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Well, listeners. It seems that Walter knows cars, and dys knows bars,(you know, musical bars) and edgar knows them damn Yankees.

And our Francis has made it clear that his song was no salute.

Departmental
An ant on the tablecloth
Ran into a dormant moth
Of many times his size.
He showed not the least surprise.
His business wasn't with such.
He gave it scarcely a touch,
And was off on his duty run.
Yet if he encountered one
Of the hive's enquiry squad
Whose work is to find out God
And the nature of time and space,
He would put him onto the case.
Ants are a curious race;
One crossing with hurried tread
The body of one of their dead
Isn't given a moment's arrest-
Seems not even impressed.
But he no doubts report to any
With whom he crosses antennae,
And they no doubt report
To the higher up at court.
Then word goes forth in Formic:
"Death's come to Jerry McCormic,
Our selfless forager Jerry.
Will the special Janizary
Whose office it is to bury
The dead of the commissary
Go bring him home to his people.
Lay him in state on a sepal.
Wrap him for shroud in a petal.
Embalm him with ichor of nettle.
This is the word of your Queen."
And presently on the scene
Appears a solemn mortician;
And taking formal position
With feelers calmly atwiddle,
Seizes the dead by the middle,
And heaving him high in the air,
Carries him out of there.
No one stands round to stare.
It is nobody else's affair.

It couldn't be called ungentle.
But how thoroughly departmental.

Deep Thoughts

1. Why do pajamas have pockets?
2. Why do people sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when
they are already there?
3. Does anybody actually enjoy the music they hear when
they're on "hold"?
4. Why is it called a hamburger when it is beef?
5. Why are they called apartments when they're all
together?
6. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
7. How come permanents are temporary?
8. Before they invented golf balls, how did they measure
hail?
9. Why aren't they called bakies instead of cookies?
10. Why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it
sounds?
11. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
12. Do you need a silencer to shoot a mime?
13. Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical
situations?
14. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work
in the mornings?
15. If a 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why
are there locks on the doors?
16. If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
17. If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they make the Teflon
stick to the pan?
18. Since cats always land on their feet & buttered toast
always lands butter-side down, what would happen if you
tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and tossed it?
19. If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what
happens when you turn on the headlights?
20. Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of a
drive-up ATM?
21. Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
22. Why is it cargo on a ship and a shipment in a car?
23. If the little indestructible black box is
indestructible, why can't they make the whole plane out
of the same substance?
24. Why is it that while you are driving and looking for
an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
25. Will they let you buy anything specific at a general
store?
26. Where do you park if you work at a fire hydrant
factory?
27. When will they make a decaffeinated coffee table?
28. What is another word for thesaurus?
29. What did cured ham have before it was cured?
30. What is an occasional table when it is not a table?
31. Why is abbreviated such a long word?
32. If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the
opposite of progress?
33. Do vegetarians ever eat animal crackers?
34. Why do women open their mouths when they put on
mascara?
35. Why do people who know the least know it the
loudest?
36. When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?
37. If police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has
a right to remain silent?
38. If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a
success?
39. What do you do when you discover an endangered
animal that eats only endangered plants?
40. When sign makers go on strike, is anything written
on their signs?
41. After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour
before getting out of the water?
42. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to
kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
43. Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
44. How do you know when it is time to tune your bagpipes?
45. Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because
they taste funny?
46. When you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
47. Why do they call it a TV Set when you only get one?
48. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
49. What happens if you can't remember where you planted
your forget-me-nots?
50. What does a compass do at the North Pole?
51. How do they get deer to cross the roads at those
yellow signs?
52. Why do they call it "raising" a building when they
tear it down?
53. When an alarm sounds, why do we say it goes "off"?
54. Why do elevators go down?
55. Why is quicksand so slow?
56. Why do packages of circus peanuts include nutritional
facts?
57. Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
58. Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor, but
book publishers aren't afraid to have Chapter 11?
59. Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays?
60. Where are Preparations A-G?
61. If knees bent backwards, what would chairs look
like?
62. When you open a new bag of cotton balls, are you
supposed to throw the top one away?
63. How did a fool and his money get together in the
first place?
64. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
65. If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you
read all right?
66. Why in a country of free speech, are there phone
bills?
67. Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
68. Why does your nose run and your feet smell?
69. How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't
live there?
70. What would Geronimo say if he jumped out of an
airplane?
71. Why do light switches say on/off? When it is on you
can see it is on and when it is off you can't see to
read?
72. Does a goose get people bumps?
73. Who invented the dickey? And Why?
74. Why do they call it evaporated milk if it's still
there when you open the can?
75. Who decides it's "I" before "E" except after "C"?
76. Why do umpires always turn around to sweep off
home plate?
77. If we smoke in smoking jackets, and we sleep in
sleeping bags, what do we do in wind breakers?

Well, folks, our Bob just broke the ice with those funnies. Does that mean that we're all skating on thin ice here in our little studio?

Really great, Bob. We'll leave the last one left untouched. <smile>

Guess it's time for an ice song:



Meanwhile back in the year one,
When you belonged to no one,
You didn't stand a chance, son,
If your pants were undone.

'Cause you were bred, for humanity
And sold to society
One day you'll wake up, in the present day
A million generations removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be.

Skating away, skating away, skating away,
On the thin ice of the new day

So as you push off from the shore,
Won't you turn your head once more
And make your peace with everyone.
For those who choose to stay
Will live just one more day,
To do the things they should've done.
And as you cross the wilderness,
Spinning in your emptiness
If you have to, pray.
Looking for a sign, that the universal minds
Has written you into the passion play.

Skating away, skating away, skating away
On the thin ice of the new day

And as you cross the circle line,
Well the ice wall creaks behind
You're a rabbit on the run.
And the silver splinters fly
In the corner of your eye,
Shining in the setting sun.
Well do you ever get the feeling
That the story's too damn real
And in the present tense.
Or that everbody's on the stage
And it seems like you're the only
Person sitting in the audience

Skating away, skating away, skating away
On the thin ice of the new day

Skating away, skating away, skating away

Guess who did that one. Don't cheat!

I seen a girl on a one way corridor
Stealing down a wrong way street
For all the world like an urban toreador
She had wheels on on her feet
Well the cars do the usual dances
Sames old cruise and the kerbside crawl
But the rollergirl she's taking chances
They just love to see her take them all

No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

Hallelujah here she comes queens rollerball
Enchante what can I say don't care at all
You know she used to have to wait around
She used to be the lonely one
But now that she can skate around town
She's the only one

No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station
And a rock n roll dream
She's making movies on location
She don't know what it means
But the music make her wanna be the story
And the story was whatever was the song what it was
Rollergirl don't worry
D.j. play the movies all night long

She tortures taxi drivers just for fun
She like to read their lips
Says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son
I swear she let a big truck graze her hip
She got her own world in the city
You can't intrude on her
She got her own world in the city
Cos the city's been so rude to her

Come slippin and a slidin
Life's a rollerball
Slippin and a slidin
Skateaway that's all
Shala shalay hey hey skateaway
She's singing shala shalay hey hey
Skateaway

How about an underwater skate?

I didn't see a prison at Dartmouth. Was there once a prison ship/ hulk there?

Anyway, it rained very heavily but despite that, I and only four other people (hardy souls) had a nice trip on the Hafenrundfahrt.
At times, we could even see right across the harbour!
Many yachts and small craft at anchor. Pretty.
I like the Dart estuary. Learned on the boat, that "dart" is an old English word for an oak tree, and so the name of this estuary once meant "the estuary wooded with oaks"

Then, later on, met up with Clary in the evening for a very nice meal in a Totnes gastro-pub.

Now am back on home computer.

McT

Of course there is no prison - I actually mixed it up with Dartmoor (which I even did, when I'd been to both places in the 60's ).

Delightful, wish I was there, I once had a very pleasant breakfast with Clary, she didn't slap me once.

What happened to skating, yawl?

Ah, well, folks. Guess we shouldn't interfere with male bonding (or bail bonding, either)

How about a toast to the ladies:

Here's to my lady, here's a toast to my lady,
and all that my lady means to me!
Like a hearth in the winter, a breeze in the summer,
a spring to remember is she!

Though the years may grow colder as people grow older,
it's shoulder to shoulder we'll be!
But be it sunshine or shady, here's my love to my lady,
I pray may she always love me!
< instrumental break >
Though the years may grow colder as people grow older,
it's shoulder to shoulder we'll be!
But be it sunshine or shady, here's my love to my lady,
I pray may she always love me!

ladies love outlaws.

And then I saw the river's dream-self walk
Down to the ring mesh netting by the bridge
To feel the edge of shingle brush the edge
Of sleep and float a world up like a cork
Out of its body's liquid dark.
Like in a waterfall one small twig caught
Catches a stick , a straw, a sack , a mesh
Of leaves, a fragile wickerwork of floodbrash,
I saw all things catch and reticulate
Into this dreaming of the Dart
That sinks like a feather falls, not quite
In full possession of its weight.

from: Alice Oswald, Dart

Well, dys, my heroes have always been cowboys. <smile>

Walter, that was beautiful; Love it, Germany.

A welcome back song for McTag

There was twa sisters in a bowr,
Edinburgh, Edinburgh
There was twa sisters in a bowr,
Stirling for ay
There was twa sisters in a bowr,
There came a knight to be their wooer.

He courted the eldest wi glove an ring,
But he lovd the youngest above a' thing.

He courted the eldest wi brotch an knife,
But lovd the youngest as his life.

The eldest she was vexed sair,
An much envi'd her sister fair.

Into her bowr she could not rest,
Wi grief an spite she almost brast.

Upon a morning fair and clear,
She cried upon her sister dear:

"O sister, come to yon sea stran,
An see our father's ship come to lan."

She's taen her by the milk-white han,
An led her down to yon sea stran.

The youngest stood upon a stane,
The eldest came and threw her in.

She tooke her by the middle sma,
And dashd her bonny back to the jaw.

"O sister, sister, tak my han,
An Ise mack you heir to a' my lan."

"O sister, sister, tak my middle,
An yes get my goud and my gouden girdle."

"O sister, sister, save my life,
An I swear Ise never be nae man's wife."

"Foul fa the han that I should tacke,
It twin'd me and my wardles make."

"Your cherry cheeks an yallow hair,
Gars me gae maiden for evermair."

Sometimes she sank, and sometimes she swam,
Till she came down yon bonny mill-dam.

O out it came the millers son,
An saw the fair maid swimmin' in.

"O Father, father, draw your dam,
Here's either a mermaid or a swan."

The miller quickly drew the dam,
An there he found a drownd woman.

You couldna see her yallow hair,
For gold and pearle that were so rare.

An by there came a harper fine,
That harped to the king at dine.

When he did look that lady upon,
He sighd and made a heavy moan.

He's taen three locks o her yallow hair,
An wi them strung his harp sae fair.

The first tune he did play and sing,
Was, "Farewell to my father the king."

The nextin tune that he playd syne,
Was, "Farewell to my mother the queen."

The lasten tune that he playd then,
Was, "wae to my sister, Fair Ellen."

Middle-Ages Scots were vicious, and then wrote dour songs about it.

Good job the modern ones are not like that. :wink:

Well, McTag, you aren't.

You known, listeners, I have always wondered about this nursery rhyme.



Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief;
Taffy came to my house
And stole a piece of beef.

I went to Taffy's house,
Taffy was not home;
Taffy came to my house
And stole a marrow bone.

I went to Taffy's house,
Taffy was not in;
Taffy came to my house
And stole a silver pin.

I went to Taffy's house,
Taffy was in bed;
I took up a poker
And threw it at his head

I heard that a little differently, but the import is the same.

Incidentally, the answer to the last question was Jethro Tull.

Old Reilly stole a stallion
But they caught him and they brought him back
And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
With an iron chain around his neck.

Old Reilly's daughter got a message
That her father was goin' to hang.
She rode by night and came by morning
With gold and silver in her hand.

When the judge he saw Reilly's daughter
His old eyes deepened in his head,
Sayin', "Gold will never free your father,
The price, my dear, is you instead."

"Oh I'm as good as dead," cried Reilly,
"It's only you that he does crave
And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all.
Get on your horse and ride away."

"Oh father you will surely die
If I don't take the chance to try
And pay the price and not take your advice.
For that reason I will have to stay."

The gallows shadows shook the evening,
In the night a hound dog bayed,
In the night the grounds were groanin',
In the night the price was paid.

The next mornin' she had awoken
To know that the judge had never spoken.
She saw that hangin' branch a-bendin',
She saw her father's body broken.

These be seven curses on a judge so cruel:
That one doctor will not save him,
That two healers will not heal him,
That three eyes will not see him.

That four ears will not hear him,
That five walls will not hide him,
That six diggers will not bury him
And that seven deaths shall never kill him.

Oh Letty, so much catching up to do and so little time and energy with which to do it.

Here are the lyrics to Knockin' on Heaven's Door. At this point, I'm afraid that if I knocked, I'd hear the lyrics, I Hear You Knockin' But You Can't Come In...

Oh well, it's good to be feeling a little better after one of the worst sinus infections I've ever had. Veritgo so bad I couldn't drive, so stayed home and drove Dys crazy.


Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Wow! edgar, that was awesome. Give us some background on it if you will.

Diane, you knocked, but I didn't here you, honey. <smile> I used to get sinus infections all the time, and then one doctor gave me an anti-biotic nasal spray, and I have never had them since, seriously.

My word, what a tragic song, lady. Is the badge a symbol of the law? If so, then this might be the antithesis:



Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed the money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

I miss my baby and I feel so sad
I guess my race is run
Well she's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the

Robin' people with a six gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I miss my baby and I miss my fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

I miss my baby and I feel so sad
I guess my race is run
Why she's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the

I fought the law and the law won [x7]
I fought the law and the

All I know about the song, it's on one of Bob Dylan's bootleg albums. Don't know if he wrote it or reworked an old folk song. Will look it up, though.

The song is Seven Curses, and it doesn't give credit to anyone other than Dylan. He must be the author.