I have no idea why I had two entries on Pogo below. "But, " as Miss Marple says. "There it is." It is but one of the mysteries of Posterous I have encountered. Another is the strange way my photos are configured in this theme. Since I use my Dr Liam site as a bucket for my impulsive thoughts I don't seek remedy for these issues. A mystery they are and a mystery they shall remain. But there it is.
A favorite holiday tradition in our family is to mash up the lyrics of Christmas songs that are already in the category of inexplicable. Deck the Halls is a classic of this type. It is joined by silly contemporary songs like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Some put The Little Drummer Boy in this classification, but I am not yet willing to do so despite the fact that I have seen grown men in malls instantly become curmudgeonly when the latter song is played over the PA system. I put LDB in the "apocryphally fantastic" genre rather than "patently silly" or "grossly commercial" categories. So, for now, I am content to regale my wife and canines with strains of Rudolph the Snowman and Do You Hear Comes Frosty the Red-Nosed Partridge in an Okra's Must Tree.
Don't blame me. I was brought up on "Pogo" in the pages of the Kansas City Star. Walt Kelly penned my favorite lyrics (to the tune of Deck the Halls):
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Don't we know archaic barrel
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker 'n' too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloupe, 'lope with you!
Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon,
Willy, folly go through!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!
Dunk us all in bowls of barley,
Hinky dinky dink an' polly voo!
Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,
Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!
Tizzy seas on melon collie!
Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!
[From Pogo, by Walt Kelly.]
Merry Christmas!
A favorite holiday tradition in our family is to mash up the lyrics of Christmas songs that are already in the category of inexplicable. Deck the Halls is a classic of this category. It is joined by silly contemporary songs like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Some put The Little Drummer Boy in this category, but I am not yet willing to do so despite the fact that I have seen grown men in malls instantly become curmudgeonly when the latter song is played over the PA system. I put LDB in the "apocryphally fantastic" genre rather than "patently silly" or "grossly commercial" categories. So, for now, I am content to regale my wife and canines with strains of Rudolph the Snowman and Do You Hear Comes Frosty the Red-Nosed Partridge in an Okra's Must Tree.
Don't blame me. I was brought up on "Pogo" in the pages of the Kansas City Star. Walt Kelly penned my favorite lyrics (to the tune of Deck the Halls):
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Don't we know archaic barrel
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker 'n' too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloupe, 'lope with you!
Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon,
Willy, folly go through!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!
Dunk us all in bowls of barley,
Hinky dinky dink an' polly voo!
Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,
Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!
Tizzy seas on melon collie!
Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!
[From Pogo, by Walt Kelly.]
Merry Christmas!
Did you know there are 4 million persons of Lithuanian descent in the world? Did you know 1 in 5 persons of Lithuanian descent live in the United States of America?
Do you love lists as much as we do? Here are some of our (Precious' and Liam's) favorites from the year:
This marker in Manhattan's City Park claims the town is the location of Harahey, governed by Chief Tatarrax and discovered by Spaniard Coronado in 1541!
