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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