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Everyone knows the eerie Robert Wise film The Haunting (1963) with Richard Johnson and Julie Harris ~ the evil, brooding palace known as Hill House both in the film and in the Shirley Jackson book. That is a really creepy film indeed. :buggedout: :buggedout:
Well, the American ambassador's residence is quite near my house ~ a few blocks up the road in fact ~ and I noticed for the first time the other day as I had to walk to the shops that this beautiful house is called....wait for it.... Hill House! Yikes! :buggedout: :buggedout:
Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business?
Quote from: Dennis on October 02, 2008, 07:59:48 PM
Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business?
:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:...no one can hear him scream...alone...in the dark!
I guess the ambassador thought "Hill House" sounded more inviting than "The House that Dripped Blood."
By the way, welcome back from vacation, Trevor!
Whatever walks there, walks alone.
Quote from: RCMerchant on October 02, 2008, 08:08:06 PM
Quote from: Dennis on October 02, 2008, 07:59:48 PM
Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business?
:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:...no one can hear him scream...alone...in the dark!
:teddyr: :teddyr:
Quote from: Allhallowsday on October 02, 2008, 09:01:47 PM
Whatever walks there, walks alone.
:teddyr: :teddyr:
The residence is at 357 Victoria Street, Pretoria East, by the way: I forgot to mention that.
Quote from: Dennis on October 02, 2008, 07:59:48 PM
Then its doors must always be sensibly closed, so how do people get in to conduct diplomatic business?
I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad:
Quote from: Trevor on October 05, 2008, 06:00:55 AM
I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad:
You should have told him you just did; that's why you were sitting there. :tongueout:
I'm sure that would have amused him to no end.
Quote from: Derf on October 05, 2008, 08:39:23 AM
Quote from: Trevor on October 05, 2008, 06:00:55 AM
I once almost got arrested for loitering outside the residence: all I was doing was resting my feet outside after a 5 mile walk and was told by the guard to take a hike. :bluesad:
You should have told him you just did; that's why you were sitting there. :tongueout:
I'm sure that would have amused him to no end.
:bouncegiggle: :teddyr: :teddyr:
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 02, 2008, 08:38:10 PM
I guess the ambassador thought "Hill House" sounded more inviting than "The House that Dripped Blood."
By the way, welcome back from vacation, Trevor!
:teddyr: :bouncegiggle: :smile: