Friday, November 11, 2011

11/11/11: Happy Nigel Tufnel Day!

Geranium 'Gerwat' (Rozanne),  with foliage cranked up to 11.

One of my favorite films is the mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap."
image from IMDb
In one scene, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) shows off the one of the band's guitar amplifiers, the settings of which go up to 11, saying, "Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven."
image from Wikipedia

This is the source of the phrase "turning it up to eleven."
Here's wishing everyone a weekend that's one more than a 10.

6 comments:

Lisa at Greenbow said...

What an awesome picture MrMcD. You definitely turned that one up to and 11. I have never heard of this movie. I hope you have a great weekend too.

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Spinal Tap, a classic! So is that geranium leaf, mine are still green.

Eileen

Gail said...

beautiful leaf and I must watch the movie again. gail

Carol said...

Cool. I love obscure references. Only you would know that one!

Leslie said...

Loved that movie...and the leaf!

Steve said...

Didn't one of their drummers die in a freak gardening accident though? Hope everyone had a safe NT day...!