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[OM] Re: OT The night was dark....

Subject: [OM] Re: OT The night was dark....
From: cochran@xxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:58:30 -0400
Pardon my ignorance. What is t**d?

A very tired guy who's forgetting too many words lately.


peace

David
> 
> Olaf,
> 
> Actually, it's a cleaned-up revision of a poem I first heard many, 
> many years ago.  Chuck Berry obviously had heard it, too, and he 
> cleaned it up differently and used it in one of his '50s songs, 
> like this:
> 
> The night was dark, the sky was blue;
> Down the alley the ice wagon flew.
> There was a crash and somebody screamed;
> You shoulda heard just what I seen.
> 
> At the risk of offending some, the original went like this:
> 
> The night was dark, the sky was blue;
> Down the alley the s**t wagon flew.
> There was a crash, a scream was heard;
> A man was killed by a flying t**d.
> 
> I am now definitely going in hiding for the rest of the day.
> 
> Walt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Olaf Greve" <o.greve@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date:  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:52:24 +0100
> 
> >
> >Hmmm, Walt,
> >
> >> The night was dark, the sky was blue;
> >> Down the alley the speech cops flew.
> >> There was a crash, a scream was heard;
> >> A man was killed by a misused word.
> >
> >....been listening to 'Moonlight Drive' by the Doors lately (or 
> >is this a quote from some other song)? :)
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Olafo
>  
> 
> 
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