Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!bllklly From: bllklly@uwmacc.UUCP (Bill Kelly) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The worst lyrics you've ever heard Message-ID: <409@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 18:10:23 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.409 Posted: Mon Oct 22 18:10:23 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 07:37:19 EDT References: <1702@inmet.UUCP> <5308@brl-tgr.ARPA> <857@ihuxn.UUCP> Reply-To: bllklly@maccunix.UUCP (Bill Kelly) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 32 Summary: My own miscellaneous responses: Re Tom Lehrer: Computer buffs (I'll not temppt the flamers by saying hackers) ought to like Tom Lehrer's esoteric sense of humor -- he has one song that teaches base 12 mathematics! Another worthy tune from Demento is My Dead Dog Rover I'm looking over my dead dog Rover Who I overlooked before I ran him over with the power mower... And on the topic of poems written to fit a multisyllabic word on a single line, there's always Asimov's pick for limerick of the year a few years ago. He said the fourth line made up for what he considers a fatal flaw in the limerick, the fact that it's not dirty: The bustard's an exquisite fowl With minimal reason to growl He's spared what would be Illegitimacy By the grace of a fortunate vowel And thanks to whoever mentioned my personal (least) favorite, L.A. Woman! -- Bill Kelly {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!bllklly 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 "Life's like a jigsaw...you get the straight bits, but there's plenty missing in the middle." -- Xtc