Thursday, March 10, 2011

Bromance at Home

And tell me, who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
1956-Ellas McDaniel by Bo Didley
LIAM WITH HIS TEDDY FRIEND-JUST PALS NO BROMANCE
Bromance seems like a new term, charmingly applied to the relationship between the male leads of the film, The King's Speech- Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
A friendship between two men defined. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromance    
Not so new, though.   In this link is a quote attributed to that philosopher, teacher, smart person -Aristotle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle%27s
In 300 B.C. he wrote:
"It is those who desire the good of their friends for the friends' sake that are most truly friends, because each loves the other for what he is, and not for any incidental quality."

So we have Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sherlocke Holmes and Watson, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, George Clooney and every guy and Paul and Liam.  Liam and I are alone together (you get what I mean, love oxymorons) a lot of the time.  Liam is always where I am. Upstairs, downstairs, couch, chair, yard.   However, when the three of us are in the house, it becomes the pack of the two boys.
The pack of two sit on the couch
PACK OF TWO
watch sports and generally wish me gone. If I attempt to join in Liam taps Paul with his paw
LIAM'S PAW TAPPING PAUL
"That woman is here"
I understand exactly how Helena Bonham Carter felt in the filming of "The King's Speech."   She took a back seat to the Colin/Geoffrey bromance.  In a very mature and loving way, she acknowledged that their bromance enhanced the film, their collective experience as a threesome as well as ours as an audience.  The  interview on Piers Morgan's show has a clip of the two men showing obvious affection and respect
I will take Helena's cue, and support the pack of two bromance at home.
How can I be anything but supportive of such a time honored tradition?

Liam and Paul
MUST BE THE METS-NO SMILES

Woof, Woof