[lit-ideas] Re: The Gleamers Return
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:50:00 -0800
You'll remember this exchange:
On Dec 29, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
This is a PRINT of the FAMOUS 1857 PAINTING, "THE GLEAMERS" by
JEAN FRANCOIS
Wasn't the Gleamers a swing band in the 1940s?
I don't know. Before my time, guv. But it's the number one car
valeting service in Liverpool. Gleamers are also a "total control"
kind of pantyhose, which Amazon claims, have "superb control." Is
total control actually superb, one idly wonders?
And then there's the blood aspect:
http://www.jplabs.com/html/gleamers_of_gujarati_culture_i.HTM
This site has senior gleaners who also gleam:
http://www.advancedseniorsolutions.com/srrc411v25/linkpgs/Senior-
Gleamers.html
David Ritchie,
Noxious Weed Estates,
The Wild West
Well they're back. But now they're disguised as working female farmers:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Top-Critical-realism-oil-painting-working-female-
farmer_W0QQitemZ200306609724QQihZ010QQcategoryZ20132QQtcZphotoQQcmdZView
ItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
David Ritchie,
Notin, China
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