Rough Notes: GeriatricLand®

[SifuPhil]

Just a few rough notes on an idea I had for a senior-citizen amusement park, tentatively called GeriatricLand® – these notes might give you an idea of how a humor writer thinks, or at least how a psychotic mind works. The idea had originally been conceived when I was bored one evening and my lady-friend came over and mentioned that her mother was starting to look old. Things just naturally developed from there …


GeriatricLand®


Rides:

• Steam and Scream – scary crematorium ride
• Hover-Round - bumper cars
• Dragon Load – roller-coaster for diaper-wearers – sponsored by Depends®
• Old-Tyme Cars – 1974 Dodge Darts that go 2 MPH
• Kevorkian Mountain – “Thrill to the Kill on the Hill”
• Crash Carts – bumper cars
• Paraplegic Push – Kart Racing
• Fragile Free-Fall – parachute ride
• ****** Lift – overhead cable cars

... Read More ... (may offend the more sensitive readers among you - definitely not safe for work )

 

[SeaBreeze]

GeriatricLand, while a bit off-putting at times, was interestingly funny. Congratulations on your TaiChi book, that's great! I took just one class that lasted around 6 weeks a long time ago, and enjoyed it very much, taught my a man named Jaquinto Runes (sp?). Quality site you have there, will have to take some time on a rainy day and explore some more. :topsy_turvy:

 

[maybenot]

:love_heart:

 

[SifuPhil]

GeriatricLand, while a bit off-putting at times, was interestingly funny. Congratulations on your TaiChi book, that's great! I took just one class that lasted around 6 weeks a long time ago, and enjoyed it very much, taught my a man named Jaquinto Runes (sp?). Quality site you have there, will have to take some time on a rainy day and explore some more. :topsy_turvy:

Sorry if it put you off - but you have to admit I DID post a warning! I know my brand of humor isn't for everyone, especially in something like this, if they've had bad personal experiences with aging loved ones. Before I would publish anything like that anyplace but my own blog I would "clean it up" a bit.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the name of your instructor, but then there are many good ones that I haven't heard of. Glad you enjoyed it!

I'm hoping for a lot of thunderstorms. layful:

:love_heart:​

Well, thank you! (smiley face limit exceeded or I would have given you one!)

 

[SeaBreeze]

Sorry if it put you off - but you have to admit I DID post a warning! I know my brand of humor isn't for everyone, especially in something like this...

I can appreciate that kind of humor, often use it myself to hubby around the house. layful: Just a BIT off-put, lol! Who was that comedian, I remember what he looked like but not his name...'eh...I resemble that remark'!

 

[SifuPhil]

I can appreciate that kind of humor, often use it myself to hubby around the house. layful: Just a BIT off-put, lol! Who was that comedian, I remember what he looked like but not his name...'eh...I resemble that remark'!

Actually, the first comedian that I know of that used that line was "Curly" from The Three Stooges ... Curly, not Shemp or Joe Besser (pretenders to the throne in my humble opinion!).

 

[maybenot]

You're probably right but I always attributed that remark to one of the many made famous by Groucho Marx

 

[SifuPhil]

You're probably right but I always attributed that remark to one of the many made famous by Groucho Marx

Would you believe that my life has so little meaning that I spent an hour or so trying to find out who said it first?

The biggest problem I ran into was that The Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges made the lion's share of their movies in the same time period; even their pre-movie Vaudeville days were close. So it's a tough call to make, and I also know that comedians love to steal material from each other. I clearly remember Curly using that line several times in the Stooges' "shorts", and although I can't say the same for Groucho I can just imagine him saying it with that indignant leer of his.

 

[Ozarkgal]

Panic Button Carousel Horse....help, I've fallen and I can't giddy up.