November 6, 2012
At the beginning of the cruise, in a show introducing
people to the ship, some of the oldest cruisers were asked what was their
secret to a long life. A man, sitting
high in the first balcony shared his formula.
Enjoy what you are doing and keep breathing. The game show host laughed as loudly as the
audience did. I have been thinking about
that all cruise as I have watched the people here doing what they do best –
exercising, eating and living life to the fullest, one breath at a time.
Somewhat related to this idea, on board the ship there
is a one-time game show each leg of the cruise called Love and Marriage. A
newly wed couple, someone married 5 to 30 years and a third couple, usually the
oldest couple in the room who can still walk, are all invited to the
stage. This show is formatted around a
TV game show which other people seem to know, but one I have never seen. Anyway, I like to go to this game show when I
am onboard. Last night was a cut above
the rest of the shows. The newly weds had
been married one year. He was in his
late 60’s and in a wheel chair. She was
a bit younger. The second couple, in
their 70’s or 80’s, married seven years, were in the same condition as the
first couple. Sometimes he rode in the
wheel chair and sometimes she could have.
And now we get to the third couple – married 37
years. The long-time-married
fit-as-a-fiddle couple looked spry compared with the two newly wed couples,
both of whom had to be escorted on and off the stage, someone holding them by each
elbow, in case one of them slipped on the one step it took to get down off of
and up to the platform.
Talk about lively, the game show host asked the man of
the couple married 7 years to kiss his wife when they got one of the answers
right. The man leaned toward his wife
and turned his head somewhat in the direction of 45 degrees to kiss her, but
she couldn’t turn her neck toward him far enough that the smooch could take
place. “I think we had better practise
this right now, for you are going to be asked to do this a number of times, and
it can’t take this long,” said the game show host.
That was not the phrase that brought down the
house. It was when the man was asked
what was the most unusual place he and his wife had made whoopee. When the man answered, the host asked him if
it was day or night. The man said he
couldn’t remember, but he did see stars.
“Don’t we all,” said the game host.
Thus endeth my report on Solstice Love and Marriage
Game.
Arta
I went out on the web to see some old clips from the Newly Weds game show. Perhaps that is the show to which you refer.
ReplyDeleteIt first aired the year I was born. I am pretty sure I saw some episodes pre and post being baptised. I don't recall "repenting" (aka "telling a bishop about it" in a personal priesthood interview). I did get to relive those childhood feelings of guilt mingled with intense curiosity. The contestants were married after all ... so I wasn't hearing from those who were not chaste. They were discussing things only to be shared within the confines of marriage with the host (and those watching T V nation-wide, but by virtue of being unseen to them we seemed less participatory than the host and the other contestants.)
In retrospect it may have been one of my best opportunities to practice inferential and metaphorical thinking skills. It was not done, however, without an ounce of feeling sinful.
I went out on the web to see some old clips from the Newly Weds game show. Perhaps that is the show to which you refer.
ReplyDeleteIt first aired the year I was born. I am pretty sure I saw some episodes pre and post being baptised. I don't recall "repenting" (aka "telling a bishop about it" in a personal priesthood interview). I did get to relive those childhood feelings of guilt mingled with intense curiosity. The contestants were married after all ... so I wasn't hearing from those who were not chaste. They were discussing things only to be shared within the confines of marriage with the host (and those watching T V nation-wide, but by virtue of being unseen to them we seemed less participatory than the host and the other contestants.)
In retrospect it may have been one of my best opportunities to practice inferential and metaphorical thinking skills. It was not done, however, without an ounce of feeling sinful.