A Spaniel's Ear is a Fractal in the Wind

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Cav, the poem is a spanielerfous picture of a dog hanging out the window whose long and strawberry ears are beyond measure.

What a treasure, this.
The form in which you chose to
Honor your Cav,
From sole to soul,
Is dear and droll.
Two tongues that hear like angels.

Love it!

Why thank you Letty.

You're quite welcome, TO. A bit of log rollin' never hurt anyone. Pork barrel perhaps, but all is fair in poetry and politics..hee hee.

Incidentally, what does fractal mean? I could have looked it up but I had much rather you tell me.

If Gone With the Wind was made today, Jes and I decided it that Clark would have said:

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ----!

and that should be "....if Gone with the Wind WERE made today....."

This isn't a bad site on fractals Letty: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/Fractal/Fractal_Home.html

I highly recommend the 'Why Fractals?' section...

Wow! That was a fantastic site, Cav. But, but, but, you're the one who couldn't even balance a checkbook! Fractal from the Latin, "to break".
I'll need to go back and review that information.

Art and math, while trying to form a relationship through fractals despite their Latin roots, still have not found their harmony, it seems.I can 'balance' a chechbook quite fine, on my fingertips. Ask me to manage money, that is a different story.

Well, it was forced upon me, Cav. Hate it. Guess what. I have to go and do bank stuff as we speak.

Wonder where Kelly went? Do ya reckon those Brit insurgents got him?

Back later, my friend.

Hope to see you later. I have just done some invoicing myself and am wondering when the money will be in my hands. I hate it too.

I'm hoping Kelly shall return. He may be lurking. I'm pretty sure he can defend himself against insurgents.

Cav, how long do people have before they pay you for your services? Thirty days?

I have had the weirdest afternoon. Just found out that my cell phone folks have been sold as well as my plastic provider. Customer reps had no idea what was going on.

Kept getting bumped all day with my isp, and my theory is that they hope I'll upgrade and are deliberately screwing up. At one point my kpbs were down to 4.0.

Who shall we blame all this crap on?

I think I need a drink.

Letty, I demand at least a 50% deposit if jobs are booked well in advance, and 75% if they are more last minute, or in peak season. Then the balance is paid on the day of the event, no exceptions.

That is weird about your cell phone and your plastic...my dad had a similar experience with a business phone company. They offered great deals, then just went belly up without warning.

and that's the way it should be, Cav. The conglomerates in America are always changing faces to keep one off balance. I don't keep a running balance, sooooooooo.

I just stay on the damn phone all the time. Hate it; hate it; hate every minute of it.

This has been one helluvan evening, too. Responded to someone's post
concerning nursery rhymes used to teach children. The creator was French, and wanted songs about body parts.

who said I didn't try and keep up with folks from all over.. Hee hee.




French; written By: unknown; copyright unknown; English Translation
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la tête
Je te plumerai la tête
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le nez
Je te plumerai le nez
Et le nez, et le nez
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les yeux
Je te plumerai les yeux
Et les yeux, et les yeux
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le cou
Je te plumerai le cou
Et le cou, et le cou
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les ailes
Je te plumerai les ailes
Et les ailes, et les ailes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le dos
Je te plumerai le dos
Et le dos, et le dos
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les pattes
Je te plumerai les pattes
Et les pattes, et les pattes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la queue
Je te plumerai la queue
Et la queue, et la queue
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

English Translation: Alouette means "Lark", so you will find it is much harder to sing this song in English since "lark" has only one syllable, while Alouette has four. The song is actually about "plucking" the feathers (plumage) from a lark, presumably in preparation for cooking. A lark is considered to be a small "game bird" (a game bird is a bird considered to be suitable for food, like the coot, dove, grouse, hazel hen, mud hen, partridge, pigeon, plover, quail, rail, snipe, thrush, and woodcock).
Lark, nice Lark (or Lark, lovely Lark)
Lark, I am going to pluck you
I am going to pluck your head,
I am going to pluck your head,
And the head, and the head,
O-o-o-o-oh

All the verses are the same except the part of the body.
The usual ones are
La tête - the head
Le nez - the nose
Les yeux - the eyes
Le cou - the neck
Les ailes - the wings
Le dos - the back
Les pattes - the legs
Le queue - the tail

p.s. Do me a favor and PM me. Things are strange there. Want to see if I can get it and respond.

Nice, Cav! ummm... 'Sole' as in shoe, 'Sole' as in fish, or 'soul' as in that shriveled blackened little thing that dwells within?

And no, I am mightier than those rascally insurents :-)

Sole as in 'soul', and also in 'sole', one unique being, alone in their majesty. Mind you, he has chewed the odd shoe, but not since he was a puppy.

Ahhh sole food :-)

Being from Nawth Carolina, Kelly would know about hominy grits and collard greens, Cav.