Refreshing a post - Mudcat at its best

Subject: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 01 - 07:17 PM

Call me what you will, but I've always had a soft spot for 'Puff the Magic Dragon'

Recently, I've been working with some young kids, and have played it to them.

I don't want to refresh an entire thread, but this post was to my mind inspired.

Thank you KT, if you're still about.

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Jande
Date: 21 May 01 - 09:55 PM

KT wrote these lyrics (from the aforementioned thread)

"Many long years later, Puff was sleeping on the shore
He awakened to the laughter that he'd known so long before
There was Jackie Paper, now grown into a man
And he brought all of his children
To play with Puff again!
"

Thanks, Guest!

~ Jande

Happily ever after.........

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: CarolC
Date: 21 May 01 - 10:42 PM

I feel much better now. Thanks to KT and GUEST.

(You're right, Jande. Who says we have to give up the magic when we grow up?)

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Trapper
Date: 22 May 01 - 01:34 PM

Here's a "last verse" that I wrote...

While playing with her father
On a day so magic-filled
She missed a ball he'd thrown to her
And her ball rolled down the hill
She found it by A DRAGON!
Near a cave down by the bay
She said, "My name's Jill Paper
Oh, won't you come and play?

- Al

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 May 01 - 02:33 PM

Ooh, I like the second one even better than the first! But...I am against making happy endings. The song has more clout as written... I objected to the way Disney happified the ending of The Little Mermaid... but I wish this had been the way it was written! That song always tears (teers) me up...

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Jande
Date: 22 May 01 - 02:38 PM

Right ON Carol! [grin]

Hey Trapper... Very nice indeed!

Shucks! Now it's gonna be real hard to decide which one to use! {sigh}

~ Jande

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 22 May 01 - 03:14 PM

My way has been to end the last refrain in the present tense:
Puff the Magic Dragon
Lives by the sea,
A d frolics in the autumn mist
etc...

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST,Refreshing
Date: 22 May 01 - 05:40 PM

How refreshing a post shows Mudcatters at their worst:
screwing up thread titles with typos and ErrOrs.
It is a NO-BRAINER: when you type "it's" or "its" :
: it's only and always means "it is" or "it has" ~~ the apostrophe indicates that it is a
contraction [the "i" or "ha" is elided] ... several such glitches in a row can make the cat look like sublexics anonymous. Mine yew, you'all can chat how u please in a post
but let's take mo care wif de thread titles ... as someone pointed out so long ago
on another thread, if a keyword is spelled funny
retrieval is skewed
keep the rubber on the road

THE GRAMMAR POLICE

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: RichM
Date: 22 May 01 - 08:17 PM

Dear Guest Not-so-refreshing. Kindly read Emily Post to learn how a guest behaves. Please smile politely and pretend to enjoy the tea, even if you would much prefer something else!.
I'm sure there are many other websites where people can discuss the intricacies of "its" versus "it's"... but really, is this the forum for such b-anal-ities?

Chidedly yours Rich McCarthy

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST
Date: 22 May 01 - 08:22 PM

RichM,

I've no idea why you've decided to appoint yourself as chief guest basher, and keeper of the mudcat. It doesn't belong to you.

chill out a bit!!

Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: KT
Date: 23 May 01 - 12:38 AM

To the Guest who started this thread.....Yes, I'm still here, and thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you like the verse. Trapper, I really like your verse, too! I'll have to spring it on the kids one of these days. They'll love it!! And they'll have fun figuring out who this Jill person is. (They're preschoolers) Cheers, all! KT