Well -- I am not insensitive to deafening silence... :-)
AND I see myself more being cheerful than nagging about Nobel Prizes in Literature.
So when I came back from the Museum für Fotografie - this time I had seen photos by Helmut Newton - such beautiful women he photographed! - I hummed a little meaningful tune, it went like this:
"Don't follow leaders,
watch the parkin' meters.
Tra-la-la, tra-la-la,
Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum."
Knut, my little red Fiat 500, stood outside on the street - sulking, because he is very, very rarely moved. The son of our caretaker grinned broadly when he saw me: "You'll move it?!?" he chuckled.
"No", I said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I have found such a perfect parking place".
Now he ponders if I meant it. "The Ambiguity of Entertainment", that's it.
I understand not moving Knut. When you get a good thing hold on to it.
ReplyDeleteDear Emma, yes - I think by now that it doesn't make much sense to have a car in Berlin: so many undergrounds, trams, busses - and one has not to look for a parking place then.
DeleteHA! There is a delicious irony in walking because you don't want to give up a terrific parking place. :)
ReplyDeleteTalking about the Nobel prize in literature, I really like Bob Dylan, but that sure was a surprising choice.
Dear Susan, I love irony :-) And the choice was really odd - though I like some of his songs too.
DeleteI just love your sense of humour, Britta! I can imagine you saying that with that same mischievous look you have here; which I like so much! You're also very pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria xx
Thank you so much, Maria - sometimes a woman needs to hear just that, especially on a dark rainy autumnal afternoon :-)
DeleteGreetings, Britta xxx
Delightful photo! I prefer the lovely subject's mischievous glow to Helmet Newton's models, who often look a bit upset.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Geo.! Those poor models had to stand in the cold for hours... But Newton has a special type, that's true - tough, a bit heartless - e.g.he made some lovely shots of Brigitte Nielsen; and Grace Jones would make me afraid.
DeleteKnut may set off on his own adventure and might not be back before morning!
ReplyDeleteJoanne: that is such a lovely, lovely idea - I will use it, if I may?
DeleteCan I infer from your little little tune that you would have preferred to see A.A.Milne receive the Nobel literature prize? Though I guess it only goes to living writers. I, too, found it a surprising choice. As was the Peace Prize.But then, who ever set up the Swedes and Norwegians as great arbiters?
ReplyDeleteYes, Shawn - but that is only half of the truth: A.A. Milne is dead - but Robert Allen Zimmerman is very much alive - he just won the Nobel Prize in Literature with these immortal lines
Delete""Don't follow leaders, / watch the parkin' meters"!!!
Oh, the- the rhyme, the rhythm - the alias Bob Dylan! Didn't they dare to choose Abba? And I follow you with the other prize too - astonishing.