Those madcap British
Thursday January 24th 2008
by Paul Armstrong
This past weekend we had a documentary film crew came to The Circus, filming the Whiskerino process and visiting various towns where there are bearded contestants. It was a great time meeting and visiting with the 3 gents -- Shawn, Bobby and Mark. Sometime on Sunday morning; before they hit the road for Nashville, I gave my brief interview with the crew and Elliott came up to me (during filming) and asked:
Elliott: "How long will Mark sleep?" (it was like, 9:30 or so, not terribly late) Me: "I don't know" Elliott: "Do British people sleep for 18 hours?" Me: "Yes, yes they do"(All of this, I hope, made it on film) This morning on the way to school, Editors came on and here's the conversation that ensued (verbatim):
Abigail: "Why do they say words different" Me: "They're British" Elliott: "Mark is British. Do they sleep 18 hours too?" Abigail: "They all do ... right Daddy?" Me: "That's right, they all do" Elliott: "What time do they go to bed?" Me: "I think right after lunch"
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Absolutely hilarious. I picture you as the father from Calvin and Hobbes with the knowledge you pass along. Hahah.
Also, just wanted to let you know your "comments" link is busted on your site. I had to manually type it in the address bar to do this. Currently it's showing up as "710.php/#comment0" Good luck with that.
by ZNB
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
fixed the error/issue ... and i hope that elliott one day has the zen like qualities of Calvin (i think ...)
by Paul
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
It's all true.
by Ronnie Brown
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I'm half British, which explains why 8 hours doesn't seem like enough, but 18 hours seems like quite too much.
by Jason Windsor
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Yeah. Calvin's dad comes to mind.
And because you're my bro, as a counselor and an educator, I will overlook this "wisdom" that you pass on to your children. ;-)
by the sis
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
nothing better than delivering a humorous blanket statement to kids.
by Luke
∞ Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Its not humorous, its just the truth Luke.
by Paul
∞ Friday, January 25th, 2008
That's hilarious...as always, you're misleading the children of America.
by Ryan
∞ Saturday, January 26th, 2008
it's all he knows to do.
by Luke
∞ Saturday, January 26th, 2008
it's true.
Goodnight.
by christine Gill
∞ Monday, January 28th, 2008
I asked Paul how long he was going to lead the kids on with this fake truth. I didn't get a very good answer.
by sonya
∞ Wednesday, January 30th, 2008