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Entries from January 2009

Happy Birthday to me…

January 31, 2009 · 4 Comments

On the occasion of a recent birthday, my brother- and sister-in-law sent me the following adaptations of songs from the 1960s to make the celebration even more festive:

  • Mrs Brown, You’ve  Got a Lovely Walker  (Herman’s Hermits)
  • I Get By With a Little Help From Depends  (Ringo Starr)
  • How Can You Mend a Broken Hip?  (Bee Gees)
  • The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face  (Roberta Flack)
  • I Can’t See Clearly Now  (Johnny Nash)
  • Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver  (Paul Simon)
  • Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom  (The Commodores)
  • Splish Splash, I Was Havin’ a Flash  (Bobby Darin)
  • Heard It Through the Grape Nuts  (Marvin Gaye)
  • A Whiter Shade of Hair  (Procol Harum)
  • You Make Me Feel Like Napping  (Leo Sayer)
  • Papa’s Got a Kidney Stone  (Temptations)
  • Denture Queen  (Abba)
  • Knock Three Times on the Ceiling If You Hear Me Fall  (Tony Orlando)
  • It’s My Procedure and I’ll Cry If I Want To  (Leslie Gore)
  • On the Commode Again  (Willie Nelson)

Some of these are ‘oldies but goodies’ – like me – so I thought they were worth sharing – like me!

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Service outage

January 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Hats off to Ingrid Ougland Sellie for this note on her Facebook page:

Dear World,

The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located.  Replacement components were ordered Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, and installation is underway.  In early testing, the new equipment functioned beautifully, and it became fully operational on January 20, 2009.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage and we look forward to resuming full service and hopefully even improving it in years to come.

Thank you for your patience and understanding,

The USA

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