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Wherein I Enjoy Physical Comedy
Jan. 30th, 2007 08:22 pmToday I attended the Harry Ransom Center's Fiftieth Birthday Party for a brief period at the beginning during my lunch hour.
There was a magnetic poetry board, but most of the words were adjectives.
There was cake.
And there was a silent movie playing. I rarely enjoy physical comedy because usually it's stupid and dangerous. But in the old movie I was watching, there was a scene involving spaghetti. No one quite knew how to eat it. My favorite methods were:
1. The teacup method - Use your fork to pile some pasta into your teacup. Use your knife to cut the spaghetti from around the edge of the teacup so there are no strands hanging down. Take dainty nibbles from the edges of the cup.
2. The scissors method - Stab at the spaghetti with your fork to capture some to put in your mouth. With the other hand, use scissors to cut the excess away from your lips.
3. The finger method - Wrap a strand of spaghetti around your finger. Slip your finger into your mouth to get the bite of spaghetti off.
No stupidity, no violence. Just silly creative fun.
There was a magnetic poetry board, but most of the words were adjectives.
There was cake.
And there was a silent movie playing. I rarely enjoy physical comedy because usually it's stupid and dangerous. But in the old movie I was watching, there was a scene involving spaghetti. No one quite knew how to eat it. My favorite methods were:
1. The teacup method - Use your fork to pile some pasta into your teacup. Use your knife to cut the spaghetti from around the edge of the teacup so there are no strands hanging down. Take dainty nibbles from the edges of the cup.
2. The scissors method - Stab at the spaghetti with your fork to capture some to put in your mouth. With the other hand, use scissors to cut the excess away from your lips.
3. The finger method - Wrap a strand of spaghetti around your finger. Slip your finger into your mouth to get the bite of spaghetti off.
No stupidity, no violence. Just silly creative fun.