Comments on: #234 – A Yellow Bird http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/ A Random Gag in Three-Quarters Profile Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Dave Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:45:49 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1235 patty-cakers are weird... patty-cakers are weird…

]]> By: Samantha http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Samantha Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:21:20 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1234 Dave: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mack" rel="nofollow">THIS Miss Mary Mack</a>...link has interesting possible origins of the song. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Susie" rel="nofollow">Here is a wikipedia link for Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat</a> (I had no idea there were so many variations of the song!) Jason: I love the "notorious cold-hearted skinflint" name! That's great! Dave:

THIS Miss Mary Mack…link has interesting possible origins of the song.

Here is a wikipedia link for Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat (I had no idea there were so many variations of the song!)

Jason: I love the “notorious cold-hearted skinflint” name! That’s great!

]]> By: Dave http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Dave Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:16:25 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1233 Sounds like an interesting character. I think her ancestor just turned evil because of the name though! He was probably picked on in the schoolyard as a child... ;-) Sounds like an interesting character. I think her ancestor just turned evil because of the name though! He was probably picked on in the schoolyard as a child… ;-)

]]> By: Jason http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Jason Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:06:35 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1231 I always thought "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" was kinda odd. Doesn't really GO anywhere, just repeats itself. In her bio, it will be revealed that my new character Faylin Flarkenschidt is a decendant of wealthy 19th-century industrialist John Jacob Jingleheimer Flarkenschmidt. A nortoriously cold-hearted skinflint, he used child laborers in sweatshops to manufacture buggy whips. Faylin is trying to be a good-hearted and generous person to make up for her ancestor's transgressions. Because you see, his shame is her shame too. :) I always thought “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” was kinda odd. Doesn’t really GO anywhere, just repeats itself.

In her bio, it will be revealed that my new character Faylin Flarkenschidt is a decendant of wealthy 19th-century industrialist John Jacob Jingleheimer Flarkenschmidt. A nortoriously cold-hearted skinflint, he used child laborers in sweatshops to manufacture buggy whips.

Faylin is trying to be a good-hearted and generous person to make up for her ancestor’s transgressions. Because you see, his shame is her shame too. :)

]]> By: Dave http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Dave Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:22:53 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1230 This Mary Mack ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDtjq0mGVSQ )? Interestingly, while on youtube, I also found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMrVIdlVHpM They sing it wrong over there though. And finally, just for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4PPu4PjSDY This Mary Mack ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDtjq0mGVSQ )?

Interestingly, while on youtube, I also found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMrVIdlVHpM

They sing it wrong over there though.

And finally, just for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4PPu4PjSDY

]]> By: Samantha http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Samantha Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:13:39 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1229 I haven't heard of your song, Dave. But I do remember "On Top of Spaghetti" and the story behind "Ring Around the Rosey." I have to look up the English words to "Alouette," RunsWithLightning! I am intrigued! And hubby also pirates up the Gilligan theme! HAHAH I remember several songs from Childhood that are... strange: "Miss Mary Mack" and "Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat" come to mind. Also, does anyone else remember: <i>COMET! It tastes like LISterine. COMET! It makes your teeth turn green! COMET! It makes you VOMIT! So buy some COMET and VOMIT! To-day!</i> I haven’t heard of your song, Dave. But I do remember “On Top of Spaghetti” and the story behind “Ring Around the Rosey.”

I have to look up the English words to “Alouette,” RunsWithLightning! I am intrigued! And hubby also pirates up the Gilligan theme! HAHAH

I remember several songs from Childhood that are… strange:

“Miss Mary Mack” and “Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat” come to mind.

Also, does anyone else remember:

COMET! It tastes like LISterine.
COMET! It makes your teeth turn green!
COMET! It makes you VOMIT!
So buy some COMET
and VOMIT! To-day!

]]> By: Dave http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Dave Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:04:51 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1227 I'll have to ask you to perform that some time... I’ll have to ask you to perform that some time…

]]> By: Dave http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Dave Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:04:32 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1226 I was a freshman in high school when I first learned what Alouette was all about. Horrible, horrible song! Or wonderful... but only in a twisted sort of way! I was a freshman in high school when I first learned what Alouette was all about. Horrible, horrible song! Or wonderful… but only in a twisted sort of way!

]]> By: RunsWithLightning http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 RunsWithLightning Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:55:30 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1225 Oh, and I tend to "shanty-ize" the lyrics to Gilligan's Island, too. The kids think it's a legitimate pirate song now.... Oh, and I tend to “shanty-ize” the lyrics to Gilligan’s Island, too. The kids think it’s a legitimate pirate song now….

]]> By: RunsWithLightning http://slightlyofftopic.com/comics/234-a-yellow-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 RunsWithLightning Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:54:23 +0000 http://slightlyofftopic.com/?p=705#comment-1224 man, I LOVED teaching our oldest the meaning behind Ring Around the Rosie. When we go camping, she usually asks for a sachet ("pocket") of flowers, 'cuz she knows Daddy ain't gonna be showering for a few days. Her favorite is when I sing the English words to Alouette. She likes to imagine herself plucking feathers off a live bird.... :-) man, I LOVED teaching our oldest the meaning behind Ring Around the Rosie. When we go camping, she usually asks for a sachet (“pocket”) of flowers, ‘cuz she knows Daddy ain’t gonna be showering for a few days.

Her favorite is when I sing the English words to Alouette. She likes to imagine herself plucking feathers off a live bird….
:-)

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