That’s some funny, funny stuff. And speaking of Saskatchewan did you know that Terry Gilliam filmed his most recent movie, Tideland, on location there? It’s true. Interestingly enough before the movie starts Gilliam himself delivers a disclaimer. You’ll have to rent the movie to hear his entire speech, but one part of it really stood out in my mind.
He’s referring to children and he says, "When you drop them they tend to bounce." Now that’s something I never knew before. I know that when I’ve had a few too many Blue Beavers and I accidentally drop myself I have never bounced; therefore I always assumed it would be the same for children. Of course I have never actually tried…before today.
I went to visit my sister and I told her what Terry told me and I asked if I could drop my young nephew. She muttered something that sounded like "have another beer idiot" so I did. But when I turned around she had taken Booker and left the room. So then I went to see my friend Sandi and asked if I could bounce her three children. To which she responded, "I don’t think you’ve had enough beer yet dumb ass" So I went down to the basement where she keeps the beer so I could conduct my experiment. When I went back upstairs the door was locked, so I guess she must have forgotten I was down there.
So I know Tim’s out of town right now, but I was going to go ask his wife if I could bounce any of their three children. Even if I don’t actually get to do that, if my luck holds true I’ll at least get some more free beer.
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1 Tim Ebl // Mar 13, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Well, I hate to disappoint you, Ernie, but Nicole has a strict no dropping the children or allowing others to drop them policy. Not only that, but she frowns on my drunken friends showing up while I’m gone. I suggest you copy Mythbusters and build yourself a fake baby, ten drop it from waist height. After you prove or disprove the bounce theory, take it to the next level and build a vertically mounted downward pointing two story tall baby launcher out of common household ingredients. Load your fake baby and let let er rip!
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