Hooroo

I googled "Australian good-bye" and came up with "hooroo" or "catch you later." I'm off to Australia and New Zealand for a few weeks. We were going to bring a laptop but then decided that it's too much trouble to tour around, lugging a laptop. So we'll use the internet cafes and business offices at the hotels. Hopefully I can check in now and then, which will be fun, from all the way around the world. Mr. Puffy will need to use the computer a few times for his job anyway.

Number one on my list of things to do is to check the swirl of the toilet flushing or the tub or sink draining. It's supposed to be counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. It's called the Coriolis effect.

Have you heard of the "Client 9" T-shirts? New York Governor Spitzer was client 9 so there are now t-shirts available that say "client 9" on them.

Surveysez' daughter is getting married this summer and has invited her "bloggy friends" to her wedding. I don't have details yet. If any of you are in the mood for a vacation or live within driving distance, keep it in mind. Let me know and I can forward her daughter's email address to you.

I wonder if they have April Fool's Day in Australia and New Zealand. I guess I'll soon find out. Catch you later!

"Disposable briefs available upon request"

Yep, that's the sign in the women's bathroom at the Palm Springs, California Follies.

The Follies is a wonderful 3-hour show featuring people from the ages of 54-84. Music and dance, mostly tap dancing, from the 30's, 40's, and 50's were presented by a cast of former movie, TV and broadway performers. One 84-year old dancer is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest showgirl. All the women had the greatest legs! One of the men was a dancer for 12 years on the Carol Burnett show. Another man was General Tom Thumb in "Barnum" on Broadway. Those old hoofers can really dance! A dog act and an impressionist rounded out this variety show. The closing act was a patriotic number. All the veterans in the audience stood up. It was emotional.

I guess that the audience age averaged about 75 years old. Some of my favorite lines:

• We request that the "red hat ladies" remove their hats.
• There were a group of street walkers and only one of them was arrested. It was the 84-year old street walker. She was the only one actually using a walker.
• Everyone who takes viagra raise your hand. (The emcee looks around; no hands are raised) Look! They can't even get their hand up!
• (The emcee was talking to a young woman, about 30 years old, in the audience) He said, "I suppose you're the one who drove, right? You must be the "seeing-eye" young person.
• (The emcee pointed to a woman in the audience" You! The lady who does her own hair.
• The show ended at 10 pm. The emcee said, "The last time you've been up this late was when you went to the emergency room.

It was the most enjoyable show that I've been to in a long time!

We spent the night in Palm Springs. The hotel had Showtime so I watched Big Brother After Dark. How borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrringggggggggggggg!