Pure Coincidences ...?

On Sunday Afternoon I saw a film 'The International', a film by the German director, Tom Tykwer, about the investigations of the Interpol disposed to reveal, at whatever price, the illegal activities of a Luxembourg bank that trafficked in arms destined for African countries.

Later on I saw on the local channel TV3 'Traficants de la Mort' (Dealers of Death), a 30 minute programme dealing with more or less the same theme: the story of dubious traders who discovered some abandoned weapons after the conflict, transported in old planes retired from circulation. These were recycled as new war arms. The combination of a conspiratorial fiction that surpasses the thin line of credibility, with a serious report that gives image of the death market.

These are not the only coincidences of the day. Late night on the same evening, I saw the re-run of the film 'Zodiac', of David Fincher, about the obsessive investigations of another investigator, dead set to discover the real profile hidden behind a serial killer that spread panic in San Francisco in the 60's -70's. The film culminated in posing an interrogative, that despite a whole chain of suspects, there's not a single sure thread that linked to any concrete individual.

I saw part of this film after reading in the paper that same day that a woman, Deborah Perez, declared on the flight of steps of the headquarters of San Francisco Chronicle (where assassins' letters and cryptograms usually end up) that her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, was the killer of the Zodiac, and that she found out this only after she saw the film of Fincher, recognising some of the episodes described in it her own memory as a child when, being very small, had accompanied her father in some of his misdeeds.

Let's mark 2 points: 1 - The man accused by his own daughter has been dead and buried for near 30 years. 2 - The daughter had made a documentary on the theme, where she wanted to show, with proof and all details, that her father deserves the recognition as one of the refined artist in the art of mortal games. Sounds like she was rather proud of him!!

The coincidences between the news, the documentary, and the film of fiction about what's real, feed on one another blurring all boundaries. As if to comprehend something we need all the communicative arsenal: film, television, press and market. And, lots of marketing.

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The Duck & The Brain

** The Duck ~

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, your Duck, Cuddles, has passed away."

The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," he replied.

"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything! . He might just be in a coma or something."

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a cat.

The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on it's haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."

Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.

"£150!" she cried, "£150 just to tell me my duck is dead!! "

The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been £20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now £150."

** The Brain ~

A three-year-old little boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath.

"Mum," he asked, "are these my brains?"
"Not yet," replied his mother

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General Knowledge - Did You Know ...?

*** Did You Know ...?

** The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

** Coca-Cola was originally green.

** ** The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

** Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

** City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong

** State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

** Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

** Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

** Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

** Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 [£3,500]

** Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

** Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

** The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

** The youngest pope was 11 years old.

** First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

** The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

** Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David

Clubs - Alexander the Great,

Hearts-Charlemagne, and

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

** 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

** Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

** There is no shorter sentence in the English language than 'I am'.

(Married people point out that actually, 'I do' is the longest sentence? Think about it!)

** The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

** The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

** The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

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*** Horses' Legs in the Air ***

** If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

** if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.

** if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

*** Stefan Killenberg writes:

I studied in Dresden and the most famous statue there is the so called "Golden Rider" it's a statue of August (called the strong).

The horse in this statue has both front legs in the air but August the strong died from Diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure and other things connected to the fact that he was too fat. So he didn't die in battle, or would you call this a battle against weight!

 

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Current Mood: Awake

George Clooney's High Heels

Not that I am disappointed, personally. I just feel sorry for the hundreds and thousands of women who, merely on hearing his name mentioned, are likely to go weak in the knees, with quickened breaths and a fast pumping heart; I meant George Clooney of course. I admit he is rather dishy, fitting the standard "tall, dark and handsome" mould rather snugly, a good actor too, in recent years, but never has been my idol. In fact I don't think I have one, an idol. Not one in the entertainment field definitely. Even if I did, it wouldn't be his looks anyway that clinches that position. In fact it wouldn't even figure as one of the requirements on my Men List. If I had one!!

I was getting off track a little there. What I was going to tell you was about the recent interview he granted to the popular German magazine "In Touch", during which he revealed that he loved to dress himself in women's clothes, and that his only problem was with the high heels, that he couldn't find them from the famous Manolo Blaknik, not when he needs size 44 shoes.

Apart from this inconvenience, he also admits to another of his huge obsession, the fear of becoming bald. Well now, that last problem is fairly easy to fix. There are lots of ways to combat or conceal it, operation, hair implant, a wig or toupee, even waist length blonde curls to go with the chiffon dress. But I agree that those big feet do present a more serious problem. With his considerable wealth, all designer shoes could be made to order for sure, the problem lies in whether he can master the skill, more than that, the art of walking gracefully with 4 inch heels.

My personal fetish when it comes to dressing is also high heels. They are practically glued to my feet, as I wear almost exclusively high heels nearly with all types of clothing, even with jeans, and for almost all occasions. Just as well he is not my man. Otherwise the competition would be too fierce, and I would really hate it if he turns out looking more feminine than I am.

Heel George! Heel!!

Tags:georgeclooney,highhells,fetish

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