The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #144672   Message #3345462
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
30-Apr-12 - 08:05 PM
Thread Name: I need help writing parody
Subject: I need help writing parody
Today I told my Beautiful Wife, "I'm going to sit down and drink a cup of coffee."

Immediately the song "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter" came to mind, and my uncontrollable (alleged) mind started to convert my coffee-drinking intent to a parody.

So far, it's like this:

"I'm gonna sit right down and drink a cup of coffee
Pretend I've got no work to do.
I'll sip the caffeine oh so sweet
It's gonna keep me on my feet"

And then the problem part. I've tried to keep close to
the original line, "A lotta kisses on the bottom
                   I'll be glad I got 'em"
So my next parody line (which I'd like to make use of,
because of its initial similarity to the original) is
                   "A lotta sippin' to the bottom". . .

But here's the rub: I can't use "I'll be glad I got 'em" for the next line because "'em" (which is really "them") doesn't fit coffee. and I can't use "I'll be glad I got it" because it doesn't rhyme.

Once I get past that problem, if I do, the rest would
go:
                   "I'm gonna smile and say, 'I think it's
                        tastin' better,"
                   And guzzlin' down's the way to do,'