Re: fat birdies/tom lehrer

Jim,
That was so many years ago.  I've tried to find his records in recent years,
but they're too scratched up to be worth purchasing.  It's clear that those
who bought his records played them to death.
Janet




on 01/26/2003 12:33 PM, Island Jim at jsinger@igc.org wrote:

> wonder what ever happened to him? funny guy.
> 
> At 12:07 PM 1/26/03 -0500, you wrote:
>> Oh thank you, Maria!
>> 
>> on 01/25/2003 9:37 PM, Maria Olshin at marolsh@ptd.net wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh Yes, Tom Lehrer!
>>> 
>>> "...Your pulse will be quickenin'
>>> With each drop of strychnine
>>> That poisons a pigeon
>>> --it just takes a smidgeon--
>>> to poson a pigeon in the park!"
>>> 
>>>> From: Janet  Laytham <jw.laytham@worldnet.att.net>
>>>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:31:04 -0500
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] fat birdies
>>>> 
>>>> and those of us who are older and perhaps from the northeast recall a
>>>> Harvard professor who wrote satiric songs, like the little old man who
>>>> enjoys "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park".
>>>> Janet
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> on 01/25/2003 12:37 PM, cathy carpenter at cathyc@rnet.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> As you all know, pigeons are close relatives of doves, and the bain of
>>>>> urban areas. When I lived in Honolulu, they were a fixture in the city
>>>>> parks. A local comic, did a skit around a favorite grilled chicken
>>>>> recipe (huli-huli chicken - recipe on request) where "huli-huli pigeon"
>>>>> was the featured entree.
>>>>> Cathy, z5b, west central IL, in the 20s and loving it!
>>>>> On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 06:27 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Pam, doves are groupies.  They sit on our deck railings all day in this
>>>>>> weather making a nasty mess.  In the summer they flock into my veggie
>>>>>> garden
>>>>>> and when I go to enter the garden (which is fenced) they flap their
>>>>>> wings
>>>>>> trying to fly but are so heavy they can not get into flight thus
>>>>>> tearing up
>>>>>> my plants.  I have walked into the water garden area and all 12 of them
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> be in the water garden and it is just a small pond.  This is not a
>>>>>> favorite
>>>>>> bird of mine but I do plant my garden to attract birds.  However,  I
>>>>>> want to
>>>>>> decide who gets to play in my garden!  Okay, this is a sad story and I
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> what you are all going to say.
>>>>>> Ceres
>>>>>> 
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