Doors are interesting, that's an open and shut thought eh?
Don't let the door hitya where the Good Lord splitya! Show them the door please. Knock knock knock'n on Heaven's door.....
You make a better door than window..... Check your ego at the door.... Get one's foot in the door... Open door policy... Shut the front door........
Friend was on a cruise, fire in the kitchen... allofasudden, four hundred and however many doors automatically shut.
I grew up in the home of an old Dentist.. he was wheelchair bound, so all the door handles were well below regular height. (I know, aren't you glad I shared that, your life will never be the same.......... sorry... kinda)
Door dash... Sliding door.. Storm door... trap door..
Entrance. Closed. Fire door, use only in case of emergency. Men's. Women's. Family. Whichever.
Three couples, 40-something, at the hotel. Been to the pool, each, drink in hand. Elevator door up to 4th floor. Just before arriving at the 4th, funny haha wife of hubby standing right infronta door, "Pete, can you hold my drink for me?" Sure.. As the door opens, down go his swim trunks. Oops.
Story on Facebook today, Betty White - 1950, the day and age when women weren't allowed in board rooms, but, expected in the kitchen.. had her own variety show. She had a really talented tap dancer, happened to be a black gent, performed weekly. Network said, "Southern Stations threatening to take the show off the air in their markets if you don't take him off the show. Take him off the show." "I'm sorry, I'm not taking him off, live with it." Then, she gave him more time. Network dropped the show from every market. "Betty always found another door."
The Doors started performing in 1965. Lead vocalist, songwriter Jim Morrison died in uncertain circumstances 6 years later - yet, in those years prior to his passing they recorded six albums, sold over 4 million of them, as well as 8 million singles.
September 17, 1967, the Doors would perform "Light My Fire" on the Ed Sullivan Show. Executives asked the band to not use the word 'higher' due to a possible reference to drug use. They either forgot, or, used it on purpose. Neverless, six future shows with Ed were cancelled. The Doors found another door - and soon after performed the same song on The Jonathan Winters Variety Show.
Buddy'a mine, buddy'a many (ie, well liked).. Billy Jewell College, circa 1973. At the end of his Freshman year, a Dean who seemingly had a thing agin' him said, "Don't come back next year, we don't really want your type." Showed him the door. Went to another University, got his BS. Then, his Masters. Then, Doctorate. Dean, long gone, soon, "Hey, here's your office door, we'd love to have you on our staff." Uh huh, Billy. Karma provided him a nice career, even retiring from "we don't really want your type".
1980-something. Kansas City International Airport. Beautiful terminal A, automatic, all glass doors, led to checkerboard wood floors in the building's entirety. Once, twice a year, Bambi would see reflection in door, think, "I'm gonna run say "Hi"", oops... was a deer facade... anyways.... I will NEVER forget that sound as the frantic deer ran from one end, past gates, baggage claims, ticket counters, all the way to the other end. Clippity-clop'ed, a thousand times over.
I done runned outta door stories. Oh, one more I guess. Buddy of mine, heap big KU fan, awhile back planned a sale's trip in New Orleans simply to time it when KU played in the Final Four basketball Tourney. Prior to the days of Stub Hub, Tickets For Less - he marched up and down the street, finally buying one ticket from a scalper. Pranced up in his Crimson and Blue KU duds, handed the ticket taker his ticket.........."Sorry Bubs, that's fake." Damnit darnit Jim. So, he went, explained Lucy to a nearby cop. Would not give it up. Finally, after twenty minutes the cop says "Alright, alright... we're gonna walk up to the Door of the Superdome, I'm gonna open the door, you shake my hand, and there better be something in it."
Doors keep us warm, protect... allow depressed ones to hide. Others, go, meet greet, get married, have beers, go to church, work, shop, yada. Ya can't do much without doors. Doors are ends, beginnings, where we meet 'deer' friends.
Favorite doormats.... "Don't just stand there, bust a move." "The dogs only bark at ugly people."
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