Been there. Done that.
[Film: Daisies (Sedmikrásky), 1966]
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Oh, remember the days when a bottle of champagne would lead to a ride on the chandelier? Now it's all nembutal and wrecking balls.
ReplyDeleteOh, those fabulous balls we used to hold!
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PS Just looked up nembutal, and Google threw up as its primary result the telephone number for Samaritans! It an assisted suicide drug, and one I'd never heard of.
What??? Nembutal can help you on your way? Blimey! A half grain of nembutal was a fairly common pre-surgery calmer. Of course, that was in the dark ages.No chandeliers involved.
ReplyDeleteLoads of drugs used to be in common usage - laudanum (commonly used by the Victorians as a painkiller, especially at childbirth) was actually opium, cocaine was used to treat toothache, and Valium/diazepam used to be doled out like sweets by GPs in the 1960s... Jx
DeleteThis beats a bathtub full of baked beans.
ReplyDeleteIs that how you usually spend your Saturday nights, Mistress? Jx
DeleteSo long as there is a shag pile to land on it'll be fine.
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Oh! I haven't ended up on a shag pile for years. 😉 Jx
DeleteNot sure that the chandelier would take our combined weight these days.
ReplyDeleteCheek! Jx
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