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Feb 2: Day of the Large Rodent
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2004, 04:01:21 pm »
Oh my god, man. I miss collard greens so much.
Oh, South! I will return to you SO SOON!
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Feb 2: Day of the Large Rodent
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2004, 04:09:42 pm »
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Severe depression makes for a great song, but's not a good way to go through life.

I don't know if you're depressed Andalucia, but obviously the protaganist of the above quoted song is.


Paul, you said "Who loves the sun?" which is the title of a Velvet Underground song.  Those lyrics above are from that song.

And it's really a catchy upbeat number.
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« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2004, 04:13:00 pm »
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Oh my god, man. I miss collard greens so much.
Oh, South! I will return to you SO SOON!


Personally, I'm far more partial to turnip greens.  Few more weeks and I can be planting some.  And some lettuce, too.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2004, 04:18:00 pm »
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Severe depression makes for a great song, but's not a good way to go through life.

I don't know if you're depressed Andalucia, but obviously the protaganist of the above quoted song is.


Paul, you said "Who loves the sun?" which is the title of a Velvet Underground song.  Those lyrics above are from that song.

And it's really a catchy upbeat number.


I think it's ironic.  The tune is upbeat, very Beach Boysesque, but the lyrics are anything but.

~Paul
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2004, 04:24:48 pm »
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Eastern PA people just don't appreciate the complexity of meteorology via marmot. You guys's schools must be terrible.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get some pop from the fridge then run the sweeper before I red the table. And pierogies for dinner! Whoo!


IT'S OK, Y'ALL!  I SPEAK YANKEE!  

What he said was:

Pardon me, I'ma get some soda from the icebox, then vacuum before I set the dishes.  And collards for supper!  Yee-haw!


Close. "Red" means clear off/out. So you could also say, "Billy, red off your dresser! You can't see the top" or "red out the car so I can vacuum it out."
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« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2004, 04:27:36 pm »
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I think it's ironic.  The tune is upbeat, very Beach Boysesque, but the lyrics are anything but.


This is a song on the High Fidelity soundtrack.  The great thing about that soundtrack is half the songs are from bands doing their best VU impersonation and then we get the real deal doing the most un VU like track (except for the ironic lyrics) they ever recorded.

~Paul
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« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2004, 04:28:07 pm »
Ah.  So I should have said, "Afore I carry away the dishes."  

I must admit, that one I've not heard.  But then again, folks around these parts don't have a photo taken, they have a picture made.  

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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2004, 04:38:06 pm »
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Close. "Red" means clear off/out. So you could also say, "Billy, red off your dresser! You can't see the top" or "red out the car so I can vacuum it out."


Ah, I get it, Red is Rid, as in rid the table of junk so I can set the dishes.

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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2004, 05:06:04 pm »
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As if I wouldn't know what Pierogies are.  My maiden name had three "K"s and ended in "ski," and we ordered 100 lbs of kielbasa for my wedding.  

Piff.


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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2004, 05:07:26 pm »
100 pounds of kielbasa?  I want to party with you!
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« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2004, 05:16:29 pm »
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As if I wouldn't know what Pierogies are.  My maiden name had three "K"s and ended in "ski," and we ordered 100 lbs of kielbasa for my wedding.  

Piff.


Were you in one of Ray's movies?
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« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2004, 05:57:04 pm »
Well, it was a wedding.  There were in excess of 350 people there.  

We Pollacks have big weddings.  Mostly because we have big families.  In every sense of the word.
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« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2004, 06:53:57 pm »
350 people?!?  Zounds.
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« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2004, 07:57:50 pm »
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As if I wouldn't know what Pierogies are.  My maiden name had three "K"s and ended in "ski," and we ordered 100 lbs of kielbasa for my wedding.  

Piff.

There is something about this that brings tears to my eyes with its cosmic rightness. I think I've officially been assimilated into the Midwest.

(Or maybe I'm just reminded of the reception after my grandfather's funeral, which involved massive quantities of Amorphous Beef in Sauce and similarly-prepared potatoes. The leftovers, of course, were packed up for Grandma so she'd have something to feed the relatives trickling in for the next few weeks.)
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« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2004, 09:54:06 pm »
Did you have the thing where you have to put some money in donation box and do a shot to dance with the bride? In the highly german/polish area I'm from this, along with open bar, defines the term "wedding reception"
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