Back when I was working as a Production Coordinator at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, I was working on the Juno Awards (Canada's Grammy Awards).
Sarah McLaughlin was one of the featured performers and presenters - she had just hit it big in Canada. One day just before rehearsals she came up to me and asked if I could send a driver out to get tampons. (Part of the job - making the talent comfortable).
I obviously said yes, asked for the brand she wanted and told her that she'd have them in a half hour or so.
And then she handed me a ten dollar bill!
I returned it, as the CBC had budgets for "miscellaneous."
I can't take her music, but she seemed like a really nice person.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Steve of phpBB wrote:Damn. "I got tampons for Sarah McLaughlin" is a hell of a claim to fame.
I have a whole slew of brief brushes with celebrities from my days as a driver/coordinator on variety shows and specials. Coming soon on Kindle singles!
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Steve of phpBB wrote:Damn. "I got tampons for Sarah McLaughlin" is a hell of a claim to fame.
I have a whole slew of brief brushes with celebrities from my days as a driver/coordinator on variety shows and specials. Coming soon on Kindle singles!
First show I ever worked on ("1st Annual Family Film Awards"*), I got to send someone out for Pepto for Ray Romano because he had a case of diarrhea and didn't want to shit himself on stage during his stand up act (1996, well before his show). It sounds like our work histories probably have a lot in common.
* - It was the only "Family Film Awards". It's probably a bad sign when "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" is cleaning house.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
Yesterday at work we had an all-Staff meeting, and a couple of the scientists presented their research. And I learned that "Sonic HedgeHog" is not just a video game, but its also a Human Gene type.
I just learned of this "right in front of my salad" meme. It's about a month old, but even with my Reddit and Instagram daily scrolling, I missed it. Apparently it was a big thing on Twitter, which I barely follow.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
Johnnie wrote:I just learned of this "right in front of my salad" meme. It's about a month old, but even with my Reddit and Instagram daily scrolling, I missed it. Apparently it was a big thing on Twitter, which I barely follow.
That means that, despite you posting it, the rest of will learn of it around Thanksgiving.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
Johnny Carwash wrote:The Shinola brand name was revived several years ago for a company that makes a variety of items including bicycles, record turntables, and man-purses.
Johnny Carwash wrote:The Shinola brand name was revived several years ago for a company that makes a variety of items including bicycles, record turntables, and man-purses.
Though they're most famous for hand-made watches.
Do they even make shoe polish anymore? Man, when I was a boy, I spent a lot of Saturday afternoons polishing my dad's shoes and boots with Shinola.
Johnny Carwash wrote:Just learned the term "Canadian tuxedo" and am kicking myself for not knowing it before.
Back in the Stone Age when I was in high school in small-town Colorado, a denim jacket, t-shirt, and Levi’s 501 jeans was a common outfit. But I never heard of that term.
A term I did hear a lot at my summer construction jobs was Mexican Backhoe, which is a shovel. As in, “You’re driving the Mexican backhoe, kid. I need you to dig a trench over there.” Classic humor.
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I just learned this a few weeks ago so it fits with the thread too, but I learned "the snozzberries taste like snozzberries" guy from Super Troopers is married to Christina Hendricks, which just...doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, back when Mad Men was in its heyday, there'd be pictures of the two of them together and it just doesn't look like a match at all, especially if you think of her as Joan.
Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.