Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Hot Club

THE HOT CLUB
WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE

BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT
FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE

575 South Water Street

Providence, RI



Cajun Steve read Wiz’ comment that there is only one set of in-laws in West Virginia. Steve said that there are no in-laws in West Virginia. Only siblings.

Foot Joy suggested a way to get back at Joba Chamberlain for hitting Red Sox players (especially Kevin Youkilis). Since there is interleague play now, FJ suggested we pay a National League pitcher to hit Joba.

You all know that the Hot Club is like the Hotel California – you can check out but you can never leave. Last Sunday Audrey was tending bar and Jake had reappeared.

Ginny from RISD also showed up last week and she still gets the Sportzine. Ginny says she holds her own with the guys during football season by quoting stuff from the Zine.

Mary tells me that her sister Maya just had the opening of her movie Shank which was shown at RISD. Mary gave the 90-minute movie a thumbs up. Mary said Maya is trying to get the movie accepted at a film festival. Good luck to Maya in her cinematic career.

Charlie Clancy was telling Fleet Feet Pete about something and said, “...got it down pat.” Chuck D added, “And Pat doesn’t like it.”

Ed Lake was talking about Leonard Cohen, who has been touring. I told Ed to get a copy of Jennifer Warnes’ Famous Blue Raincoat, on which she covers Cohen songs like Bird On A Wire. I told Ed my favorite is First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin.

Chuck D said that there is a new education program for priests by priests. It’s called ‘Leave no child’s behind’.

According to female intelligence, when women use the ladies’ room, they become a human hovercraft. No, not a hummer craft. A hover crap. I mean hovercraft.

The Wiz said that the highest compliment you can pay a woman in Arkansas is “Nice tooth.”

Wiz said that the Arkansas and West Virginia stories are interchangeable. He also added Burrillville to that mix. I told him that a woman from Burrillville once asked her co-workers: “How do men do it with sheep? They put the sheep’s back legs in their boots.”

ORric said that they are into animal husbandry in Burrillville. I said, “Yeah they want to husband your animal.”

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The Hot Club

THE HOT CLUB
WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE

BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT
FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE

575 South Water Street

Providence, RI


Someone told me that Contraire wanted his house painted. The guy wouldn’t paint the house unless Contraire paid his Blue Cross. So the guy didn’t paint Contraire’s house.



Wise says that Contraire still has his communion money.



Whose nickname is Waterloo? More importantly, how did he get it?



Former IBMer Steve said that in the ’60’s and ’70’s, if you spotted a guy in an airport who was wearing a 3-piece business suit and the 15 lb. wingtips (the shoes of a thousand eyes), it was either an IBM rep or an FBI agent.



I was bemoaning the loss of Smithwick’s on tap to Britt. She advised me, “Don’t ever get attached to anything at the Hot Club.”



A guy at the HC wore a tee shirt with the following message: ‘My drinking problem solves your ugly problem.’



Happy Birthday to Julie Massey who celebrates this week. Jules rules!



Congratulations to Brittan Bates who got married last weekend. Best of luck to the newlyweds and much health and happiness.



A sign that a company is going under – they bring in someone to manage who has no experience in the field and who used to be a child counselor. Good enough for Letterman’s Top 10 List.



Overheard at the Hot Club: A married man tells a single woman that she’s very attractive, bright and fun to be around. He assures her that she will find someone. The woman blurts out, “Then find me a man!”



Overheard at the Hot Club: Patriot Pat’s Pub. That has a nice ring to it.



Contraire recently called Sportzine “Sports Lies”.



“If a horse can’t eat it I don’t want to play on it.” Fleet Feet Pete quoting Richie Allen.



Kate suggested I check out the site Rottentomatoes.com for movie reviews. Katie said that they gave a 93% rating to Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell, an unusually high score.