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Re: mneme
Yes that's true mac.. I was thinking of A Day in the Life: "Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83H2fRc02I
posted by
mneme
on January 18, 2010 at 10:04 PM
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mneme
But then I don't want to be famous mneme - er - wasn't it Liverpool the Beatles made famous? When I do become a Number 1 writer, it won't be under my own name - but if there's any money going in this writing business, I'll take that.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 12, 2010 at 5:03 AM
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majroj
Damn! I hadn't considered that possibility majroj, but then nobody could be as creative as those two
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 12, 2010 at 5:00 AM
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There you go, johnmacnab - your claim to fame. You can bill yourself as the writer who lived in Susan Boyle's village.. that's Blackburn.. B-L-A-C-K-B-U-R-N. And the Beatles made it famous too, or one a bit like it:) But I can also relate to those moments of self-doubt when you see so many books on sale and wonder if yours has any chance whatsoever. Of course it has.
posted by
mneme
on January 11, 2010 at 5:04 PM
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If Hawkeye and Trapper John can sell autographed photos of Jesus
then you can seel those, as long as it gets a Korean houseboy sent to Androscoggins College as theirs did.
posted by
majroj
on January 10, 2010 at 7:33 PM
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TAPS.
I really am laughing out loud here, Taps, even as I type. Can you imagine what would happen if someone read these blogs and comments and didn't realise it was all imaginary? I'd be hounded out of the country ...but...but.... perhaps I really could sell autographed photographs. Thank you for the hilarity. Ell is shaking her head here and saying something - 'what is it darling?'
"You're all crazy, I'm going uptown for groceries. Try to find a way of making money when I'm away, instead of making fun. Guard him Sam.....BTW, a couple called Boyle lived in the next street. What? What do you mean, 'be quiet'?"
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM
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How can I get your autographed photograph? I want to tell everyone, "I know this man and he lived next door to Susan Boyle and played with her when they were little and with her $8 million she took him to the candy shoppe and bought him lots of candy.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM
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Re: So then you would perhaps call her..a prodigy?
But of course, majroj. Back then she was known as the Cowell Prodigy. Only a select few aficionados of the 'Fringe', who had passed through the 'Door' knew why. As for showers; we didn't have any and she had no competition from dustbins because the 'Wheelie Bins' hadn't been invented way back then. By 'invented' you do realise that I mean the idea hadn't yet been brought back through the door.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 8, 2010 at 9:35 AM
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So then you would perhaps call her..a prodigy?
How did she do, shower-style versus, oh, say, taking-out-the-dustbins style?
Are you still close?
posted by
majroj
on January 7, 2010 at 7:59 PM
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sam444
You couldn't get more humble than Blackburn, sam444. I don't think she should put herself through the stage routine again. She shouldn't force herself to stand up in front of the world when the act causes her so much fear. She should do it
her way - do her singing in the studio and not make any more physical appearances, unless
she wants to.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2010 at 11:07 AM
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majroj
I remember when I used to baby sit her (when she lived next door to us), she was singing in the church choir on her first birthday. When she was two years old she was in the top twenty with the ditty -'
Wow, what a load of garbage this is.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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I am very pleased for her! It took great nerve to get on that stage! I got her CD for Christmas and my son had to wait in line for 45 minutes! She has done so much for so many people, I am glad she is from humble beginnings, it makes it all the more special! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 7, 2010 at 4:35 AM
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Did she sing as a younger woman?
heh heh heh.
(I went to school with Eddie Munster. That count?)
posted by
majroj
on January 6, 2010 at 11:42 PM
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Pat_B
Wouldn't it be hilarious if I really did know her without remembering. Maybe she did play with them but we left when the kids were about 5. Perhaps I taught her to drive - fame at last.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:56 PM
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northsage_45
Shhhh, northsage_45. I don't want to become another Tiger Woods. but I must admit I would have a better chance of avoiding a cast iron frying pan than a golf driver. You know a dainty, delicate, helpless little flower??????? I don't know how to break the news to you but women are experts on camouflage - both physical and emotional. Beware!
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:53 PM
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BC-A
Ell keeps telling me that too, BC-A.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM
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Ariala
It was embarrassing Ariala. Not only will you get an autographed copy, but it will be free. You've chosen an excellent title, I'll follow it up with
Susan and I, the Secret Us.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:34 PM
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Whacky
To be perfectly honest, Whacky, I don't know. We lived in Morrison Drive, but I have no idea where Susan Boyle lives.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:28 PM
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Azur
I'm glad you liked it Azur. If the TV stations do come chasing, I'll be fleeing for my life. Wouldn't it be great if you had a book for sale, to be able to casually put it front and centre - every day.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM
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Susan Boyle most likely goes around
bragging that she grew up in the town, lived down the street from our own Johnny Mac, and that she played with your kids.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 6, 2010 at 5:48 AM
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Your brush with fame!
Johnny,
So you and Susan Boyle are really, really close buds, huh? I never believed that story about her still being a virgin. Don't worry about me blabbing, Pal. Your secret is safe with me. Don't let this info slip out, in front of the little woman, though. Women are very possessive about their man, and will fight to the death, to keep him from being enticed away by a woman who is richer, younger, etc. Then after sending the brazen hussy packing, for parts unknown, will then go home and glong him on his head, with a cast iron frying pan! We fellows will never understand our dainty, delicate, helpless little flowers, so we might as well stop trying.
Guy
posted by
northsage_45
on January 6, 2010 at 5:02 AM
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' You pass your time with quality. BC-A, Bill’s RLJst
posted by
BC-A
on January 5, 2010 at 5:44 PM
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hahahaha, hilarious...how embarrassing! (So, can we bloggers get
an autograph copy of your first book,
The Real Susan Boyle?
posted by
Ariala
on January 5, 2010 at 3:35 PM
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LOL!!!
So you didn't live next door to her? Are you sure?
posted by
Whacky
on January 5, 2010 at 3:25 PM
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This is hilarous
Watch out the radio and tv stations will be calling for interview soon.
As for the plethora of books, I think it would/will be funny to see one's own book in the local branch.
posted by
Azur
on January 5, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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