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Harrison Hill
Dec 28, 2016, 6:07:45 PM12/28/16
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Arnold Schwarzenegger seems always to have been with our
family, as the children grew up. I was surprised to watch an
(old) film with him reciting poetry today. One of my favourite
poets as well!
I would imagine his move into politics has left a lot of people
rather disillusioned :(
The poem he recites is this one:
"If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by..."
Spring Morning
Where am I going? I don't quite know.
Down to the stream where the king-cups grow -
Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow -
Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
Where am I going? The clouds sail by,
Little ones, baby ones, over the sky.
Where am I going? The shadows pass,
Little ones, baby ones, over the grass.
If you were a cloud, and sailed up there,
You'd sail on water as blue as air,
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"
Where am I going? The high rooks call:
"It's awful fun to be born at all."
Where am I going? The ring-doves coo:
"We do have beautiful things to do."
If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!"
Where am I going? I don't quite know.
What does it matter where people go?
Down to the wood where the blue-bells grow -
Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
A A Milne.
family, as the children grew up. I was surprised to watch an
(old) film with him reciting poetry today. One of my favourite
poets as well!
I would imagine his move into politics has left a lot of people
rather disillusioned :(
The poem he recites is this one:
"If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by..."
Spring Morning
Where am I going? I don't quite know.
Down to the stream where the king-cups grow -
Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow -
Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
Where am I going? The clouds sail by,
Little ones, baby ones, over the sky.
Where am I going? The shadows pass,
Little ones, baby ones, over the grass.
If you were a cloud, and sailed up there,
You'd sail on water as blue as air,
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"
Where am I going? The high rooks call:
"It's awful fun to be born at all."
Where am I going? The ring-doves coo:
"We do have beautiful things to do."
If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!"
Where am I going? I don't quite know.
What does it matter where people go?
Down to the wood where the blue-bells grow -
Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
A A Milne.
bill van
Dec 28, 2016, 8:10:11 PM12/28/16
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In article <6a78d91c-1760-4f1a...@googlegroups.com>,
bodybuilder's body, and he was good-humoured about the strong accent he
couldn't shed. I don't know why his move into politics should have
disillusioned anyone. He was ambitious and likeable, which is an
effective combination for a politician.
And it has been five years since he left politics. These days, we in
North America see him in very bad commercials for a video game. I'm not
sure what else he's doing with his time.
> The poem he recites is this one:
> "If you were a bird, and lived on high,
> You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by..."
>
> Spring Morning
>
> Where am I going? I don't quite know.
> Down to the stream where the king-cups grow -
> Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow -
> Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
>
(remainder of poem snipped)
--
bill
Harrison Hill <harrison...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Arnold Schwarzenegger seems always to have been with our
> family, as the children grew up. I was surprised to watch an
> (old) film with him reciting poetry today. One of my favourite
> poets as well!
>
> I would imagine his move into politics has left a lot of people
> rather disillusioned :(
Well, he never got a part because he was a great actor. He had a great
> Arnold Schwarzenegger seems always to have been with our
> family, as the children grew up. I was surprised to watch an
> (old) film with him reciting poetry today. One of my favourite
> poets as well!
>
> I would imagine his move into politics has left a lot of people
> rather disillusioned :(
bodybuilder's body, and he was good-humoured about the strong accent he
couldn't shed. I don't know why his move into politics should have
disillusioned anyone. He was ambitious and likeable, which is an
effective combination for a politician.
And it has been five years since he left politics. These days, we in
North America see him in very bad commercials for a video game. I'm not
sure what else he's doing with his time.
> The poem he recites is this one:
> "If you were a bird, and lived on high,
> You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by..."
>
> Spring Morning
>
> Where am I going? I don't quite know.
> Down to the stream where the king-cups grow -
> Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow -
> Anywhere, anywhere. I don't know.
>
--
bill
Peter T. Daniels
Dec 29, 2016, 12:21:33 AM12/29/16
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 8:10:11 PM UTC-5, bill van wrote:
> And it has been five years since he left politics. These days, we in
> North America see him in very bad commercials for a video game. I'm not
> sure what else he's doing with his time.
You're lucky. He's about to debut as the new host of *Celebrity Apprentice*.
> And it has been five years since he left politics. These days, we in
> North America see him in very bad commercials for a video game. I'm not
> sure what else he's doing with his time.
NBC is kind to me -- they keep scheduling stuff like that, and *The Voice*, and
*Dateline*, in great two-hour chunks, sometimes several times a week, so there
are plenty of nights I don't have to worry about taping more than one program
while watching another.
Don Phillipson
Dec 29, 2016, 8:56:41 AM12/29/16
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"bill van" <bil...@delete.shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:billvan-6E94C3...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu...
>> Arnold Schwarzenegger seems always to have been . . .
off when he starred in the "docudrama" Pumping Iron (1977), about
competitive posing (Mr. Universe etc.) because of AS's sense of
humour. The film has a completely unspoken coherent and amusing
subtext about AS's coaching a younger competitor in the same game
(Lou Ferrigno), while making sure AS always won.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
news:billvan-6E94C3...@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu...
>> Arnold Schwarzenegger seems always to have been . . .
>
> Well, he never got a part because he was a great actor. He had a great
> bodybuilder's body, and he was good-humoured about the strong accent he
> couldn't shed.
Wikipedia authors disagree, but Schwartzenegger's career took
> Well, he never got a part because he was a great actor. He had a great
> bodybuilder's body, and he was good-humoured about the strong accent he
> couldn't shed.
off when he starred in the "docudrama" Pumping Iron (1977), about
competitive posing (Mr. Universe etc.) because of AS's sense of
humour. The film has a completely unspoken coherent and amusing
subtext about AS's coaching a younger competitor in the same game
(Lou Ferrigno), while making sure AS always won.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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