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OK. I give.... What's a Turkish hammam????

In public

Correct. Your turn, Sly.

Hmmm.....4 days... no guesses....it might be time for a clue or two. This 1999 black comedy is in the mocumentary style used in 'This is Spinal Tap', 'Best in Show' and 'A Mighty Wind'. Bonus clue: one of the main characters was the president of the Lutheran Sisterhood Gun Club.

Let's try this one.... "He sells reproductions! His furniture's as fake as my orgasms!"

The Wizard of Oz

That was kind of scary. My main city is half way between the house I've lived in for the past 20 years and the house I'm getting ready to retire to.

The Playing for Change Foundation has a couple of CDs and other merchandise for sale. Proceeds are used to fund music education, primarily in developing countries around the world. I bought their second CD a couple of years ago after I heard this tune on the radio:

Sounds like something from "Gremlins".

All the President's Men?

Well, that didn't take long....and since the movie went straight to DVD, I had 12 other quotes lined up as hints. Well done, Tomas. Your turn.

OK. Let's try this one.... "We just watched 'Thelma and Louise' and we're pissed!"

Isn't this a standard plot element of most movies? Yul Brenner....I'm guessing "West World". Or maybe "The King and I". (can't remember any of his spaghetti westerns).

It's basically a scone.....usually plain, but sometimes made with cheese or something sweet. Equally at home with butter and jam as with sausage gravy. I imagine they'd be good with clotted cream as well, but that's very difficult to find in the states. "Sussed" is a Britishism that tends to amuse me along with "whilst", "I reckon" and a few other phrases that my UK co-workers use regularly that are perceived as archaic usage in the US. Use of the word "towel" in the context of feminine hygine products made it disturbingly clear to me that British and American are very different languages. (They're called "napkins" over here)

... or he'll end up on one of those "celebrities behaving badly" reality TV shows

CORN BREAD 1 cup flour (self-rising) 1 cup corn meal (plain) 3 teaspoons baking soda 3 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup butter; melted Mix together four, corn meal, baking soda, sugar and salt. Stir in remaining ingredients until just moistened. Pour in a greased 8x8 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Yield: 8 servings NOTES: If you don't have self-rising flour, use 1 cup all purpose flour and add 1/2 tsp salt and 1.5 tsp baking powder. Recipe works fine with powdered buttermilk...follow the instructions on the milk package for adding water & milk powder. Sugar is optional. Sharp cheese, sauteed chopped onions, salsa, bacon and / or pork cracklin's can be added for extra flavor.

Grease?

I wanna see the Duck Dynasty guys as contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race

The Park Service euthanized the elk. They tried relocating him a couple of times, but he kept coming back and interacting too closely with park visitors. This interaction was the last straw.

While the blog post was a little harsh, it's not exactly unique. There was a category on Jeopardy the other night called "WRITERS HATIN' ON WRITERS" that had similarly snarky remarks from the likes of Mark Twain about Jane Austin. I guess everybody's a critic

You might change your minds about the beds if you ever have the chance to stay at a Sofitel, but then, you might have to cope with the facilities: