My brain = porridge

[blamebrampton]

I've not had a good memory since I was hit in the head by two tonnes of taxi in the '90s, it's like a library after a cyclone up there. So I rely on external sources.

Does anyone have any idea who I am talking about when I say that I vaguely remember the story of a French woman who was so disgusted at the treatment she was receiving in a meeting that she silently took the hat of the man who was oppressing her, squatted over it and urinated freely.

I had a vague idea it was Colette or Anais Nin, but Google is no help, and the brain? She is porridge. In fact this woman may not even be French. Though she is definitely a woman. Or was, she could be mouldering by now.

Anyone?

Comments

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

she only urinated? she should've done part two. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Without paper? Mais non!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

she could've wiped on the brim of the hat.

or was monsieur wearing a beret?

[pingrid.livejournal.com]

Ah, but then she'd be stuck in the meeting room without toilet paper, and I'm guessing that might not feel like victory. ;)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We are SUCH secret twins.

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

she could've wiped on the brim. or used his suit jacket.

i mean, she already urinated...class fell out the window already. :)

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I have no idea. But I'll be checking back to see who does. ;)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Bubba believes it may well have been Nin. I will now have to pore through biographies until I can find a confirmation.

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

I have heard that story told of Anais Nin, but have no way to confirm that.

Bubba

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think it must have been in a biography written in the last two decades. There's a TLS scent to my partial memory.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Also, THANK YOU!

[absynthedrinker.livejournal.com]

I was just now told by one of my French staffers that she also was reported to have brought herself to climax at a dinner table at which Henry Miller, Salvador Dalhi and Pablo Picasso were all present with their wives. Now there's a real star for you!

Bubba

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That would have been Anais, yes? Any help with the hat woman?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Ignore me, your comments arrived out of order!

[libby-drew.livejournal.com]

Now that's a story.

[symetric.livejournal.com]

What does it say about my brain that the first thought that popped into my head was: hey, isn't that like some old law where a more than 6 months pregnant woman is apparently allowed to pee inside a policeman's helmet if she needs the toilet?
Also since I'm an uncultured swine I have no idea who Anais Nin is. Don't kill me. However that is going to be remedied very shortly.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You know, that was the highest ranked Google response when I was trying to track down who this was: http://www.ukpoliceonline.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25915

You're allowed to not know who Anais Nin is, she is a bit obscure! She's cool, though, and wrote lots of short pieces if you just want to dip into her works. Though many of the stories attributed to her seem to grow with the telling ...

[not-an-elf.livejournal.com]

reminds me of an act at the melbourne fringe festival once....
Are you sure you're not mixing up bastille day with performance art?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

YES! And Nin was mid-20th century, not Revolutionary. Why were you watching people wee in Melbourne? Do I really want to know the answer to that?

[grey-hunter.livejournal.com]

I don't know either, but, as usual, I had great fun reading the comments. *G*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have all these smart, talented and funny people on my flist, and I appreciate you all!

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

I have to say that at least you have a taxi to blame. What are those of us who have no brain and no taxi supposed to do? :(

Consequently I am diddly squat use on the french bint peeing in the beret.

If you haven't been reduced to eating out of date white cooking chocolate buds, you're having a more constructive day than I am. :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I could fill you in on the details of head injuries and you could fib ;-)

I must say that I've not had an actual migraine since thwacking my head. It's not the cure I'd advise, but it does work.

As for food, I went to the Chinese where I like everyone because they call me Missy Girl (it is a cunning marketing strategy they employ with the over-40s) and I was very good and ordered garlic and broccoli. And then crispy skin chicken. Because I demand an instant reward for my virtue.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for trying!!

The discussion alone has been worth it.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Well, we're pretty sure it's Nin, I just need to find some actual confirmation! It's very likely to have been included in a biography or a review of a biography published in the last 10 years, that's the vague glimmering of information coming out of the morass that is my brain ...