We went to see Spamalot at the Palace Theater on Saturday. (I meant to get a picture of the building, but none of them really looked okay 'cause I took them with my mobile.) Anyway, it was absolutely wonderful! It started with the Fish Slapping Dance and ended with the Bright Side of Life (the second time it was sung) and there were a bunch of funny Python-esque things in between. The lead female, playing the Lady of the Lake, was great! The Black Knight was there, as well as the Knights Who Say "Ni!" and the French castle guards throwing out the taunt of "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!". Though the it was the Rabbit with Big Pointy Teeth who was blown up with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. It was absolutely worth it and we will probably have to take Marcee to see it when she comes to visit. If any of my friends in the states get the chance to head up to NY, see the Broadway version of it!
It kind of started out as a bad day, though, so it was good that the show was so great. First, Abbie has decided that she is kind of unhappy about being here. So, she has taken to going on the carpet to tell us this. We've started crating her, though, Ray thought that Friday night, we should give her a chance to prove she was reformed. It turned out that she wasn't. That isn't that extraordinarily bad, in and of itself. Just annoying. But - it took a few minutes to clean up... Earlier in the week, we'd recieved a notice that power would be cut at 08:30 and turned back on at 15:30. Of course, we have a "power shower" which means that without power, there is no shower. (We also have a non-power handheld thing for the bathtub, and I used that.) So, the power gets cut while I am still washing my hair, and for whatever reason, there wasn't any actual hot water. Oh, well. Could be worse - Ray had to take a cold shower with the handheld thing.
Then, the train was delayed.... You know how there are recorded messages that play at train stations to let you know when there is a delay and why that delay occurred? It's usually something like, "I am sorry to announce that the [a train time] for [a destination] is [delayed or cancelled] due to [some excuse] at [some location]" Such as, "I am sorry to announce that the 17:37 for Epsom Downs is delayed due to a signalling failure at West Croydon." (This is a message I hear usually once a week). What was surprising yesterday was, while the train was stopped, hearing a recorded message at whatever station we were paused at, stating that the next train headed in the direction we just came from, would be experiencing delays "due to an earlier fatality at Thornton Heath". They have a RECORDED message for it! They anticipated enough deaths at rail stations that they actually have a recording for it.
So, we get off the train at Balham and then the Northern Line tube wasn't running everywhere it normally did. We had to do this silly thing where we jumped from line to line (we went Northern to Bakerloo to Picadilly) and they were all filled to the brim with people. But, we eventually got there, and we had a lot of fun, so it was really worth it!
It kind of started out as a bad day, though, so it was good that the show was so great. First, Abbie has decided that she is kind of unhappy about being here. So, she has taken to going on the carpet to tell us this. We've started crating her, though, Ray thought that Friday night, we should give her a chance to prove she was reformed. It turned out that she wasn't. That isn't that extraordinarily bad, in and of itself. Just annoying. But - it took a few minutes to clean up... Earlier in the week, we'd recieved a notice that power would be cut at 08:30 and turned back on at 15:30. Of course, we have a "power shower" which means that without power, there is no shower. (We also have a non-power handheld thing for the bathtub, and I used that.) So, the power gets cut while I am still washing my hair, and for whatever reason, there wasn't any actual hot water. Oh, well. Could be worse - Ray had to take a cold shower with the handheld thing.
Then, the train was delayed.... You know how there are recorded messages that play at train stations to let you know when there is a delay and why that delay occurred? It's usually something like, "I am sorry to announce that the [a train time] for [a destination] is [delayed or cancelled] due to [some excuse] at [some location]" Such as, "I am sorry to announce that the 17:37 for Epsom Downs is delayed due to a signalling failure at West Croydon." (This is a message I hear usually once a week). What was surprising yesterday was, while the train was stopped, hearing a recorded message at whatever station we were paused at, stating that the next train headed in the direction we just came from, would be experiencing delays "due to an earlier fatality at Thornton Heath". They have a RECORDED message for it! They anticipated enough deaths at rail stations that they actually have a recording for it.
So, we get off the train at Balham and then the Northern Line tube wasn't running everywhere it normally did. We had to do this silly thing where we jumped from line to line (we went Northern to Bakerloo to Picadilly) and they were all filled to the brim with people. But, we eventually got there, and we had a lot of fun, so it was really worth it!
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