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| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| Love at first sight |
| 2005-01-17 |
| A South African businessman is refusing to leave Croatia until he finds a girl who he spotted across a crowded bar. Across a crowded room... Keith Van Der Spuy has never even spoken to the girl but says she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He has cancelled his flight home and taken out adverts in local newspapers in the port town of Split. Mr Van Der Spuy says he lost sight of the pretty young woman shortly after she smiled at him across the bar. Or so he thinks. But he's convinced she was a local because he heard her calling to a female friend shortly before he lost sight of her. Van Der Spuy, who is also the head of the South African water-polo association, said he could not get her out of his mind and when he got to the airport realised he could not board the plane. He has already extended his holiday for four months, and says he is prepared to stay in Split for as long as it takes. He'll soon be the John Kerry of Water Polo, missing all those meetings... |
| Posted by:.com |
| #28 AP: Ah, yes...Lust at first sight....: Happens to me on almost a daily basis (if I get out of my dungeon). These comely critters must be hatchin up somewhere constantly. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-01-17 10:43:11 PM |
| #27 Keith Vandeputz said I'd stalk her if I just knew her name. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-01-17 10:33:48 PM |
| #26 Ah, yes...Lust at first sight.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-01-17 10:07:25 PM |
| #25 due to my "testosterone-impaired" eyesight. I have only been able to do this with my handy beer goggles on.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-17 10:04:35 PM |
| #24 This has happened to me on four occasions: once in Acapulco, once in Berlin and twice in Moscow. The first resulted in a few days of bliss and a month of embarrassment; the next two resulted in nothing; the last resulted in marriage. :-) |
| Posted by: lex 2005-01-17 9:55:59 PM |
| #23 It was Oslo, in '87. Her name was Annaliese. She didn't walk, she danced. She didn't speak, she sang. I ordered a beer, she brought it, and she floated out of my life... |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-01-17 9:49:07 PM |
| #22 Keith Van Der Spuy has never even spoken to the girl but says she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Sydney, Australia, 1999. Coogee Beach bus stop. I'll never forget that girl. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-17 9:38:11 PM |
| #21 Hard wood is hard to ignore. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:39:36 PM |
| #20 Any doubt that a man whose name ends in Spuy would be thinking with the little head? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-17 8:38:54 PM |
| #19 It's from a Cyra McFadden novel titled The Serial. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:34:46 PM |
| #18 I'll check it out. Thanks. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-17 8:30:35 PM |
| #17 This is ancient - 1980. Oh well, highly recommended if you can find it anywhere to rent or buy. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:29:36 PM |
| #16 BTW, the kid and Mull are the only two sane characters - and commiserate as unlikely adult / adolescent buddies. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:28:47 PM |
| #15 I haven't been to a flick in a long time... ten years at least. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-17 8:28:40 PM |
| #14 Yes - only hysterically funny. Pretense and snobbery are mercilessly lampooned. There's a scene where a kid is talking to Mull after he wakes up from being hevily sedated - seems he phreaked out when they held a phony "Indian" ceremony as the funeral for his best friend's death - he threw the ashes in everyone's faces, heh. Anyway, the kid tells Mull: "In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane." Mull asks, "Wow, that's deep - who said it?" The kid sez, "Mr Spock." Mull nods, as if to say "Of course". |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:26:52 PM |
| #13 I think I missed that one. Is that anything like Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice? |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-17 8:21:50 PM |
| #12 It's where Nancy Pelosi & Co come from, figuratively, if not literally. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:17:30 PM |
| #11 Marin County (Bay Area), not Country... Sheesh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:16:52 PM |
| #10 Worthy. On my Top 5 list. Saw another one on that list last night, "Being There" - Peter Sellers. Only thing Shirley McClain did worth watching - hysterical. Anyway, Serial is absolutely awesome. Best send-up of the Marin Country crowd imaginable. See it if you can find it. The cast was perfect - especially with Christopher Lee (Man with the Golden Gun) as the leader of a Gay Biker Gang. Anyway, one of the characters reminds me of my ex... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:15:49 PM |
| #9 No... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-17 8:11:24 PM |
| #8 I've consoled myself several thousand times, since. You guys know the flick called "Serial"? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:10:50 PM |
| #7 Poor bastard. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-17 8:09:27 PM |
| #6 They're wonderful. What I married only appeared to be a wymyn. It had the appeared thingy down pat, too. I was #1 in a line that numbers 5, now. She calls every once in awhile to tell me how she misses those early days - it's just never been the same, sez she. I couldn't agree more. I usually throw up within minutes of hanging up. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:09:05 PM |
| #5 LOL .com.... didn't see yer first. It's a good thing. I do love womens so much :( |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-17 8:05:55 PM |
| #4 Exactly. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 8:05:42 PM |
| #3 I married her. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-17 8:03:21 PM |
| #2 I've had the same feeling, before. Usually lasted mebbe 20-30 minutes... Then I screwed up... just once. I was still young and dumb enough to act upon it without, say, a month or three of heavy reflection. I've deeply regretted that decade-long lapse of judgement ever since. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-17 6:49:28 PM |
| #1 I'd snicker, but one night in Oslo... Sigh. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-01-17 5:43:17 PM |