Hey, Everyone

I have just discovered that it's Jem's birthday TODAY!

How can we make it a day that she will always remember?

Some versification perhaps?

Bryan

Hi Bryan :)

I'm going to be a cheeky birthday girl and answer this question -
can't have unanswered birthday questions lying around, can we? ;)

Some home-grown limerick efforts follow (remember, I only had 1 cup of
coffee before attempting these):

There once was a man named Bryan
Who had the heart of a lion
But instead of crusades
And the swishing of blades
He rather preferred a good lie-in
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"I need a question answered", he thought
Oh where can such things be bought
Aha! he then read
About what GA said 
And realised, "There's no need to be distraught!"
**************
Born under the sign of the scales
With a liking for fanciful tales
A versification challenge was made
And with these words I have played
Do you know how much work this entails?!
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And if you fancy seeking national acclaim as a poet, visit the BBC's
Limerick Challenge found at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3177418.stm

where you can submit your lyrical limericks online as part of their
National Poetry Day celebrations.

Kind regards and many happy returns!
jem-ga :)

Great Stuff, Jem, Many Thanks!

Please have a drink on me.

Bryan

Thanks Bryan :) I'm sure that our duo of birthday questions will
showcase some of the best and the brightest that GA has to offer :)

Any special plans for your big day tomorrow?  I'm off for champers and
lobster tonight - have spent my day off racing around doing errands,
sending evil looks to the horrendously noisy workmen who claim they
are doing "vital roadworks" but are in fact creating urban chaos,
watching movies (Kill Bill), augmenting my DVD collection ("The
Player" and "Darkness Falls") and supressing some beastly
micro-organism which is making it's presence known via a tickling
cough (I think the champagne will knock it on the head) ;)

Warmest wishes
jem-ga :)

Jem --

Last week's issue of The New Yorker (Oct. 20, 2003) has an excellent
article on Quentin Tarantino and "Kill Bill" (tangentially really
about the movie).  It's a good issue: all about Hollywood, including a
piece on screenwriting.

I didn't check The New Yorker website but don't think that they
archive articles very extensively.  But a good London library would
have the magazine, I trust.

And my apologies to Bryan for hijacking his question.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

I used to dream that I would discover 
The perfect Answerer some day.
I knew I’d recognise her
If ever she came along my way.

I always used to fancy then,
She’d be one of the Goddess kind of gem;
With a giant brain and a noble head,
Like the heroines bold in the books I read.

But along came Jem,
Who’s not the type at all
You’d meet her in Hyde Park
Running for a lark.

Her form and face,
Her feminine grace
Are not the kind that you
Would find in a statue,
And I can’t explain
But maybe it’s her Libra sign
That makes her so fem.

We adore her
Because she’s wonderful,
Because she’s just Our Jem.

Hi, Jem

Nothing special tonight but, tomorrow night, I shall be taking my two
daughters out to dinner. We've opted for Thai.

Recently, I seem to have collected some of the world's worst movies:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (the original version with Peter Lorre); The
Phantom President (the first and only movie made by George M Cohan;
and Happy Go Lovely (Vera-Ellen).

Enjoy yourself ... even if the parody of P G Wodehouse makes you
squirm.

Kindest regards

Bryan

Hi Bryan :)

Thanks for the lovely verse - always a good ego boost to have some
verse dedicated in one's honour.

Have a lovely Thai dinner tonight - Thai food is always a fine choice
in my books!

Omni - thanks for the New Yorker reference re: Tarantino - I'll be
checking that out later today :)

Kind regards
jem-ga :)

Kill Bill: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the evil Charlie's
Angels...Quentin has definitely been watching a lot of anime these
past six years.  ;)  I saw the film this past weekend and I am
awaiting the sequel to make my final assessment of the epic.  I read
that Warren Beatty was originally offered the part of Bill...he and
David Carradine are about as alike as apples and beef jerky.  I am
thinking that at the end of the sequel, we might hear "Grasshopper, I
don't think you have been listening to me..."  lol

Hi Bryan 

As always, a pleasure.  Many thanks for the 5 star rating and the birthday drink!

Kind regards
jem-ga :)