Access Denied!! (and a random bonus question)
I'm happy to report that things are picking up at my new job.
The other day someone asked me what I thought about something important- I don't think that happened the entire time I worked at my last job so things are looking up!
Between not being able to access my blog and my email at work, and my home computer suddenly dropping dead last night I may be a bit quiet over the next few days.
Oh and before I sign out for the weekend here's something random from the mind of Shifra:
A few weeks ago I drove out to Connecticut where I have driven many times before. Each time I drive up I always notice a brown sign indicating the location of the "Bruce Museum." I have never been to or heard of this museum (except for on its official brown highway marker) so my husband and I have made a bit of a joke of it over the years. In our minds it's a museum that pays hommage to famous "Bruces."
For example: there would be a sport/athletic wing featuring the likeness of Bruce Lee and Bruce Jenner, while Bruce Springstien and Bruce Hornsby would help to round out the music section.
Which famous Bruces would you add to my fanciful "Bruce Museum?"
I'm sure that if I visitied the real one I'd me sorely dissapointed.
posted by Shifra @ 9:06 AM
15 Comments:
It's probably an Australian Culture museum or something.
http://www.brucemuseum.org/
lenny bruce?
but I was thinking what PT said -- remember the Monty Python Australia sketch...?
G'day Bruce, G'day, Bruce, G'day Bruce... You a poofter, Bruce...?
Maybe you had to be there.
you have to add Bruce Wayne to the fictional bruce wing, and Isaac Bruce to the Sports wing.
(oh darn, mirty beat me to ELO's "brrrrrrruccce")
Speaking of Bruce Wayne...
Bruce Lee aka The Green Hornet
Bruce the Shark from Finding Nemo
Bruce Campbell, most loved by me for his idiotic role in Hercules: the Legendary Journeys.
Bruce Vilanch, the comic writer. He was much better when he stayed *behind* the camera and just wrote.
Robert Bruce, (Robert *the* Bruce? Must Google...) King of Scotland.
I can't think of any more at the moment. Must be a small museum. ;)
don't forget:
Bruce (Jaws)
and
Bruce McCulloch (kids in the hall)
~ sevenleagueboots
And of course Bruce Banner, the Hulk!
I always thought the lyric in that ELO song was "Roos", not "Bruce". In fact my version of it, appropos of the megilla we read last Shabbos, is:
"Roos! Ha'moaviah, Roos! Ha'moaviah..."
Mirty/Elie
That song is a mystery to me as well.
I'm usually pretty good about being able to understand/explain lyrics (I acutally always thought the name/sound was "Roos" as well.)
I surfed around for some kind of explanation on the web but I didn't find anything useful.
Maybe you are on to something Mirty - maybe "Bruce" was once the girl he used to know but now he's gone off and become a man and that could really bring a person down (or maybe even knock them to the floor!)
Wait!
This just in - a little more digging reveal the following unconfirmed report on the matter of "bruce" and ELO:
"In VH-1 Storytellers in 2001, Jeff Lynne told the story that he had origninally and unknowingly placed the word "grus"(?)which he learned means "greetings" in German and decided to leave it in the song. The story went on that at every concert, everyone would always sing, "Bruce!" and he ended up doing the same.
- Jack, Port St, Lucie, FL"
Who knew?!
Shifra: Late last night after reading this post, I had 3 comments to put in. I remembered the ELO song, but Mirty snagged that, then I was going to write about Lenny Bruce, but I wasn't surprised when StepIma put that in also.
So all I could think of writing was that whenever I heard the ELO song I always thought the word was "Gruce", not Bruce. But that sounded way too silly for me to write...and now I see it written here as well.
Moral of the story? Comment early before all the good feedback comes from other people...
Is it possible that Jeff Lynne attended Gruss? I never even knew he was Jewish!
What's your name? Shifra? Why, that's confusing! Mind if we call ye Bruce?
I cant believe that none of u tried googling the bruce museum to see what it really is.
here's why its called the bruce museum of arts and science.
"The Museum was originally built as a private home in 1853. Robert Moffat Bruce (1822-1908), a wealthy textile merchant and member of the New York Cotton Exchange, bought the house and property in 1858.
In 1908, Robert Bruce bequeathed his home to the Town of Greenwich and stipulated that it be used "as a Natural History, Historical and Art Museum, for the use and benefit of the public."
Wonder if he was related to Robert the Bruce, 1st King of Scotland after it gained its independence from England (See Braveheart)
J.
I can't believe that none of you thought of Bruce Willis!
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