Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 09:24 AM Well, I tried to find an appropriate idea for Challenge! 69 -- and I think I've found just the right one -- or two, that is. Yes, Challenge!rs, I'm announcing this as an Official Double Dip Dare!! And you'll be competing for The Double Dip Copper Cow Chip (with Sprinkles) (awarded for connecting the dizzying dots between two or more Challenge! ideas in a song for any Official Double Dip Dare from the Keeper of the Book). Do you think you can handle it? ;-) As usual, if you choose not to accept the Double Dip Dare, you can pick just one of the Dares to write about; or, you can write two songs about both of them. Just have fun and tickle those little grey cells of creativity! Paper and pencils ready? Let's Go For It, Challenge!rs!!
Dare One:
Arnold first showed his crime fighting abilities when his owner Becky Moyer spotted burglars in her garage. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 14 Nov 01 - 10:28 AM FRAMED (Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller) As performed by Kevin Bacon and the 6 degrees
I was hanging out in Florida, minding my own affair
Up in Minnesota, I'm living in a home
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Kim C Date: 14 Nov 01 - 10:42 AM Have you seen the little piggies Lying in the yard And for all the little piggies Life is very hard With just a little yard To roll around in
Arnold wasn't quite so little
Then there was the other piggy
Have you seen the little piggies
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: GUEST,MMario Date: 14 Nov 01 - 11:59 AM THOSE DARING YOUNG PIGS IN THE NEWS (Tune:The Daring young man on the flying trapeze) Once I was agile, but now I'm a klutz, Like an old tin can all covered with rust; Lost in this world, and now left in a pen Taken down by a Florida Cop I ran and I dodged for three hundred yards, Like the greatest of broken field runs But my ears and my hams were soon seized in his hands And he called for his backup to come. Chorus: They revel in news. They adore all the press. Those clever young pigs who are from the U. S. The envy of neighbors, boars, barrows and gilts, And next Wednesday they turn into HAM! There came Douglas and Deen and young deputy John; But 'twas Dunlop who grabbed the pigskin And he twisted my limbs, man he really hung in Down in Florida's County Marin Chorus: In Minnasota, It's Arnold who gets glory all day; The pride of the Moyer's; Oy Vay! Un-orthodox, yes, all the neighbor do say But treif keeps the burglers away! Chorus: Arnold was milk-fed by bottle and hand; A true gentle-pig they do say; Until a thief tried to get in his way; And he bit down to uphold the law! Chorus: |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: mousethief Date: 14 Nov 01 - 12:10 PM Wasn't "Arnold" the name of the pig on Green Acres? I'm going to have to think about this a bit. Back soon. Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 14 Nov 01 - 12:11 PM you remember correctly MT! Arnold was indeed the Zimmer's famous pig |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 14 Nov 01 - 01:23 PM Theme Green Acres 2001 Minnesota is the Place to be He's livin in pig luxury He doesn't have to stay out side Biting the burglers, maken' em run and hide
Osama is his next target
George and Tony start to scream and shout
Optional verse for pig II
Florida is another place
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: mousethief Date: 14 Nov 01 - 01:38 PM On Receiving a Pig as a Present (tune not yet written)
I don't expect diamonds, I know he's not rich Copyright © 2001 Alex Riggle. All Rights Reserved and such. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 14 Nov 01 - 03:16 PM Ach! No, no, MMario; the Green Acres pig was named Arnold Ziffel! Oh, golly, I hadn't even gotten around to writing a Tiger-man song yet, and here you all are composing wonderful double-dip stuff here. Well, let me finish eating everyone else's dust (*crunch crunch*) before I start in on this Challenge! Sharon (whose birthday happens to fall on 6/9) (at least, it does in the States!) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 14 Nov 01 - 03:32 PM *thwap!* Sorry - I always confused the Ziffel's with the Zimmerman's (Charlotte's Web) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 14 Nov 01 - 03:51 PM Thorry, MMario, I thertainwy didn't mean to thwap you. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: mousethief Date: 14 Nov 01 - 04:00 PM All right you guys, keep it clean. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 14 Nov 01 - 04:08 PM *sigh* another fantasy shattered on the cold rock of reality... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 04:31 PM Well, looks like I need to *thwap* some Silver B.L.O.B.s on you folks! Great, great stuff so far -- so keep it up, Challenge!rs!! So, here's me *thwapping* away . . . To Jack the Sailor for two hilarious bits o' bull: Up in Minnesota, I'm living in a home But tell me please in the USA why they measure me in stone I thought that I was saving my mistress and her purse So tell me why I'm riding in a smelly Butcher's hearse I was Framed, framed, I was blamed Oh, framed, framed, framed Well, I never do nothing But I always get blamed AND George and Tony start to scream and shout Get bin Laden, go and smoke 'em out Like a search for truffles is their plan Yes our pigs will be smoking them all like ham To Kim C. for the hummable: Then there was the other piggy Running all amok Three hundred yards he ran Before they threw him on the truck How he did squirm and buck Poor little piggy! To MMario for the ruminatable(!): They revel in news. They adore all the press. Those clever young pigs who are from the U. S. The envy of neighbors, boars, barrows and gilts, And next Wednesday they turn into HAM! And to mousethief, for the spit-take worthy: Now my boyfriend's a hero, as well as his present And I must admit now I am feeling more pleasant About the bizarre gift he gave me. What foresight! But when I said "thanks for the pig!" he said, "poor sight has played a cruel joke. I must get new glasses! I thought I had bought you a dog!" -- Now THAT's what class is. Way to go, Challenge!rs!! -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Homeless Date: 14 Nov 01 - 04:36 PM Good Gravy Áine, you don't wait around, do you? I just saw this thread a half hour ago and started working on my bit of verse, and in that time you've already started thwapping out BLOBS. Oh, well, here's my attempt. Two Fat Pigs (to the tune of Four Wet Pigs)
Here's a little song about two fat pigs.
First pig lives up in M N
The other pig is a real mean beast.
Here's a little song about 2 fat pigs. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 04:57 PM Hey there, Homeless!! It's great to see you hanging around here again! ;-) Here's a hug, a snog, AND a big thwapping Silver B.L.O.B. for: The other pig is a real mean beast. Neighbor's gardens became his feast. He was run down by just one cop, but it took three more to get him to stop. Excellent!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amos Date: 14 Nov 01 - 05:06 PM Get Around, Little Piglets(Tune: Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Around Li'l Dofgies)I'm breeding ol' Babe, Get around you little piglets, get around 'em slow, Now ol' sow Babe, Get around you little piglets, get around 'em slow, That good little pig, Get around you little piglets, get around 'em slow, That bad little pig, Get around you little piglets, get around 'em slow, Now old Babe's retired, Get around you little piglets, get around 'em slow, |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amergin Date: 14 Nov 01 - 05:44 PM mmario...the pig in charlotte's web was wilbur... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amos Date: 14 Nov 01 - 06:41 PM Some Pig!!! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 06:47 PM . . . get around little piglets . . . -- you've got a real Sheila-na-Giger there, dear Bard of the Fam! ;-) Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for: Now old Babe's retired, She sleeps on the stoop, And she counts all the flies Buzzin' round the chicken coop, And she don't fret about her piglets, On the force, or in the pen, An' if she had the chance, She would have 'em again! -- Áine (wiping away a wee tear . . .) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 14 Nov 01 - 07:22 PM Hey, Alex, I'm being good! No thwappin' innuendos here, Mister Gutter-mind! I'm pure as the driven snow! Nobody in my bed but me and my pu... um, kitty. Speaking of kitties, I've felt inspired to parody "The Owl and the Pussycat". I'm sure it's been set to music, but I don't know the tune. Anyway, here 'tis... THE PIG AND THE FUSSY BRAT (Tune{?}: "The Owl and the Pussycat") Pronunciation guide: Minneapolisian = MINN-yap-o-LEE-zhan (5 syllables) The pig to the fussy brat sent was he, to a Minneapolisian house. She told her honey who gave her the funny pet, "Undies this ain't, you louse!" The pig looked toward the garage one night, and oinked o'er the small red car, "Oh 'mommy' Becky! Oh Becky, what's wrong? What a nervous young wreck-y you are, you are, What a nervous young wreck-y you are!" Said crooks with a growl, "Don't yell, girl. Don't howl, you wonderf'lly sweet young thing. The purse that you carry, give to us. Don't tarry, or bullets into you will sting." But she wailed away with a tear and a "hey" to the pig with the long, flat nose And then, on a dude the piggy-wig chewed And he'd cling there, offending his foes, his foes, And he'd cling there, offending his foes. 'Oh, pig, it's so thrilling to tell that you're willing to bring down a prig with a will." So the crooks ran away. They'd not tarried that day lest the jerks be the piggy's first kill. No crime there since; the pig would make mincemeat of hated crooks once the girl'd swoon... But on the lam is a Florida ham That they can't, with three bright cops, bring doon, bring doon, That they can't, with three bright cops, bring doon. missing song line added and duplicate message deleted by mudelf ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 07:55 PM Dang it, SharonA, you've done it AGAIN! You've gone and won another Golden B.L.O.B. -- I hope you realize how hard those are to win, much less how hard they are to keep hidden from the puppy (she just loves to chew TGG's B.L.O.B.s, don't ya know). Anyhoot, here's your Golden B.L.O.B. for these lovely lyrical lines: 'Oh, pig, it's so thrilling to tell that you're willing to bring down a prig with a will." So the crooks ran away. They'd not tarried that day lest the jerks be the piggy's first kill. No crime there since; the pig would make mincemeat of hated crooks once the girl'd swoon... But on the lam is a Florida ham That they can't, with three bright cops, bring doon, bring doon, That they can't, with three bright cops, bring doon. -- Áine (who's working on her own little ditty; but, who feels very intimidated by the one and only SharonA . . .) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 09:29 PM Alrightey then, Challenge!rs -- I've finished my little ditty . . . SharonA and her Golden B.L.O.B. be dingy-dang-darned! ;-) Now, there might be some of my fellow Texicans that feel my lyrical offering is not very patriotic (to the nation of Texas, that is . . .); so, I have to prevaricate a wee bit, and tell y'all that I am the very proud descendant of several Texas Rangers; one of whom even took a herd of buffalo on a sailing ship to England with Wild Bill Hickock's Wild West Show to see the Queen (no brag, just fact). So, I feel very comfortable with my little song about . . . The Ranger Pig of Texas (Tune: The Yellow Rose of Texas) There's a pig I know in Texas His name is Bubba G. He lives the life of Riley On a farm off I-30 He is chubby, white and shiny And his tail curls like a 'B' He's the Ranger Pig of Texas And the only pork for me! The white Stetson and his star he earned When his Becky, she got robbed Like a javelin', he dove right in Grabbed the perp's leg with his gob You can talk about your heroes tall And sing them songs of yore But the Ranger Pig of Texas Is the pork that I adore! Well, the days did dawn, the leaves did fall Still they called for Bubba G. There were rabbit runs, and bulls with guns And chicken massacrees With his snout held high, red in his eye He answered every call He's the Ranger Pig of Texas The best pork of them all! Bubba's fame was sealed one day in June When his cousin, he went wild From the wrong side of the blanket 'Jimmy D.' his handle styled He took out the yams and taters Then attacked the zucchini But the Ranger Pig of Texas Was his pork fait accompli! With his deputies on either side Bubba G., he led the charge His pearly teeth sunk in a haunch They took down that garbage barge Jimmy D. in jail, without his tail Bubba G., he waddled home The Ranger Pig of Texas May this porker never roam! There's a pig I know in Texas His name is Bubba G. He lives the life of Riley On a farm off I-30 He is chubby, white and shiny And his tail curls like a 'B' He's the Ranger Pig of Texas And the only pork for me! YEE-HAW!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Homeless Date: 14 Nov 01 - 09:46 PM Gosh, what a nice reception. I'll have to come back more often. And here's a hug and snog back to you, dear lady. BTW, what's a silver B.L.O.B. anyway? I don't think you had those last time I poked my snout in here, and I don't see it listed on prize list in the songbook. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 14 Nov 01 - 09:55 PM Dearest Homeless, A B.L.O.B. is the abbreviation for 'Best Line O' Bull' -- a wee flake off the old Golden Cow Chip that I award in the course of a Challenge! for the best verse in a song submission -- just a little bit of encouragement for my darlin' Challenge!rs ;-) And you definitely have to start hanging around here more often -- the ranks of the Challenge!rs have swelled with talent and fun -- so, jump on in, my sweet Homeless, the water's fine!!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Bobert Date: 14 Nov 01 - 10:40 PM Ahhh...'scuze me. I thought I was tunneling into another place. Where am I? Nice song Jack the Sailor. You got my vote. What do you people do here, anyway? Just write songs? That's cool. I write songs, too, but not on request. You all do this every day? Or what? I tunneled in from a renegade blues site and thought I was just going out to get a little air and ended up here. If you all see Tweed, don't tell him I was here or he's goinna duct tape me up and take me back. I know he will. You see, it's fall in Tweedsburg and my job is to collect the fallen leaves and nail them back on the trees. So, please, depot agent, tell him I went the other way.... Ahhh, nice song Jack. Can I steal it? Just funnin' with 'ya, Popeye, I got more songs than gitfiddle at the moment..... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amos Date: 15 Nov 01 - 12:16 AM pork fait accompli!!!!! Wow, Áine!!! That phrase is worth a BLOB all by itself!!! yeeeHaw indeed!!! Nice work! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Clifton53 Date: 15 Nov 01 - 03:03 AM Good Pig Bad Pig (Tune is Good Times Bad Times, ala Led Zeppelin} so crank it up and take a trip down memory lane.
In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a hog
Good pig, bad pig you know that I don't care
I was young they took me home down to F L A
Good pig bad pig I'm famous in my 'hood
My brother up in Minny, he's a goody four- hoof I can't stand
Good pig, bad pig I'm glad that I turned left
I know what it means to be a swine
I'm tough and quick and nasty, and I'm mean Clifton
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 08:04 AM Amos - I agree with you - pork fait accompli! Bobert - Challenges! occur with erratic regularity - but the forum itself discusses just about anything - tho' somehow we keep coming back to music. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 15 Nov 01 - 08:43 AM This little ditty is to the tune of "The Rich Man And The Poor Man" as sung by the extremely estimable Mr Dick Hogan on his excellent album "The Wonders of the World". (Which, by chance, is reviewed on my website Pay The Reckoning. Oh, goodness me! Is that a plug? Ah, well ... one plug out of 69 Challenge!s isn't bad, is it? Anyway, give it a visit fellow challenge!rs and let me know what you think. I *hope* that at least some of the stuff will be right up your street.) Here goes ... clears throat ... and away!
Come, listen to the story of two famous porker-ums
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 08:56 AM HA-ha-HA! What did you expect, this isn't Hollywood-ium! My laugh muscles hurt! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amos Date: 15 Nov 01 - 09:06 AM Clifton and Derry: These are both absolutely smashing! You guys have RARE TALENTS!! lmao. Thanks for the lift!!! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 15 Nov 01 - 09:10 AM Why thank you, dear Amos and MMario, I blush in your general direction ;-) Upon repeated perusal of my song offering, I realize that I should make a note of pronunciation in re javelin' -- I shortened the word javelina, which is particularly mean and nasty species of wild pig in Texas, one which we Texicans are fond of hunting. And since it's a Spanish word, the 'j' is pronounced like an 'h'. So, it comes out (of my mouth, anyway) sounding like 'have-ah-leen-ah'. Now, pedantancy over with (thank goodness!), here are this morning's batch of Silver B.L.O.B.s:
To Clifton53 for this set of lines, which reflect his excellent song in toto: -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Nov 01 - 09:24 AM Gosh! thanks Bobert! Yeah go ahead and steal, I stole the tune, you can steal the rest. These challenges are fun way to stretch your songwriting and satire muscles. Aine, our fearless leader is about as nice as a cyberfriend can get! Welcomme to mudcat Cheers! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:10 AM Not that I'm waxing pedantic (again), don't ya know; but, I found a great picture of a javelina for my darlin' Challenge!rs that might not have met one up close and personal . . . Enjoy! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Kim C Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:32 AM MMArio, the Charlotte's Web family is the Zuckermans. And the song was something about Zuckerman's Famous Pig. Yes, the pig was Wilbur, the little girl was Fern, and the rat was Templeton. (a fair is a veritable smorgasbord...) One of my favorite movies as a wee lassie. My big brother read me the book too. I had the record album (yes, a record album!) and it opened up into a pop-up thingy and had little paper figures to go with it. Big stuff for a 6-year-old. I don't know what became of the record album, but a few years ago I did treat myself to a copy of the video. Great songs, y'all. I'll never look at piggies quite the same... of course, I did rent "Hannibal" a few weeks ago and that already got me thinking... Actually Mister told me one time that pigs would eat people if given the opportunity. I called him a baldfaced liar, saying that "Arnold Ziffle would never eat anybody!" He said, oh no, when I was little and we went to Grandpa's farm, they told us to stay away from the pigs. Once they knock you down, forget it. Nope, I said. Arnold would never do that. Then I read "Co. Aytch," a memoir by Sam Watkins, who fought in the Army of Tennessee in the Civil War. He talks about the pigs rooting around in the corpses on the battlefield. And then... horror of horrors.... I had to admit to my husband that he was right and I was.... Not Right. :-) Oink. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:36 AM see? I told you I got Arnold and Wilbur confused...can't even get their last names straight.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Kim C Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:39 AM Well, wasn't Wilbur also the name of Mr. Ed's owner? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:46 AM And Ed was also the guy on whatever that show was with the moose on main street.
my god how the threads can drift! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:52 AM The whole story here Well you know Bubba and Babe and that famous pig Porky. A pig may be chubby a pig may be dorky. But do you remember? This protective family member? Arnold the crime figh-ting pig Had a very shiny snout And if he ever touched you You would want to kick him out All off the police officers Drop right in and pet this hog They even prefer Arnold To a normal police dog Cause one fatefull february a mugger came to curse to his owner, Becky Moyer I'm gonna steal your purse Then piggy Arnold bit him A bite that he could not ignore While Axel Squaled beneath the table Arnold was the uber Boar Then all the police officers gave him that crime fighting name Arnold the crime figh-ting pig "Cops" will never be the same Now he's on "Law and Order" Lenny's got a new car mate Babe is gonna be a D.A. Isn't Television Great! He's not the "Special Victims" Or on "Criminal Intent" He'll put the bite on muggers He'll catch those crooks to pay the rent He's a pig investgator He can see through alibis No crook can keep from talking Once they get in Arnold's sty (outro to the tune of "feelings") Squealing, Yes the crooks are squealing Just like a Pigggggggggg...! html link fixed by mudelf ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:57 AM Hi folks, I thought that Arnold deserved a song of his own. Next to the Toddy Cat his is my favourite challenge animal. MMario, Zimmerman is Bob Dylan's real name is it not? I know there is a joke in there somewher I just can't seemto root it out. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 15 Nov 01 - 11:44 AM KimC's little snippet about the "homovore" tendencies of pigs has (perhaps unfortunately) sparked off this latest creation ... God help us all!! (It's to the tune of "The Golden Wedding")
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 15 Nov 01 - 12:21 PM Áine: Thank you very kindly for the Golden B.L.O.B. ...even if it – and me – are dingy and dang-darned *sniff* *wahhh* ;^) Jack: Now you've got me picturing the "Charlotte's Web" book illustrations with Bob Dylan in place of the little girl Fern! *shudder* |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Nov 01 - 12:44 PM Long ago, far away, in a town called Hipping, Minnesota, there was a little boy named Robert Zimmerman and he had a pig. Bobby and his pig were the best of friends, they'd laugh and play and cavort ("cavort". . . I always wanted to use that word.) around the stye, little piggy was the apple of Bob's eye. One day Bobby was rummaging around the trash can and found an old guitar. Being a clever little boy he took some wires out of the screen on the porch door put em on the old guitar and tuned DAGDAG. He played and played and after a while, the pig, not wanting to feel left out started to sing. The singing was high pitched and droned a bit. But it was pretty good for a pig. Years later a reporter ask Bob about his influences and Bob related this story. "That explains a lot." The reporter said.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 15 Nov 01 - 12:57 PM Here's another Silver B.L.O.B. for Jack the Sailor (Am I right in assuming that the tune to your song is 'Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer'?), for these wonderful lines (referencing my favourite TV show): Now he's on "Law and Order" Lenny's got a new car mate Babe is gonna be a D.A. Isn't Television Great! And derrymacash, a chara chóir, has earned a Golden B.L.O.B. himself with these righteously raucous ruminations (!): "What's your mitigation?" The piggy then replied "You hadn't long gone down the road When your poor oul' father died As the hunger it came over me I knew there'd be no swill Your dad looked appetising I soon devoured my fill" Now, Aidan, my dear, if you could only translate this song of yours into the Irish (compleat with internal rhymes and appropos alliteration), I would personally come to your house and do a 'fry' of Jimmy D. Pork Sausage and eggs for ya! (. . . and I know how to do it, too!) ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 15 Nov 01 - 01:44 PM Jack: Hahahahahaha! derrymacash: I don't see the connection between your last song and the Challenge! Am I missing something? (...or is this musical thread-creep?) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 15 Nov 01 - 01:50 PM Hey derrymacash -- Don't pay a bit of attention to Miss I've Got Two Golden B.L.O.B.s over there (oh dear, did I just make an extremely embarrassing double entendre???) -- She's just jealous of your G.B.L.O.B. . . . ;-) And SharonA -- I think derrymacash was using Kim C's comments in her 15-Nov-01 - 10:32 AM post up there as a basis for his song . . . how tangled the threads of Charlotte's Web weave 'round Wilbur and the Challenge!rs . . . ;-) -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Amergin Date: 15 Nov 01 - 01:50 PM I keep trying to figure out what pigs have to do with 69...but I just can't anyone out there help me with this problem that has been bugging me so? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 01:59 PM Derry's latest song has a pig in it! How much more connection do you want? and the pig bit someone, like Arnold did. More connection. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Kim C Date: 15 Nov 01 - 02:46 PM what's the joke about "Mama died the night the hogs ate Willie"? I had a pig stick its tongue out at me once. We went to the State Fair, and of course we had to go look at the animals. It was getting late in the evening and most of the piggies were sleepin. I walked up to one (they are in pens, of course) and kneeled down to have a look. He raised his head up and stuck out his tongue. I thought it rather humorous. Mister said that sticking out the tongue boosts the pig's sense of smell. Makes sense to me - cats do this sometimes too. oink oink :0) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 15 Nov 01 - 04:25 PM Oh.... Pig. Bite. Stretch. Okay; I get it now! No, I'm not jealous of derrymacash for his Golden B.L.O.B. I'm jealous of derrymacash for his ability to dash off superlative lyrics at the drop of a hat while I struggle in my garret with reams of scratched-out, crumpled paper all around me.... (You don't believe me? I'll post a digital photo sometime....) Áine: Double entendre, yes, exactly! An' I ain't sayin' what color my entendres are. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 15 Nov 01 - 04:43 PM (P.S. – derrymacash, my first paragraph above was in response to MMario's post, not your or Áine's explanation of your song. I know it was inspired by Kim C's anecdote; you said so! Excellent work, BTW. Sheesh, it's gittin' so's ye cain't give nobody a good-natured ribbin' no more!) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 15 Nov 01 - 04:47 PM aw shucks SharonA - I knew you was just funnin'! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 15 Nov 01 - 05:09 PM No bother t'ye there, Sharon ... as they say in my neck of the woods. Aine ... my knowledge of God's own tongue is confined to the odd valediction and greeting. I was bunkin' school the days they did the rest!
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Nov 01 - 05:19 PM I'm jealous of the Golden B.L.O.B.!!! But I hope that if I keep at it, eventually I will get a Platinum one!!! SharonA your volume seems to have slipped a bit but you are still turning out good ones. I admire your patience. Me, I just try to think of one or two good ideas and stick 'em in a song, the rest is filler. None of this struggling over draft after draft. You can see this in my songs from the ocaisional typo or partial word. ...................... All talking is first draft, Larry Niven |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: SharonA Date: 15 Nov 01 - 05:48 PM Thanks, Jack, and thanks to you too, dmc! Platinum B.L.O.B., eh? Ooooooh... Aaaaaah... After that, I guess, would come the double platinum! har har har |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Deda Date: 15 Nov 01 - 10:50 PM This isn't as full a job as I'd like but I wanted to put some kind of an offering on this lovely table. Sorry it's so short. If anybody's tempted to perform it I'll put together another verse. (VBG!!)
Arnold -- tune = Kenny Roger's The Gambler
On a warm summer's evening
So they took turns a-starin'
Cho: Arnold knows when to fight 'em |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Clifton53 Date: 16 Nov 01 - 01:24 AM Thank you Amos. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 16 Nov 01 - 04:07 AM Oh ... and Áine ... a propos your offer of cooking me up a fry of a morning. That's very kind ... but being as how I don't eat meat, the sausages would be wasted. (Mind you there's three other mouths chez derrymacash that would love to wrap themselves around a fry.) On this subject ... Ciaran Carson in Last Night's Fun goes into some depth musing on the differences between the "free state" and the "Ulster" fry. You could always fry up a couple of nice fresh eggs, still warm from the hen's arse, and serve them up with a nice thick toasted farl ... with fried spud bread on the side. But this is another thread, right? Slán .... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 16 Nov 01 - 10:33 AM I added a verse and chorus for you Deda
Well the bad guys weren't too thankful
And somewhere near the doughnut shop
He knows when to fight 'em (knows when to fight 'em)
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: GUEST,Deda Date: 16 Nov 01 - 11:22 AM Thank JTS -- I love it!! Perfect. LOL. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: MMario Date: 16 Nov 01 - 11:26 AM Deda and Jack! Wonderful! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 16 Nov 01 - 11:30 AM |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 16 Nov 01 - 12:57 PM Dear derrymacash -- "On this subject ... Ciaran Carson in Last Night's Fun goes into some depth musing on the differences between the "free state" and the "Ulster" fry." -- Oh, darlin', it would definitely be an "Ulster" fry -- I was taught by one of the best, ya know; the former manager of the Cafe Glas at An Culturlann there on the Falls Road . . . ;-) Slán, Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 16 Nov 01 - 01:29 PM Here is my blatent attempt at the elusive Platinum B.L.O.B. Notice That I have homages to the conversations in this thread and have used another Kenny Rogers song.
Blatent Attempt at Platinum B.l.O.B.
No one had considered him the hero of the city.
He was only 21 stone when Miss Moyer was accosted.
Promise for sure not to be a homovore,
Here's a great coincidence, his owner's name was Becky
Arnold opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.
Promise for sure not to be a homovore,
The Robbers didn't laugh when Arnold did attack them.
Twenty Stone of Porker descended to attack them And I heard him say,
"I promised for sure not to be a homovore, No one had considered him the hero of the city. second draft cut and pasted and duplicate message deleted per request by mudelf ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Lonesome EJ Date: 16 Nov 01 - 04:27 PM Damn, Jack! How many pig-songs does that make? You have enough material for a concept-album there!
Captain Porker never came home ...from the rock opera Porky |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: mousethief Date: 16 Nov 01 - 06:39 PM This Pig's Sure From Life's Other Side (tune: Pictures From Life's Other Side)
In the bucolic gall'ry of pictures
Chorus:
The first scene is that of a cop (repeat chorus)
The next scene is that of two brothers (repeat Chorus)
Does anyone know as a piglet (repeat Chorus) Copyright © 2001 Alex Riggle. All Rights Reserved. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 16 Nov 01 - 09:23 PM Alrightey then, Jack, I give up ;-) Anyone who would try so hard to write a bit o' bull about pigs dang well deserves a Platinum B.L.O.B. -- Mmmmm, kinda puts me in mind of that odd conundrom: "If you raise the bar in a Challenge!, how many pregnant frogs will try to jump over it?" ROTFLMAO with this winning verse:
"I promised for sure not to be a homovore, And just so y'all know that JtS' P.B.L.O.B. wasn't just a 'pity thwaaaap', here's a Platinum B.L.O.B. for mousethief for a verse that's worth its metal and required nerves of steel to write:
Does anyone know as a piglet -- Áine (who's going back to play with her rasters and vectors now . . .) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 69 From: Áine Date: 17 Nov 01 - 01:48 PM Well, dear Challenge!rs, you've mastered and masticated the meat of this Challenge! Here are your well deserved awards -- Which, of course, this being a Double Dip Dare, are DOUBLED! Each submission wins The Double Dip Copper Cow Chip (with Sprinkles) AND the usual arbitrarily awarded Golden Cow Chip Award. Cudos and congrats to each of you -- this one was a gem! -- Áine
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): |
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