Listener comments!

Thu. 3/18/10 2:11am Doug:

Night People!!!

Thu. 3/18/10 2:16am Doug:

They originated in England.Known elsewhere as rhymers, pace-eggers, soulers, tipteerers, galoshins, guysers"

Thu. 3/18/10 2:16am Bradford Eugene LaBonte:

I was a mummer and it was AWESOME. It's basically just getting drunk while marching in a parade, wearing a ridiculous costume, and playing ridiculous music.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:16am mike noble:

lorenna mckennitt had a new age "hit" in the 90s with "mummer's dance"

Thu. 3/18/10 2:17am Joshua K:

I have heard of Skrilla but not Skree

Thu. 3/18/10 2:17am mike noble:

there's that genesis song "riding the scree"

Thu. 3/18/10 2:18am mike noble:

scree is a craggy rocky cliff face

Thu. 3/18/10 2:21am mike noble:

they definitely walk. there are guys with upright double basses who have special harnesses so they can walk and dance and still play.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:24am mike noble:

violins, banjos and glockenspiels too. glockenspiels and banjos are definitely very important to the sound.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:25am Bradford Eugene LaBonte:

There are also several divisions. The comics are kind of low-rent, the marching string bands are the cool ones, the fancies are the really lame ones that perform fancier moves indoors at the convention center.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:26am Doug:

Racist caricature's in advertisement?

Thu. 3/18/10 2:30am mike noble:

off menu diner item: broadway milkshake -- coffee and chocolate

Thu. 3/18/10 2:32am Doug:

17 months and 1 day?

Thu. 3/18/10 2:34am mike noble:

lao tzu stayed in his mother's womb for 62 years, and was finally born when she leaned against a plum tree. he emerged a fully grown man with long beard and long earlobes.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:38am Joshua K:

They lay cables at the bottom of the ocean with a special ship:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable

Thu. 3/18/10 2:40am mike noble:

at&t used to have one of the biggest navies in the world

Thu. 3/18/10 2:42am mike noble:

other big navies: disney (all those pleasure boats) and the scientologist navy

Thu. 3/18/10 2:42am mike noble:

SEA ORG

Thu. 3/18/10 2:43am mike noble:

Marine nationale = french navy

Thu. 3/18/10 2:45am Mark from Pompton Plains:

course, Maybe the Water Force/Sea Force saw the ocean was navy blue and thought, "Gee, we hang out A LOT in that navy blue water. Maybe we should name ourselves after it." Hence, The Navy.

Thu. 3/18/10 2:47am Mark from Pompton Plains:

By the way, "drag it through the garden" = with lettuce.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:04am Joshua K:

Man/boy love

Thu. 3/18/10 3:05am Doug:

agape, philos, eros

Thu. 3/18/10 3:05am Mark from Pompton PLains:

To some and at some times, love is a matter of intimacy, therefore sex is the highest form of love, being the most pronounced form of intimacy.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:06am mike noble:

love=SACRIFICE

Thu. 3/18/10 3:06am mike noble:

i.e., if you love your wife you have to sacrifice your desire for man/boy love

Thu. 3/18/10 3:13am Mark from Pompton Plains:

In that current, love relates to the fact that familymembers can rely on each other when they are in need. So part of love is being able to rely on someone.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:14am brycepunk:

It is certainly possible for a fetishist to feel love for an object. It's on a different level than love returned, of course. Yet in can also be intense and fulfilling.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:15am Mark from Pomtpon Plains:

That is possible, certainly, but the question has to do with the difference between love and self-love.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:28am ?:

"Doesn't require mutual trust" includes unrequited love situations, where the man lies on the woman's doorstep all night singing praises to her, where he would be wiling to take a bullet for her even though she'd rather he just went away.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:45am brycepunk:

GREAT show tonight. I wish I didn't have to go to bed. I'll have to catch the archive version. You've already kept me up an extra hour...
Oh, how I have missed the Night People.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:45am Mark FPP:

I'm with you on that, Brycepunk.

Thu. 3/18/10 3:46am Mark from Pompton Plains:

The beauty of sacrifice in love is giving to someone whose feelings you value as much or more than your own.

Thu. 3/18/10 4:03am Nicole:

Love=spaghetti and God=dinner

Thu. 3/18/10 4:04am Chhh:

I think it's important to distinguish between the different kinds of love; sadly we don't have the words for it... but the Greeks did. Agape; transcendent love. Eros; romantic love. Philia; virtuous love. Storge; familial affection.

Thu. 3/18/10 4:07am Doug:

Yes, there is love w/o comfort. What about unrequited love?

Thu. 3/18/10 4:08am Nicole:

You're comforted in your pain in unrequited love. I don't believe you can have love without comfort.

Thu. 3/18/10 4:14am Doug:

sexuality toward objects i.e. Golden Gate Bridge, Eiffel Tower "Objectum sexuals". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STCOo9Hh5lE&feature=player_embedded#

Thu. 3/18/10 4:17am Chhh:

Ménage à bee? Strange to imagine if bees helped us have sex! Hmm, it might even be nice!

Thu. 3/18/10 4:38am Mark from Pompton Plains:

Thanks again fer taking my call, fellers. It's a big subject, all right. Glad to get my little slice of life in there.

Thu. 3/18/10 5:08am danny:

That UK doc is really weirdly interesting. Thanksdoug

Thu. 3/18/10 5:11am Ramone:

Zdrastvutye! (hello in Russian)

Thu. 3/18/10 5:14am Karin:

dasvidanje means goobye

Thu. 3/18/10 5:15am Ramone:

до свидания!

Thu. 3/18/10 5:50am Doug:

Call Andy Breckman

Thu. 3/18/10 5:57am Nicole:

That was such a good show. Goodnight!

Thu. 3/18/10 5:57am Mark from Pompton Plains:

Awesome show, informative and laugh-a-minute. Hear you next week.

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