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I just spent 3 hours putting together a page of information for tomorrow's holiday, only to have a quirk of Firefox delete the entire thing for me. I am not in a great mood and will be unavailable the rest of the day. | |
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Edeyn Hannah Blackeney |
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| Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make... | ||
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Probably happened to all of us
Not that that makes you feel any better.
Hugs,
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
I was
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Hmm?
Try backing up a page, sometimes brings back filled out forms.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Only if
You've submitted form data somewhere along the way -- I hadn't. I'll redo it later today.
I shouldn't worry about it.
It's only St George's day and most of we English either don't give a toss or don't even know about it. It's also the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth which is fractionally more interesting as he, at least, was English, unlike our patron saint who probably didn't exist anyway, was Turkish if he did and certainly didn't slay any dragons :)
Geoff
Saint George and the Dragon
Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Of Dragons
Well I for one found it interesting and thank you for your hard work. Always nice to see the man behind the legends.
hugs!
grover
I prefered the other version ...
St George and the Dragonette.
Dum da dum dum!
Erin knows, the fan of the saint of dead pan, Sgt Joe Friday AKA Jack Webb, that she is.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
That wasn't Dragonette
It was the Dragon-Net (as in Dragnet).
"How yous gonna catch'im?"
"With a Dragon-Net."
Stan Freberg was the MAN... One of the three giants of radio comedy, in my opinion. (George Burns and Mel Blanc being the other two)
In fact...
after a quick listen to refresh my memory...
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Narrator: The legend you are about to hear is true. Only the needle should be changed to protect the record.
(Music)
St. George: This is the countryside. My name is St. George, I'm a knight. Saturday, July 10th, 8:05 p.m. I was working out at the castle out on the night watch when a call came in from the chief: A dragon had been devouring maidens. Homicide. My job: Slay 'em.
(Music)(SFX: Door opens)
St. George: You call me, chief?
Chief: Yeah, it's the dragon again, devouring maidens. The king's daughter may be next.
St. George: Mmmhmm...You got a lead?
Chief: Nah, nothing much to go on. Say did you take that 45 automatic into the lab to have them check on it?
St. George: Yeah, you were right.
Chief: I was right?
St. George: Yeah, it was a gun.
(Music sting)
St. George: 8:22 p.m. I talked to one of the maidens who had almost been devoured.
(SFX: knock knock knock [door opens])
St. George: Could I talk to you, Ma'am?
Maiden: Who are you?
St. George: I'm St. George, ma'am. Homicide, ma'am. I want to ask you a few questions, ma'am. I understand you were almost devoured by the ma'am, is that right, dragon?
Maiden: It was terrible, he breathed fire on me, he burned me already!
St. George: How can I be sure of that, ma'am?
Maiden: Believe me, I got it straight from the dragon's mouth!
(Music)
St. George: 11:45 p.m. I rode over to the king's highway, I saw a man, I stopped to talk to him.
Pardon me sir, could I talk to you for just a minute sir?
Knave: Sure I don't mind.
St. George: What do you do for a living?
Knave: I'm a knave.
St. George: Didn't I pick you up on a 903 last year for stealing tarts?
Knave: Yeah, so what do you want make a federal case out of it?
St. George: No sir. We heard there was a dragon operating in this neighborhood. We just wanted to know if you'd seen him.
Knave: Sure, I seen him.
St. George: Mmhmm, could you describe him for me?
Knave: What's to describe, you see one dragon you've seen 'em all!
St. George: Would you try and remember, sir, just for the record. We just want to get the facts sir.
Knave: Well, he was, you know, he had orange polkadots...
St. George: Yes sir...
Knave: ...purple feet, breathing fire and smoke...
St. George: mmmhmm...
Knave: ...and one big bloodshot eye, right in the middle of his forehead, and uh, like that.
St. George: Notice anything unusual about him?
Knave: No, he's just a run of the mill dragon, you know.
St. George: Mmhmm, yes sir, you can go now.
Knave: Hey, by the way, how you gonna catch him?
St. George: I thought you'd never ask. A dragon-net.
(Music sting)
St. George: 3:05 p.m. I was riding back in to the courtyard to make my report to the lab, then it happened.
(Music)
*Roar!*
St. George: It was the dragon.
Dragon: Hey, I'm da fire breathin' dragon, you must be St. George right?!
St. George: Yes sir.
Dragon: I see you got one of those new 45 caliber swords!
St. George: That's about the size of it.
Dragon: Wuhaaahahayayahaaaagh, you slay me!
St. George: That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
Dragon: What do you mean?
St. George: I'm taking you in on a 502, you figure it out.
Dragon: What's the charge?
St. George: Devouring maidens out of season.
Dragon: OUT OF SEASON! YOU'LL NEVER PIN THAT RAP ON ME, DO YOU HEAR ME, COP???
St. George: Yeah. I hear ya. I got you on a 412, too.
Dragon: A "412"? WHAT'S A "412"?!?!
St. George: Overacting. Let's go.
(Music)
Narrator: On September the 5th the dragon was tried and convicted. His fire was put out and his maiden devouring license revoked. Maiden devouring out of season is punishable by a term of not less than 50 or more than 300 years.
(Music: DRAGNET theme up and out.)
The first record I ever bought ....
... way back in about 1953. It was a 10" 78rpm and had 'Little Blue Riding Hood' on the other side. I could (almost) reproduce your post from memory even after all those years. I just wish I could remember more useful things :) I was, and am, a great Stan Freeburg fan. He and Tom Lehrer lightened my teenage years far more than any of the early rockers.
Geoff
I could learn a lot . . .
From humour like that.
NB
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.