Tue 11 Jul 2006
Ships are but boards…
Posted by anaglyph under Books, Scary, Travel
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Our floating home for a couple of days in Vietnam’s North, on beautiful Halong Bay. The junk Huong Hai.
We have Room 101:
Reverend: “Wow, this floorboard is really squeaky… listen to this,” (pushes foot up and down on board): squ-e-e-u-p, squ-e-e-u-p, squ-e-e-u-i-o-p…
Nurse Myra: “Um, I heard that sound before when I wasn’t near the board. It was doing it all by itself. I don’t think it’s a squeaky board”
Reverend: “Sure it is. Listen – when I push the board, it squeaks,” (pushes board): squ-e-e-u-p, “When I push it again, it squeaks,” (pushes board again): squ-e-e-u-p, squ-e-e-u-p -chitter- squ-e-e-k-k-k-ity-squ-e-e-k.
Takes foot off board, and walks away a few paces. Squ-e-e-u-p, squ-e-e-e-e-ek, squeek, squeek, squeek.
Uh-oh.
Oh man. Room 101. Of course. Everyone knows what’s in Room 101.
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You stepped on a dalmation didn’t you?
What…? What’s in room 101?
check out the book 1984.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101
Room 101 is a torture chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to their own worst nightmare
And Winston’s worst nightmare is….
Apparently it’s been too long since I read 1984. I’d have never made the connection.
Stupid brain cells, what good are they if they can’t even hold onto important things like this?!
Yes! Rat inflicted face gnawing! Sounds like a book I need to read. :)
Jam: The amount of ephemera held by my brain is truly staggering. Nothing useful, mind you, but an enormous number of unrelated trivial facts.
In that vein, I ask you to scrutinize also the post title. Another amusing fragment that jumped out of my past (yes, a short stint in the theatre) to say ‘Pick Me! Pick Me!’.
It’s my best post title ever.
Truly a many-layered – dare I say laminated? – gift to your readers, though one I wooden have caught on my own. Your line, was it?
I did play the part of Shylock, yes. Admittedly, it was high school, but damn if my memory ain’t good!