Vienna Vegetable Orchestra

The Voldie Oldie

"Do You Believe in Magic" (The Lovin' Spoonful, 1965)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Hey, you be nice to your teachers, eh! What are you going to say about me when I'm not here - 'That old geek who taught us English?'"

- JJ

Good Monday!

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"I don't know why Eli is taking Finite. I mean, he must feel so constrained in that class."

- MF the Elder

The Voldie Oldie

Theme from Law & Order

Good Shabbos!

The Voldie Oldie

"Wild World" (Cat Stevens, 1970)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"She will still love you, whoever she will be."

- RBP, re. balding

Voldie Oldie Per Annum Update

1959 1
1961 1
1962 4
1963 3
1964 8
1965 10
1966 14
1967 9
1968 15
1969 4
1970 6
1971 9
1972 9
1973 6
1974 8
1975 5
1976 9
1977 2
1979 2
1981 2
1982 4
1983 4
1984 5
1985 5
1986 6
1987 1
1988 2
1989 4
1991 1
1993 3
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
1999 5
2000 2
2001 1

Mean = 1975
Median = 1972

The Voldie Oldie

"Where Did Our Love Go" (The Supremes, 1964)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Oh, Max, they wouldn't like you at, uh... anywhere."

- DS, following MF the Elder's analysis that Hitler won the Holocaust

The Voldie Oldie

"Urge for Going" (Joni Mitchell, 1966)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Max, you know, he always sits on the chair on one leg. He is saving the other three legs for the future. ... If you see a car driving on two wheels, you know, it is Max."

- MH

The Voldie Oldie

"Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley, 1961)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"I wasn't doing anything - I was just holding the blinds."

- TF

Scarowsky Movie

This video was shown at the March 24, 2008 Torah Academy dinner honoring Issie & Leah Scarowsky.

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Max... is Max."

- RBP, noting absentees, and their reasons for absence

The Voldie Oldie

"Shadows" (Gordon Lightfoot, 1982)

The Voldie Oldie

"Uptown Girl" (Billy Joel, 1983)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"He's got explosive Scandinavian diarrhea."

- GS, explaining another's absence

David Price = Awesome

Found a great highlight package of David Price on YouTube.
He has a Liriano/Kazmir/Lidge slider that will be a dominant
out pitch in the majors.

The Voldie Oldie

"Sister Golden Hair" (America, 1975)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Afoucsqttx, gefs J tcck qh gczfs, J'z tcckjsb q tjhhtf dvohefo ucvhe."

- UB, of. yfqvhx yfjsb yqufr cs uxzzfhox cd csf'u dqwf

Almost Made the Save

The Voldie Oldie

"Another Try" (America, 1974)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Consider that if there is no gym, we will have to have another Gemara class. I think that will get you all running to gym."

- RBP, addressing poor gym attendance

Breaking news from TheYeshivaWorld.com

Viznitzer Rebbe Stuck In Elevator
March 17, 2008

YWN has learned that the Viznitzer Rebbe Shlita (from Monsey) is currently stuck in an elevator on 41st Street at New Utrecht Avenue. The Rebbe was on his first visit to the new Yeshiva building, and the elevator suddenly sopped working while he was inside it. FDNY and NYPD ESU units are currently on the scene attempting to extricate him.

No word on whether photos will be forthcoming.

The Voldie Oldie

"The Longest Time" (Billy Joel, 1984)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"OK, our old comedian again, Max..."

- EM, re. a bad day in math class

The Voldie Oldie

"Every Time You Go Away" (Paul Young, 1985)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Greetings, fellow moles."

- SG, upon entering basement of Heron Road location for first time

Pi day and Zayin Adar coinciding- no coincidence

For all those science geeks out there, today is your day, pi day (3/14)- at least for those American science geeks. (Canadians, please invent a 14th month for your calendar- or give April a 31st day.)
Zayin Adar marks the date of Moshe Rabeinu's birth and passing.
The best suggestion linking the two is in the running to be the next Leafs' GM.

The Voldie Oldie

"Red Sun" (Neil Young, 2000)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Let me draw your attention...although it would be a very small drawing."

- RBC

Post #2708: Must've Been One Heckuva Chulent

Thank you hevnsangel for sending me this link, quite blogworthy.

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From the Associated Press:

Sheriff: Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years

By ROXANA HEGEMAN

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend's bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.

It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.

"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."

Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the boyfriend.

"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."

Police declined to release the couple's names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock.

McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.

"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,'" Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."

McFarren told the AP that he wasn't to blame, and that it was solely Babcock's choice to remain in the bathroom.

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.

Although authorities said they think Babcock was in the bathroom for two years, McFarren said he wasn't certain how long she stayed there. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings.

"It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay — like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.

But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship — except that it all happened in the bathroom.

McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together.

McFarren called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said.

Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.

"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.

She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.

McFarren said that his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.

Authorities said they did not know whether she was mentally or physically disabled.

The case has been the buzz of Ness City, said James Ellis, a neighbor.

"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," he said.

Ellis said he had known the woman since she was a child but that he had not seen her for at least six years.

He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up. At one time the woman worked for a long-term care facility, he said, but he did not know what kind of work she did there.

"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier."


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After reading this article to my wife, she posed a number of excellent questions.

First off, where did the boyfriend pee during this two year period?

As well, why didn't the boyfriend simply not bring her food or water?

Numerous other questions were brought up over the ensuing conversation, simply too many to post here.

The Voldie Oldie

"Minstrel Gypsy" (The Stampeders, 1973)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Your name came up last English class for obnoxious behaviour and other felonies."
"I did nothing."
"Maybe that too."

- KA, TF, KA

Stuff White People Like

Rather humourous site. The authors were being interviewed on CBC this morning on my way into work and they were entertaining. Lots of favourites so far, quite enjoyed #71 on the list: "Being the Only White Person Around".

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

The Voldie Oldie

"Only Time" (Enya, 2000)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Now I can withstand loads of nonsense."

- ML, re. having 1998/99 grade 11 class previous semester, and her exposure then to "boom-shacka-lacka"

House Plays Piano

The Voldie Oldie

"Eye in the Sky" (The Alan Parsons Project, 1982)

QUOTI OF THE DAY

"Even I was a teeny bopper in those days."
"I bop teens too."

-KF, re. Jefferson Airplane; NG

Germans....

: )

Ding Fries Are Done, Would You Like An Apple Pie With That?

Chasidic Jew: Principal of a Bronx Latino School