Update...Summer's over

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Lighter,
So nice to hear you and the kids are enjoying crafts and delicious cooking and pseudo-fall (if it's 95 degrees - you must live near me somewhere - especially with the mention of Publix, which I had never heard of before I moved here). I am glad school is here too, although we are busy, busy, busy.
Izzy,
I LOVE Bob and Doug Mackenzie!!!! Love their 12 days of Christmas song Have you also heard Weird Al's Canadian Idiot song? It is a parody of American Idiot. It is so funny!!! He is pretty popular in Canada! You should listen to it. He does pick on one thing that you all brought into being - Celene Dion (blech!!).

Nice thread... thanks Lighter

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hi Beth.

Yes have heard 'Weird Al' and the Idiot song. He is very funny, but I need the words, so the music I like is slow enough that (a 69 yr. old) one can understand the lyrics, Did you listen to "Weird Al" One More Minute ---oh so romantic!

oh yes and arghh to Celine Dion.

I do like the Idiot's line
"See their map hovering over us"

"American Idiot" is too 'crash, boom' for me. I was raised on '50s,'60s, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, etc.

Canadian money does look funny sometimes, but then so does American look all alike.

xx
Izzy

hi lighter
Again!

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Oh Izzy, then you will love the song "Close But No Cigar" by Weird Al and also his "Don't Download This Song." If you go to myspace you can listen to the there. One is a lovely (snicker) ballad Also, for great hilarity, watch Weird Al TV on YouTube when he interviews Celene Dion

"Canadian Idiot"

Don't wanna be a Canadian idiot
Don't wanna be some beer swillin' hockey nut
And do I look like some frostbitten hose-head?
I never learned my alphabet from A to Zed

They all live on donuts and moose meat
And they leave the house without packin' heat
Never even bring their guns to the mall
And you know what else is too funny?
Their stupid Monopoly money
Can't take 'em seriously at all

Well maple syrup and snow's what they export
They treat curling just like it's a real sport
They think their silly accent is so cute
Can't understand a thing they're talkin' aboot

Sure they got their national health care
Cheaper meds, low crime rates and clean air
Then again well they got Celine Dion
Eat their weight in Kraft macaroni
And dream of drivin' a Zamboni
All over Saskatchewan

Don't wanna be a Canadian idiot
Won't figure out their temperature in Celsius
See the map, they're hoverin' right over us
Tell you the truth, it makes me kinda nervous

Always hear the same kind of story
Break their nose and they'll just say "sorry"
Tell me what kind of freaks are that polite?
It's gotta mean they're all up to somethin'
So quick, before they see it comin'
Time for a pre-emptive strike!

Lots of love,
Beth

[Izzy_*now*]

GREAT!
Thanks Beth

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We saw him in concert and he had a cannon at the end with streamers in Canada's colors. It was so much fun.