[geeks] RE: geeks digest, Vol 1 #664 - 19 msgs

[Ken Hansen]

For those interested in th eidea of feigning
uselessness when faced with a minor home reapir, I
refer you to the Bill Cosby concert movie "Himself",
from some 25 years ago.

"The genuis is in never fixing anything - the father
just bangs on things till some one comes and stops
him. And through this they learn never to ask him to
fix anything again." (rough quote, not commited to
memory)

See:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302428122/qid=1008389441/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/104-9809527-4991901

And of curious note, is the companion movie that is
listed with it "Tales from the hood" an R rated
thriller!

Ken

--- dave at cca.org wrote:
> tborton at usa.net writes:
> 
> >>>(except me).  So I have to trade for time spent
> playing Tom-the-toolman
> >>>for projects that aren't critical and that I have
> no interest in doing:
> >>>"You pick up that toy, and you have replace the
> shelves in the linen
> >>>closet."
> >
> >>This is where being useless comes in handy. :-)
> 
> >Hey!  I resent you calling her useless! 8-)
> >(As I cringe in relief that she'll never see that
> comment.)
> 
> Nonononono.
> 
> *I'm* useless, so I don't get asked to fix anything.
> 
> When I was married my wife would *never* have asked
> me to fix 
> a shelf. I probably would have drawn her a picture
> of a shelf,
> and wandered away, thinking I had been wonderfully
> helpfull.
> 
> -------- David Fischer --------- dave at cca.org
> --------- www.cca.org --------
> ---------------------- "It's something to do."
> -Cerebus --------------------
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=====
Ken
n2vip at yahoo.com

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