The wonderful and talented Robin of the Pensieve is hosting this week’s Fun Monday. And she says, ‘please share words that inspire and motivate you–brief or bloviatory, silly or serious, from great world leaders to last night’s Comedy Central…from a Hallmark greeting card to your favorite book. Choose one, choose many; let the quotes stand on their own or tell where you first read or heard them and how they affected you. ‘
The one quote that came to mind for me was a piece of complete silliness from Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, a pair of British Comedians who are beyond daft, but are also so creative with words that they make me tingle.
I’ve never forgotten this quote, probably because it is sheer lunacy, and also because it just makes me smile.
When I see them they make me feel good. They can lift my mood in a second, and I love how their heads work. When Mr B was a teenager he loved Monty Python. While I also adore them, my teenage years were Vic and Bob, and they’ll always hold a special place in my heart.
And the quote?
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t climb a ladder with a bell in both hands.”
Makes perfect sense to me.
Happy Fun Monday, and go check out the other quotes. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with.
NEWS FLASH
By the way, I will be hosting next week’s Fun Monday and here is your lovely challenge:
I want to know about your first ‘celebrity’ crush. You know, the one you fancied from that band, or that film, or who read the news, or who won Gold at the Olympics.
Did you have their pictures on your wall or in your locker?
Did you dress like them, style or colour your hair like them, follow them, meet them, marry them? (It could happen.)
Photos of THEM would be good, photos of YOU at the time you liked them would be even better.
Also, if you have time, I’d like to know whether they had any influence over your life, the person you became, or if they were just an embarrassing blip you would kind of rather forget about.
Okay?
Please leave me a comment below, and let me know if you’d like to join our merry band. You won’t regret it, and I’d love to add you to my list…
1. Swampwitch, Anecdotes, Antidotes & Anodes who was last week’s fabulous host.
2. Robin of the Penseive
3. AOJ from AOJ & The Lurchers
4. Rosie at Parenting Issues
5. My4kids at my4kids
6. Faye at Summits Musings
7. Patience Please from Patience Please
8. Kayta Bug from mommak3lilmen
9. Alison at RDH Mom
10. I am who I am at
11. Pamela at The dust will wait
12. Celeste at Rag Racers
13. Molly at Return of the white robin
14. Sayre at Sayre smiles
15. jientje from Heaven in Belgium
16. Lovely Nekked Lizards (Lady and Man) of Nekked Lizards and NEXT WEEK’S FUN MONDAY HOSTS
17.Swamp Angel at Swamp Angel
18.Kitten (Katie) at kittens-homeschool
19.Hootin’ Anni at hootin’ anni
20.Gattina at Writercramps
21. Mariposa of Mariposa Tells
22. Jenn at Fast-dogs
23. Holly at holly’s nevereverland (Go see Holl, it’s her first time and I heart her more than chocolate.)
24. Tigger Lane at Tiggerlane
25. Candidmama at Roses-garden
26. Nikki from Antics of a crazy mom
27. Stephanie at mama drama
28. Junebug at God put a smile upon my face
29. chrisb at Ms Cellania
30. Jill/lil mouse at lil-mousehouse
31. Janet From the planet of Janet
32. Sauntering Soul from Sauntering Soul
33. Hula girl at heart hulagirlatheart
34. Mamalang from Mamalang
35. ari_1965 at Beyond my slab
36. Beth at The first of six
37. Karina at Candid Karina
38. Lisa from Lisa’s Chaos
39. Rotten Correspondent at Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent
40. Melanie at her new URL Our happy happenings
41. Jan of The Prytz Family
42. 21st Century Mummy of 21st Century Mummy
43. You??
P.S. We are still under construction here, so if you’re missing from my blogroll, you’ll be back. Ashley’s adding things bit by bit. And if you get an error message when youleave a comment, don’t worry, they’re still getting through.
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March 30th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Makes sense to me, too. After all you can’t climb a ladder with bells in both hands, can you?
Count me in for next week, too….
Celeste
March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I’m afraid of heights so I will take your word for it!
Count me in for next week. Although I’m going to have to make it up – because I don’t remember having a crush on anyone except a friend of one of my brothers.. (:
March 30th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
LOL Love the Quote. Makes perfect senses.
THANKS
Next week could prove to be problematical for me but count me in.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
that is great…makes perfect sense to me also.
sign me up for next week please….sounds like fun!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
LOL too funny!!!
Count me in for next week please!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Count me in for next week, please. I shall have to look those comedians up on You Tube! Thanks for the chuckle!
March 30th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Yes, this is perfectly reasonable. Wonder who thought we needed to be told this though!!!
I think I signed up for next week in the wrong place so just in case you can’t find me, I’m in.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I won’t sign up for net week, because I absolutely had no crush on anybody at all, being kind of a weird girl, but I do want to thank you for stopping by my blog yesterday and leaving such kind comments. Coming from you, they mean a lot, seriously!
March 31st, 2008 at 1:44 am
I think you’re reading my blog as I write this! Ha ha ha!
Love the new look!!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:01 am
Still hesitating on next week’s challenge, I don’t think I can remember having a crush …. Oh yes, as a matter of fact I did!!!
Hehehe, oh yes you can add me to the list for next week too!
Hehehehe!
I loved your quote too by the way, I don’t think I’m brave enough
to proove they are wrong!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:19 am
Now I’m going to have that visual of the horse, and a bell, and a ladder all day….
Please count the Nekked Lizards in!!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:20 am
My favorite all time quote is the classic, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”, from Dirty Dancing. That and, “He wouldn’t know a good idea if it hit him in the pachenga”.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:38 am
Too cute!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:43 am
rofl….
That does. That DOES make a helluva lotta sense to me too.
Sign me up for next week if you will purdy please!!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:10 am
Now I really think about trying to climb up a ladder with two bells, just to prove that they were wrong, lol ! In case I will fall down and break my neck I can’t participate on FF next Monday. Otherwise I will of course !
March 31st, 2008 at 7:16 am
i’m going to play! i’m going to play next week’s fun monday! why not?! i like to make fun of ridiculous things and absolutely nowt was more ridiculous than that poster. oh wait. now i’m committed. i’d better bloody remember! can i say bloody now that you’re pro?
i like vic and bob when i *get* them.
i don’t get the pans. i mean, one can only watch a man hit another man with a giant pan *so* many times.
but i LOVE ‘the dove from above’.
and i *LOVE* songs-done-in-the-club-style.
and *whew*! i thought i left for edinburgh and your blogroll decided not to heart me anymore. but there! it’s there! your blogroll *DOES* heart me!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 am
I kinda have a visual for your quote, and yes…it’s making me smile! Any quote that does that is a keeper!
Your new digs look sharp, fresh, clean…and your header continues to crack me up. Gotta find out what you mean by “pro blogger”…but no time to figure it out today (you’ll realize this NEXT week when you host…s i g h).
Thanks for joining in the FUN!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:59 am
Heck, even ONE bell, and I’d be a goner!
Totally sign me up for next week – I have TWO celebrity crushes to tell about!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 am
And I just realized I hit the button before I typed the blog address. SUCH a Neophyte.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 am
That is a frigging awesome quote.
Please count me in for next week.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 am
I didn’t realize you had Vic and bob over there. I just bought Vic Reeves Big Night Out on video the other day, classic stuff.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Well, that’s an interesting quote.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:28 am
Oh, fun.
I love Monty Python, actually.
Good quote, too, makes perfect sense to me…
March 31st, 2008 at 11:57 am
Yeah, I get it!! Absolutely!!
And sign me up for next week, you cheeky thing you!!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Vic and Bob were a very funny duo. I signed up on the previous post ~ well I hope I did.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:53 pm
love that quote. it totally rocks. and i TOTALLY get it. but that’s just me. lol
and sign me up, honey! i’m so in, i’m out….
March 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Awesome quote!
Sign me up for next week please!!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I love it. I’m rolling here.
And I’m totall in for next week! Thanks!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I’m still scratching my head over here trying to figure that quote out!
hehe…
Sign me up for next week please!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:36 am
Love your quote. Makes perfect sense to me too!
And I’d love to play along next week! I’ll be posting from my new blog next week and my new URL is going to be http://ourhappyhappenings.com/
Thanks!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Sorry for leaving more than one comment. I kept getting an error message so I didn’t think my comment had gone through. Oops!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:22 am
I’ll try next week, I’ve been thinking about it and so far, I’m stumped.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Ohh….put me in, Coach!