Good Afternoon everyone
Enough of the ear talk;-)
I have two piercings in my lobes, any tugging and it would cause damage. I remember at school, no earings allowed for boys and girls.
Tickling yourself???
It is because of the neurons Jem, they remember such things and pass it on through the dendrites, you only have to ask the synapse. Think of those bare branches of those winter trees:mrgreen: Well Pugsy Bear will confuse you even more, you know that:mrgreen:
A simple life, I was pondering on this earlier.
What IS a simple life?
We all plan our lives and yet somehow, those best-laid plans never quite work. Some like to live in rural areas, but as we age, where is the nearest hospital or shops???
I have always lived in a town, and also beside the sea. My nearest shops are a stone’s throw away, same with the hospital. I suppose it is sensible to stay put.
I would appreciate any views on what a simple life is, as I have never experienced one.
Good to hear you are still able to class yourself as a sixties spring chicken Robert but isn’t it odd how as we go through life we play with age to suit our purpose. (Not saying that you are but just an observation)
When we are young we up our age so we can do things we really should not be doing. i.e getting into a rated film, buying fags, pubs and naughty top shelf magazines etc (Do they still do that!)
We then avoid those dreaded mile stone birthdays and eke out those last few months and even days by saying I’m not quite 30/40/50 rather than accept that no matter what you say or do you are not going to escape that birth date.
Then we do an absolute weird mental thing. We actually go back to proudly saying well I am ALMOST 70/80/90 as if to say…didn’t I do well to get this far and if you look good for your age so much the better as compliments really fly off the tongue.
Can you believe some even lie about their age… but we won’t go there will we
now here’s another interesting puzzle for ya SP - how does one take on the accent of another country after living there for a while?? - NO not just copying it anyone can do that but developing it unknowingly ??
Ps: if SP can’t answer this anyone can join in [as if I could stop yuz all anyway!!]
And now for something we can tackle together, putting aside our differences and daft activities.
The proposal is that we start to produce and direct a PANTOMIME.
We need to choose one, possibly a less well-known one.
There will have to be nominations for parts.
My initial thought was to update Jack & the Beanstalk, set it in Australia, changing the title to Jack the Ripper & his merry didgeridoo (s).
Pug will obviously be put forward by one of us to take the part of Jack, or DIck if we decide to mount Dick Whittington goes Walkabout in the untamed bush.
Jem is my choice for the Narrator, closely followed by Solo who will take the love interest role.
Fruity, Spitty, Gummy, & Bobby will be part of Pug’s clan.
I will be PROMPT, assisted by Sweety Pie. (Also S.P will be the good fairy & chief cook & bottle washer).
Well, wot are you all waiting for?
Ps, I am too stiff to be the front part of the PANTOMIME horse any longer
I think hearing a different accent every day, simply makes us unknowingly, imitate it, rather like a mynah bird.
I hope you still have your Liverpudlian accent!!!
I can’t imagine how you must sound:mrgreen:
Scouseoz:mrgreen:
Jem,the answer is both simple in explanation,yet complex in design information;this is due to ‘anticipatory reflex’ not being in the same category as ‘imposed reflex’.
Two sections of the brain are responsible for how you process tickling: these being the somatosensory cortex, [responsible for perceiving being touched] and the anterior cingulate cortex,which processes pleasurable deliberate actions.
The somatosensory cortex & the anterior cingulate work together,to trigger your ‘nervous system’ when someone or something [big difference] is tickling you. Two medical regognitions of being tickled exist,which are known respectively as ‘gargalesis’ and ‘knismesis’. ‘Gargalesis’ is a type of tickling that causes laughter and auto-reflexive body movement. ‘Knismesis’ is the sensation you get that can be really irriating,such as a label inside the collar of a shirt [or blouse] which tickles,but in an annoying fashion.
So,next time Mrs Jem holds you down and tickles the soles of your feet [ohhh,yes,we know ALL about your pre-mating rituals,young Jemstone] remember to giggle,not flinch.
Great idea RJ, I think Gumbud would be the obvious choice for that script seeing he knows the lay of the land literally, you couldn’t have for example Pug jumping out from behind a haystack in the bush, or Spitty laying tiles in Ned Kelly’s shack.;-)
Now would be the time to get working on it so it’ll be ready for rehearsing in October, Sweetie might do the costumes she’s good at the drawing. Naturally Spitty would be doing the sets.
Thanks for explaining all that Pug, so it’s all to do with the nervous system and the brain.
Yes Solo the kids still try to add a year or two onto their ages, only a few months ago my grandson Liam who was 17 at the time borrowed his brother Sean’s (18) student card to get into a venue in town, they are very similar in appearance.
