tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post4954173220385448367..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: KLEM AMTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-59169105078360895432016-12-20T14:59:57.263-05:002016-12-20T14:59:57.263-05:00A couple of Google dead ends...
Did any of the de...<i>A couple of Google dead ends...</i><br /><br />Did any of the dead ends go like this?<br /><br />We three Kings of Orient are;<br />Trying to smoke a rubber cigar;<br />It was loaded and it exploded!;<br />Ka-Boom!<br />We two Kings of Orient are... and so on. Until the last kind is ka-boomed and keeping your lips pressed together musically muffle to the tune, "murf mer gerf merble murfmurfmurf gerg. Gargle gack murf gargley gack. <br /><br />Or like this?<br /><br />We four Beatles of Liverpool are,<br />Paul in a taxi, John in a car,<br />George on a scooter, beeping his hooter,<br />Following Ringo Star.<br /><br />Or like this?<br /><br />We three kings of Leicester Square<br />Selling ladies underwear<br />So fantastic, no elastic<br />Only tuppence a pair<br /><br /><b>HEY! </b> Did you know this song "Quest of the Magi" written by John Henry Hopkins is the first American Christmas carol ever featured in the British collection of Christmas Carols Old and New? Now, this here is important and precious tidbit to hold in mind because it could be the clue and the answer that might open a gnarly uncooperative corner of a NYT crossword puzzle for you some day. You never know when it could pop up. And then you'll go, "Man, I sure am glad Chip emphasized this back then in the past."<br /><br />Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16585174992551606272016-12-20T09:39:06.516-05:002016-12-20T09:39:06.516-05:00I did the same thing with the banjo, fruitbat. II ...I did the same thing with the banjo, fruitbat. II earned the into to "Tom Dooley" and a coupe of Scruggs rolls. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-80294883218340860222016-12-20T09:33:29.142-05:002016-12-20T09:33:29.142-05:00Some years ago I got the idea in my head to learn ...Some years ago I got the idea in my head to learn how to play some holiday songs on guitar. Being no musician, I ended up with a cheater's guide I found while browsing at Barnes & Noble. Tab. Came with a CD.<br /><br />"We Three Kings" was as far as I got.<br /><br />I'm kind of a dilettante.<br /><br />I blame myself.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-15833493024181979972016-12-20T08:28:14.335-05:002016-12-20T08:28:14.335-05:00A glorious version of We Three Kings. thanks. A glorious version of We Three Kings. thanks. Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.com