this isn't really a quote but something my group does before each show. we get into a huddle, and prey to a random person place or thing. we have prayed to things like the theater god, etc. We usually like to try to find something that relates to something that happened to us that day. we make it funny all of the things we thank that god for.
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Sounds like you need to get a "pink wood strecther"
one of the things we used to send noobs to the tool room to find.
I actually sent a guy to the hardware store once with a shopping list, in the middle of the list was " spirit level fluid" he was there for hours.
Yah, when I was in the Navy we would send guys for relative bearing grease, ten feet of chow line, and a bucket of steam.
My favorite was when they gave me a wire brush and told me to go to the electrical shop to have it rewired, so I went. The guy in the shop mixed a packet of Bug Juice* in a gallon bucket of hot water, dropped the brush in, and said come back in an hour. When I came back, he took the brush out and rinsed it off in fresh water. It was shinier than it had been the day it left the factory!
*Bug Juice: A Cool-Aid like drink served aboard ships in the Navy. It comes in powdered form in these little drab-brown packets with your typical military designation on them ("Mix, Beverage, Fruit, Powdered" - or something like that.) We would mix 14 or 15 packets of Bug Juice and 20 or 25 pounds of sugar with water in a 55-gallon toureen in the galley. It made pretty good tasting Cool-Aid.
The real use for Bug Juice was cleaning anything metal, especially anything intricate. Just mix and proceed as described above. Hey, it beat cleaning a three-way all-purpose fire hose nozzle by hand!
Oh yeah. If you mix your Bug Juice in a galvanized bucket, the submerged part won't be when you're done (galvanized, that is).
Further proof that Citric Acid is, after all, acid.
I actually sent a guy to the hardware store once with a shopping list, in the middle of the list was " spirit level fluid" he was there for hours.
He didn't know where the kerosene was? (although they probably use something different now for spirit levels, but it is still used in the magnetic compasses that get installed in airplanes - so they won't freeze at altitude
)
My school's version (not only technical saying):
Homework; Social Life; Shows; Sleep.
Pick two.
Had a stage manager who always concluded his pre-show pep talks with "...and remember, you NEVER make eye contact with Mr. Manilow"
ive got some good ones
not really pre show but still;
"if we could read minds, we woudn't need headsets"
"and one the fisrt day the lord said...Lx1,GO! and there was light"
"if all goes wrong, let the actors finish it"
"be kind to your techies, or they wil turn out the lights and go home!"(personal fav)
not really pre show but still;
"if we could read minds, we woudn't need headsets"
"and one the fisrt day the lord said...Lx1,GO! and there was light"
"if all goes wrong, let the actors finish it"
"be kind to your techies, or they wil turn out the lights and go home!"(personal fav
)
willbb123
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Ok I know its an old thread but this was really funny.
I dont remember what group it was but there lighting guy was trying to hook up their distro to our cam locks. The problem was he had the wrong connectors (male when he needed female). So he called his lighing rep and was explaining what the problem was... Here is exactly what he said, "No... the problem is that I have 2 hot females and cant do anything with them."
I dont remember what group it was but there lighting guy was trying to hook up their distro to our cam locks. The problem was he had the wrong connectors (male when he needed female). So he called his lighing rep and was explaining what the problem was... Here is exactly what he said, "No... the problem is that I have 2 hot females and cant do anything with them."
So the other day I was putting some bolts through 1/2" ply and I was countersinking the washes/bolt head. However, the spade bit I was using to countersink the washers was *just* slightly smaller than the washer, thus giving a tight fit.
One washer was particularly troublesome. The guy working with me asked, "what do we do". Without hesitation I responded, "Where's the hammer?"
My TD happened to be standing right behind me. Laughing all he could say was, "Now THATS what I'm talking about."
One washer was particularly troublesome. The guy working with me asked, "what do we do". Without hesitation I responded, "Where's the hammer?"
My TD happened to be standing right behind me. Laughing all he could say was, "Now THATS what I'm talking about."
Oh if I had a Nickel for everytime I've said that !
That made me, "lol, out loud." as Monk would say.
WestlakeTech
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Here at Westlake...
Set-construction: "Measure twice, cut once."
Pre-show: ... This is one that's posted above the door next to the area where our Stage Manager's panel used to be. "No one notices what I do until I don't do it."
Random: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and nuclear war... and zombies."
Set-construction: "Measure twice, cut once."
Pre-show: ... This is one that's posted above the door next to the area where our Stage Manager's panel used to be. "No one notices what I do until I don't do it."
Random: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and nuclear war... and zombies."
In all the zombie movies they move slower than molasses in December.
So why do people keep getting caught by them??
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