Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:16 AM Thanks, MMario. As I write I've only got 8 left to do! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:15 AM Thanks, MMario. As I write I've only got 8 left to do! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 05 Sep 01 - 09:09 AM If the state police don't catch you; we're sending for the Feds! Inspired! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 05 Sep 01 - 05:00 AM To the tune of "Tom Dooley" THE BALLAD OF SAM FELDMAN CHORUS Hang your head, Sam Feldman Hang you head and cry You've crushed a lot of cookies Now you'll pay the price You've crushed a lot of cookies And spoiled a lot of bread If the state police don't catch you Were sending for the Feds In the state of Pennsylvania For years your terror raged It was as if some cookie fiend Had gone on the rampage Crumbs, and nuts and chocolate chips At the scene of crime The supermarket boss is worried For his bottom line CHORUS We've installed CCTV To catch you in the act We've seen you pinch and prod and punch Our cookies you have wrecked We've seen you act maliciously And now we must resort To try your case judiciously Within the District Court CHORUS The judge's face it darkened When he viewed the videotape "Anything to add" he asked "Before I shut this case" "I thought I'd get away But I reckon I've been rumbled A pain in the ass, but then I guess That's how the cookie crumbles" CHORUS |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 03 Jan 01 - 03:36 PM Dear Kevin, To satisfy any of you Challenge!rs sense of closure on this matter ;-), I searched and found this story on MSNBC.com from November 21, 2000:
THE 38-YEAR-OLD ADVERTISING executive, convicted of squeezing, poking and crumbling $1,000 worth of baked goods during criminally finicky shopping sprees in suburban Philadelphia, was sentenced this week to 180 days' probation - 90 days each for the bread and the cookies. Ahh, I feel much better now, knowing that Sam's gotten his just desserts . . . ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 03 Jan 01 - 02:56 PM I read somewhere in the paper over the holidays the guy has recently actually come up for sentending - but with ione thing or another I never got to reading what happened to him. Any newsaholics who can track it down and tell us? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 03 Jan 01 - 02:39 PM Al and Larry Boy -- Great (better late than never) additions to this Challenge! Your songs have both been awarded the prestigious Golden Cow Chip with Harp Ribbon for giving the Keeper of the Book a great laugh once again, and have been entered into the Tome of Challenges! Cudos, thanks and congrats to both of you. ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 02 Jan 01 - 04:45 PM boy did that mess up... Calling Joe and/or clone! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 02 Jan 01 - 04:39 PM Al - *officially* according to section III sup-paragraph four of the rules, (or maybe it was Section VII, sup-paragraph XX.VIII.a) the challenges never close. larry boy - for line breaks see the new-comers FAQ thread at the top of the list, under handy HTML tricks. welcome to the mudcat. BTW - as a coda to this, I heard recently on the Radio that this man has been sentenced and fined for the damage he did to the bread. fixed by elf |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Larry Boy Pratt Date: 02 Jan 01 - 04:28 PM OK, so what is the trick in getting the line breaks? I cut and pasted from MS Word. Do I need to write it directly into the box? Sorry for the run on sentences. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Larry Boy Pratt Date: 02 Jan 01 - 04:25 PM I'm new to this, so here goes with apologies to Sonny Boy Williamson.
Take Your Hands Off of My Wrapper line breaks fixed by elf |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Al Boyce Date: 02 Jan 01 - 04:05 PM Oops! I had this written before I read that the challenge was closed. Oh well.... Enjoy! - Al
PAWS IN THE DOUGH
The Feldmans would go out shopping
CHORUS:
(on subsequent verses replace the third line of the chorus with the third line of the verse.)
They'd start out at Piggly-Wiggly,
While his wife was perusing the poultry,
He'd deliberately fondle foccacia,
At last when Sam was apprehended,
So next time you strangle a struedel,
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 01 Jan 01 - 07:53 PM Mangling the loaves Mangling the loaves He will be arrested For mangling the loaves... to the tune of 'Bringing in the sheaves'... LTS Remember, I was very, very drunk.... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 03 Oct 00 - 11:30 AM thank you, Golden Cow Chip Princess!!!!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 03 Oct 00 - 09:46 AM Hey there Micca! It's always great to have you in on a Challenge! And of course, no Challenge! is ever really over. That's a wunnerful, wunnerful entry, and you are hereby awarded the Golden Cow Chip Award with Shamrock Cluster, AND a Silver B.L.O.B. for:
As we go shopping, shopping Maith thú a stór! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,micca at work Date: 03 Oct 00 - 07:02 AM Aine, sorry to me so late in on this one, here is an "Offering" too Bread and retribution By Micca Tune Bread and Roses
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 10:01 PM Alrightey there, Naemanson, I'll add that last verse to your ditty -- But, please darlin', don't mix your Robutusin with the hot toddies anymore, OK? ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 02 Oct 00 - 09:57 PM Ooo, ooo ooo! I thought of another! But now I'm out in cyberspace, You'll find I'm very hard to trace, I flit about from place to place, Your Mudcat cookies I'll erase. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 02 Oct 00 - 08:09 PM Thank You, All. I was so impressed with the other entries I didn't want to write one. I feel special being included with such a talented bunch. And you're right DB, once you get past the scratchiness... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 07:22 PM Dear Naemanson, If ya can't brown-nose to win a Cow Chip, when can ya? ;-) Again, congrats on your new status as a Master Song Challenge!r (and one of the sweetest brown-nosers I know!). *BG* -- Áine (a/k/a The Cow Chip Princess) P.S. It's nice to know that the Tufts aren't that bad -- besides, now we'll all know you by your walk *LOL*) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 02 Oct 00 - 07:12 PM To be honest with ya Naem, once ya get past the scratchiness it feels kinda nice. Tho, it does make ya walk kinda funny. Congrats on a job well done! Ron. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 07:07 PM Well, Challenge!rs, I think you've said it all about this topic -- and you've been brilliant! Here are your well-earned awards. Cudos, Congrats, and Thanks to each and every one of you:
Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Shamrock Cluster (The Shamrock Cluster is awarded for a very high level of imagination, imagery, and/or creative use of language in a song): I hope that you all are ready for the next Challenge! -- It was sent in by Bert and I think you're gonna get some real hands-on experience out of it . . . ;-) See ya tomorrow for some more fun, -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 02 Oct 00 - 07:02 PM There I was, just loafing around, when I thought I should write one more crumby verse. Rye-ly I settled down at the keyboard. With a mumbled prayer I croissant myself and settled down to work. Fortunately I found I could rise to the occasion, at yeast one more time. All I kneaded was inspiration. So I bagel your indulgence for one more verse. Aine is queen of Challenger's all, She sets 'em up, we make them fall, When she reads them she's so pleased, When she finds her buns have been squeezed! Or is this toast considered a browned nose verse? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 06:20 PM We knew you had it in ya, Naemanson!! See what talent can do, even if it has the sniffles?!? Well done, Challenge!r, and I do hope you will enjoy your newly bestowed O.A.I.O.G., P.T.! -- Although the other two recipients have complained about some scratchiness... ;-) All other Golden Chips et al. to be awarded later this evening. -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 02 Oct 00 - 04:26 PM There I was sitting at home, watching a movie and suffering with this cold, not wanting to do anything. then I said maybe I'll check in with the old Mudcat. And what do I find? Cheering hordes egging me on to flights of inspiration that I may not be up to. So I dragged the keyboard closer and leave these words as my last breath escapes my body. There's one batch of cookies almost done me in, They were setting in the window of a kitchen Catrin's cookies were easy to crack, But I tasted my fingers and almost went back Lucky Charms I did crunch 'em too, In the box it was one hard job to do But I foiled the Mudcatters in their toil, When they looked inside their songs were spoiled. And so the judge he says to me, You're sentenced to the penitentiary A court psychologist you must meet After they pry him from the outhouse seat.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 02 Oct 00 - 04:04 PM Oh how can I resist. Let me review the previous cahllenges and see what I can come up with. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 02 Oct 00 - 03:08 PM |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 02:15 PM OK, Naemanson, just to give you some more encouragement; here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
When Uncle Harry left the cops perplexed, Although, I have to say that it was extremely difficult picking just one 'cherry' verse out of that song -- C'mon Naemanson - go for the Platinum!!!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 02 Oct 00 - 01:17 PM WHOOF,WHOOF,WHOOF,WHOOF,WHOOF,WHOOF,WHOOF, |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 02 Oct 00 - 01:17 PM Naemanson: I like "bread-handed." LOL!
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 02 Oct 00 - 01:03 PM C'mon Naemanson, c'mon Naemanson, c'mon Naemanson ...
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 01 Oct 00 - 08:33 PM YEE-HAW AND ALL RIGHT, NAEMANSON!!!! You've qualified for the Golden Cow Chip with Two-Fer-One Coupon (The Two-Fer-One Coupon is awarded to those Challenge!rs who use two or more Challenge! topics in one song) -- You've got SEVEN topics so far . . . With just THREE more, you'll win the Imperial Order of the All-In-One Genius with Platinum Tufts Award (The Imperial Order of the All-In-One Genius with Platinum Tufts Award is given to the Challenge!rs who use ten or more Challenge! topics in one song). C'mon Naemanson, c'mon Naemanson, c'mon Naemanson -- We're all rootin' fer ya, baby!!! -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Naemanson Date: 01 Oct 00 - 07:45 PM Well, I didn't think inspiration would strike until too late. I was beginning to worry that I couldn't be inspired while suffering from this damn cold. But this came to me today and I jotted it down. Hope you like it. Use the tune to the Sailor's Grace. The title is also the first line. Bread loaf, Bread loaf, why sit you there, Safe on the shelf without a care, All wrapped up and stacked so neat The white bread, rye bread, bran and wheat. Then you know who comes along Old Sam Feldman with fingers strong When his wife has turned around, He crushes you and puts you down. Even cookies feel his grip, He grabs them quick and his thumb he slips, Under the cellophane and into the goo The thumb presses fast and your crumbs too. The managers at the Giant store, Put up with this for 3 years or more, Video cameras they then installed To jail the criminal to haul. Feldman's fetish runs so deep That baked goods into his dreams they creep, Rack on rack of bread and cakes He crushes them as quick as they're baked. They caught Sam in the act they did, Caught him bread handed just like a kid. They arrested him and hauled him to jail, I'm innocent they heard him wail. I squeeze bread just like everyone, Never been arrested though I've squeezed a ton. I've squeezed bread on a mermaid boat, And at the wake of circus bloke. When Uncle Harry left the cops perplexed, I squeezed their donuts and left them vexed, The dungmeister's sandwich I did too Though I cringed to see it held brown goo. In Sperlonga I went to drink Coffee black and in a wink, When she wasn't looking I reached out And crumbled the biscuits all about. But now my crumbing days are o'er They took me to jail and closed the door. My only friend in this lousy bitch Thinks M&M's will make him rich.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 01 Oct 00 - 07:03 PM Sorry, I've just lost it. Haven't been able to retrieve what I had thought was pretty decent. MAYBE later, but go on without me. Thanx for your patience. Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 01 Oct 00 - 06:41 PM Just refreshing this for DaveO... -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:55 PM Brilliant! Dave O -- We'll wait for you to eat some birthday cake and get some bakery good inspiration. Can't wait to see what you come up with! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:26 PM Hold on a bit. I was awake with this for about an hour last night in bed, had it just about written in my head. Mighty pleased with myself. When I sat down to a piece of paper today, it's gone, but I know the song I'll sing it to and the general approach. Going to a family birthday celebration tonight, but I should probably have it in tomorrow. Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:20 PM OK, Challenge!rs -- Is that it? Have you all exhausted yourselves on the bread fetish issue? Are we done with this one? Let me know, 'cos I've got another great Challenge! waiting in the wings . . . -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:47 AM Claps and claps and applauses!!!!
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:40 PM The keeper of the book doesn't contribute often, but when she does it's always a winner! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 08:15 PM Thank you, thank you very much... ;-)
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 29 Sep 00 - 07:49 PM Thunderous applause & standing ovation. YAY Aine!!!!!!!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 07:21 PM Alrightey then, Challenge!rs, put on your top hats, tails and tap shoes -- It's time for putting on the Ritz (cracker, that is!):
Bread Does Something To Me |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:59 PM Geez, Ron, you didn't make it at all easy this time to pick a verse for your Silver B.L.O.B.; but, this is the one I finally decided was my favourite:
The doctors all tell me I have a condition, Ooohhh -- my sides are hurting from laughing all day! Keep going, Challenge!rs!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:54 PM Some amazing stuff here. Keep going, we're on a roll! (How appropriate that expression suddenly seems...) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:22 PM "My carbohydrate thing?" |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:21 PM DB, that's a pure riot! Aine, Silver Blob for this man! The part about the search & destroy gets it! Boy, it must be the combination of Oasis, and a cool Friday afternoon, but I can't stop laughing! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:18 PM WOW, you guys have really come up with some kick ass challanges on this one! I could use a title for this one.
Sung to {these are a few of my favorite things} Can't you just picture Julie Andrews singing this one? line breaks added by elf/joeclone |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 03:25 PM What the heck happened here?!? I go off to the park with my ankle biters, and what do I come back to but interminable thread creep!! *BG* Mbo, Fibula, consider your buns spanked for all this chit-chatting (Mbo - get that sly smile off your face, now...) Well, at least there are two more great Challenge! songs to award Silver B.L.O.B.s to, so here we go: To Mbo for:
The cookies aisle's empty and I'm all alone To mousethief for:
And if you find it helps your mind better squeeze 'em fast Well done, both of you! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:44 PM Ya caught me, ya ol' funnybone! Never been caught by the mousepolice, thankfully. Don't get the Jethro Tull reference.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:42 PM Ha! Mousethief! I stayed around long enough to see that!!! (By the way, an aside again, but referring to Jethro Tull, does the mousetheif get caught by their mousepolice?) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:39 PM Knew this thread couldn't go on much longer without a hijacking.
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:38 PM Gotta go - pub awaits and I'm offline for the weekend. I have to go and see the nightlife in my new city of residence. Bye, Fib. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:34 PM That's so cool still! BTW "Bonehead's Bank Holiday" is on my new tape, which is FINISHED and should be getting sent out in about 2 weeks. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:29 PM It's a tenuous connection, though. It would have been a lot more interesting if I'd actually BEEN that cousin! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:27 PM OH MY GOD!!! You worked with Bonehead's cousin! WHOA!!!!!! I bow at your feet!!!! Bonehead (Paul Arthurs) is AWESOME! Sadly, he left the group, but he's a great guy. Their album Be Here Now was dedicated to his mother. BTW that very first single was 1994's "Supersonic", a KICKASS song, that I was singing just today! WORSHIIIIIIP!!!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:20 PM Mbo, I have seen the scathing attacks on the critics of the Mancunian scene. I must admit I'm not a fan. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them BUT I wouldn't turn of the radio if they were on. I remember years ago when I was waitressing in a cafe back home, and their first ever single had been released. It came onto the radio and the girl I was working with said "Oh, my cousin's in that band" (her surname being Arthurs). I thought "Hmmm, another bunch of no-hopers. They'll never make it. How wrong I was... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:14 PM oops! sorry about that -- forgot to turn off the bold and the font size. Could'a swore I did that. Sigh.
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:13 PM I don't worry, Fib, I've told that joke SO many times, my family is sick of it. BTW did I mention I'm a rapidly closing in on owning ever piece of music Oasis has ever recorded? My name is Matthew Richards, I'm quite an Oasis buff... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:09 PM Sammy's Song (to the tune of "Danny's Song") (with apologies to Kenny Loggins)
People smile and tell me I'm a crazy one
(chorus)
"Bread and bagels," I think, is a very good sign (repeat chorus) © 2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved. This still isn't what I was hoping for. I'll keep trying, I guess.
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:09 PM Mbo, I though you would turn up with that Oasis bready ode to soup: "You get a roll with it..." |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Mbo Date: 29 Sep 00 - 12:02 PM Cookiemangler Tune: "Acquiesce" by Oasis I don't know what is that makes it seem so fun I don't know why I like to maul and mangle buns I don't know why I smash fruit-centered cookies with my thumb I do it all the time in every store I see I can fondle, smash, and mash but no one catches me It really gets me off and the best part is it's free I love to squeeze all the baked stuffs From apple pie to the cream puffs Oh my name is Samuel Feldmann, I'm quite a bakery buff I love to squeeze all the baked stuff From the apple pie to a cream puff Oh my name is Samuel Feldmann, I'm quite a bakery buff The cookies aisle's empty and I'm all alone I gotta dip my thumb into a buttered scone And crumble English muffins until there's naught left but cornpone I don't like when my wife comes to the store with me So I smash behind her back so that she can't see Oh quishing break and cookies is such sweet ecstasy! I love to squeeze all the baked stuffs From apple pie to the cream puffs Oh my name is Samuel Feldmann, I'm quite a bakery buff I love to squeeze all the baked stuffs From apple pie to the cream puffs Oh my name is Samuel Feldmann, I'm quite a bakery buff I love to squeeze....I love to squeeze I need to squeeze....I love to squeeze I want to squeeze....I love to squeeze --Matt
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:43 AM Thank you!!! I feel so proud!! Yes, the Cookie Pokey can continue, but I'm not eating from that particular store! Oooh, the buns, the baps, the crumpet...bread related innuendo is just toooo delicious! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:27 AM Oops! Dear Fibula Mattock -- I forgot to say how much I like the Cookie Pokey!! You are hereby awarded a Silver B.L.O.B. for your entry. Now, have you thought about what you might do with all the other appendages?!? That might lead to some really interesting verses (hahahaha)!! And mousethief - Just between you and me, I'd already planned to steal the attack monkeys for the upcoming Song Challenge! Part 42. Bert has already sent me a great suggestion for Part 41. Aaahhh, the anticipation mounts! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:19 AM I think we oughtta put the chill on any new topics until this one has run its course. I was actually hoping for attack monkeys, myself. I mean hoping for attack monkeys as a challenge! topic.
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:13 AM Dear "5 Minutes Flat" (a/k/a Amos), What, you forgot my email address? What's up with this sticking a different Challenge! suggestion in the middle of another one? You're really throwing a spanner in the works as far as my 'numbering system' goes, ya know... OK, Challenge!rs, if you want to pen a pencil song, so to speak, go for it...but remember, it is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of an eraser than to make Amos behave himself...*BG* -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: SINSULL Date: 29 Sep 00 - 11:03 AM A foot long with a bun extra wide??? HEE HEE HEE.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST, "5 minutes Flat" Date: 29 Sep 00 - 10:56 AM You guys are really rolling along. I am amazed at the wealth of talent the Cat attracts.
If you can persuade your Song goddess to do so, you might have fun with this whacky situation from Reuters:
Pencil-Carrying Camel Convoy Blocked BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has refused to allow a convoy of camels carrying pencils to Iraq to pass through its territory, Iraqi newspapers said Thursday.
Quoting an Interior Ministry source, the newspapers said the pencils were donated by the people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a gesture of support for ordinary Iraqis.
``Sheikh Sa'd Bin Tha'in al-Mansouri and a number of the UAE people decided to organize a convoy of camels to transport one million pencils to Iraq via Saudi Arabia,'' the source said.
He said al-Mansouri submitted a request to the Saudi embassy in the UAE requesting permission to cross Saudi territory, but this was turned down.
Iraq's relations with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council -- a regional alliance comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE were strained by Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have yet to resume diplomatic relations with Iraq.
The UAE, which joined a U.S.-led alliance that drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in 1991, has led calls to end Iraq's isolation.
In 1998, the UAE began a ferry service between Dubai and Iraq's port of Umm Qasr with United Nations permission. In April the UAE reopened its embassy in Baghdad. My father used to play in a Dixieland band, and they did a real footstompin' version of the "Sheik of Araby" when they got into their cups; after every phrase of the song, they would all yell "With no pants on!" at the top of their lungs. Just try it next time you're singing that ditty... The metaphors about leads in pencils and grinders used for sharpening pencils and so on also flood tot he fore as fodder for your fertile imaginations.... G'wan, ask the Goddess! Regards, Amos
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,emily b Date: 29 Sep 00 - 10:14 AM Wow! Everybody is joining in and we're all LOL. Good work to all. Is it just me, or did the food theme really speak to you all, too? Aine, thanks for starting all of this amusement. I didn't discover the challenges until somewhere in their 20's. I must go back and read through the older ones. This is just too much fun. I look forward to more great songs. Emily |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 29 Sep 00 - 10:04 AM I love the cookie pokey! Made me literally laugh out loud at work this morning! Thanks, Fib!
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 29 Sep 00 - 08:09 AM me too ROTFLMAO! Every time I look at this thread I'm more and more impressed by us all! Cheers, Catrin |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 29 Sep 00 - 05:54 AM Apologies in advance, but I couldn't resist it: You put your right thumb in, Your right thumb out, Your right thumb in And you squish it all about, You do the Cookie Pokey And you turn around, And that's what it's all about.... WOOOAAHHH bread and cookie pokey, WOOOAAHHH bread and cookie pokey, WOOOAAHHH bread and cookie pokey, And that's what it's all about! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 28 Sep 00 - 09:26 PM Bradypus, your Bread Squeezin' Blues would go with "Ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe"--You know, "Don't think twice, it's all right.! Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:36 PM Thanks Aine, I am a very naughty boy {snicker, snicker} Ron. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:20 PM LOL!!! ROTFLMAO!!! I can just hear you snickering as you wrote that, Ron . . . Here's another Silver B.L.O.B. for:
Now I lament my lost love, I'm so glad you're such a naughty boy, you know... ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:13 PM THE BAKER BOYS LAMENT
I'm little Sammy Feldman, line breaks added by elf/joeclone |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 08:05 PM My dear Bradypus, a wunnerful, wunnerful entry as usual. Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
Obsessive compulsive disorder Sing those blues, Mr. B.! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Bradypus Date: 28 Sep 00 - 07:00 PM Bread Squeezin' Blues I got the bread squeezin' blues, babe I got them all the day Until I find a loaf to squeeze These blues won't go away. I take the bread and squeeze it It makes me feel so good And when I find some buns to squeeze It eases up my mood Obsessive compulsive disorder Sing it if you can Cos baby, I'm an obsessive, compulsive Disorderly breadsqueezin' man I found a bag of cookies I gave the bag a squeeze Some mudcatters lost their cookies Well, they won't be wantin' these The security camera caught me My excuses all sound lame But now that I'm on film, you see I've got bread squeezin' fame They said 'Why did you do it Why squeeze the bread just so ?' I tell them why I do it It's because I need the dough They got a court psychiatrist To look inside my head She said that all my brains looked just Like blue mouldy squeezed bread Bread squeezing blues, dear I don't think I'm mad Squeezin' bread and cookies Is the only fun I've had Don't give me no whisky Lovin' me's no use There ain't a cure in all the earth For bad bread squeezin' blues Oh Yeah !!!!
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Bradypus Date: 28 Sep 00 - 06:31 PM This is getting to be a classic Challenge! So many good songs in the first six hours, it's hard to keep track of what compliments to give to whom. I love McGrath's language, rich the whole way through, and mousethief's tunes (both of them, well executed), and Aine's title, and Catrin's chorus, and Bardford's first entry (welcome to the club) and and and anyway, I'd better try to write something myself! Bradypus |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 05:17 PM Dear mousethief -- You can enter as many songs as you want to, darlin'! (And that goes for all Challenge!rs, by the way). And here's another Silver B.L.O.B. for:
Now Sam's in treatment for his fetish so strange I love it!! And MMario -- You know what the Keeper of the Book always says -- A Challenge! is never over!! When you get a minute, just type in your entry, and appropriate cudos and awards will be bestowed...;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: MMario Date: 28 Sep 00 - 05:00 PM oh, sure, I'm off the 'cat for a lousy 18 hours and you guys go to town!!!! What an incredible collection of challenge entries! My hat is off to all of you. I'm up to my neck in training and transcribing, so I'll catch the next one, maybe... *BRAVO!* to you all! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 28 Sep 00 - 04:58 PM What a clever bunch of catters!!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 28 Sep 00 - 04:54 PM Wow, Aine! And I'd thought the earlier songs were good!!! Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 28 Sep 00 - 04:51 PM This is too fun. Sorry if it's against the rules to post twice. I'll stand by my first song for the judging. But who can resist this topic?
Big Bad Sam
Every morning at the store when the bread arrived
Now Sam came to the Giant every day or two
But after the Feldmans had checked out and gone
So they set up a camera to tape record
Yes the tape showed Sam taking liberties
They brought him into court and the judge cried "Foul!"
Now Sam's in treatment for his fetish so strange © 2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved. -----
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:51 PM Well, here goes my little ditty -- It pales in comparision to all that went before it -- But, I kept thinking about the cause and effect, shall we say. So, here's my (perverse) take on it: With Extra Relish (No tune -- any suggestions?)
Well Sammy's wife, Zoe, was so worried,
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:37 PM Geez loueez -- This just keeps getting better and better! And I see we have a brand new Challenge!r, too. Welcome, welcome, welcome, Bardford!! Looks like another round of Silver B.L.O.B.s are needed, so here ya go: Dharmabum for:
I was standing by the baked goods, McGrath of Harlow for:
Oh what fierce and deep revulsion! Bardford for:
Heart beat a fast clip, beads of sweat on his lip And for you newbies, a Silver B.L.O.B. is a little in-thread award 'Silver Best Line O' Bull' for special bits of verse that deserve special attention ;-) -- You all still get the 'big prizes' at the end of the Challenge!, so keep checking in... Well done, everyone!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:29 PM If I were having a Coke right now, y'all would make it come out my nose. (that's a compliment, see?) :):):):):) Especially Dharmabaum! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:24 PM McGrath, Bardford,& all the rest. I BOW HUMBLY AT YOUR FEET. Ron. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:14 PM Kim,Alex,Catrin & Emily, WOW!!!!Great stuff! Ron. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:11 PM Sorry about that, I dropped an "r" in the break. There are strange things done in the bread section By the men who shop for buns The crumbs leave trails That speak of lost sales Clearly something must be done. The market lights have seen queer sights But the queerest they ever did see Was the day Sam, spouse of Marge, Was busted and charged In The Takedown in Aisle Three. Now Sam, you see, was from down in Yardley, A quiet Pennsylvania town How it got in his head to mess with the bread Is a story that needs written down. Like some baby boomers, he was just a consumer, Attracted and smitten by labels Though he'd often say in a pensive way "I feel the need to crush a few bagels." One Saturday as Marge made her way Through the morning shopping throngs Sam slipped away to the Twinkie display Right next to the vanilla Ding-Dongs. Heart beat a fast clip, beads of sweat on his lip Over his hands he had no control He could not resist, unclenching his fist Sam digitally examined a roll. The tension abated, urge temporarily sated, But over time his compulsion grew stronger. Sam's trips to the store became more and more And at the bakery he'd linger longer. He'd stand transfixed and amazed , eyes like donuts, o'er glazed, And survey the assortment before him. Cookies, loafs buns and cakes gave him trembles and shakes And Sam lost all sense of decorum. Not a baked good escaped being squeezed and reshaped By Sam's prodding fingers and thumbs If he had his will, he'd be feeling buns still, But for the prints, and the trail of crumbs. The baker had his suspicions, and closed circuit television Helped to identify Sam as the guy Who'd abused the baked items, more woe betide him, The SWAT team was called by and by. All the Giant clients agree the scene in aisle three Was like nothing they'd ever witnessed The cops were later praised for their tact, Their compassion, and physical fitness. After the arrest, Sam looked depressed In the squad car for the first couple blocks But his animosity towards the cops turned brotherly, When he saw next to him, a dozen donuts, on the seat, in a box.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:07 PM Nice rhyming, Bradford! Clever twist at the end too!
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 28 Sep 00 - 03:05 PM There is some tasty stuff cooking in this thread, any way you slice it.Here's mine: (The poem I ripped off has a stove in it - coinicidence or....) There are strange things done in the bread section By the men who shop for buns The crumbs leave trails That speak of lost sales Clearly something must be done. The market lights have seen queer sights But the queerest they ever did see Was the day Sam, spouse of Marge, Was busted and charged In The Takedown in Aisle Three. Now Sam, you see, was from down in Yardley, A quiet Pennsylvania town How it got in his head to mess with the bread Is a story that needs written down. Like some baby boomers, he was just a consumer, Attracted and smitten by labels Though he'd often say in a pensive way "I feel the need to crush a few bagels." One Saturday as Marge made her way Through the morning shopping throngs Sam slipped away to the Twinkie display Right next to the vanilla Ding-Dongs. Heart beat a fast clip, beads of sweat on his lip Over his hands he had no control He could not resist, unclenching his fist Sam digitally examined a roll. The tension abated, urge temporarily sated, But over time his compulsion grew stronger. Sam's trips to the store became more and more And at the bakery he'd linger longer. He'd stand transfixed and amazed , eyes like donuts, o'er glazed, And survey the assortment before him. Cookies, loafs buns and cakes gave him trembles and shakes And Sam lost all sense of decorum. Not a baked good escaped being squeezed and reshaped By Sam's prodding fingers and thumbs If he had his will, he'd be feeling buns still, But for the prints, and the trail of crumbs. The baker had his suspicions, and closed circuit television Helped to identify Sam as the guy Who'd abused the baked items, more woe betide him, The SWAT team was called by and by. All the Giant clients agree the scene in aisle three Was like nothing they'd ever witnessed The cops were later praised for their tact, Their compassion, and physical fitness. After the arrest, Sam looked depressed In the squad car for the first couple blocks But his animosity towards the cops turned brotherly, When he saw next to him, a dozen donuts, on the seat, in a box. line breaks added by elf/joeclone |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 28 Sep 00 - 02:57 PM I can't help, my fingers tingle, I don't know where this will end; in the crowded shops I mingle, no-one know what I intend. Oh what fierce and deep revulsion! See, I wear the mark of Cain. what a strange and sweet compulsion. "The cookie crusher strikes again."
Twisting loaves, I show no pity,
Hear my words now - when I've spoken I thought there just might be another side to this. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 28 Sep 00 - 02:13 PM Mousethief - you the talented one! - KimC and EmilyB too. What fun this is - I stayed late at work finishing that - can you believe it?! I was giggling to myself all the way home on the bus! Some strange looks indeed.......... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Sep 00 - 02:07 PM WILL THE COOKIES BE ALL BROKEN {sung to ,will the circle....}
(chorus}: Will the cookies be all broken,
My name is Sammy Feldman, line breaks added by elf/joeclone |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:44 PM Well I'm dissatisfied with my entry, now that I've seen the quality of the others'. Way to go, gang! This is more fun than wringing the bejezuz out of a loaf of warm Wonder Bread!
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:40 PM OK, I'm going to say this one more time -- Remember to encourage your fellow Challenge!rs with a good word about the songs you like, and you'll get a good word in return. We've got some great stuff here already -- Pat each other on the back, you all deserve it!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:36 PM Here's your Silver B.L.O.B., emily b. for:
A camera is mounted - a prankster to find. Well done! -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:21 PM Once upon a time, a long time ago, my then-boyfriend had stopped at the Mapco for some cigarettes or whatever, while I stayed in the car. Through the window I saw a small child take a doughnut out of the case, take a bite, and put it back. Really. I guess they start early.... but all this talk about breads is making me HUNGRY! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,emily b Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:07 PM Just when I think it's safe to hit return, it isn't. Aaargh! Obviously I haven't figured out the line breaks, either. Sorry about that. I know somewhere is some direction for it. I'll try to find it and keep it handy. Emily B |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,emily b Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:05 PM |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,emily b Date: 28 Sep 00 - 01:04 PM Doughboy Sam
Who could be treating those cookies so poor? line breaks fixed by elf/joeclone
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:53 PM Ooooh, I just love it when a Challenge! brings in a flurry of entries! So, for all you early birds, here's the first set (I hope) of Silver B.L.O.B.s: Kim C for:
Thumb in, thumb out, thumb in, thumb out mousethief for:
But when her back was turned and Catrin for:
Squeeze Sam squeeze Fantastic!! Keep it going, my brilliant Challenge!rs! -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:52 PM heeheeheeheee |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Catrin Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:32 PM Ummmmm, My first entry SAM THE BUN
Sam's gone shopping, it's time for his tea
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: mousethief Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:25 PM Mr. Feldman, the bun-squeezing man (to the tune of "Titanic" -- at least the one I first learned!)
Mrs. Feldman dressed her husband
But when her back was turned
Oh it was sad!
So they put a camera out
And they dusted all the crumbs (repeat chorus)
Now they've caught poor Mr. Feldman
His defense team says he's cracked (repeat chorus) (C) 2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved. AINE -- don't even ask! Of course you may put this in your vaunted vaults! Man, I love this place.
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 28 Sep 00 - 12:04 PM Gracias, Madame. :) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 11:38 AM Dang, Kim C. -- You must've peeked on my PC to have come up with a song that fast! Great job, too. You are hereby awarded the Honorary Five Minutes Flat award. Well done!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Kim C Date: 28 Sep 00 - 11:28 AM Little Sammy Squeezer
Sammy likes to squeeze bread
He's squeezin' all night
Not even the fruit-filled cookies are safe
He's squeezin' all night
Thumb in, thumb out, thumb in, thumb out
He's squeezin' all night |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: GUEST,Mbo_at_ECU Date: 28 Sep 00 - 11:15 AM DOUGH!! |
Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 40 From: Áine Date: 28 Sep 00 - 11:02 AM Hello Challenge!rs -- Can you believe it, we've done almost 40 of these?!? Unbelievable!! Thanks to all of you for playing along, and I hope that we've inspired some of you to start writing songs, and re-inspired others of you to keep up the good work. That's what the Challenge! is all about, so remember to encourage your fellow Challenge!rs with a good word about the songs you like, and you'll get a good word in return. So, here we go -- Get your tea or coffee ready, sit down in your comfy chair, and let us consider: The Case of the Crazed Cookie Crusher -- (Yardley, Pennsylvania) For three years the managers in the three supermarkets kept finding shelves of crumbled cookies and smashed loaves of bread. A cookie company finally installed a hidden camera turned on the cookie aisle at a Giant supermarket. That led to the arrest and conviction of Samuel Feldman, 37, on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, and a fine of $1,000. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys appeared in court with bags of sweet-smelling evidence. The prosecution with bruised buns and crushed cookies, and the defense with unmangled goodies used to demonstrate their client's squeezing technique. Although Mr. Feldman claimed his innocence, saying 'I squeeze bread when I go to the store, but I don't get arrested for it," the judge said that the 18-hour videotape clearly showed Feldman "manipulating bread and cookies" and "acting suspiciously around the baked goods." A local reporter commented that the videotape showed Mr. Feldman waiting until his wife's back was turned, and only then would he begin bashing the bread. "He apparently loved to stick his thumbs in the middle of the fruit-filled cookies. The impressions were so distinct, the police were able to use them to lift his fingerprints." Judge Heckler has postponed the sentencing hearing to give Mr. Feldman, who now lives in Las Vegas, time to find "a mental health professional who is familiar with bread-related compulsive behavior." Meanwhile, the bread and cookie distributors still want their dough, and are planning to sue Mr. Feldman in civil court to recover $8,000, the amount of baked goods they claim that he vandalized over the three year period. Go for it, Challenge!rs!! -- Áine |
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