Comments on: Fame is the thing http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Head Rambles » Blog Archive » Miracles do happen http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-26058 Head Rambles » Blog Archive » Miracles do happen Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:56:49 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-26058 [...] Last June, I wrote about Bernie. [...] [...] Last June, I wrote about Bernie. [...]

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17509 Grandad Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:53:32 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17509 Now, which would I prefer???? Now, which would I prefer????

]]> By: Nancy http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17507 Nancy Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:12:51 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17507 Grandad, We had some guys just like Bernie's son.In fact, when I was a kid we used to say that in our neighborhood you either grew up to be a priest or you got the chair, there was no in between. Grandad,

We had some guys just like Bernie’s son.In fact, when I was a kid we used to say that in our neighborhood you either grew up to be a priest or you got the chair, there was no in between.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17499 Grandad Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:08:30 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17499 My mother was an absolute fanatic for everything being 'in its place' [including me!!]. Once I moved a knife from one side of a drawer to the other and she accused me of losing it. She claimed she had searched 'high and low' for it. My mother was an absolute fanatic for everything being ‘in its place’ [including me!!]. Once I moved a knife from one side of a drawer to the other and she accused me of losing it. She claimed she had searched ‘high and low’ for it.

]]> By: robert http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17498 robert Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:48:48 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17498 That is so true! I remember one day my mother moved the cache of coffee and tea to another press. I almost ransacked the kitchen trying to find out where it was. It only lasted 1 jar in the new location before she got fed up with it herself and moved everything back to where it originally was That is so true! I remember one day my mother moved the cache of coffee and tea to another press. I almost ransacked the kitchen trying to find out where it was.

It only lasted 1 jar in the new location before she got fed up with it herself and moved everything back to where it originally was

]]> By: Rob http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17497 Rob Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:43:20 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17497 I think it's a fundamental law of nature that everyone in the world has a different place for things like sugar, which seems utterly insane to anyone else. I think it’s a fundamental law of nature that everyone in the world has a different place for things like sugar, which seems utterly insane to anyone else.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17496 Grandad Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:32:38 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17496 But she didn't see him as notorious. We really miss her. She was a lovely person, if a bit innocent. Mind you, she used to put <em>everything</em> away in the strangest places. It used to take us days to find all the essentials again, like the milk and sugar. But she didn’t see him as notorious.

We really miss her. She was a lovely person, if a bit innocent.

Mind you, she used to put everything away in the strangest places. It used to take us days to find all the essentials again, like the milk and sugar.

]]> By: baino http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17495 baino Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:27:30 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17495 Robert makes a good point. We all want some element of pride in our progeny however misguided. How many people do you know who are incredibly proud of not-so-noteworthy kids. Notoriety is just a little lower on the scale. And slightly off topic . . .I had a cleaning lady years ago who used to move things just so I'd know she'd been there. It was soooooo irritating. All the photos would be mushed up and the thing I'd left there so I'd remember where it was - well it was somewhere else. I miss her now! Robert makes a good point. We all want some element of pride in our progeny however misguided. How many people do you know who are incredibly proud of not-so-noteworthy kids. Notoriety is just a little lower on the scale.

And slightly off topic . . .I had a cleaning lady years ago who used to move things just so I’d know she’d been there. It was soooooo irritating. All the photos would be mushed up and the thing I’d left there so I’d remember where it was - well it was somewhere else. I miss her now!

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17492 Grandad Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:53:09 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17492 That is the nail on the head, Grannymar. It reminds me of the old film title - "Where worlds collide" [or some such] That is the nail on the head, Grannymar. It reminds me of the old film title - “Where worlds collide” [or some such]

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17491 Grandad Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:51:33 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/06/13/fame-is-the-thing/#comment-17491 Ian, I never met the son. But I grew quite fond of him. He had this endearing quality that everything he did, he did in an arse-wise fashion. Who else would walk into a shop where he was well known, and try to hold them up with a water pistol?! Basically he was harmless enough. Just a wee touch of a drug problem. Ian, I never met the son. But I grew quite fond of him. He had this endearing quality that everything he did, he did in an arse-wise fashion.

Who else would walk into a shop where he was well known, and try to hold them up with a water pistol?! Basically he was harmless enough. Just a wee touch of a drug problem.

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