Re: fat birdies/tom lehrer

Math Professor, if memory serves. I believe he's gone many years.

> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> 
> 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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