SamScribble
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"Mama, I just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled the trigger, now he's dead..."
Roy Rogers (and Trigger)
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"Mama, I just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled the trigger, now he's dead..."
Roy Rogers (and Trigger)
Oh dear. a song from my childhood.
A four-legged friend
A four-legged friend
He'll never let you down
He's honest and stable right up to the end
that wonderful one, two three four-legged friend
* * * * *
Gene Autry
Champion
El Cid.
Valencia
Tomato festival.
Who or what
is it?
It's a contest held every year to see who can hurl a pumpkin for distance, or accuracy, or both.
They have catapults, air cannons, centrifugal machines of various sorts, in several "weight" categories...it's quite the show.
It started out as a fun joke contest during a harvest festival, but then mushroomed into its own elaborate festival.
Check out the website and/or google the name for some pics of the rigs that are entered. Some of the compression cannons are big enough to require a flatbed truck, like a self-propelled howitzer.
Thank you.
In Scotland they have a simpler contest; "Tossing the Caber".
Think of a Telegraph Pole and you won't be far out.
I attend the Highland Games over here every chance I get.
I delight in explaining to the uninitiated that contestants are not judged on how far they can toss it, but how straight.
However, my favorite event is the Farmer's Walk.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Burton G. Malkiel)
Crosby Stills & Nash:-
. . . and the long cars are arriving at the door.
The Generals are having another party.
There's a Congressman or three
and some guys you never see
Outside the Bank.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Rich snobs of Wall Street.
Werewolves of London
Noir Horror movie.
Nosferatu
Dracula
True Blood
phlebotomy
Sweeney Todd![]()