((((((((((((((((carole))))))))))))))))

kate

Tom Lehrer

well, they aren't as good without the music, but here goes-----

aka Be Prepared

Be prepared! that's the Boy Scouts' marching song,
Be prepared! as through life you march along.
Be prepared to hold your liquor pretty well.
Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell.
Be prepared! to hide that pack of cigarettes,
Don't make book if you cannot cover bets.
Keep those reefers hidden where you're sure that they will not be found,
And be careful not to smoke them when the scoutmaster's around,
For he only will insist that they be shared.
Be prepared!

Be prepared! that's the Boy Scouts' solemn creed,
Be prepared! and be clean in word and deed.
Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice,
Unless you get a good percentage of her price.
Be prepared! and be careful not to do
Your good deeds when there's no one watching you.
If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind,
And you come across a Girl Scout who s similarly inclined,
Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared.
Be prepared!

I hold your hand in mine, dear, I press it to my lips.
I take a healthy bite from your dainty fingertips.
My joy would be complete, dear, if you were only here,
But still I keep your hand as a precious souvenir.

The night you died I cut it off,
I really don't know why,
For now each time I kiss it it,
I get bloodstains on my tie.

I'm sorry now I killed you,
for our love was something fine,
And till they come to get me
I shall hold your hand in mine.

and, as a bonus, a seasonal song which is even more appropriate today than
when it was penned in 1954----

A Christmas Carol

Christmas time is here by golly,
Disapproval would be folly,
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
Fill the cup and don't say when.

Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
Mis the punch, drag out the Dickens,
Even though the prospect sickens,
Brother, here we go again.

On Christmas Day you can't get sore,
Your fellow man you must adore,
There's time to rob him all the more,
The other three hundred and sixty-four!

Relations sparing no expense, 'll
Send some useless old utensil,
Or a matching pen and pencil,
(Just the thing I need ----- how nice.)

It doesn't matter how sincere it
Is, or how heartfelt the spirit,
sentiment will not endear it,
What's important is the price!

(the next 3 lines are sung to the tunes of the appropriate carols)
Hark the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things
God rest you merry, gentlemen, may you make the Yuletide pay.
Angels we have have heard on high, tell us go out and buy.

So, let the racous sleighbells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky,
Don't stand underneath when they fly by!

they do, but we don't seem to have it ini the states.  Mike and I got a bad
cold when we were in Italy.  Mike's Italian managed to get us some stuff from
the pharmacist (they can dispense there to a degree like in GB).  It was like
Nyquil, but several times stronger.  Came with strict, repeated instruction
to take ONLY once/day, at bedtime.  Stuff knocked both of us out cold for 8
hours, no coughing or nothing.  We barely made it up to pee.  Every time we
get a bad cold now, we have fantasies of that stuff.  It was wonderful.

Well, I tried going back to work this week, and it wasn't working too
well. I'm still coughing up a storm, and yesterday when I left I had a
huge headache from coughing. So I'm home today and heading back to the
doctor at 10:45. I was up half the night coughing and sweating. The only
time I don't cough is when I take the cough medicine but it's codeine so
I can't take it and go to work as it knocks me out ten minutes after I
take it. So I'm going to see if she can give me something else. I'm off
tomorrow and Sunday...then on Monday I have to go for training at work
and for the training they've changed our hours to 5am - 2pm, so I'll
have to be up at 3am to get there by 5am. This is NOT going to be fun at
all.

Hugsies,
Carole

Maybe a warm shower would help you breathe a little easier.  It always does
for me.

DeeTee
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awww, doan be chasing sj around, cuz neither of you would get very
far---come to think of it, neither would i.LOL  mebe, sj was thinking in
terms of the flintstones and bronchitisauruses?  ???

kate

Go turn on the shower, and if you aren't strong enough to get it, just
sit in the steamy room with a washcloth.  The steam just might help!

And pay no attention to the Squirrely One.  I'll just add a slap to the
list for when I see her next month.  <EG>  I'll show her just how cute
'cute' can be.

And please try to keep your head on your shoulders, Carole.  That was
NOT a cute picture.  LOL

luv&stuff,
Denise
(who is now flying under the radar)

Oh no Carole,

Look what I started. But boy I sure hope you are getting some laughs out of
all this.

By the way I thought I saw a bowling ball go by but it must have been your
head. ;-)

You might try steam from a hot shower, vaporizer, or boiling water on stove
to get steam in the air. I know that helps me breathe better.

I sure hope you are doing better with each passing day. I hope you get over
this quickly.

Cute, Alix :-))

Actually, I am heading back to the doctor on Monday.  I am coughing so
violently that I pulled a muscle in my side, and I can't catch my
breath. I haven't been this sick since the late 80's.

Carole