tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post6188050185047178093..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Quantum of KnowledgeKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-42211615795678828882008-11-01T16:59:00.000+00:002008-11-01T16:59:00.000+00:00Matt! Of course I knew this, there are no acciden...Matt! Of course I knew this, there are no accidents around here!*<BR/><BR/>(* Ken is bluffing like mad)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-21957331508363396842008-11-01T16:47:00.000+00:002008-11-01T16:47:00.000+00:00"I said: Dum Diddle Dum Dum..."In case you didn't ..."I said: Dum Diddle Dum Dum..."<BR/><BR/>In case you didn't know, Ken--this was nod to ABBA:<BR/><BR/>Dum Dum Diddle is actually a song on the Arrival Album. The same album that owns Dancing Queen and Knowing me, Knowing You.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Matthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-38590663060688740962008-11-01T09:54:00.000+00:002008-11-01T09:54:00.000+00:00Hi Cellobella: Yes at last there *is* a future an...Hi Cellobella: Yes at last there *is* a future and I agree - what great fun it was and I would say the same ever if you had caught us, as you came *so* close to doing!<BR/><BR/>Yay us though!!Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-37265649356909712402008-11-01T09:27:00.000+00:002008-11-01T09:27:00.000+00:00I know you are well past commenting on this post b...I know you are well past commenting on this post but anyway...<BR/><BR/>Two brilliant matches - both very close and I didn't hear of any biffo...<BR/><BR/>Could there be a future?CelloBellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668256283636794322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-61950318634038043582008-11-01T00:23:00.000+00:002008-11-01T00:23:00.000+00:00Dear Cecelia: If I was Pierce Brosnan, pursuing h...Dear Cecelia: If I was Pierce Brosnan, pursuing handsome action roles, I would have starved years ago. :) But bless you. :)<BR/><BR/>And Dear Alan: What's so very funny about my middle names? Eh? Eh? :)<BR/><BR/>I just saw the new movie and am about to post my quick-reaction-review. As I do so, I am reminded of a guy we used to work with, who always used to hum the James Bond tune. Well... not 'hum' exactly, more imitate the guitar - 'Dum Diddle Dum Dum'.<BR/><BR/>Annoying enough, in itself, but made intolerable by the simple fact that he used to prelude his tune by alway saying these words, <BR/><BR/>"I said..."<BR/><BR/>Try it. <BR/><BR/>"I said: Dum Diddle Dum Dum..."<BR/><BR/>It lives with you forever. :)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-92171752739631970722008-10-31T19:46:00.000+00:002008-10-31T19:46:00.000+00:00Felix Martin.....too funnie.Now go shake things up...Felix Martin.....too funnie.<BR/><BR/>Now go shake things up Felix...just don't stir there!<BR/><BR/>I wonder what name Miss Cecilia's using...if any...??Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928753285253014213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-89530395569059903752008-10-31T19:12:00.000+00:002008-10-31T19:12:00.000+00:00I have no idea about Bond movie trivia and I'm oka...I have no idea about Bond movie trivia and I'm okay with that. I don't feel inadequate or less than. You can make a new "Fail" picture using my face...<BR/><BR/>If you were a Bond, you'd be Pierce Brosnan, or he'd be you...<BR/><BR/>You Should make your own string of movies... "Felix Armstrong"Cleveland Real Estatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446117182588396954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-51380616817141725432008-10-31T19:00:00.000+00:002008-10-31T19:00:00.000+00:00You know Rachel, Bond, Mrs Bond's young fella... ...You know Rachel, Bond, Mrs Bond's young fella... :)<BR/><BR/>Nice one Matt! My Bond/ABBA connection would be cruder... something along the lines of 'they were all shagging each other...'<BR/><BR/>Bond themes? another story, I like a lot of them.<BR/><BR/>Hi Jena: Connery can never be beaten on account of being first - a huge advantage. As for the rest, I feel my next post coming on...<BR/><BR/>Hi Laura: Doubt crept in eh? Bond would have taken doubt out with a well placed jab to the throat then entertained you with one of his famous Vesper Martinis made with the stuff you can't actually get anywhere anymore.<BR/><BR/>'Cept you would have stood up to him, wouldn't you, perhaps doodled his ass. That's why we admire you around this blog. :)<BR/><BR/>Hi Kat: You get all my nuances, you clever person. Yes, Living Daylights was another short story.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-47813984332971544662008-10-31T17:49:00.000+00:002008-10-31T17:49:00.000+00:00Nice red herring with that Morse middle name.Was "...Nice red herring with that Morse middle name.<BR/>Was "The Living Daylights" a Fleming?<BR/>Poor George Lazenby. He really gets the short end of the stick. Did you read my post at "Blasts From the Past" on OHMSS? <BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-45420912617184745072008-10-31T16:43:00.000+00:002008-10-31T16:43:00.000+00:00I almost had the martini one right but doubt crept...I almost had the martini one right but doubt crept in and I changed my mind. <BR/><BR/>My exhusband is a Bond fan. He used to try to teach me all the trivia. <BR/><BR/>I like Sean Connery but the new guy does seem to have something of his gruffness. At least he doesn't look like a cover model or metrosexual.Laura Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774385463320319572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-65059578744004193362008-10-31T05:48:00.000+00:002008-10-31T05:48:00.000+00:00Hi Ken,I got only one correct answer, but I'm a bo...Hi Ken,<BR/><BR/>I got only one correct answer, but I'm a bond movie fan. "My name is Bond, James Bond." lol...<BR/><BR/>I think Craig is the best James Bond actor.... and Sean Connery...Jena Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609925272840089993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-83425560231012616322008-10-30T14:00:00.000+00:002008-10-30T14:00:00.000+00:00@Rachel:More Great Bond Theme Songs:Nobody Does I...@Rachel:<BR/><BR/>More Great Bond Theme Songs:<BR/>Nobody Does It Better--Carly Simon from The Spy Who Loved Me<BR/><BR/>For Your Eyes Only--Sheena Easton from For Your Eyes Only<BR/><BR/>Beautiful Stranger--Madonna from---oh never mind, that was Austin Powers.Matthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-52259213062826747252008-10-30T13:59:00.000+00:002008-10-30T13:59:00.000+00:00I laugh as I type. I almost went back and made th...I laugh as I type. I almost went back and made that little edit to begin with, but felt it would be cruel to deprive your mind of that trip. ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-26329824187316309332008-10-30T13:58:00.000+00:002008-10-30T13:58:00.000+00:00Ken,Well the new Bond Desk would also be completel...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Well the new Bond Desk would also be completely Irish Tea Repellant, so you wouldn't have to worry about spilling your tea.<BR/><BR/>As for making a connection to the real world, try looking up the lyrics to "The Visitors"--written for the cold war between the Soviet Union and the US, but very Orwellian and prescient in today's world.<BR/><BR/>Ah, I'll just save you the trouble:<BR/><BR/>Visitors (Crackin` Up), The <BR/>Written by:Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus<BR/>Recording began 22nd October 1981 at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm<BR/><BR/>Lead vocal: Frida<BR/><BR/>I hear the door-bell ring<BR/>and suddenly<BR/>the panic takes me<BR/>the sound so ominously<BR/>tearing through the silence<BR/>I cannot move I’m standing<BR/>numb and frozen<BR/>among the things I love so dearly<BR/>the books, the paintings<BR/>and the furniture<BR/>help me<BR/><BR/>The signal’s sounding once again<BR/>and someone tries the doorknob<BR/>none of my friends would be<BR/>so stupidly impatient<BR/>and they don’t dare to come here<BR/>anymore now<BR/>but how I loved our secret meetings<BR/>we talked and talked<BR/>in quiet voices<BR/>smiling<BR/><BR/>Now I hear them moving<BR/>muffled noises coming<BR/>through the door<BR/>I feel I’m<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>voices growing louder<BR/>irritation building<BR/>and I’m close to fainting<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>they must know by now<BR/>I’m in here trembling<BR/>in a terror evergrowing<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>my whole world is falling<BR/>going crazy<BR/>there is no escaping now<BR/>I’m crackin’ up<BR/><BR/>These walls have witnessed<BR/>all the anguish of humiliation<BR/>and seen the hope of freedom<BR/>glow in shining faces<BR/>and now they’ve come to take me<BR/>come to break me<BR/>and yet it isn’t unexpected<BR/>I have been waiting<BR/>for these visitors<BR/>help me<BR/><BR/>Now I hear them moving<BR/>muffled noises coming<BR/>through the door<BR/>I feel I’m<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>voices growing louder<BR/>irritation building<BR/>and I’m close to fainting<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>they must know by now<BR/>I’m in here trembling<BR/>in a terror evergrowing<BR/>crackin’ up<BR/>my whole world is falling<BR/>going crazy<BR/>there is no escaping now<BR/>I’m crackin’ up<BR/><BR/>© Copyright 1981 for the world by Universal/Union Songs AB, Stockholm, Sweden. All rights reservedMatthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-1097146163644540452008-10-30T08:23:00.000+00:002008-10-30T08:23:00.000+00:00Who is this James Bond bloke? Well, obviously I di...Who is this James Bond bloke? <BR/><BR/>Well, obviously I did watch some of the films as a kid (2 big brothers) but I have to say...what a load of old nonsense (how many ways can a woman wear a bikini?). The only bit I ever liked was the song on 'Live and let die'. I liked it on Shrek (was it 3?) as well.<BR/><BR/>By the way I hear Russell Brand is a cert for the next Bond. Hair 'shaken not stirred'.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-46381630479633135602008-10-30T00:02:00.000+00:002008-10-30T00:02:00.000+00:00Matt: I could get the same desk but still spill t...Matt: I could get the same desk but still spill tea on it. What a mess that was! :)<BR/><BR/>Hope: 'Puppel knickers' and 'I smell' are phrases which sincerely do not belong in the same sentence. Not in my head anyway. :)<BR/><BR/>MAtt: been trying to link Bond with ABBA to drag things back to what passes for normality around here.<BR/><BR/>All I could get was 'Fernand-oh-oh-seven'. Sad.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-63041417659591293922008-10-29T19:22:00.000+00:002008-10-29T19:22:00.000+00:00@Hope....LOL! ABBA had a lot of crazy costumes in...@Hope....LOL! ABBA had a lot of crazy costumes in their day, but I DON'T think purple drawers were part of any of them. However, if you go to the <A HREF="Http://www.abbasite.com" REL="nofollow">ABBA Site</A> now, you can purchase either a black T-shirt with ABBA printed in Gold, or a sky blue t-shirt with ABBA-The T-Shirt in white.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Matthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-15207069691549419312008-10-29T18:15:00.000+00:002008-10-29T18:15:00.000+00:00"I don't have puppel knicks anymore".Ah Matt, I sm..."I don't have puppel knicks anymore".<BR/><BR/>Ah Matt, I smell a challenge. Do you think we can get the funding to buy the poor man a pair of purple ABBA drawers? ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-21205711094334936052008-10-29T15:47:00.000+00:002008-10-29T15:47:00.000+00:00Bond would probably get a new improved desk with a...Bond would probably get a new improved desk with all kinds of hidden compartments that stowed his secret laser pens, bullet shooting Rolex watches, missile launching hot emergency buttons, and a heads up display computer access to all the world's secret data networks and databases.Matthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-25419051598620058472008-10-29T13:43:00.000+00:002008-10-29T13:43:00.000+00:00Fragile and Margaret: I know, I'm *so* sorry. I ...Fragile and Margaret: I know, I'm *so* sorry. I made this quiz on a social network that I used to frequent and when I brought in in here the radio buttons came along but the 'Submit' button didn't.<BR/><BR/>And I ain't the man to find it.<BR/><BR/>So, sorry, nines all round and I don't have puppel knicks anymore. :)<BR/><BR/>Hi Matt: Teri Hatcher is a cool Bond Girl to have met. (aaahhh, 'just spilled tea all over the desk, what would Bond do?)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-43420617061441511762008-10-29T12:51:00.000+00:002008-10-29T12:51:00.000+00:00Geez! I clicked the little radio buttons all nice ...Geez! I clicked the little radio buttons all nice and neatly down to the end only to discover there's no submit button! <BR/><BR/>Well, I'm saying I got 9 of them right, but you'll have to take my word for it. :P<BR/><BR/>That'll teach ya.<BR/><BR/>What you get for wearing purple knickers.<BR/><BR/>ê¿êAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-28389052805318638752008-10-29T12:42:00.000+00:002008-10-29T12:42:00.000+00:00I met Teri Hatcher once. She was actually living ...I met Teri Hatcher once. She was actually living next door to my brother in downtown Chicago in a half-million dollar 4 story condo on Wieland Street in Chicago that she bought while she was performing in Caberet at the local theater in Chicago. Her kids were a couple years old, as were my niece and nephew...so they played a lot together. She is so cool and down to earth and friendly. It was awesome to have a chance to meet her as I had had a crush on her since Tango and Cash.Matthew S. Urdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423237354496730048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-51815368516341568282008-10-29T01:27:00.000+00:002008-10-29T01:27:00.000+00:00Awh man... there's no submit button? Bah... I'm pr...Awh man... there's no submit button? Bah... I'm pretty sure I got 1 right. Then again I'm not a huge bond fan. I'm not anti-bond though.<BR/><BR/>Do let us know how you like it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-21896629178761570482008-10-28T23:40:00.000+00:002008-10-28T23:40:00.000+00:00Alan: I'm all over it (sort of) :)Hope: Connery...Alan: I'm all over it (sort of) :)<BR/><BR/>Hope: Connery *was* the best. I like Craig though, I'd put him second, until Friday at 11.00pm anyway...<BR/><BR/>Hi Catherine: You are fearsomely intelligent and knowledgeable and I quake a little whenever my Spidey-sense tells me you are here. Another review battle after Nano? You know it makes sense. :)<BR/><BR/>Hi Cellobella Happy Happy B :) <BR/>Regarding Bond, everything always blows up at the end so now you don't have to watch one. Incidentally, regarding International Rules Football... one nil, one nil, one nil, one nil. one nil, one nil one nillll....<BR/><BR/>:)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-18457201650997238912008-10-28T23:23:00.000+00:002008-10-28T23:23:00.000+00:00I have never watched a Bond movie all the way thro...I have never watched a Bond movie all the way through.CelloBellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668256283636794322noreply@blogger.com