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Good morning CYBERSPACE, said in Robin William's voice. Here is a wonderful take on weather in general: Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin

Enough about weather, your weather lady has a short little span of attention, as Paul Simon would say. I enjoy just sitting here 'listening' to all your voices. All we need is aggie to respond to hebba and the morning will be complete.

As I listened to Dys read Dave Bromberg's lyrics for Sharon, I realized that he not only looks a little like Willie Nelson, he also sounds like him. Of course, he can also sound exactly like Groucho Marx!

McTag and hebba may be able to add their knowledge to a thread I started: Welsh-Hindi Connection. A Hindi woman has noted an amazing connection in pronunciation and vocabulary between Welsh and Hindi. Do either of you know of an historical reason for such a strange similarity between two very ethnic groups? Here is the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4328733.stm this is the article I read.

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1259685#1259685 shortcut to thread.

Jennifer slept in her little bed,
With dreams of her rabbit in her little head.

Jennifer's rabbit, brown and white,
Left the house and ran away one night,
Along with a turtle and a kangaroo,
And seventeen monkeys from the city zoo,
And Jennifer too.

They ran through the forest and they all held hands.
They came to the ocean with the cookie crumb sands.
They called it the sea of the very best dreams,
And all built a cstle of the best moonbeams,
And milky way streams.

And there on the sand where the star fish play,
The ship sailed in from the moonbeam bay,
And they all went sailing on the starlight sea,
Where they all had cookies and oolong tea,
And Jenny had three.

They danced on the decks of the red-sailed brig.
The monkeys and the sailors did a whirrling jig.
Turtle played the fiddle and the rabbit played kazoo,
And they bowed to each other like polite folks do.
And Jenny bowed too.

Then, "My!" said the turtle as the clock struck three,
"The hour is growing very late for me."
"Not at all," said the rabbit. "And I'll tell you why,
We still havn't counted every star in the sky".
Said Jenny "Let's try."

So they counted on the ship and they counted on the shore.
They counted through the forest to the bedroom door.
They counted in bed till they could count no more.
Then they all fell asleep and the final score,
Was a trillion and four.

Yes the rabbit and the turtle and the kangaroo,
And Jenny fell asleep like sleepy folks do,
Just like you.

Diane, thanks for the shortest weather report in all history. I'm certain that McTag and Hebba will give it a go.

As for dys's song, I recall the merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel. And the world for carousel in French, is carrousel, right Francis?

Why is it, listeners, that all carousels play "Over the Waves"? (to the tune of "The Loveliest Night of the Year." <smile>)

Adding to our Amber alert:

No William Henry,
No Morganwood,
No BoGoWo.
No eoe.(that woman from Georgia)

Eva--Where are you? We are now worth over 4 grand.

Celebration time tonight, folks.

Breaking news:

Peter Jennings has lung cancer. Anchor man for ABC news for the last twenty years, he will be receiving chemo on an out patient basis.

One night as I was walking down Columbus Avenue
The sushi bars were shuttered, and the dark cantina too
I stood there in the darkness as an empty cab rolled by
When all at once I heard the sound of yuppies in the sky

The herd came down Columbus for as far as I could see
The men were wearing polo and the women wore esprit
Each yuppie had a Walkman, and as each one passed me by
I saw their sad expressions and I heard their mournful cry

Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky
Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky

Each one was wearing running shoes upon the ghostly deck
And each one had a cotton sweater wrapped around his neck
They all held out their credit cards and tried in vain to buy
But all the stores were shuttered to the yuppies in the sky

Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky
Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky

I'd seen them in commercials sailing boats and playing ball
Pouring beer for one another, crying, 'Why not have it all'
Now I saw their ghostly progress down Columbus Avenue
I heard their cries for mercy and it chilled me through and through

Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky
Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky

All the salad bars were empty, all the quiche Lorraine was gone
I heard the yuppies crying as they vanished in the dawn
Calling brand names to each other, they faded from my view
They'd be networking forever down Columbus Avenue

Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky
Condos for sale, Condos to buy, Oh Yuppies in the sky

RIP, hippies turned young urban political people.

Psssst, dys. Tell the Lady that her relay to India and Wales didn't work.

Dys~
Outstanding! I'd dearly love to hear you sing it.

<Francis making a moue of expressing assent> :wink:

Just can't top this station. Egyptology, crocodilogy, rabbitology, WA2K's got it.

To answer Hebba: I was never quicker than the others at the moviology. It just seemed that way because I was practically living at the movie quiz site at that time. Good to see you back.

And the movie celebs for the day: (I had difficulty choosing a picture because there are quite a few greats there.)

1588 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher/political theorist (England; died 1679)
1732 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter (France; died 1806)
1827 Joseph Lister, physician who founded aseptic surgery (Upton, Essex, England; died 1912)
1856 Booker T. Washington, black educator/social reformer and author (Franklin County, VA; died 1915)
1900 Spencer Tracy, actor (Milwaukee, WI; died 1967)
1908 Bette Davis, actress (Lowell, MA; died 1989)
1916 Gregory Peck, actor (La Jolla, CA)
1920 Arthur Hailey, author (Luton, England)
1926 Roger Corman, filmmaker (Detroit, MI)
1929 Nigel Hawthorne, actor (Coventry, England)
1934 Frank Gorshin, actor/comedian (Pittsburgh, PA)
1937 Colin Powell, general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (New York, NY)
1941 Michael Moriarty, actor (Detroit, MI)
1949 Judith Resnick, astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion (Akron, OH; died 1986)
1950 Christine Lahti, actress (Detroit, MI)

Is it time for another communications seminar? It is. Ok. Today we'll cover the ex wife (one of which I have) alphabet.

Ex-Wife Alphabet


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A is for Alimony ... the gift that keeps on giving.

B is for Balls ... which are now ours again.

C is for Court ... where you finally find out the meaning of a good screw.

D is for Divorce ... the alternative to ax murder.

E is for Equitable Distribution ... another oxymoron.

F is for Flatulence ... finally we can let loose without being criticized for causing the flowers to wilt.

G is for Gandhi ... someone you could actually say had lost weight without having to lie.

H is for House ... which the bitch also got.

I is for Inmate ... where you also get to room with Bubba when the child support is late.

J is for Jewelry ... the former great equalizer.

K is for Kids ... the best of everything.

L is for Lawyer ... whose most recent vacation you just paid for.

M is for Mother ... and Oh what a Mother F*cker!!!!!!

N is for Not tonight, I have a headache.

O is for Overdrawn ... what your checking account always was.

P is for PMS ... what we say: "No, honey, you don't look like you're retaining water." ...what we mean, "No wonder there's a citywide drought."

Q is for Quarter ... what YOU get for each dollar SHE gets.

R is for Rehearsal Dinner ... should never have stayed for dessert.

S is for Sex ... thank goodness she rolled in her sleep.

T is for Throat ... the anatomic area she goes for in the settlement.

U is for UPS ... the delivery guy you are on a first name basis with, and who spent more time at your house than you did.

V is for Visa ... one of several cards she maxed out.

W is for Wrong ... which you always were.

X is for X chromosome ... I swear some women have more than two!

Y is for Yacht ... maybe the next guy will have one.

Z is for Zirconium ... I wonder if she ever figured out that all her diamonds were Cubic Zirconium.

hmmm. That's a blurry picture of Gregory. He deserves better:

I don't know much about Hindi nor de Queen of Denial (the Nile, geddit?)

I remember "Little Egypt" which was a song by Lieber and Stoller/ The Coasters, I think.

I can't think of any connection between Wales and India except maybe Tiger Bay (Cardiff) and Tiger Beer.

"Little Egypt" -The Coasters

I went and bought myself a ticket and
I sat down in the very first row, wo wo.
They pulled the curtain but then when
they turned the spotlight way down low, wo wo,
little Egypt came out strutting,
wearing nothing but a button and a bow, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah''.

She had a ruby on her tummy and
a diamond big as Texas on her toe, wo wo.
She let her hair down and
she did the hoochie koochie real slow, wo wo,
When she did her special number on a zebra skin,
I thought she'd stop the show, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!".

She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,
she winked at the audience and then she turned around.
She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.

Yeah, but let me tell you people,
little Egypt doesn't dance there anymore, wo wo.
She's too busy mopping and
a taking care of shopping at the store, wo wo.
'Cause we got seven kids and
all day long they crawl around the floor, wo wo,
singing, "Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!"

Awright, McT!
That goes way back.

er, Francis. That should have been "word", not el mundo.

Hey, Bob. Maybe they should start teaching that alphabet in the schools, say starting in kindergarten? That way there would be no child left behind nor any support to pay:

Burl Ives:

Oh, I wish I were single again, again,
Oh, I wish I were single again.
For when I was single, my pockets did jingle.

Oh, I wish I were single again.(will finish that one later, Boston)

Ah, Raggedy, Gregory Peck. I will always remember his Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird." He did a fair Southern accent, but Jodie Foster's attempt at a West Virginia accent in The Silence of the Lambs, was rather poor. thanks for keeping us updated, and on our toes, PA.

McTag, that was marvelous, and here's a golden oldie for you:(including P.T. Barnum)


Natalie Cole
» Paper Moon

Writers: Rose/Harburg/Arlen
I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away from you
Out of your embrace
The world's a temporary parking place
Mmm, mm, mm, mm
A bubble for a minute
Mmm, mm, mm, mm
You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it

Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Without your love
It's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade
It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me.

It's time for a station break for this side of the globe:

This is cyberspace, WA2K radio. The time--3:29.

It's not even a mistake as the world is a carousel!

there was this time in the apple when Joe (take a seat anywhere) and I went to the city auction and bought a park bench with a notorized receipt for the purchase which we then took to Central Park. When a policeman came by we would pick up the bench and run off with it. Upon capture we would show the receipt and would be let go. We did this every day for 2 weeks until every one of the park officers knew we owned the park bench and ignored us as we ran away. Then we began to steal all the park benches in Central Park while the police laughed as we scurried away. We amassed dozens of park benches which we took to Times square where we arranged them in squares with each bench facing another and hung signs on them "to be used only by those speaking at least one language other than english". Numerous persons sat on them feeding the pigeons while Joe took pictures. Eva and I sat on the curb drinking wine spodie odie then we all went to dinner where we met up with Frank at a french cafe. I had the osso buco, Eva had a Omaha T-Bone steak, Joe had a chili-cheese dog and Frank ate crow. Then over a late night ICEE from 7/11 we laughed, alot.

You're right, Francis. What a great connection! Now we can picture Disney World:

The world is a carousel of color. (exploding star bursts)

And for the afternoon of Orlando(minus dawn)

Afternoon Delight
( Starland Vocal Band )

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
A little afternoon delight
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin' you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Afternoon delight!

Wow! dys. That's real, isn't it.

Back later to comment on the gathering of Eagles, and dancing with wolves.