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@Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^<:

Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^< said
Well, ‘hot’ obviously means something else to an Englishman than say, an Australian or an American (which, being a Scouser, you ought to know). It was approximately 25 degrees Celsius on the day of the Abbey Road photo shoot. That is, at the hottest time of day, which would have been 2-3 hours after the actual shoot. Also, you can tell there was a breeze, so it can’t have been more than 20-22 Celsius when they took the photos. I have tested the theory last summer on a slightly warmer day than that August in 1969 and the asphalt was tepid. So, there goes the PID theory that it’s impossible to walk barefooted on the road.

There are several possible explanations for it. Paul did wear his sandals the first few times they crossed. Maybe it was decided they looked too out of place. Maybe he thought it would look cool. Maybe he never even thought about it (according to Peter Asher, Paul would take his shoes off whenever he got the chance). There’s a good chance the whole ‘it was hot’ explanation was just to give an answer and be done with it, just like he’s made up that ‘full moon’ story to explain why he came off his moped in 1965. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t remember what really happened in either of those instances. Or maybe he’d rather not say.

Maybe he’s telling the truth when he blames the heat. Let’s not forget that out of the four, Paul always sweat more profusely than the others. You can clearly see it pouring down his face at concerts, when the others were only just getting flustered. So, it’s entirely plausible he had sweaty feet. I personally hate it when I wear flip flops and my feet begin to sweat. It makes me constantly feel as if they’re going to fly off at the next step. Not to mention the irritation between my toes… I’m not saying that’s absolutely what happened. I just think people are focusing way too much on irrelevant things.  

Thanks for this. I didn’t realize the temperature,or the fact that he originally wore the flip flops. I agree with you on the ‘just to give an answer’ thing. I always remember a quote from famous Beatles biographer Philip Norman,in which he’s talking to a reporter, and he said that “Paul won’t tell you” (not about this subject by the way, just a general thing). When asked why Paul won’t say,Norman claims that it was because Paul has a habit of ‘rewriting history’. This would tie in with your ‘just to give an answer’ comment. I imagine he must get bored answering the same thing over and over,so probably likes to embellish on things,or maybe he just remembers a certain incident that he hadn’t remembered the previous time etc. That quote from Norman always sticks in my mind though.  Good point on how much he sweats too. I didn’t think of that 

Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^< said
P.S. the MMT cover isn’t much of a mystery at all. It’s Paul on the left. You can tell by the black trousers and the fact that his watch is on his right wrist. George is in the middle, Ringo on the right (orange trousers), and it’s John in the walrus suit. I heard it said recently that the walrus supposedly is a death symbol in some cultures (they mentioned Dutch culture as an example). Well, I am Dutch and NO F*****G WAY is the walrus a symbol of anything here. It isn’t a death symbol anywhere! But, as we established before, PID is never deterred by that. It’s true because they say it is, and that’s enough for them…

  

Thanks for clarifying who is who on the cover. I knew Ringo was on the right,but wasn’t sure on the rest (I know Ringo is wearing John’s glasses,but I doubt the boys would have swapped trousers, I think that’s going too far lol).

Yeah,I’ve heard about the walrus being a death symbol in some countries,but I really didn’t know enough about the origins of that (or lack thereof) to make any comment either way on that.

What I have read though:

Both Rubber Soul and Glass Onion are another way of saying ‘coffin’ (Rubber Soul was released in England in ’65, Paul supposedly died in ’66,so that puts an end to that theory).

Goo goo,g’joob was apparently the last thing Humpty Dumpty said before he fell off the wall in the nursery rhyme and cracked open (links in with the ‘head injury’ theory, and also would maybe explain the ‘I am the Eggman’ lyric from I Am The Walrus : source – The Walrus Was Paul by R Gary Patterson,a US book about PID)

@Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^<:

There’s a claim on this page that Glass Onion means a slang term for a monocle. ‘ it is also said that a Glass Onion is used to describe a coffin with a glass top,or looking panel,but it is actually a term for a monocle. The lyrics Looking Through a Glass Onion suggest that Paul would have been buried in such a coffin’. It does also say that it’s unlikely that the song was written in response to the rumours though,as obviously the White Album was released before Abbey Road , and the rumour started in ’69:

http://blendedexposures.blogsp…..-dead.html

@Ron Nasty: haha, no worries whatsoever. You have amazing knowledge on the band, and I value your opinion. Cheers!  (thanks to @Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^< too)

Ron Nasty said
Oh dear! I don’t want it to look like I’m chasing you around the forum and correcting you, @Father McKenzie, but this discussion has been had before, probably in the Glass Onion thread.

A Glass Onion is actually a type of bottle used on sailing ships for wine or brandy. They had wide flat bottoms to give them increased stability, meaning they looked a bit like an onion:

EDIT: Seems Mademoiselle Kitty >^..^< had the same thought.  

Wow! And yep, those LOOK like Onions! LOL! I’d always heard they were a glass top casket and this makes much more sense.

@The Hippie Chick: Thanks for your replies. Let me know what you think of the video .   Yeah, I agree with everything in your post. The Rubber Soul thing is strange for obvious reasons, for one that he supposedly died after the album was released (Rubber – tires,Soul – Dead),but (to open up another can of worms, just for the hell of it) maybe he died before ’66, and people got the date wrong? One funny thing I read was that John wanted to call the album Rubber Paul (!) but George dissuaded him. Anyway,as I said,Rubber Soul is a no go, and the ‘no hat’ thing from Help is probably a coincidence. As for MMT, yeah,I can’t really add more to what has already been said on that. 

@Pineapple Records: no worries. If I find any better quality ones, I’ll post them here. They’ll be interesting to watch if nothing else

Cheers all 

LOL those interviews side by side. It’s the very same Paulie, not “Faulie”. 

And yeah, he’s baked in the second one. But hey, s’all good. Haha! 

Paul isn’t the average pop/rock star though, is he? Many people still compare him to John. Many others perceive him as ‘full of himself’. I can just hear what those who already think of Paul as arrogant would have to say if he did confess to trying to stand out. They’d completely ignore that the others did those things too and simply use it to slag Paul off again.