BS: Punch the Mime artist!

Subject: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 08:27 PM

Anybody else seen the movie "Scenes From A Mall" where Woody Allen finally punches the Mime artist? He keeps saying that he "hates Mimes", and finally in a moment of great stress he hits the guy. Is this a common reaction? Do you hate mimes? Or do you like them? If so, why? Would you enjoy having a live-in mime on salary to give your home or your yard that special ambiance? Elaborate, please.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 08:49 PM

i came close to hitting one in Leicester Square about 10 years ago..

the prick street entertainer could see i was in a hurry..
and obviously a big bloke with stressfull thoughts clearly etched in my facial expression..

but he still insisted on repeatedly stepping up close in front of me
impeding my progress
as he tried to gain 'comedy value'
by incorporating me into his act..


in the heat of the moment i just had to stop,
and vent my anger with him
face to face
bellowing loudly at him in as ferocious a 'sarge major drill instructor style'as i could muster

to "fuck off out my way you ignorant c@nt clown!!!"

he backed off in shocked surprise..

and i continued on to my business appointment..

its too long ago now for me to remember how that went down
with his captive audience of foreign tourists..

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 08:57 PM

..now that i'm starting to remember..

i might also have shouted something like..

"..and you do the same shit gags every @@@@ing day..
no one working round here thinks you're funny you talentless **** !!!"

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 10:13 PM

I have a similar reaction with mormons, they always pester you at the wrong time, and when you tell them to fuck off, they always reply " have a nice day " and then you want to thump them, [ to death ]

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Morticia
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 11:30 AM

I like Lord Vetinari's response to mime 'artists'....he hung them upside down over a pit of crocodiles holding a sign that said 'Learn the Words'.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 01:20 PM

A mime is a terrible thing to waste....

Now if it were jugglers.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 02:12 PM

Just as I suspected. Most people can't stand them.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 07:53 PM

A miming morris dancer,now that would be a nightmare.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 07:54 PM

Now that you mention it, I've never seen anyone mime playing the bagpipes.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: frogprince
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 08:21 PM

How about a Mime pretending to be a deaf mute and narrating his act in sign language?...

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: number 6
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 09:42 PM

Interesting thread LH ... we actually had to make the decision of having a hermit or a mime earlier this spring (adding that xtra touch of ambience for our back garden). We chose the hermit as there is less maintenance involved .. e.g. just have to leave a bowl of soup our for him on a daily basis whereas a mime would require a rather stringent diet, and the laundry cost for the mime's outfit can be quite expensive.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Splott Man
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 07:49 AM

I like mime personally. I think the vitriol here is more to do with hating street entertainers.

I used to be in a duo with a mime who was also a brilliant percussionist, one of the funniest people I knew. We introduced his act to the folk clubs of south London in the mid 70s.

I'll mime the next bit...












see?

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: bobad
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 08:07 AM

The problem with mimes is that they are all stuck in the same ol' box.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: jessmurray
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 11:35 AM

just put a wall between them and you. then they have nothing to mime.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 11:43 AM

My son has a unique ability to mimic people. One day in front of the NY Public Library, a mime was annoying people as they walked by - imitating their walks, ridiculing their weight, etc. My son crept up behind the mime and imitated him perfectly. Took a while for the guy to realize that the crowd wasn't laughing at his efforts. He was pissed.

Annoying little trolls. I much prefer the kids who stand like statues until you put a coin in their cup and then move like automatons.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: terrier
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 06:59 PM

I just can't understand a word they're.......saying!

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: GUEST,yes punch them hard
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 07:12 PM

local authorities try to control the quality of street entertainers

with public performance licenses..


a tall building and a sniper rifle
would be more effective !!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 07:23 PM

My goodness! I've lit a powder keg here.

Number 6 - LOL! Brilliant! A hermit is the perfect touch for the backyard that already has almost everything.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Maimed artiste! (Mime-y Vice)
From: Severn
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 09:06 PM

...And what's more, the hermit can make his own living by hermitically sealing containers, where a mime might not make enough money to cover the high cost of hospitalization from being punched (or slugged, if he's a garden mime). Besides, who needs a garden mime when you can have a scarecrow. Scarecrows usually have better outfits, anyway, but then so do hermits.

And after a while, your lady will not be able to wait any longer to get hermits around the mime's scrawny neck.







All that said, Buster Keaton STILL rules!

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 09:11 PM

Yes, but would it not be hilarious to see a mime behind George Bush, imitating the Prez when he's doing a speech to the press corps?

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 05:59 AM

But that would detract from what Bush is saying, and he's been the funniest prez you've had for ages!

Now if it were Ronnie Regan...... HE was a funny mover!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Mr Fox
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 06:16 AM

Jugglers - best way to deal with them is set fire to their balls......


That'll make them drop their clubs.


Mimes - I work near Covent Garden and the place is full of annoying little twerps painted grey or silver (as if people are stupid enough to think they're a REAL statue or robot!) moving like tortoises with arthritis. My idea of a fun time would be an hour in the plaza with a baseball bat and immunity from prosecution.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 03:47 PM

Mr Fox - join the queue!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 05:38 PM

Goodness, what an uncharitable attitude, Mr Fox! I fear that one day you may go berserk and murder a bunch of total strangers at random, and we'll hear about it on the evening news. What did those annoying twerps in Covent Garden ever do to you? And consider how much worse it would be if they were painted in red and white stripes like a barber pole or, worse yet, in flourescent orange or green! Have you thought of taking an anger management course? ;-)

I fear you have offended arthritic tortoises everywhere with your intemperate remarks, and I expect you'll be hearing from them shortly, through legal counsel.

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Mr Fox
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 07:27 AM

I can see the headlines now, Little Hawk - "(un)-civil servant held for great mime massacre"

There's not a jury in the land that would convict me, though. Well, maybe a jury of arthritic tortoises......... (Can Liz be my defence counsel, please?)

I went on an anger management course once - I got in a fight with the lecturer. And lost. ;-))

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: The Walrus
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 04:07 AM

Mimes who pretend to be statues - Am I the only one here thinking dogs and trained pigeons?

W

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 04:48 PM

Again Walrus.. .join the queue...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 05 Oct 06 - 08:22 PM

"see a mime behind George Bush, imitating the Prez when he's doing a speech to the press corps"

I have often seen one beside the Prez... waving her hands about, but not in whiteface...

Subject: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 03:44 PM

Punch the Mime artist!?
Surely not.

I've heard his voice when he is doing street entertainment.
It is produced using something called a "swazzle"

Cheers
Nigel (totally missing the point!)

Subject: RE: BS: Punch the Mime artist!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 05:23 AM

So did the horse get fired?

LTS (also missing the point!)