Reject du jour: what’ll it be?
(image: carolita johnson)
Okay, I know it’s a very silly cartoon. Of course, this is why it was rejected. But I love him. I named him Nick after The Thin Man’s Nick Charles, played by William Powell. I’m a big fan of The Thin Man movies.
But mostly I like it because it’s something I often say about myself. That is, I often say that if I started drinking to forget, I’d soon forget to drink. Because I’m that absent-minded. There’s no hope for me becoming an alcoholic, alas! Not until I have a personal assistant to remind me to tipple, anyway.
August 31st, 2006 at 8:04 am
Totally agree, The Thin Man movies are great!
August 31st, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Ha! That’s like saying, “I’ve had a wonderful evening but this wasn’t it!”
Okay, I get it!
August 31st, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Hmmm?
September 1st, 2006 at 4:05 am
This reminds me of an older couple we knew who drank dark port. They didn’t want the other to drink, so they would hide their bottles from each other. They lived in a tiny apartment and seldom left the bed, so the only place they could think to hide their bottles was under the bed. Even so, they seldom discoverd the other’s stash and would often forget where they had hid their own.
September 1st, 2006 at 11:28 am
I love the little gesture of consideration! I imagine them with very long straws… and breath mints.