Click here to view old videos.A Few More Postcards
A few more postcards came to me this past week. One from Canada, the first one I received from that country, and another one from Sybil who lives in Turkey.
This is her photo, I think. Pretty cool looking. I’d be afraid to take my camera on any ride at an amusement park – even if it was just the swings. I might chance it for a shot like this one though. It’s cool.
Phil thought it said ‘Hell from the swings’ the first time he read it. I think Moo.com allows you to make your own postcards with your photos. I’ll just borrow Phil’s printer. It’s pretty bad ass.
This is the third card that I have received from Sybil. This one is really cool, though, because it is from 1974. That’s a pretty old postcard. She sent it to me from Turkey, but this is a shot of Paris. Very interesting.
I really like the stamp. I don’t know what it says, but it made me laugh. Is that supposed to be Santa? Rufus Wainwright is awesome by the way, if you haven’t heard of him. Great music.
He’s the 13th century Anatolian humorist Nasreddin Hodja in one of his “tall tales”. In the story that made the local lake famous, Nasreddin is standing on its shore, gazing intently into its blue waters. When a group of curious onlookers ask what exactly he’s doing the Hodja replies, ” I put some yogurt into the lake. I’m waiting for it to ferment so that the entire lake turns into yogurt.” They start laughing when hearing this and proceed to explain the impossibility of such a thing to happen. To which Nasreddin Hodja retorts,” Ah…but what if it does.”
This story ( which, of course,sounds much funnier in the original vernacular,is a euphemism to describe attempting something impossible and to remain ever the optimist.
People from far and wide flocked to the region to see where this story originated and to gaze into the lake themselves. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin)
May 6, 2008 @ 3:21 PM
and i almost forgot. those stamps were issued to celebrate his 800th birthday 🙂
May 6, 2008 @ 3:28 PM
@Sibel – Thank you for the very interesting history lesson. I learn something every day. 🙂
May 6, 2008 @ 3:46 PM
check out OnePennyPost.com to make postcards from your photos… I think you can send one free to try it out.
May 7, 2008 @ 1:22 AM