Jaws came out the same summer I got married for the first time. Ahh, 17 and in love! Anyway, we'd gone to Phoenix for our abbreviated "honeymoon" and saw Jaws in a theater. Afterwards, brave new hubby wouldn't even get in the hotel pool!
It's a fantastic movie, and the theme is a classic. Everyone knows "danger awaits" if a colleague or friend begins humming "duh dah..duh dah..duh dah..doodoodoo!"
"Jaws" ...the movie that convinced me why G-d gave us fresh water lakes and swimming pools. Have not swum in salt water since. I don't try to jump half nekid into the lion and tiger cages at zoos, so why would I frolic obliviously in teh ocean? :D
Similar reasons apply to why I'd never set foot on a cruise ship, even tied up at the dock. Nevah, evah evah.
A.) Anyone with 50 cents worth of knowledge about seagoing ships knows that under duress teh effete mega-crusier will roll over. Hint: Sailboats do not have multiple decks above the waterline, and can sail anywhere. Cruise ships, nah uh,
B.) They roll over in the home of fishes with big teeth that eat meat. See the part about knowing your enemies.
PS: Same aversion applies to bayous, deltas and other places fresh water meets salty. Gators, Croc's, and Bull Sharks inhabit there.
I was 12 when Jaws came out. I spent that whole summer swimming in Nantucket sound. It was a movie ferkrissakes. What, you steer clear of Transylvania 'cause of the vampires? Sheesh.
er, uh, ... no photos of real vampire attack seem to be available, everything is Hollywood or otherwise contrived.
Surprise. Surprise. :D
Oh, and I, too, spent childhood summers swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, in Bethany Beach, Delaware. At that time I didn't know exactly what the guys in the tall towers were doing ... when they ordered us out of the water and then rowed out to the sand bar with a rifle to shoot something, then dragging it out past the sand bar and dropping it.
I do now.
They could see the sharks cross the sand bar (about 100 years off shore) and reacted accordingly.
And, oh, yeah, the sand bar was 100 yards off shore, not years. Only seemed like years if you got caught in a strong under tow, by surprise, that carried you out there ... which us genius kids could recognize, of course, and used the under tow to "express" ourselves, submersed, out to the sand bar where we could stand up and wave at flummoxed parents.
And, even wussy me actually handled a 6 foot shark in Florida (Ft Lauderdale) once upon a time ... beer fueled idea to place one dazed hammerhead shark from the surf in to the pool at the Jolly Roger motel on the beach. Those in the pool at the time were not amused ...
The Mayans were right?
ReplyDeleteMay be.
DeleteSpielberg was definitely right in picking John Williams to compose the brilliant JAWS theme!
ReplyDeleteAnother great movie theme is The Gael by Dougie MacLean, adapted by Trevor Jones for ... can you tell me? :D
DeletePS: The dancers are Irish traditional, but the music is wholly Scottish. Celts one and all.
The BluRay DVD version of JAWS is scheduled to be released this August, right in time for my Birthday! Woo hoo can't wait.
ReplyDeleteBTW, in case I was being too obscure, I'd just like to state that JAWS is one of my all time favourite movies.
No, really it is.
How did you get the title backwards? Hee hee!
ReplyDeleteJaws came out the same summer I got married for the first time. Ahh, 17 and in love! Anyway, we'd gone to Phoenix for our abbreviated "honeymoon" and saw Jaws in a theater. Afterwards, brave new hubby wouldn't even get in the hotel pool!
It's a fantastic movie, and the theme is a classic. Everyone knows "danger awaits" if a colleague or friend begins humming "duh dah..duh dah..duh dah..doodoodoo!"
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ReplyDelete"Jaws" ...the movie that convinced me why G-d gave us fresh water lakes and swimming pools. Have not swum in salt water since. I don't try to jump half nekid into the lion and tiger cages at zoos, so why would I frolic obliviously in teh ocean? :D
ReplyDeleteAw, Ari, I am disillusioned!
Delete:D Staying alive requires one know one's enemies.
DeleteSimilar reasons apply to why I'd never set foot on a cruise ship, even tied up at the dock. Nevah, evah evah.
A.) Anyone with 50 cents worth of knowledge about seagoing ships knows that under duress teh effete mega-crusier will roll over. Hint: Sailboats do not have multiple decks above the waterline, and can sail anywhere. Cruise ships, nah uh,
B.) They roll over in the home of fishes with big teeth that eat meat. See the part about knowing your enemies.
PS: Same aversion applies to bayous, deltas and other places fresh water meets salty. Gators, Croc's, and Bull Sharks inhabit there.
Ari dude, you're a wuss.
DeleteI was 12 when Jaws came out. I spent that whole summer swimming in Nantucket sound. It was a movie ferkrissakes. What, you steer clear of Transylvania 'cause of the vampires? Sheesh.
[runs away, fast, no time to giggle.]
^^^^^LOL^^^^^
DeleteYou're a brave man lewy!
Lewy ... a few photos for reference:
DeleteShark attacks:
imgw:"http://www.sharkattacks.com/more7.jpg"
imgw:"http://www.jawshark.com/Shark%20Attack%2008/Lee%20Mellin%20bite%20wound%20from%20Great%20White%20Shark%20attack.jpg"
imgs:"http://www.news-journalonline.com/breakingnews/images/2012/02/07/surf-1a[2].jpg"
Not your friend :D ...
imgw:"https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9r3amtw0oX07tzuTO8C71guKtSrDPZA8J1NXy0Alw6LCew64x"
Vampire attacks:
er, uh, ... no photos of real vampire attack seem to be available, everything is Hollywood or otherwise contrived.
Surprise. Surprise. :D
Oh, and I, too, spent childhood summers swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, in Bethany Beach, Delaware. At that time I didn't know exactly what the guys in the tall towers were doing ... when they ordered us out of the water and then rowed out to the sand bar with a rifle to shoot something, then dragging it out past the sand bar and dropping it.
I do now.
They could see the sharks cross the sand bar (about 100 years off shore) and reacted accordingly.
Wusses uber Alles!! Bwahahahaha .....
Heh hehn ... not enough coffe before the last post. Here's the messed up image:
DeleteThere be signs for a reason ...
imgw:"http://www.news-journalonline.com/breakingnews/images/2012/02/07/surf-1a[2].jpg"
And, oh, yeah, the sand bar was 100 yards off shore, not years. Only seemed like years if you got caught in a strong under tow, by surprise, that carried you out there ... which us genius kids could recognize, of course, and used the under tow to "express" ourselves, submersed, out to the sand bar where we could stand up and wave at flummoxed parents.
And, even wussy me actually handled a 6 foot shark in Florida (Ft Lauderdale) once upon a time ... beer fueled idea to place one dazed hammerhead shark from the surf in to the pool at the Jolly Roger motel on the beach. Those in the pool at the time were not amused ...
"fishes with big teeth"
ReplyDeleteThe San Jose Sharks should patent this and give the proceeds to aridog!