Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Áine Date: 14 Jun 02 - 01:11 PM I swear I did try to find something in the Secretly Silly Book of Challenge! Ideas that didn't have underwear or animals in it for this Challenge! -- However, JenEllen sent me this story from her hometown paper, and well, it's just irresistable. Thanks, Jen! I'm expecting to see lots of Super Special Sandstone Sheila-Na-Gig Ocarina entries . . . Go For It, Challenge!rs!!! -- Áine This Pony In Panties Ain't No Poser! (Ellensburg, WA) -- You can see some pretty strange things in Ellensburg. Miniature horses are the first thing visitors notice as they pull up to the house of Cherry King and Jenny Calhoun, but the scene quickly gets even more bizarre. Out across the yard comes "Fat Butt" the miniature goat, as chickens, macaws, dogs, and a host of other pets begin to stir. The most unique of them all is Rosie, the two-foot tall miniature horse that has been trained to respond to 23 commands to help King, who is blind. "At a crosswalk, if a car is coming, she'll block me. There's nothing she can't do." That's right, a guide horse for the blind--one of only two in the country, the other is in Pennsylvania. Rosie goes everywhere--to the grocery store, the hospital, everywhere. And they get strange looks at every turn. Before going anywhere, Rosie is fitted with a harness, a blanket, and even specially designed horse panties---yes horse panties. "She's potty-trained," says King "But as a precaution, she wears panties." It's not just a diaper or shorts; the horse actually wears silky red panties with a thick lining and a hole for her tail. Watching a 24-inch tall horse strut her stuff in red panties makes all of the other aspects of the story seem a little more run-of-the-mill. After all, in a world where tiny horses wear panties...? By the time Rosie climbs into the back of the Toyota Celica and heads into town, she's dolled up in full regalia, so it's no surprise when people slow down and heads turn when they see her climb out of the car in downtown Ellensburg. The head spinning is no surprise to King. The place where people are most shocked by Rosie is in restaurants, where the horse often sits under the table during meals, only to emerge when its time to go, startling patrons in nearby booths. Like a guide dog, Rosie can legally go everywhere, so when Ellensburg residents see a tiny horse walking up and down the aisles of the local supermarket, check for panties. It's probably just Rosie.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: mousethief Date: 14 Jun 02 - 01:15 PM Oh my God! Ellensburg! We've got to invite 'em to the NW Mudcat Gatherings! You know it occurs to me that Jen Ellen is from Ellensburg. Do you think? Nawwww. Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 14 Jun 02 - 01:36 PM Neil Diamond, Cherry Cherry Rosie guides me, yes yes she does the pony's a sight, yeah. Keeps me out of trouble, yes yes she does Gonna show me tonight, yeah
She got the way to guide me,
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 14 Jun 02 - 01:58 PM ADDITION TO ABOVE STORY!!! LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE POLICE BLOTTER!!!! According to Kittcom documents, the following incidents were some of the situations reported to emergency services from June 10 through June 11: *Rosie, a miniature pony guide horse, had gotten out again Aine, I'm mailing the clipping (with photo of snazzy red panty-clad pony) to Amos, he can forward it on to you! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 14 Jun 02 - 02:33 PM Now, there's a thought.....Have any of the Challenge! topics actually had their songs sung to them before? I may just have to give ol'Rosie a call...
Ray Charles (honestly, could there be anyone better?) THIS LITTLE GUIDE OF MINE
Do you know that this little guide of mine
Do you know that this little guide of min |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 14 Jun 02 - 03:46 PM VICTORIA'S STABLES!!?? If I were a tea-drinker my screen would be dripping. LOL!! Great kick-off, Jen! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 15 Jun 02 - 02:27 AM Whoa, Áine! This one's harder than a lot of 'em, IMNSHO. Anyway, I saddled up my trusty Mac and this is the main verse I've trotted out so far. Genie
A Horse With No Shame |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Jun 02 - 02:37 AM Can't possibly write till I see the picture. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 15 Jun 02 - 11:30 AM LOL!! Good job, Genie!! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Áine Date: 15 Jun 02 - 11:39 AM Well, we've got a very good start here, Challenge!rs!! Here are the first set of B.L.O.B.s: To Jack the Sailor for: Tell the people, Rosie, why you wear red panties Like diapers yeas they are, instead of scanties Mmmmm, you know, You really rock me At the traffic light, you really block me To JenEllen for: Do you know that this little guide of mine Dresses up oh-so neat This little guide of mine Stops the traffic on the street When all the studs nicker, well, I don't mind In her 'Victoria's Stables', yeah, she is fine An' that's why I - I - I - I I love that little guide of mine And to Genie for: In her harness and her blanket, Our Rosie is quite the vamp, She's as home in bars and restaurants As a ponytail at summer camp. And she's under the table when they've had a few rounds, Where she spies on all the guests. When she pops out, without a "Neigh" or a sound, They're havin' cardiac arrest! Keep It Going, Challenge!rs!! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 15 Jun 02 - 03:44 PM Tune: Tennessee Stud -
Oh, The Ellensburg mare was small and cute, Verses to come. [Feel free to write 'em yourselves, if you like.] Genie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 15 Jun 02 - 03:55 PM Another beginning:
"Who Put The Mini Horse In Red Silk Lacy Trousers? Verses to come for that one, too. A couple of other lines running through my head [which I probably won't develop]: Horse In Red Satin [Nights In White Satin] Horsie With The Red Lace Behind [Surrey With The Fringe On Top]
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 15 Jun 02 - 04:06 PM BTW, I hereby bestow upon myself the Amazon Rainforest Award for DENSITY! I could blame it on sleep deprivation or jet lag, but when I read the blurb about Rosie and her animal pals, I totally missed the pun in Fat Butt's name! [Cf. my mention of the goat in my song, above.] While lying in bed last night, the lightbulb suddenly went on: "goat," -->"butt," --get it? So, my apologies to Big Butt if my description of his/her anatomy was presumptuous and inappropriate. [But the name is "Fat Butt," not "Big Butt," so I'm not sure.] Genie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Deda Date: 15 Jun 02 - 06:23 PM This has got to be the corniest entry I've ever offered, by a mile. I have two friends who are dependent on Seeing Eye dogs, and I wanted to mention something about what a love relationship it can be. It's hard to do that without getting schmaltzy.
Sweet Rosie the Pony
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Áine Date: 15 Jun 02 - 08:57 PM My darlin' Deda, if your song ain't worth a Super Special Sandstone Sheila-Na-Gig Ocarina Award, then I ain't no Gaelic Goddess ;-) Here's your Golden B.L.O.B. for this heart rending verse: They all ride in to town sometimes in the family's old sedan Rosie sits in the back seat with the window for a fan Well, Rosie she can read the signs like Wait and Stop and Go Cherry and Jenny, they taught her all she knows -- Áine (sniffing quietly . . .) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: allanwill Date: 16 Jun 02 - 10:56 AM I figured someone had to write something to Dave Swarbrick's song "Rosie".
You all know Rosie,
Come on, Rosie,
(yuo see) Rosie is a little wee horse,
Come on, Rosie,
At the park or supermarket
Come on, Rosie, Allan |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 16 Jun 02 - 03:42 PM The chorus that I posted above had one line from an earlier version next to a line from this one, so you may have noticed it didn't rhyme. Here's the current version: "Who Put The Mini Horse In Red Silk Lacy Trousers? Words: Jeanene Pratt Tune: Who Threw The Overalls In Mistress Murphy's Chowder
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 16 Jun 02 - 03:45 PM ...er ...George Giefer wrote the song I parodied. I screwed up a couple of line breaks by the title and should have had his name atttached to "...Mistress Murphy's Chowder..." Genie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 16 Jun 02 - 04:49 PM Silky Red Behind
(Tune: Always Gentle On My Mind)
Where the dangerous traffic flows Where the crowds are thick as bedbugs, and there's little time for those who cannot see; And it's knowing I'm not threatened In the crowded aisles of markets Or the mystery of some artsy store's design That keeps me gently walking out In the darkness and the chaos With my hand on Rosie's silky red behind. It's not clinging to the silky underwear Dodging skate boards and the clothes lines I breathe the mornin sunlight color with my fingers, A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 16 Jun 02 - 10:01 PM Deda and Amos: Awwwwwwwwww... Lovely lyrics about a lovely, amazing animal, both of you! Genie BTW, for those of you who haven't been following all the Song Challenge!s, the "Provocateur" line in the "Who Put The Mini Horse In Red Silk Lacy Trousers?" song refers to this thread. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 17 Jun 02 - 04:05 PM Well, I hope a few of you other Challenger!s are gonna pen some more odes to Rosie, too. I kinda feel like I'm hogging the thread, but having posted the beginning of this song, I kinda wanted to finish it. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Surrey" song is actually quite long, and I may later get around to parodying the rest of it, but here's what I have so far:
"The Filly With The Panties of Red" |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 17 Jun 02 - 04:18 PM Hmmm I remember a Jackson Browne tune called Rosie! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 17 Jun 02 - 04:25 PM Rosie by Jackson Browne
well, she was standing at the load in, when the trucks rolled up
Well, I sat her down right next to me and I got her a beer (chorus)
but Rosie your alright (you wear my ring)
Well I guess I might've known from the start, she'd come for a star
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 17 Jun 02 - 04:41 PM Obviously a sad song about a roadie with questionable morals and a low self image. Lets see if we can improve it. Rosie by Horseman Browne
well, she was standing at the race track, when we went to the course
Well, we got her a harness so she could lead the blind (chorus)
but Rosie you're a guide (you lead the blind)
Well I don't know how the story end but I saw it begin |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 17 Jun 02 - 07:39 PM Wunnerful, wunnerful, Jack! §;-D |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: katlaughing Date: 17 Jun 02 - 08:07 PM HeyaJenellen!! Watch out for ABC News!! They just ran a teaser on the 5p news, tonight, saying an upcoming story would be about "seeing-eye ponies!" Whaddaya wanna bet they've been to Ellensburg or are on their way! Whoo-Hoo! Big doings on the police blotter now!! katspot'emearlystories |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 17 Jun 02 - 10:40 PM That's JE for ya -- always seeing the world-class in the quietest corners!! :>) Fancy that -- Max oughta get a tie-in linking the ABC break to the song thread and get himself swamped with support money!! LOL! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Janie Date: 18 Jun 02 - 12:00 AM This is my first (and you may hope, last) posting to a song challenge. To the tune of "The Escape of Old John Webb"
One day while in the grocery store
Cho:With her tiny feet and her covered seat
I plainly saw she was two feet tall Chorus
She lead Miss Cherry to the Dairy case Chorus
She waited for Cherry to choose her bread Chorus
She rode home in the truck with her friend Fat Butt
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Janie Date: 18 Jun 02 - 12:03 AM How do I get the stanzas to stay stanzas when I hit the submit button? Janie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jun 02 - 12:04 AM ...uh, kat.... no t.v., remember? *bg* Watch for me and lemme know if ol'Rosie makes an appearance, eh? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 18 Jun 02 - 12:25 AM Janie: Good start!! You need to use "br" (but inside angle brackets instead of inside quotes) at the end of each line. That makes the line breake at that point. If you type in a double return it will make a double line break but for the single line break you need to include that little piece of HTML. See the thread on HTML among the Permathreads, it will explain everything!! Come back with another one next time!! Don't be a stranger. A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jun 02 - 12:46 AM BEAUTIFUL, JANIE!! Don't be a stranger....
To the tune of "The Escape of Old John Webb"
One day while in the grocery store
Cho:With her tiny feet and her covered seat
I plainly saw she was two feet tall Chorus
She lead Miss Cherry to the Dairy case Chorus
She waited for Cherry to choose her bread Chorus
She rode home in the truck with her friend Fat Butt |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 02 - 01:07 AM Oops, Jenellen scoops the joeclone! I do remember, Jen, BUT I had thought you'd have nothing better to do than to watch for the ABC news team, follow them to Cherry's and see them do their schtick LIVE!**BG** I mean what else is there to do when all of the students go home, right? running for cover now! luvyakat |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Jun 02 - 02:02 AM Here is a starter for someone to finish if they like-- I have neither time nor mind, and do not anticipate either in the foreseeable future! Anyway, it would be "I Only Have Eyes for You," which since Garfunkel is singing IS a folk song after all! *G*G* And the premise is, Rosie can't see her own red-clad ass because she ONLY has eyes for the use of her owner... "Were my ass clad in red, And I saw it, I'd wish I were dead. But I only have eyes, for you, dear....." And so forth. No? Well then I was right! No brain, no effect! ROSY UP ON MOORE STREET, ROSE OF MY HEART, or maybe ROSIE (both in the DT) have some interesting passages.... Or how about a takeoff from that Lyle Lovett pony thing? Help yourselves to any of the above... ~Susan |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Genie Date: 18 Jun 02 - 02:28 AM I like it, Sooz. As long as we're doing snippets, here's one based on a hook that I can't get our of my head:
I went into a restaurant to have me a meal BTW, Some of the initial info and a couple of posts led me to [jump to] the conclusion that JenEllen and Jenny Calhoun were one and the same. That's why I depicted a Mudcat gathering at Jen and Cherry's. Ain't gonna bother fixin' it, though Kat tells me Rosie isn't yours, JenEllen [more's the pity]. But, just for the record, since Cherry has been identified in various songs above as both "he" and "she," which is it? Genie |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jun 02 - 10:02 AM Rosie, Cherry and Jenny are all female.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: SharonA Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:19 PM Kat and JenEllen: ABC News just announced an upcoming story about seeing-eye ponies? That's very odd, considering that the following ABCNews.com page on the subject is dated March 30 – and they don't say what year! – http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/2020/2020_010330_guidehorses.html Annanutherthing, that part of the article Áine posted that says Rosie is "one of only two in the country" is apparently outdated! I did a Google search on "blind guide horse" and it brought up about 106,000 hits! Haven't read too many of them yet, but enough to see that there are more than two guide horses in the US. i did see it noted on more than one site, however, that Rosie is the second one to have been in service, By the way, this article lists Ms. King's first name as Cheryle: http://www.guidehorse.com/people.htm Now to go and ponder the possibilities for a song of my own on the subject... I dunno, I'm awfully rusty at this, but I'll oil up the brain-gears and see if they move... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: SharonA Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:37 PM Hmmm... Looks like Rosie got into a bit of trouble in Montana, though they don't mention her by name: http://www.kaimin.org/Mar_02/3-26-02/news7_3-26-02.html |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:50 PM Sharon, JenEllen All talk and no song!! I want to read your songs about rosie... PLEEEEEEASE!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:55 PM Sorry, Jack, my ass has a 1-person limit, and apparently SharonA is first in line. You'll just have to be patient. *bg* ~JE |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:59 PM Gig Harbor is nowhere near Ellensburg, so it must be a different "King" plus it said that King would be getting one soon. Cherry already has her horse. rant on: Don't you just hate it when a "journalist" writes an article using acronyms from the start with no initial explanation? What in the aitch is the "UC?" I'd gathered it was on a campus, probably a Union Center, but fercrissakes...Journalism 101 shoulda clued them in! rant off Thanks, sorry Aine for hijacking for a mo'! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 02 - 06:00 PM P.S. Also, it looks as though the ABC thing might be a follow-up as the story link said people would be getting their horses in June. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: JenEllen Date: 18 Jun 02 - 06:59 PM Life From Two Feet Off The Ground (fer PatientJack the Sailor--words/tune by me)
I'm just a miniature pony
There's goin' and stoppin' and crosswalks
CHORUS:
From my little herd I was chosen
The world is a scary ol' mutha CHORUS
Now, don't think too ill of my people
So what if some little things spook me? CHORUS |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Amos Date: 18 Jun 02 - 08:11 PM So what if some little things spook me? Cut me a wee bit of slack I'll keep on being eyes for the blind An' you keep the hell off my back LOL!! Good thing ponies ain't got no middle fingers, or they'd take advantage of thier owners all the time!! :>) A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: DonD Date: 18 Jun 02 - 09:36 PM The Red Satin Horse Underall (to the tune of "The Rackets Round the Blue Mountain Lake") Come all you young fellows, in Washington State, There's a wonderful tale I'm about to relate: About a tail, loin, croup, dock,stifle and all, Encased in a red satin horse underall. Derry down, down, down, derry down. It happened in Ellenburg, a nice little town, That's where you'll find this horse of renown; Rosie's her name, she's but two feet tall, And her fame is her red satin horse underall. Derry down, down, down derry dowm. She's not just a hussy, flaunting her rump, With an equine grind and a bump; She has a great heart tho' her body is small, There's much more to Rosie than her red underall. Derry down, down, down derry down. No matter how fancy the pants on her behind, Her raison d'etre is serving the blind. She learned of the need and she answered the call To lead one who can't see her red underall. Derry down, down, down derry down. All hail Seeing Eyes and their colleagues, of course, But few know the tale of the seeing eye horse; 'Tis a tale of wonder that never will pall -- Tiny Rosie in her red satin horse underall. Derry down, down, down derry down. As she looks back past her withers, what does she see? Some horse's ass in fine red lonjeree! And she kicks up her heels -- Life is a ball If you're Rose in her red satin horse underall. Derry down, down, down derry down. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 18 Jun 02 - 10:31 PM I love it JenEllen, I never would have suspected a pony with an attitude! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: Áine Date: 18 Jun 02 - 10:32 PM Hi Challenge!rs -- Just wanted you to know that I've started physical therapy for my back -- and frankly, I've been pretty tired . . . so, I apologize for not being around to give out your well deserved B.L.O.B.s -- but, I promise I will do so tomorrow. Keep up the good work -- you're all just simply Mahvelous!!!!! -- Áine (who's dreading getting up at 6:00 a.m. to go to the rehab hospital and get pummeled by her oh-so-cute physical therapist (hehehehehe)) ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: katlaughing Date: 18 Jun 02 - 10:43 PM Brava, Jenellen!! Indeed! DonD, I love yours, too! Aine...just think of all the chatting up to look forward to!**BG** |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 18 Jun 02 - 10:45 PM Áine, take care of yourself! We can wait for our B.L.O.B.s, Chips, etc. [But if you gotta get pummeled by a guy, it might as well be a cute one!] ~SWO~ |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 84 From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Jun 02 - 11:28 PM Pummeling... with or without knickers????? ~S~ |
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