Refreshing a post - Mudcat at its best

21 May 01 - 07:17 PM (#467431)
Subject: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST

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.

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21 May 01 - 09:55 PM (#467530)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Jande

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.........

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21 May 01 - 10:42 PM (#467565)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: CarolC

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?)

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22 May 01 - 01:34 PM (#467994)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Trapper

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

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22 May 01 - 02:33 PM (#468019)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Mrrzy

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...

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22 May 01 - 02:38 PM (#468025)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: Jande

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

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22 May 01 - 05:40 PM (#468134)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST,Refreshing

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

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22 May 01 - 08:17 PM (#468243)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: RichM

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

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22 May 01 - 08:22 PM (#468247)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: GUEST

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!!

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23 May 01 - 12:38 AM (#468419)
Subject: RE: Refreshing a post - Mudcat at it's best
From: KT

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

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