[nerd alert] “To Say Nothing Of The Dog” by Connie Willis is a great comic time travel novel. One of the things the author postulates is that time travel is far worse than jet lag; her heroes feel half drunk and disoriented most of the time. It’s also a riff on ‘Three Men In A Boat,’ a famous novel I’ve never read myself, but is apparently still popular with many Anglophiles.
In 1848 the 3 Fox sisters of Rochester NY began a long career of fraudulently claiming to be able to summon and communicate with spirits via a rapping code. (No, not that kind of rapping.) This was the beginning of the spiritualist movement, which had quite a following during the 19th Century. One consequence of it was that other fake “mediums” started holding séances, some of which featured “table-tipping” and having objects move around the room. All done with trickery, of course, but there was apparently an endless supply of gullible rubes willing to pay good money to be wowed by the experience.
Imagine 2 months ago
Anything else you forgot to tell him?
oldpine52 2 months ago
As Tommy Roe used to sing…dizzy, I’m so dizzy my head is spinning…
Enter.Name.Here 2 months ago
I feel like I am in a Metallica video! (“The Memory Remains”)
win.45mag 2 months ago
Who’s going to clean up all the puke ???
Differentname 2 months ago
[nerd alert] “To Say Nothing Of The Dog” by Connie Willis is a great comic time travel novel. One of the things the author postulates is that time travel is far worse than jet lag; her heroes feel half drunk and disoriented most of the time. It’s also a riff on ‘Three Men In A Boat,’ a famous novel I’ve never read myself, but is apparently still popular with many Anglophiles.
F-Flash 2 months ago
Who’s going to siphon out the bed pan?
christelisbetty 2 months ago
Happens every 4th November, to half of the US population.
k8zhd 2 months ago
Reminds me of the time(s) I had vertigo!
mbhiggins5555 2 months ago
Fred Astaire danced on the walls and ceiling in the movie Royal Wedding. Check it out.
jel354 2 months ago
A free amusement park ride.
mistercatworks 2 months ago
Worst house guest ever.
Impkins Premium Member 2 months ago
Call a priest. :)
Csaw Backnforth 2 months ago
♫ What goes up must come down
Spinning Wheel got to go ’round
Talkin’ ’bout your troubles
It’s a cryin’ sin
Ride a painted pony
Let the Spinning Wheel spin ♫ (Blood Sweat and Tears)
Richard S Russell Premium Member 2 months ago
In 1848 the 3 Fox sisters of Rochester NY began a long career of fraudulently claiming to be able to summon and communicate with spirits via a rapping code. (No, not that kind of rapping.) This was the beginning of the spiritualist movement, which had quite a following during the 19th Century. One consequence of it was that other fake “mediums” started holding séances, some of which featured “table-tipping” and having objects move around the room. All done with trickery, of course, but there was apparently an endless supply of gullible rubes willing to pay good money to be wowed by the experience.