Disastrophe

Disastrophe is a word that should exist that a dear friend of the family used today. It has nothing to do with the answers to Thursday's Balderdash questions:

Six Lessons from Madam La Zonga:
5) A Cuban night club owner causes trouble on board a cruise ship

Second Time Lucky
1) God and the Devil make a bet that if the earth was reformed, Adam and Eve would make the same mistake again.

Rant Mullens
1) 86-year-old mountain man who whittled large wooden feet so he could scare people with his Bigfoot prints

In other news, our nephew mr randommeats has asked mrguy to be a guest brewer at Oktoberfest. Such an honor.

It's so nice to be in the boosum of the family.

Balderdash. Answers, and Round 2

Round 2 commenced yesterday. What's remarkable about playing with the gene pool is that there is a certain stylistic similarity in some of the answers.

Six Lessons from Madam La Zonga:
1) The story of a child growing up with his estranged aunt in Spain after tragicaly losing his parents.
2) A twenty three year old kid headed for trouble is taken under the wing of his great aunt who gives him his last chance as a waiter in her New York City bistro.
3) A coming of age comedy about a riverboat psychic and a troubled teenager.
4) In this French foreign legion-based take, a high ranking soldier comes face-to-face with his destiny, foretold by Madame La Zonga.
5) A Cuban night club owner causes trouble on board a cruise ship
6) Depicts the events immediately following the end of the Spanish-American war.
7) An orphan is given over to a Baltic fortune teller for upbringing.

Second Time Lucky
1) God and the Devil make a bet that if the earth was reformed, Adam and Eve would make the same mistake again.
2) A former convict uses the law degree he earned in prison to overturn his conviction.
3) A comedy about a recently divorced bus driver who takes a trip to Atlantic City and finds true love.
4) A down-on-his-luck bookie wins the New York state lottery and uses his winnings to purchase a race horse that changes his luck and brings him fame.
5) A story of a blind daughter who helps her father and mother's business be the most successful fishing business in Florida.
6) In this rollicking comedy, a servant to an international real estate magnate dies and is reincarnated as the house cat.
7) Whodunit caper set in a divorced singles card room.

Rant Mullens
1) 86-year-old mountain man who whittled large wooden feet so he could scare people with his Bigfoot prints
2) The world record holder for the longest crabwalk
3) Held the world's record for hiccuping -- he hiccuped for two years and five months.
4) Owner and proprietor of The American Sanctuary for the Manatee in the Florida Keys.
5) Started the zoot suit craze.
6) Invented the nozzle used to dispense sodas in bars
7) One of Doris Day's husbands

Answers in this space tomorrow. Here are yesterday's answers:

In Arbor Village Maine, an old law prohibits a policeman from sticking:
1) out his tongue in the direction of a dog

Butwink
2) A variety of bird

[I would like to say that I can find no evidence that there is such a bird]

The Day the Fish Came Out
3) Sci-fi satire starring Candice Bergen about a plane that crash lands on a Mediterranean island.

Russodad -- Balderdash Round 1

It took three days for us to be ready for Balderdash.

Here are the submissions. Answers posted in this space later:

In Arbor Village Maine, an old law prohibits a policeman from sticking:
1) out his tongue in th direction of a dog
2) his billy club in the freezer to further harden it for use
3) a "condemned" notice on the front door of a residence
4) his horse's head through the window of a carriage without announcing himself to the driver

Butwink
1) The fifth Marx brother
2) A variety of bird
3) A shoe with its sole worn through such that water dampens the sock of the wearer during the rainy season
4) The metal fastener used to tie the ends of a salami

The Day the Fish Came Out
1) In this docu-drama, a pro bass fisherman snags a prized trophy, only to discover that he was not officially registered for the tournament.
2) 50's sci-fi thriller depicting the uncanny results of the H-bomb rests -- fish grow legs and seek revenge.
3) Sci-fi satire starring Candice Bergen about a plane that crash lands on a Mediterranean island.
4) Tells the story of Absalom Fish, a first year divinity student, who must decide between his faith and his talent for ballroom dancing.

Beans. Queens.

This week I learned that mrguy once ate beef stroganoff with the Ramones.

Brushes with greatness just don't get much better than that.