Sep. 7th, 2006

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My prosopagnosia makes it difficult for me to answer this question in y'all's journals, but I'd like to see (really, with photos - remember that I can't remember what faces look like if they're not in front of me) what you think.

Casting Call

Who would play me if my life were made into a movie?

I think it's inevitable that as we read each other's journals we create mental pictures of each other. Post this in your own journal to find out who your friends see when they read about your life.

1) The person must be in the movies or on TV (but doesn't have to be an actor/actress). The person can be specific to a role or just the person themself.
2) Post a link to a picture of said person in the comments.
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"Sergeant, it is a sad day for the Empire.  The nation is in mourning.  Brave and valourous men are we all, but look from face to face, and you will see tears glimmering in the eye of all and sundry.  We are out of tea."

"Indeed, sir?"

"Yes, indeed, Sergeant.  The stock is depleted.  The bag itself has been soaked and wrung out, yielding its all.  Reinforcements are forthcoming, they say, but when?  And for how long?  We must not plan for the future, Sergeant.  We must look to today.  And today we are in great and dreadful need of the precious leaf.  Who knows whether we can hold out, in its lack?"

"I could not say, sir."

"Exactly, Sergeant.  You have, as always, touched it.  It is, therefore, imperative that supplies be replenished with all haste.  I have endeavoured to coerce Comrade -- Lieutenant Jackson to take his Sopwith on an urgent mission to Ceylon with this in mind, but he has declined -- do not take his refusal to be a slight upon his courage; his gallantry and fortitude know no bounds; yet he states (and who am I to argue with a flying ace on such mechanical matters?) that the south of India is beyond his aircraft's flying range.  I am thus left without the assistance of my foremost Man of Action.  Therefore, I must take matters into my own hands."

"Indeed, sir?"

"Indeed. Have the water hot upon my return, and perhaps liberate a bit of jam.  I shall see you shortly, Sergeant."

"Sir?"

"I have always felt that the oddest thing about No Man's Land is that, while neither side lays claim to it (hence the descriptive, yet evocative, name), both feel a need to defend it as violently as possible.  There is no comparison.  I have known there to be vacant lots in towns and cities, where no houses were, and no one person claimed them.  Yet very rarely do the neighbors on opposing sides of the lot feel the need to shoot at any child who wanders into it hoping to set up a cricket pitch..."
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"It's not very sporting of you to leave a fellow out here, exposed to the wind and the rain and the rockets' red glare, you know.  Why, I could be shot!  What, then, will the ladies of Europe think of Bavarian hospitality?  What of honour?  What of love for your fellow man in times of crisis?  It will be on posters and broadsheets throughout God's creation: the Germans have not got the decency to let a man into a hole in the ground.  Now, really, do you wish me to be shot?  It's not that it would bother me overmuch, but I'd hate to make my dear old mother cry."

"If ve let you in, vill you close your mouth?"

"My dear sir -- may I call you Wilhelm?  No?  Hans, then?  My dearest Hans, I will be the very soul of silence.  My voice shall be stilled, and churchmice use me as an example for the improvement and education of their children in after-life.  This is a bit of a step, isn't it?  A very cozy place you have here, I must say.  All the comforts of home, and -- tea!"

... "I say, are you playing poker?  Deal me in, my fine Fritzy friends.  There's nothing as diverting as a game of cards.  Why, if one simply imagines the shells to be bread-rolls, this could be an evening at the club.  Call."

... "I am not a greedy man.  I have no desire to ruin you.  To that end, let us compromise.  I shall continue to bet real cash, and you may stake the spikes from your helmets."

... "If you are determined to wager your sidearm, sir, far be it from me to refuse such a gallant gesture.  I see your bet, and raise you one Webley revolver."

... "Don't you think the stakes are getting a bit high now?  After all, I'd scarcely be able to walk off with my winnings in my pockets at this point.  Army bags are voluminous enough above the knee, but into them two field guns and a well-dug trench will never fit."

... "Shall we have another cup of tea while we await the arrival of your illustrious general?"

... "Do remember to print my name correctly in the headlines.  P-S-M-I-T-H.  The P is silent, as in pshrimp."



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