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Chattery Teeth!!! OMG, YES! LMAO! I thought that one was pretty good. I can still see those things with their spats. My uncle had a set of those when I was little that used to give me the creepies back then. Hmmm….maybe he’s responsible for the way I am now? 😆 My grandmother had full dentures, and thought those things were the cat’s pajama’s.
Dolans Cadillac was good, too. Sometimes I think the stories he does that aren’t about some weird supernatural thing can be scarier, like Misery, because there ARE people out there like that. 😯
On the Mangler, I don’t think I’ve seen that one in the movies, but truthfully, my imagination was quite enough to conjure up what it looked like from the book. I can see the blue electric eyes when it ate the hi voltage feed wires…. 😯 Seeing one in real life just kind of confirmed what I thought I saw. brrrrrr 😛
How about From a Buick 8? Now, THERE was a really weird one. 😆 I’ve read Koontz, but don’t remember the titles…ditto on the John Saul. I can’t remember what I had for lunch some days…. 🙄 “SSdd”….. 😉
The one with the astronaut that orbited Venus, and ended up with the eyes in his fingers–I can’t remember the name of that one…..but that one was good. And The Mangler!! Ooh! OOH! That one scared the poop out of me. And a couple of years after I read that, I was working in a hospital as a boiler operator. On my first day, I took a tour of the hospital with the lead engineer, to see who our “customers” were that needed steam from the powerhouse. The tour took me through the laundry, and the guy giving the tour had pointed to a huge piece of machinery and said “That’s the Mangler”…. 😯 I must’ve given him a total deer in the headlights look, because he looked at me kind of funny. THAT scared the hell out of me, and I never did go back to the laundry ever. I always hoped they’d never have to call me down to repair anythng there, because I don’t think I’d have been able to hold a wrench on anything. 😕
I think one of my all time favorite short stories by him was the one with the word processor. Word Processor of the Gods. It was in Skeleton Crew. If you typed a sentence, and hit insert, what ever you’d inserted would just be. And if you typed something, then deleted it, you deleted whatever that was. That one has potential to be made into a good movie.
The dark green eggs I had were vine dragons; the light green like yours turned out to be a mint dragon. And I think there’s another shade of green out there.
2 Fleas From Michigan
2 Fleas from Michigan got together and decided to meet for the winter in Florida. The first flea waited for the second flea, who arrived shivering and shaking uncontrollably.
“What happened to you?” he asked the second flea. The flea replied “I hitched a ride in the moustache of a guy with a Harley Davidison.”
The first flea said, “You should do what I do: Get on a plane, and find a nice looking flight attendant. You crawl up to where it’s nice and warm, go to sleep for a little while, and BINGO! When you wake up, you’ll be in Florida!” The second flea thought this was a simply wonderful idea, and vowed he’d try it the next winter.
Well, the next winter rolled around, and once again, the second flea arrives in Florida, shivering and shaking. The first flea says, “What happened? I thought we agreed on how you’d try to get here this time?” The second fleas says, “well, I followed your advice, and got on board a plane. I found a good looking blonde flight attendant, and I crawled up to where it was nice and warm. It was SO nice and warm, that I fell asleep. And when I woke up, I was back in the moustache of a guy with a Harley Davidson.”Insomnia was good! And I don’t think I ever saw the Lawnmower Man because I saw the trailers for it, and knew right away it wasn’t going to have even a passing resemblance to the story.
Children of the Corn was another one that could’ve been better. And let’s not forget Maximum Overdrive! 😆 ….on second thought, better make that LET’S forget that one. It was pretty lame, too. 😉Dreamcatcher wasn’t bad; it followed the book fairly well. I didn’t care for Hearts in Atlantis, so if that one is a movie, I haven’t seen it.
And what about The Langoliers? Remember them? I think that might have been a first attempt at computer animation…..it was scary, but not for the reason THEY wanted it to be. 😯
I like a lot of his short stories. I think I read Night Shift to total tatters. And I did like Creepshow: “Tell ’em to call you Billie! Everyone does!” 😆 😉I didn’t do the web book thing; and truth to tell, I had forgotten all about that. 😳 The Green Mile I had as 1 book, and actually enjoyed the movie version, oddly enough. I don’t as a rule like the way King’s books translate into movies. For one thing, I get WAAAAAAaaaaay too critical, since I know nearly all of his books by heart. And anything less than exactly the same just kinda ticks me off. The all-time blue ribbon stinker for me was the first attempt at The Shining: the one with Jack Nicholson and Scatman Cruthers. I mean Halloran the cook was the HERO in the book, and they kill him off in the movie?!?!? 😯 👿
ddvm wrote:I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t realize Susie is BPB’s mom! I was feeling really stupid.
I don’t mind waiting a few extra days for my lap – I hope Susie doesn’t stress about getting them out.
I didn’t know, either, but then again, I’m still moderately new here.
I hope Susie isn’t stressing about getting the orders out, since more time gives me more chances to come up with a plausible excuuuurrrr…er….Reason! RIGHT–REASON for ordering another dragon….
I’d seen that, and of course my first thought was Tom Cullen! I kind of figured that’s where it came from. 😆
Funny, I just saw The Stand again a couple of nights ago, too.Misato wrote:tasgrs wrote:Okay…..I’m definitely suffering from a case the I-can’t-believe-I-just-did-that’s…. 😯
But I got one of the BEP Laps….now, just how the devil am I gonna explain THAT one to the hubby??
I wonder, has anyone ever gotten away with the finger is quicker than the brain defense? 😕 Head===> desk. >_<
He’s gonna freak….*SIGH* Yup, I’m addicted… 😉Haha I did the same thing with the Peacock SK. XD
“Ooh pretty!” *click* “Whoops…” Luckily I only have my credit card statement to answer to so no nagging from a piece of paper. Congrats though, I’m sure the Lap’s worth it. 😉
Yeah, that preeeetttty much sums it up. 😆 That’s about exactly what happened, too. Followed quickly by “Did I just do that?” And oh, screw it…..I’ll stick to the limited production story. At least since he collects a bunch of other stuff, like coins, he understands that much……I hope. 😛
Thanks, though! As far as *I’M* concerned, it’ll be worth it.I used to name all my breyer horses when I was a kid. And my pick up is The Major, as in That is a MAJOR TRUCK! (Crew cab, long bed dually Ford F-350…Diesel)Needless to say, these days The Major only gets to go out for hay or feed. 🙁
I just never heard any names coming in out of the ether on these guys. Now I have a hard enough time naming the virtual dragons I’ve accumulated. Getting old really sux…. 😛 Okay…..I’m definitely suffering from a case the I-can’t-believe-I-just-did-that’s…. 😯
But I got one of the BEP Laps….now, just how the devil am I gonna explain THAT one to the hubby??
I wonder, has anyone ever gotten away with the finger is quicker than the brain defense? 😕 Head===> desk. >_<
He’s gonna freak….*SIGH* Yup, I’m addicted… 😉I dunno…..I kinda like the eyes. I think they’re different. Although I haven’t seen them in person, either. I might change my mind if I see one. Anybody want to send one my way so I can check? 😈
Susie was giggling pretty hard during my phone call. 😆 She asked me if I still wanted the BEP, and I told her Oh Yeah! I would’ve ordered one either way. 😀
I told her about this thread, and I think that made her laugh harder. 😉
