Just a chime....or??

[arr&bee]

True,but i have known donkeys who were fond of it.

[Jerry Oz]

And they've managed to do quite well for themselves, by the way. Those wise asses want the world to recognize them.

[144man]

Isn't one a symbol of your Democrat Party for some reason?

[Jerry Oz]

Indeed it is. The Republicans are symbolized by an elephant. And the American public is symbolized by a giant anus for voting for either of the two, watching as they have run the country into a partisan divide that cannot be crossed.

[arr&bee]

Of course those same elephants will drop everthing when ralph is out of town,all peanut trails lead to ralph's mansion....where's stu??

[144man]

The consequences of the two parties not cooperating so much that they make the country ungovernable do not bear thinking about. We have already seen the result of what is perceived to be weak leadership in the US manifest itself in Russia's expansionist foreign policy.

[Jerry Oz]

Not just that, but every time there is a problem in the Middle East, the lack of apparent unity between the houses of congress and the president embolden our enemies. The opposition party actually rejoices if there is a perceived failure on the part of the president and that is something that's relatively new. I don't know what's next and I am afraid to find out what it is.

[arr&bee]

Hey 144man,are there elephants in russia? And do they vote democrat or republican?

[144man]

Only if they got lost...and it doesn't matter which way they vote, the politicians always get elected.

[westgrandboulevard]

I see someone has let that heckler in again. Either that, or it's Groucho Marx.....

[arr&bee]

Have you met my brothers...hoocho...drunko...sleepitoffo...now guess the magic word and collect two pennies.

[westgrandboulevard]

I guess that the magic word is 'duped'.

[arr&bee]

Has anyone seen my alter ego-rufus t.firefly??

[westgrandboulevard]

When did you last feel you were him?

[arr&bee]

The hooch tells me.

[westgrandboulevard]

Only when the spirit is willing....

[arr&bee]

When this wonderful elixur hits you the spirit has no choice.

[144man]

The hooch is omniscient.

[arr&bee]

Could be even i don't know what's in it.

[westgrandboulevard]

It's a lucky dip......

[144man]

It puts hairs on your chest.

[arr&bee]

It puts hair in places that ain't supposed to have hair.

[westgrandboulevard]

That comes with age, which also takes away hair from places which are supposed to have hair....

[arr&bee]

Hooch does things that can't be explained.

[Jerry Oz]

Could you please explain...?

[arr&bee]

If i could explain i'd be locked away somewhere...wait a minute i am.

[144man]

I'm not quite sure where I am. All I know is that I am trying to pass something called "the Turing Test".

[Jerry Oz]

Just take notes. And if the tur guide says something too fast, have the bus driver stop and back up so that he can say it again. I hate going on turs...

[westgrandboulevard]

You get enough of them, just being on here....

[Jerry Oz]

Around the world in 80 minutes...

[westgrandboulevard]

That's just about the maximum playing time of a CD....

[Jerry Oz]

That is correct. If you were going to make a mix CD for an 80 minute road trip, who would the artists be? Of course, if I asked this tomorrow, it may be different artists and songs depending on how you're feeling. But who would you listen to if you were doing it right now? You're essentially programming your own radio station for 80 minutes.

[westgrandboulevard]

For quickness and topicality, right off the top of my head, I've been recently buying CDs and listening to a lady called Barb Jungr. She's from Rochdale, and has just celebrated her 60th birthday.

I was due to see her this week at a local school called Bryanston , here in the county of Dorset, on a mixed fundraising bill with young opera singers and entertainers - but which has been postponed.

Barb takes the songs of others and interprets them in her own way, with minimal accompaniment, often just a piano. She tours all over, and gives performances in very widely varying venues - meeting halls in small country towns and villages, or the Jazz Cafe in London, or in US and Canada. Her latest album is called 'Hard Rain', and features the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. These are not artists to whom I would normally be listening, but I am learning to appreciate them, with Barb's help and artistry.

So my current mix CD for a road trip would be a selection from just one artist, Barb Jungr.

I will now have to think of alternatives, for more road trips....

[Jerry Oz]

If I'm on a road trip by myself, then I'd prefer songs that I'll sing while they're playing. That keeps me awake. If that's the case, I can see some old Smokey or Four Tops records, which were all the type that permit you to sing along. Then again, I'd probably make a compilation of songs that I cannot play when others are around for fear of offending them, so it would have a lot of Fishbone and Mighty, Mighty Bosstones on it [[mixed in with some other loud bands). Those are sing-along songs for me as well, but I tend to sing much louder.

If I'm looking for background music as she and I are enjoying the scenery, then I'd probably put some of John Williams' cinematic soundtracks on a CD along with Howard Shore, who composed the soundtrack for "Lord of the Rings".

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaa,hey jerry my wife calls alot of my favs[flip side mistakes]but they're mostly good songs which only appeal to me as she is more a child of the seventies and me a child of the fifties-sixties,the funny part is that she'll be tapping her feet to alot of my[flip side mistakes]...are you familiar with some of these titles...alone with no love[the contemplations]..when you move you lose[rufus and carla thomas]..some folks never learn[lou rawls]..i got a sure thing[ollie and the nightngales]..is it too early[the fawns]..cathy called[eddie holman]?

[Jerry Oz]

Not by their titles but I'm sure I've heard most of them on Mom and Dad's old console stereo back in the days. I can't recall a time when music wasn't paying on the radio or record player [[there's a phrase for you), and I'll bet hearing most of those would not some cobwebs from my memories.

[westgrandboulevard]

Arr&bee, I don't remember you mentioning a wife before...!!

Would you pass my sincere condolences to her,please....?

All your favourite flip side mistakes will be well known to Northern Soul devotees.....

[Jerry Oz]

Well, typically a man turns his eyes longingly to hooch for a reason... Usually that reason is a spouse/partner that makes the skull and crossbones on the label look like a supermodel at times.

[westgrandboulevard]

It will be interesting to see what the response is to that statement, Jerry...!

I wonder if Mrs Arr&bee looks over his shoulder when he's on the internet....

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,yes west i'm got a curse..opps,ahem,hehe..a wife but she's nowhere to be seen when i'm here but she knows i come here,now where's my jug??

[Jerry Oz]

Turn out the lights. It'll be glowing somewhere in the room...

[arr&bee]

Ok you can turn the lights back on i found it.

[westgrandboulevard]

I don't mind if the lights are off.

I've been hanging around here so long, I've become accustomed to working in the dark.

[arr&bee]

That's the sprit west,and speaking of sprits there's ad evil one coming i hope she keeps going out the door.

[westgrandboulevard]

Anyone you recognise?

[arr&bee]

I'm afraid to look,even hooch can't stop the horror.

[144man]

arr&bee, do you allow your wife in your shed?

[arr&bee]

Are you nuts???she'd shut that place faster than lightning she won't let me have any fun.

[144man]

Fun? Marriage is supposed to be fun?

[westgrandboulevard]

Depends on different people's idea of fun?