Friday, January 27, 2012
A True Gryffindor
During the years of 2007-2011, Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) continued to film the final Harry Potter movies, all while battling Breast Cancer. During the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Smith had shingles and was forced to wear a wig in order to continue filming.
On the subject, Smith said, “If there’s work to do I’ll do it. I’ve still got to stagger through the last Harry Potter. The cancer was hideous. It takes the wind out of your sails and I don’t know what the future holds, if anything. You feel so ghastly, you wouldn’t mind dying a lot of the time. The last couple of years have been a write-off, though I’m beginning to feel like a person now. My energy is coming back. I ought to pull myself together a bit.”
If anything, she’s a truly incredible and inspiring woman, and should be admired greatly.
Respect, Professor McGonagall.
(Thanks, Steph)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
One day, out in the country...
A country doctor was making a house call at a farm.
He spotted a well at the side of the house and walked over to it. He leaned over to see how deep the well was, but unfortunately he leaned too far and plunged to the bottom.
It took rescuers hours to finally pull him to safety.
When the ordeal was over the farmer remarked to the doctor, "I hope you've learned your lesson."
"What lesson is that?"
"A doctor should tend to the sick and leave the well alone."
(Thanks, Phillip!)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
One day, at the bar...
Having had one drink too many, a bar patron was beginning to display a nasty side.
An unescorted female sat down beside him. He looked her up and down and then whispered, “Hey, how about it babe? You and me?”
She got up to leave, so the drunk said loudly, “Honey, you sure look like you could use the money, but I don’t have two dollars!”
The woman looked back, and just as loudly replied,
“What makes you think I charge by the inch?”
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