Inside every pumpkin is an amusing Jack-O-Lantern waiting to be set free. That and a lot of slimy seed pulp. I won't lie, pumpkin carving is a messy and potentially dangerous thing to do. But, as an enduring symbol of man's knack for finding mirth in dark and scary times, the hollowed out pumpkin with a candle stuck in it is hard to beat.
Oh, the ancients were a clever people. They discovered early on that the ingestion of certain plants and berries could mess you up pretty good, and make you think you saw God. They were very wise, the ancients, very, very wise, and when I speak of ‘the ancients' of course I mean: The Aztecs.
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'C' Grade will be an alphanumeric equivalent for Third Class. But it will be so much more than that. First of all, it's in a basement, so that's less effort right there. Brought to you by the guys who helped to bring us Justice last year, alongside M. Honky Tonks Delaney, ‘C' Grade is going to be wild in the kind of way that a bar with a drink called ‘The Hose' is wild.
The Festival Lounges at MIFF are not just comfortable waterholes for movie-talk. They're like life-saving cordial stations for marathon runners - because when a MIFF fiend has exited from their fifth-going-on-sixth movie for the day, a visit to the bar can pull them back from the brink of lunacy. The nervous twitching can sometimes only be eased by social interaction over a quick tipple, so when you visit either of these two venues, tip the bartender for keeping the men in white coats away.
For a greater slice of the population, wild dreams involve cake: deliberately getting grenache on the blade so you can plant one on the nearest love interest, or witnessing a bikini clad harlot burst out of the top of a sponge. Whatever your fantasy, cake comes in ample forms to suit the most impossible dream.
There are some great, unfinished works in history. That stone holiday house just outside of Wiltshire. That painting where the people aren't coloured in. That statue with no penis.
Now we can add this to the list as well. It's a bar-in-progress, brought to you by Jerome in consultation with Liege and Andie.
There are some great, unfinished works in history. That stone holiday house just outside of Wiltshire. That painting where the people aren't coloured in. That statue with no penis.
Now we can add this to the list as well. It's a bar-in-progress, brought to you by Jerome in consultation with Liege and Andie.
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