I think I've hit a platoon...What to do??

TomF

After months of hard training I have hit a wall, I can only manage to watch the first film of Oliver Stone's Vietnam war trilogy in a sitting.

No matter how hard I try, I can't bridge the gap and manage Platoon, Born of the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth in one sitting.

What should I do? maybe some selected scenes from all three? or some 2 x 20 viewings? or should I go the whole hog and buy three TVs to watch them simultaneously?

dennisn

I think you need a rest day. Then go at it.

redddraggon

Not eating enough Bananas? Bhima will be at the chaingang tomorrow apparantly - I'm sure he'll be able to give you some tips.

Airwave

Incraese your eye cadence to over 1000 blinks per second.Failing that rig a telly up on your handelbars&watch all the films you like as you cycle along the highways & byways.
Have you heard about the wonderful properties of Bananas?

DaveyL

I had my head down, not lookng where I was going on my ride tonight, going quite hard at 32 mph and 196 rpm, when *bam* I ended up on the deck. I looked up to see this wise-looking Roman chap in flowing robes, dusting himself down.

I think I've hit a Plato.

Anonymous

I passed a very soft stool earlier that was bright green and smelt funny.

I think I've sh1t a play-dough.

Anonymous

Get Some. Get some. Get some.

Watch Apocalypse Now back to back 8 times, thats gonna give you a 1000yd stare, I know I've been there.......

Mettan

TomF wrote:

After months of hard training I have hit a wall, I can only manage to watch the first film of Oliver Stone's Vietnam war trilogy in a sitting.

No matter how hard I try, I can't bridge the gap and manage Platoon, Born of the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth in one sitting.

What should I do? maybe some selected scenes from all three? or some 2 x 20 viewings? or should I go the whole hog and buy three TVs to watch them simultaneously?

Thats going to be difficult Tom if you're not getting enough Pop-corn in your system - at minimum, you'll need a piece once every 5-minutes to enable you to keep on watching. Films are hard work Tom, so you need to keep fueled properly throughout to enable yourself to get the best out of the film.

TomF

Mettan wrote:

Thats going to be difficult Tom if you're not getting enough Pop-corn in your system - at minimum, you'll need a piece once every 5-minutes to enable you to keep on watching. Films are hard work Tom, so you need to keep fueled properly throughout to enable yourself to get the best out of the film.

Will that help me overcome the potassium poisoning from eating too many bananas...?

And what's the ideal popcorn to banana ratio?

V-twin

I know the problem. Last week I was descending like a demon, rounded a corner and then smack straight into a rich cake usually layered with cream and elaborately decorated.


Yup. I'd hit a ga-teau. :roll:

V-twin

.. sorry. Should have posted that on Cake Stop...

Terex

TomF wrote:

What should I do? maybe some selected scenes from all three? or some 2 x 20 viewings? or should I go the whole hog and buy three TVs to watch them simultaneously?

2x20 viewings of the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan. Preferably with 7 speaker surround sound and flat screen TV of at least 42" diagonal measurement. Start with sound level of "Intolerable", working your way up to "Excruciatingly Painful".

Terex

TomF wrote:

What should I do? maybe some selected scenes from all three? or some 2 x 20 viewings? or should I go the whole hog and buy three TVs to watch them simultaneously?

2x20 viewings of the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan. Preferably with 7 speaker surround sound and flat screen TV of at least 42" diagonal measurement. Start with sound level of "Intolerable", working your way up to "Excruciatingly Painful".

Terex

TomF wrote:

What should I do? maybe some selected scenes from all three? or some 2 x 20 viewings? or should I go the whole hog and buy three TVs to watch them simultaneously?

2x20 viewings of the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan. Preferably with 7 speaker surround sound and flat screen TV of at least 42" diagonal measurement. Start with sound level of "Intolerable", working your way up to "Excruciatingly Painful".

biondino

Tell me about it. Last week I installed furniture and appliances in a picturesque castle in the Loire Valley.

I'll get my coat.

robmanic1

.....just the other day I was riding along and felt a bump, watched in amazement as a little furry, cat-sized fella, with a mask limped away from me.


Think I've hit a racoon.


.......then I had to swerve and narrowly avoid a coconut covered item of confectionary.


I think I almost hit a macaroon.


Where did I put my coat?

jairaj

Stop taking the wee wee, this is a serious post!

Or i'll have to hit you, you Baboon!

seamonkey

I was coasting down an alpine slope when I collided with a group of suitably costumed actors/artist's models, carefully posed and theatrically lit.

I didnt realise at the time but was told afterwards by a French spectator that I 'd hit a Tableau

....ou est mon manteau?

robmanic1

Riding through London the other day I collided with a large blond-haired mayor


think I hit a bufoon.

liversedge

riding past Christie's this afternoon I sneezed ...

I think I bid for a van gogh