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Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 02:12PM
<HTML>More tunage from Swindon's popular foursome - the Alexander Beetles (random Pooh reference) from their Northanger Abbey Road LP....
Bertha's Silver Scissors...
Hades was evil, studied diabolical antics back in school,
Late nights all alone with his plotting, oh-oh-oh-oh
Then came Thursday Next, Swindon's premiere litra-tec, trapped him in 'Jane Eyre'.
Where he met a novel ending, oh-oh-oh-oh
'Cause as a fire was destorying the house, a blow came from behind...
Stab stab Bertha's silver scissors came down into his arm,
Stab stab Bertha's silver scissors finally did Hades harm.
Hades was a @!#$, hated Martin Chuzzlewit, had Quaverly taken out,
But Mycroft saved us all the o-other scenes.
Burnt the manuscript, kept the meddlers out of it, Hades was annoyed,
So he turned his plan to something i-in-teresting
But as Thursday was wrecking his plan, a blow came from behind...
Stab stab etc...
Swindon's litra-tecs, listening out for Thursday Next, assumed it had gone wrong,
Suddenly the ending was changing, oh-oh-oh-no
Rochester was blind and lame, Jane Eyre was gone away, and Thursday must be trapped,
With no-one to say the words to spirit her a-a-way,
but as the book was nearing it's end, 'Sweet Madness' was said...
All 'cause Bertha's silver scissors came down into his arm etc</HTML>
Bertha's Silver Scissors...
Hades was evil, studied diabolical antics back in school,
Late nights all alone with his plotting, oh-oh-oh-oh
Then came Thursday Next, Swindon's premiere litra-tec, trapped him in 'Jane Eyre'.
Where he met a novel ending, oh-oh-oh-oh
'Cause as a fire was destorying the house, a blow came from behind...
Stab stab Bertha's silver scissors came down into his arm,
Stab stab Bertha's silver scissors finally did Hades harm.
Hades was a @!#$, hated Martin Chuzzlewit, had Quaverly taken out,
But Mycroft saved us all the o-other scenes.
Burnt the manuscript, kept the meddlers out of it, Hades was annoyed,
So he turned his plan to something i-in-teresting
But as Thursday was wrecking his plan, a blow came from behind...
Stab stab etc...
Swindon's litra-tecs, listening out for Thursday Next, assumed it had gone wrong,
Suddenly the ending was changing, oh-oh-oh-no
Rochester was blind and lame, Jane Eyre was gone away, and Thursday must be trapped,
With no-one to say the words to spirit her a-a-way,
but as the book was nearing it's end, 'Sweet Madness' was said...
All 'cause Bertha's silver scissors came down into his arm etc</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: November 24, 2002 02:28PM
<HTML>Do you realise I just spent the last 3 mins 48 seconds *singing* this (complete with bridge of 'Silver Scissors Man') and my wife is now phoning the mental hospital?
That line about Chuzzlewit was vey McCartneyesque, btw. Well, it was better than Mull of Kintyre, anyway.</HTML>
That line about Chuzzlewit was vey McCartneyesque, btw. Well, it was better than Mull of Kintyre, anyway.</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 03:49PM
<HTML>Most things sound better than 'Mull of ***kin' Tyre'. These include, but are not limited to, the sound of dental drills, scraping fingers down blackboards and the scrape of metal on broken china.
There is a decent parody of it though, dedicated to caravanners:
"My leaking tyre,
My caravan's leaning..."</HTML>
There is a decent parody of it though, dedicated to caravanners:
"My leaking tyre,
My caravan's leaning..."</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.telepac.pt)
Date: November 24, 2002 03:51PM
<HTML>Can you please from now on use songs I can sing to?
What is this one???
(yeah, beatles, but what? Ive very limited beatles knowledge lol)</HTML>
What is this one???
(yeah, beatles, but what? Ive very limited beatles knowledge lol)</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: November 24, 2002 05:05PM
<HTML>Maxwell's Silver Hammer, from the Abbey Road album. Not one of their better efforts, it must be said. I thought *everybody* in the Western world knew all the Beatles' songs by now. So much for cultural imperialism, then.</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 07:31PM
<HTML>Spec-ops 31 have been informed Bea....</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Carla (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 08:58PM
<HTML>beatles were just a overrated boyband
ok now kill me...</HTML>
ok now kill me...</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 09:06PM
<HTML>Hmm. Obviously a genetic flaw...
Do you both play the banjo?</HTML>
Do you both play the banjo?</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: November 24, 2002 09:20PM
<HTML>Definition of a gentleman; one who, while in possession of a banjo, does not play it.
Definition of a good banjo; one that will drop cleanly into a skip without touching the sides.</HTML>
Definition of a good banjo; one that will drop cleanly into a skip without touching the sides.</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Carla (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 09:47PM
<HTML>i don't play the banjo, but there is one song in the "in the Fishtank" series (Low and Dirty Three) where Alan plays the banjo and the song is quite good.
And we are more different than most people would think...</HTML>
And we are more different than most people would think...</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.telepac.pt)
Date: November 24, 2002 10:13PM
<HTML>yes, Ben, I'm the gentle and kind nature... she's the... erm... ;)
(just don't get her angry :D)</HTML>
(just don't get her angry :D)</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Carla (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 10:27PM
<HTML>I'm the black sheep of the family and proud of it...
at least i followed my dreams
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</HTML>
at least i followed my dreams
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.telepac.pt)
Date: November 24, 2002 10:39PM
<HTML>me too, in my own way :)
(won't it be bad taste to get you something wooly for xmas then? ;))</HTML>
(won't it be bad taste to get you something wooly for xmas then? ;))</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: November 24, 2002 10:58PM
<HTML>If you see a banjo player and a traffic warden crossing the street, which should you run over first?
Banjo player. Remember - duty before pleasure...</HTML>
Banjo player. Remember - duty before pleasure...</HTML>
Re: Shouldn't there be a separate song book thread by now?
Posted by: Carla (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: November 25, 2002 07:26AM
<HTML>traffic warden, always!</HTML>
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