“The boat floated gently on the water, like a bowling ball wouldn’t.”
OK, it’s a simile, but it’s too good to pass up.
YMF thing you always forget to buy.
Baking soda
YMF household chore
Watering the house plants.
YMF character in “The Wizard of Oz”?
Cowardly Lion.
YMF Brady kid on the Brady Bunch?
Jan
House plant.YMF.
Dieffenbachia.
YMF violin concerto?
The Bach Double Violin concerto. Sheer genius - played here by two geniuses in their own right:
YMF living classical musician?
Yo-Yo Ma. He stretches and enhances the meaning of “classical”. Plus, I’m learning to play the cello, and he’s one of my inspirations.
YMF work of sculpture?
For modern sculpture, “Expansion” by Paige Bradley.
YMF modernist artwork?
Andy Warhol’s soup cans. I’ve actually seen the original. It’s huge.
YMF Renaissance painting that most people haven’t heard of.
Nuno Gonçalves
Fav Russian film
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Favorite American indie (ie, non-Hollywood) film.
American Movie
Fav British word that is different from the US word
Identity parade (what we call “police line-up”)
That was my favorite-- someone else’s favorite: this is a good one.
(Thanks to a recent Taskmaster episode) Calling passing gas a trump.
It works on so many levels.
YMF word from another language that really isn’t translatable to English
The American Sign Language nose-wrinkle.
YMF TV character ever.
Alf
Fav dramatic tv character, not comic
Sarah, the Under House-parlourmaid in Upstairs, Downstairs.
YMF TV actor who never had a regular role, but popped up on many, many different shows.
Robert Emhart, a round-faced jolly guy who was a regular at Desilu Studios, who made all episodes of a dozen shows like Twilight Zone. loretta Young, etc.,
Fav cooking sound
The popping noise when I’m filling sufganiyot. Or the solid thump that tells me the challah is ready to come out of the oven. Not sure which. The challah I hear every week, the sufganiyot once or twice a year. Don’t know whether to go with “familiar and comforting,” or “special and exciting.”
YMF cooking smell.