Fjord Moose: Mrs. Thing is a Very Silly Person

I took my daughter "downtown" to our picturesque green and shops so she could have her first Chinese lesson. There was a huge traffic jam, and lots of people milling about. Traffic cones in the road, so I thought there'd been a big accident. But it was a crew filming scenes from "Great Hope Springs", a movie starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carrell! All the crew and equipment were two shops down from the food market I wanted to drop into, so I dropped Miss Thing off and walked across the street and went into the store, thinking they weren't filming there. A crew member chased after me and said, "I'm sorry ma'am, the store is actually closed." I'd bumbled onto the goddamned set! Thank god I didn't actually interrupt a scene.

Of course I apologize profusely and got out of there as fast as I could. But still...

So anyway, I stood with the crowd that was hoping to get a glimpse of Meryl, who was rumored to be about somewhere. It was kind of fun. One of the guys I do Christmas caroling with, who works as a stand-in, voice over actor, and other theatrical stuff, was working as an extra on the set. We were too far away for me to wave or holler. I did get several glimpses of Ms. Streep as she did her scene, which involved her walking out of the shop, looking sideways for a second, then turning around and staring back. She had to do this scene 5 or 6 times, and all we got was a 2 second look from a distance. Some of the people were very badly behaved, crossing the line, pushing ahead of others to get a better view, using their camera flash, talking too loud. The crew could not have been nicer. They must all have taken sedatives before they came, because they were so kind and patient. Let's see, iirc, a baby started crying during one shot, two dogs starting fighting in another, and somebody squealed excitedly during another. I don't know if that's why they had to do so many takes, or if they just were fussing with the lighting and other technical details.

There was some comic relief in a very elderly couple who said they needed to get down the street to get to their car. The young crew member let them pass between scenes, and the couple walked right into the shop where Ms. Streep was. I don't know if they were clueless or if it was more "We're old, who gives a shit?" They were very cute, dressed badly and all bent over, both of them significantly shorter than me. LOL

Small town excitement.

A crew member chased after me and said, "I'm sorry ma'am, the store is actually closed." I'd bumbled onto the goddamned set! Thank god I didn't actually interrupt a scene.

....you missed the opportunity to tell them about your recent co-starring role with the co-Star of "A Fish Named Wanda". They would have changed their tune pretty damn quick, I'll bet. Hrrmph. I feel indignant for you.

Of course, you also missed the opportunity to call this thread "I feel a perfect arse..." *sigh* those glorious missed opportunities in life...so close.

(I need a lesson on how to do formatting. Isn't there an old thread on that?) th

Of course, you also missed the opportunity to call this thread "I feel a perfect arse..."

I never get that specific about my sex life on this forum, Thumble!

Zelda, Tommy wasn't there--he'd moved on to Stonington, CT for more filming. I didn't get withing shouting distance of Meryl, either. And Steve Carrell hadn't ever been there.

IMDb says TLJ is only 6' tall. Meryl is *not*, and I always thought she was. Thought she was one of those leggy 6' tall model types. But IMDb says she's only 5'6", and that seems right. I only saw her from a distance, but I could tell she was no taller than me.

I'm beginning to think you are Meryl Streep. You always are around where she is doing a movie or just finished doing a movie.It's looking highly suspicious.

Arsene Wenger

Yeah,Fierstein. He just joined Sag. Bout 27, climbs mountains and uses makeup to conceal his real identity.



Ask Thumb about Meryl.

A few grey hairs never hurt anyone, makes it real.

You're asking me about me and Meryl? So you know about our "same time next year" arrangement?

For several years it was mostly wine and roses, but the year the grizzly broke into our outhouse and just sat there waiting for us really tested our relationship. I'll never forget the morning she burst back into the cabin claiming there was a grizzly in the loo - I just assumed she was doing one of her usual script dry runs, but something just wasn't right. Surely the two and a half foot gash wasn't just make-up having a Chianti party?

Don't apologize Fanny. Your post was more insightful than you could possibly realize. Camps can be terrifying places - I should know.

The missing question mark at the end of your ditty (?) portends a macabre yet Pollyanic statement of fact, rather than a question, which most would consider more appropriate.

This omission shudders me to the core.

But I could be completely misinterpreting every single word.

Perhaps I should shower in honey?

Hungry grizzles bears are scary...

I haven't had it more than once or twice in the past twenty years, but all through my younger life I had a recurring nightmare of a bear chasing me. But what was weird, was that it was in and out and around the long corridors of an apartment building. Even in the dream, I always wondered why I should be so scared, since all I'd have to do is get through the door at either end of the corridor and I'd be safe, but it didn't matter. Plus, I think there was the same bear (or another one) running up and down the dark dirty stairwells chasing me, too. Gazooks, what a childhood of fear I had!?

After seeing "Pooh's Grand Adventure", Miss Thing had nightmares for weeks about "mud trees". They were coming to get her. They were down by the stream next to our house. She was terrified! Finally I remembered the scene where all the characters have fallen in the stream and are coming up covered in mud, looking like scary monsters, frightening all the other characters.

Walt Disney Productions: Scaring the shit out of little children since 1937.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, tinny!!!! **runs away crying***

Woody, I'd say. Woodn't you, thumble?

Bedtime?

Woody, I'd say. Woodn't you, thumble?

I would, old bean. Very Woody!


Look out! Orange crates over the briny! Have to fly! Sorry chaps - working on a big, top secret decryption job - damn Hun!!

Back after the raid...

Sorry chaps, I meant cabbage crates over the briny, my mistake.

Zelda, my sweet, I was responding to MrsThing. Would never try to compromise your exalted position.... I looked up my last whisper to you and it didn't seem that naughty to me. If it was, please slap me with a wooden spoon. Here, I'll bend over.... Oooooh.......

How I have loved this group of muddy, whacky, silly grizzlies.

A satanic Teddy bear with horns and clove hooves

OOh, Big, how naughtilly cuddly. :)

A fly? Flies go towards the light...