Fractured fairy tales from a 50-something
The Diva Drew just came back from another triumphant tour in Europe with The Rose Ensemble. They were performing in a festival outside of Milan, Italy for two weeks.
She told me that there were horse races through the streets of these small neighborhoods as part of the festival. Each neighborhood had its own colorful banners and icons representing the neighborhood. They were getting a real kick out of the different icons. One was a dog with a broken rope in it’s mouth, and another was a blackbird.
Then their bus turned a corner and they saw an icon of a self-flagellation whip. Hmmm. what made the story really interesting was that the Diva was telling me this story at a point of near exhaustion and when she mumbled flagellation, I thought she said flatulation.
I’m not sure which would have been weirder. Self-flagellation or self-flatulation. What do you think?
The best explanation I can think of is to listen to the Bob Wayne's Weblog theme song. Yes, that's right, I have a theme song (conveniently stolen from "What Do You Want From Life" by The Tubes). Enjoy and don't forget to tell me what you really think!Official Bob Wayne's Blog Theme Song
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