th edition was printed in 1857 and contained
211 stories.

There is another T.V. show called "Grimm" it strarted
on 28th Oct 2011 on American T.V. on NBC and can be
seen here on Fox 8 Wednesday night at 8.30 p.m. from
January 4th 2012.

"Grimm" ia a police procedual drama were many of the
characters have been inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales.

Of course like "Once Upon A Time' some artistic license
has been used.

"Once Upon a Time...."

Both Meg and I are following this. Even Mick
has got involved. However Meg and I do have
some questions.

Firstly Paige who is the Mad Hatter's daughter
Grace has not aged a day in 28 years. Surely
her teachers would have noticed this same girl
in the class room after 28 years!!!

All the other characters have not aged either.

Is everyone in the town from Fairyland and do
they keep- living the same year over and over??
Or are there people from our reality there??
Besides Emma and Henry.

Why does Henry believe the stories from the
"Once upon a Time..." Book? Is it because he has
noticed that he is the only one in town growing
older???

Most of the first stories were from the Grimm
Brothers tales. A collection of oral stories
they collected from all over Europe. They found
with these tales that often there was a similiar
tale from many countries so they took the best
elements from each and created a story from them.
So people said "That is like our tale of..."

Then came Jiminy Cricket, a Walt Disney character,
from the 1940 film "Pinocchio."

Now we have Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter from "Alice
in Wonderland."

Both Meg and I have said we are happy that Belle
has been returned to Rumplestiltskin as we do not
believe he is all bad but as the saying goes
"absolute power corrupts absolutley" and it seems
that the lost thing he is seeking from the well
is not his son Bey but magic, as it has power!!

We wonder what he did to the spell so that though
everyone seems to have regained their memories
they have not returned to fairyland.

But the big question Meg said was is Pinocchio a
man again or his he still wood???

BFI Results

The British film institute has voted on the sight
and sound poll which is taken every ten years.
This involved 800 film critics and experts.

The results for the top ten films are as follows:
1. Vertigo (1958) ( I have seen this and though it
was OK, but it would not be in
my top 10.)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)( which has held top position
since voting began in 1952!!!)
(I have never seen this film but
I do know that Rosebud came
from this film.)
3. Tokyo Story (1953) (Never heard of this)
4. La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (19390 (Never
heard of this.)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. (1929)(Never heard
of this.)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) (Saw this couln't
understand it and no way would it
be in my top 10 films.)
7. The Searchers.(1956) (With John Wayne considered to
be the greatest western ever.)I
don't like westerns so wouldn't
watch this! I have never heard of
it nor would I include it in my
list.)
8. Man With A Movie Camera. (1929) ( A B&W silent film
about daily life in Russia. (All
I can say about this choice is just
how relevent would this be TODAY??)
(Never heard of it and wouldn't
watch it if I did know about it.
Nor include it in my list)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc. (1928) (A B&W silent
film about the trial of this French
heroine.) Once again how good is
this film in today's tech age??)
(Once again wouldn't watch this.)
10. 8.1/2 (1963) (A B&W film about a blocked fim maker.)
(Have heard of this film and never
wanted to see it then and I still
don't. Wouldn't be in my picks.)

Wilfred/Ted

Last year I watched a show on HD 1 called Wilfed.
I watched three episodes and though it one of the
most stupid shows I had ever seen.

I thought it was about this girl's boyfriend who
dresses up in a furry dog costumn and goes around
pretending to be a dog.

I was shocked to find it was an Aussie show that
had been so sucesssful (like Kath and Kim) it had
been bought by USA T.V.

Still thought it was stupid till my future son in law
told me that Wilfred really is a dog and only the male
neighbour next door sees the dog that way.

That made a lot of sense!

Now along comes "Ted" a stuffed teddy bear that an 8
year old boy wishes could come alive.

Of course only he, the boy as he grows into a man, played
by Mark Wahlberg, has impossed his 'bastard' side of his
personality into Ted and will never lead a normal adult
life till he once again incoporates all his pesonality with
in the human man.

Meg, Mick and Kath went to see it last night. So am
waitng with bated breath to hear what they thought of it.

But it still seems to be to have the same theme of coming
of age. Even if the coming of age has been delayed!!

"A Man's Guide To 5 Deadly Terms Used by a Woman."

I had almost finished writing this when 'something' happened
and it all disappeared. Very annoying so here goes again.

This was sent to me on Facebook.

1. FINE..........a word used to end an argument when she
knows she is right and you need to shut
up.
2. NOTHING.......means something and you need to be worried.
3. GO AHEAD......this is a dare, not permission...
DO NOT DO IT.
4. WHATEVER......this means screw you.
5. THAT'S OKAY...she is thinking long and hard on how and
when you will pay for your mistake.

BONUS WORD:
WOW..........she is amazed that you could be that stupid.

Here is my list of the same words used by men and the meanings.

1. FINE..........you are a dumb woman and there is no point
in talking to you any more.
2. NOTHING.......means something and you need to be VERY
worried.
3. GO AHEAD......not a good idea, but you're going to do
it anyway.
4. WHATEVER......I don't care.
5. THAT'S OKAY...what can you expect from a woman?

BONUS WORD:
WOW...........who would have thought you were that smart.

Does anyone else have any other words they would like to add to
the list?

Depression

Sorry I have not been keeping up but have
suffered a bout of depression. Hope to be
better by next week.

"Little Things".

I think I wrote something similar to this a few years ago in
my Gloria's Day Blog, but this was a writing exercise, so I
thought I would include it here as well, plus it is also updated.

"I was reading the other day, about the things that people find
annoying and I thought what silly folks to be upset over such
trivial things. Like someone mispronouning their name, all you
do is say "NO my name is not .... but ...." not every one is
familiar with every name there is especially as many people
pronouce their names differently just to be different, just
like Cliff's cousin Jeffery who called himself Jeroire. Then
many people seemed upset over the people who say "actually" a
lot, or used the phase 'the bottom line'.

Not much annoys me...except maybe tissues in the wash, it is
so time consuming to have to remove all the little bits from the
rest of the clothes. Why is it, there is always only one sock at
the end of the wash cycle when you know you put a pair in to be
washed?

Don't talk to me about supermarkets!! from the fact there is is
parking for Parents with Prams but when I was a mother with three
little ones no one gave a stuff about parents with or without prams.
I have a bad knee that plays up especially in winter, but the doctor
syas it is not bad enough to get a disabled parking sticker so I
have to hoof it 'miles' through the car park just to get to the
shopping center.

As for the car spaces they getting smaller and it is not as if I
have a large car but when a SUV parks on either side of me I can't
even open my door. As for the bastard that put a foot long scratch
on my 'new' car last week you'll get yours I believe in Karma and
it will come back onto you seven fold.

I have to scrounge around for a coin for the trolley and half of them
have wonky wheels. What is with the 'child' trollys? just another
way to get money out of harassed parents.

The items you want are either out of stock and not available on
"Raincheck" or there is only one left and the customer in front of
you gets it and you have to get a rain check, only like the last two
times I have had a raincheck it only lasts for 30 days and the stock
was never on the shelf for the whole four weeks of the raincheck!! so
you waste hours and petrol going to check every couple of days to see
if the item is there and the staff keep on insisitng it will be on the
next truck in tomorrow but it never is. The lollies are always placed
at the checkout so the kids whinge and whine for them and create a scene
when told "No you can't have them". Even if they are 'cool' teenagers!
Why is it as soon as you get in the short queue the girl/boy has to
1. Call for a price check.
2. Change the paper in the register
3. Close off the register as she/he is going on break.
4. Call for change or
the person in front of you spends $2 and wants to use the EPOS to take
out $100!!
Then there are the people who try to push in front of you and you have to
point out you were first and the people who "only have one item" and thus
try to make you feel quilty and let them in front of you. What do they
think the under twelve item lanes are for???? Finally why is it that the
ads on T.V. say as soon as there are more than 3 people at the checkout
we will open more check outs, but whenever I am at the supermarket, there
can be 10 people in the line and no sign of another checkout opening up.
Have you noticed those ads didn't last long? I guess that was another
promise the supermarkets could not keep.

Drivers on the road who
1. refuse to move to the inside to allow other cars to enter the road.
2. 'forget' to use their turn signals.
3. who just don't try to sneak through the orange, but boldly go through
the red light.
4. who race past you, while you are doing 40 in the school zone, 60, 80,
100 or 110 zones.
Why is when you are going 5 km over the speed limit you are always caught
and these buggers are doing 20-30 over the limit and there is not a police
man in sight?

No there is not much that upsets me.