Art Thieme's gem

Subject: Art Thieme's gem
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 02:16 AM

Buried in the thread on 50's and 60's folk groups is one of the all-time puns, made by mudcatter Art Thieme. (Don't know you Art, so I hope you don't mind) Asked to name lesser known folk groups of that era, Art's response was: "A group I was in in the 50's made up of---Elvis, Patti Page, Rosemary Clooney and me. We called ourselves----Presley, Page, Rosemary and Thieme.

Kind of gets the imagination going on other possible made-up groups/puns So Mudcatters, just for the hell of it, why not give it your best shot. What others can we come up with?

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: MikeofNorthumbria
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 08:57 AM

I wouldn't dream of trying to compete with Art's gem (who could?). However, the kind of people who follow threads like this might have some helpful contributions for another project I'm working on - The Philosophers' Song-Book.

So far I've got:

"Plato Me, Gypsy"

"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"

"She Loves You A J Ayer"

"I Kant Get No Satisfaction"

"I Want Hegel, Just Like The Gel, That Married Dear Old Dad"

and of course, the Elvis classic,

"I Want Ya, I Nietzsche, I Love Ya"

Any more suggestions?

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 10:25 AM

Descarte went into a bar. The bartender asked him, "Would you like a drink?" He answered, "No."

And he disappeared...

Art Thieme !

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: harpgirl
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 10:30 AM

....Chutzpah is going to a psychiatrist because of a multiple personality and asking for a group rate!

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 11:03 AM

Abby, You ought to know.

Schizophrenia beats dining alone ! ;-)

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Well, this is as good a place to mention as any that I'm heading up to Rochester, Minnesota today for another oil change and maybe a lube job too. (Hopefully not another valve job.) So, if I ain't around these parts for a while, you'll know what's happening.

A grand 4th o' July to you all.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: harpgirl
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 11:11 AM

...Geez Art...I hope it goes well! Does Carol have company while you are gone? Hang in there...Love and support, your friend, Abby

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: GUEST,Peter T.
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 11:45 AM

How about:

"Ach du Lieber, Augustine"

"Yes, We Have No Julia Annas"

"In My Mind I'm Reading Tom Aquinas...." (To "Carolina on my Mind")

"To Every Thing, Turing, Turing, Turing, There is an algorithm, Turing, Turing, Turing...."

"Wittgenstein, Wittgenstein, Every word is a picture, Sentences too, machines to look through, thus the world comes together...." (to "Edelweiss")

and that old blues classic: "Frege Whiff on me, Baby".

yours, Peter

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 11:56 AM

Well of course there's my favourite characters from the pen of Alexander Dumbass

Arsehole, Porthole, Armistice and Dartboard.

Rick

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Micca
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 01:27 PM

Rick, I always thought the last guy was called Dark Canyon...

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 08:45 PM

But surely Dark Canyon would have been a sidekick of the evil Daft Ada in Star Wars?

But if it's music related puns we're after, Les Barker's yer man, what with the Nose of Allendale, and the Trains of Waterloo, and of course that hero of the football terraces, Earwig O. (And of course Les doesn't just make the puns, he writes the songs, and gets the likes of June Tabor and Martin Carthy to sing them. And supplies the rolls of toilet paper for the spectacular finish.)

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Barbara
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 08:58 PM

S'cuse me, Art, but surely Descartes said, "I think not," and then disappeared,

or were you counting on so many people knowing that joke by now that we'd get it anyway?

And then there's the zen buddhist hot dog stand...

Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From:
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 09:49 PM

Aha! so that is how Thieme is pronounced. Good luck with your overhaul Art.

Murray

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Micca
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 09:51 PM

Then there was Descartes brother the accountant who said "Calculate ergo Sum"

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: raredance
Date: 04 Jul 00 - 11:24 PM

I would like to point out the apparent grammatical error in this thread title. I believe the article was left out and it should actually read "Art Theime's a gem". Indeed.

To Art, don't over do the Mayo days.

rich r

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Jul 00 - 01:04 AM

thansk for letting us know, Art. I'll be sending you good thoughts and lots of love. And, like richr dsaid, "easy on the Mayo"...

BTW, another Mudcatter, Lloyd is at teh Mayo Guest House, just ahd surgery on Friday last. There's a thread from him, tonight....Mayo is double-Muddered this week.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 05 Jul 00 - 09:54 PM

Art: When Descarte went into a bar did he go before the horse?

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: Hollowfox
Date: 07 Jul 00 - 10:35 AM

And there's James Bond's motto:"Incognito Ergo Sum."

Subject: RE: Art Thieme's gem
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Jul 00 - 12:00 AM

Refresh: he is back from the Mayo with a new lube job and tune up!