A strange man just asked me to 'Buzz his head'

[yvr girl]

I declined. I have no idea what he meant, but it didn't seem like a good idea.

Can anyone enlighten me?

[Dookus]

1. either...

he wanted you to get him stoned, or (more likely) give him a close-cut haircut.

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. He wanted you to give him a buzzcut?

:shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. He wanted you to shave it.

And he was possibly drunk. Drunken men seem to have a thing for buzz cuts. :hi:

[babylonsister]

4. WHERE ARE YOU?

If you are at home, I'd be very worried...

[yvr girl]

6. I was walking home from the corner store

He was in the parking lot for the apartment next door and I was at my door. He said he would bend down so I could do it.

I just said no and walked in. Didn't really want any clarification from him.

[Pirate Smile]

5. Is your boyfriend or husband the "strange man"?

[sparky_in_ma]

7. ?

Got me on that one. (how you feelin today?)

[yvr girl]

10. Put it to you this way

walking to the store, which is half a block away, to buy giner ale just about wiped me out.

[sparky_in_ma]

12. I would make you chicken soup

or whatever else you wanted. You can't get enough liquids in. :hug:

[yvr girl]

13. You're sweet

I picked up some won ton soup too.

[bettyellen]

8. are you sure is was buzz and not buss?

[yvr girl]

11. Could have been

I wouldn't have been interested either way. I'd rather not be approached my strange men in dark secluded areas. Call me overly cautious.

[bettyellen]

16. creepy for sure.

i am so whipped right now. got really stinky tending to the cat. had a a hot shower and some hot ginger tea with mango rum. my mouth is tingling. i don't smell like sick cat anymore. or if i do, the gingers covering it up.
we had hail this morning in ny, and the snow has been coming down all day. i wish i had a fireplace.

[sparky_in_ma]

17. It's snowing hard here now.

Didn't get the hail you did. (When you going to sing in the lounge again.):bounce:

[bettyellen]

23. very soon i think. i've been getting hoarse again.

i was practing la vie en rose just a while ago. i'm a pack and a half away from my next set.

[bettyellen]

25. I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.......

I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire?"

eh hem, here i go....

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

hmm, still a little high and squeaky, it won't do. perhaps tommorrow.
my new material is killer.

[yvr girl]

26. Is that first part true?

A house fire is so scary to me. It would be devastating.

[bettyellen]

29. no sweetie, it's the spoken word into to the most world weary song ever

written. it was peggy "you give me fever" lee's signature song.
that had to be the strangest show i ever saw in my life. i remember that night we sat next to these japanese tourists and then they were calling me whiskey voiced and comparing me to rili malrene. that's when i realized i could sing "falling in love again" perfectly. i was smoking three packs a day at that point, my all time record.


IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
Peggy Lee

SPOKEN:
I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire?"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to the circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And as I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a circus?"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
Then I fell in love, with the most wonderful boy in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day, he went away. And I thought I'd die -- but I didn't.
And when I didn't I said to myself, "Is that all there is to love?"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

SPOKEN:
I know what you must be saying to yourselves.
If that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all?
Oh, no. Not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment.
For I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself,

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

[yvr girl]

22. You guys are having brutal weather

Just think, soon you'll be able to have a bubble bath.

Doesn't sound like fun with the cat. I'm lucky all my pets went really quick. I'm not really that good dealing with pain and suffering.

[progmom]

9. That wins for the weirdest story of the day

:scared:

[bettyellen]

20. oh i have a song request for saturday..........

country man dakota staton, if not, then her version of thrill is gone.
please please please. thank you.

and i hear i might see you guys briefly on your way to new england.

[progmom]

21. Oh yeah?

That would be fun.

But why don't you just come up to Boston too?

[bettyellen]

27. hey i tried singing a little peggy lee upthread.......

i hope you caught that.
i'll dedicate something to you next time i appear in the lounge. boston is damned tempting, but iffy. i may not know till last minute if that's the weekend i'm moving. it's supposed to be, but who can say? if it's great weather i will be sorely tempted, and it would be highly irrepsponsible, which of course makes me want to go all the more.
do you know ms foo foo. she used to play all over new york. an amazing old timer she was. i want to work her country man into my act. it's an old fave.

[progmom]

30. I love Dakota Staton

Late Late Show is a fucking wonderful record. I have most of her Capitol and UA stuff on LP.







Do you sing???

[bettyellen]

31. she was amazing live. good god she could work a room. she was 90% blind

and needed help walking in the end but she would climb down and work the room as always. her voice lasted longer than most of her. i guess i probably saw her 20 or more times over the years. she played a lot of cheap little places when i was young and starving.
me, i can only sing when my throat gets hoarse. but i really love to. then i sound a great deal like marlene deitrich. so i have to pick my material wisely. falling in love again is my standbye. i don't have to smoke all that much to pull that off.

[progmom]

32. I never got to see her live.

She's still living, right? I'm friendly with Joe & Barney Fields (formerly of the Muse label, now owners of High Note) They used to give me periodic updates on her condition. Very sad.

My jazz vocalist hero was Carmen McRae. I only saw her live twice, but she just killed me. I'm fairly confident that I have everything she ever recorded.

Do you gig?

[bettyellen]

34. carmen has the most beautiful voice ever. and a badass attitude. LOL.

what a diva.
dakota came close, and she had that alberta hunter juke joint badness to her that i love, but the syrupy thing, too. and her songwriting and personality. i adored dakota. i forget she may still be around. i don't think she's played in 4-5 years. i have looked and looked and seen nothing. and physically, she was in bad shape back then. how has she been?
i was just thinking about her because my friend's cat is named after her, and we were going to put her to sleep last night. instead i give her iv fluids and stomache medicine. that's why i need you to do the dedication, something sad and sweet by miss foo foo for my friend billy and his baby who's very sick.

[bobthedrummer]

14. Perhaps he thought you a queen bee?

:shrug:

[fluffernutter]

15. sounds like a freak to me, good for you

for walking away from the weirdo. :scared:

[Huckebein the Raven]

18. Do you cut hair ?

I don't want to know another meaning for that and yet I'm curious

:shrug:

[yvr girl]

24. I guess I'll never know

[last_texas_dem]

19. Pretty scary

although it might have been worse if a man who wasn't strange asked you to "buzz his head." That is, if you weren't holding some clippers or something...

[mark414]

28. he wanted you to "buzz" his "head"

i dont want this thread to get locked

[RagingInMiami]

33. Maybe he wanted you to rub a certain shaved part of your anatomy

against his head