R H Draney    952282 Mon, 05 Jul 04 06:31 PM Trying to make a dent in the huge stack of unwatched DVDs I've accumulated, I put on a collection of Laurel and Hardy shorts yesterday.. In the film "Busy Bodies", Stan gets his comeuppance on a bully by pretending to become pals with him, giving him a cigar, and inviting him to sit down and smoke it right there in the carpentry shop...right under a big sign that reads: "NO" SMOKING We've seen the sign in the background earlier, and as the bully lights up, Stan calls the foreman over and has him ejected.. Incidentally, in the introduction to "Another Fine Mess", two girls dressed as ushers pronounce the little one's name as /'lA:r@l/..r R H Draney

	mUs1Ka    952300 Mon, 05 Jul 04 08:35 PM "In the film "Busy Bodies", Stan gets his comeuppance on a bully..." Interesting. I would say that it was the bully who got his comeuppance. Ray mUs1Ka Quotation Marks, Punctuation

	R H Draney    952413 Tue, 06 Jul 04 04:27 AM mUs1Ka filted: "In the film "Busy Bodies", Stan gets his comeuppance on a bully..." "Interesting. I would say that it was the bully who got his comeuppance." You're probably right...it's so unusual to see Stan Laurel not only gaining the upper hand, but doing so through sheer deviousness, that I momentarily inverted the sense of the word.. That said, uppance was certainly come..r R H Draney Quotation Marks, Punctuation

	Charles Riggs    953227 Thu, 08 Jul 04 10:50 AM "Trying to make a dent in the huge stack of unwatched DVDs I've accumulated, I put on a collection of ... to sit down and smoke it right there in the carpentry shop...right under a big sign that reads: "NO" SMOKING" Good man, our Stan. I hope we'll see more of that sort of thing in Ireland with this highly unpopular smoking ban in force. A few publicans in Galway and Cork are finally beginning to revolt, much to their customer's satisfaction. Mayo's next, let us hope. Owners say they'll be forced out of business if they don't allow their smoking patrons a portion of the premises, small though it may be. This is not much to ask, for we'd be bothering no-one, and not only would the pub life of Ireland be restored, for its falling off mightily, tourism, the second most vital industry, wouldn't be damaged. I wish politicians would stay the hell out of our hair, not that I wish to be taken for an American Republican or a rugged individualist, but there is some *** I will not eat. "We've seen the sign in the background earlier, and as the bully lights up, Stan calls the foreman over and has him ejected.. Incidentally, in the introduction to "Another Fine Mess", two girls dressed as ushers pronounce the little one's name as /'lA:r@l/..r" Charles Riggs Charles Riggs Quotation Marks, Business, United States, American, Careers, Punctuation

	Charles Riggs    953228 Thu, 08 Jul 04 10:50 AM "mUs1Ka filted:" "Interesting. I would say that it was the bully who got his comeuppance." "You're probably right...it's so unusual to see Stan Laurel not only gaining the upper hand, but doing so through sheer deviousness, that I momentarily inverted the sense of the word.." I especially like the one where the boys wreck the man's house as he is wrecking their car. An initial insignificant affront escalated in highly comic fashion. 'The Christmas Tree', it may have been called. Charles Riggs Charles Riggs Quotation Marks, Punctuation