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Post by Ace on Sept 28, 2003 22:22:43 GMT -5
Really it's not that amazing, they could have been occupied with Dylan or any number of things and it probably took less than 5 seconds to make it out the window, he looks like an expert from that photo, no doubt expertise culled from jumping out of his crib or playpen. My brother used to do it all the time, a regular Houdini by age 1. ;D Migs welcome and I noticed you registered twice and are still signing is as a guest, are you having trouble signing in? Just asking because several other people have had a problem signing in even after registered because they never got a password. If that's the problem I can activate your account for you with a temporary password you can change later. Just let me know. Ace
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Post by curious george on Sept 29, 2003 9:23:16 GMT -5
I have to agree with the comments about how fast kids can move when a back is turned, much less when parents are actually distracted by something else. This series of shots is more a tribute to quick photography than a sign of parental neglect.
cg
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Post by curious george on Sept 29, 2003 13:07:42 GMT -5
When his dad would say his name he would jerk back his head because he knew he wasn't supposed to get out of his crib. LOL!! Perceptive little buggers, aren't they? ;D cg
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Post by Ace on Sept 29, 2003 13:24:51 GMT -5
Ace, I guess I've been doing it wrong. I thought I was logged in when I was wasn't No problem, as I said it's been a common problem. I just deleted the two old accounts since you're using the "migs" one. Some info, you or anyone can change their user name in your profile without changing your other account info. It's what I did because the system wouldn't let me register as "Ace". Ace
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Post by Ace on Sept 29, 2003 22:14:59 GMT -5
I don't recall if I posted this on this before but this is my favourite Paris story. It was part of a larger article on celebrity encounters and was posted on another board.
Independent on Sunday Feb 09, 2003
'So I said to Pierce, it's been lovely but I've got a million...'
Genevieve Fox
... I can beat that story. Or, rather, my son can. But I was there, too. So it's my story, sort of. Plus, my son was only three years old at the time, he doesn't go to dinner parties and he doesn't network. So the superstar heart-throb involved became my best friend, not his.
The location was the Rome Hilton last summer. The pin-up was Pierce Brosnan. His son Paris grabbed my son's willy - yes, my very own son's willy - as we were heading towards the children's swimming pool. My son was naked at the time and an easy target for Paris who, his dad later told me, has a bit of a thing about willies. Which is why, delighted with his quarry, he would not let go. I, dumbfounded, simply gawped. Within seconds, 007 came to the rescue.
"I am terribly sorry," said Pierce, his sculpted bare torso so close I swear I felt his chest hairs tickling my midriff. "He does it all the time to his older brother."
"Oh, that's fine," I replied, finding it hard to breathe. "He's got a bit of a fixation, has he?" We both laughed, me nervously (I was bonding with a demi-god, after all), he with a degree of embarrassment. Wait until I tell my friends, I thought. Meanwhile, Paris's grip remained vice-like.
Only the intervention of the special agent could save the day: "OK, time to let go!" said P - that's how I think of him now. Reluctantly, his son obliged, and we laughed again before saying goodbye.
Over the next few days, P and I would run into each other by the pool, exchange smiles, ask how it was going with the childcare. We nearly had supper together, he and his wife, me and my hubbie, but ran out of time. You know how it is.
That, says consultant psychologist Aric Sigman, is the stuff of dreams, or rather fantasy. Dr Sigman blames what he calls our "tellytocracy"; in other words, a media age in which the cultural supremacy of television and cinema has made stars as powerful as politicians. That's why we want to be like them, live like them, bond with them. "Being on TV is highly valued. Being close to someone who is on TV gives you a sense of validation. Actually meeting, or being photographed next to, someone famous, increases that validation.
"The quality of televisions today is so high that a sense of physical vividness is created. You can see the nuances in the actors' faces; you can sense their presence. You feel like you are standing so close to them you are holding them in your arms. Celebrities have entered people's living rooms subconsciously as a result." In the past, celebrities were gods and cinemas were houses of worship; today, the media falsely presents celebrities as people you could live next door to.
The Abbey National advertisement in which Martin Kemp meets a blonde woman for a blind date and ends up driving her home in his Rolls-Royce and coming in for a cup of tea is, says Sigman, "a graphic illustration of what we fantasise about".
Well, my Pierce Brosnan moment was no fantasy, oh no, and I've been dining out on it ever since. Says Dr Sigman: "Someone that you, and the rest of society, hero worships has provided you with their attention for five whole minutes. It makes you feel important.
"Telling your peers that you ran into Pierce Brosnan confers a temporary sense of worth." Temporary - I don't know about that.
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Ace
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Post by curious george on Sept 30, 2003 0:02:35 GMT -5
Is this supposed to be true? ;D ;D I bet her son will run away one day if she tells this story one too many times. cg
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Post by Ace on Sept 30, 2003 0:05:17 GMT -5
Yes it's suppossed to be true and from her time table it happened during the filming of DAD last summer. It fits, Pierce and family did indeed go to Rome for a long weekend then (instead of attending the Queen's Jubilee).
And yes her son will grow to really hate this story in decades to come but I doubt she'll be letting it ahem go any time soon. ;D
Ace
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Post by curious george on Sept 30, 2003 0:07:32 GMT -5
:: snorts ::
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Post by migs on Oct 1, 2003 1:36:16 GMT -5
Just think about Paris if one of his schoolmates digs this story up when he's teenager . . . he'll never live it down! It's bad enough when your parents keep telling those stories about the "cute" little things you did growing up, but when you're the kid of a celeb and these things end up in print, and now on the internet . . . makes me glad I'm a little ole' nobody
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Post by curious george on Oct 1, 2003 10:31:28 GMT -5
Darn. You mean we can't use the internet to look up embarrassing incidents in your life? ;D cg
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Post by migs on Oct 1, 2003 12:13:45 GMT -5
Nope, unless my mom gets a little more computer savvy , I should be safe. :: finishes post quickly to go do a search on the internet just to make sure ::
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Post by curious george on Oct 1, 2003 14:59:42 GMT -5
LOL - don't worry, we'll be the first to blackmail you. ;D
cg
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Post by sparklingblue on Oct 1, 2003 15:24:57 GMT -5
This story about Paris is funny, a little embarrassing but funny. hee hee hee
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