Re: ***WITTY RESPONSE CONTEST!!! CASH PRIZES!!!*** (Re: The word escapes me)
- From: Wavy G <Worldsaviour@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:26:24 -0500
The results are in...R H Draney, you are NOT the father! >>In message <ifp0u1ln7a588cbnigcbr2s1b2ahf37jab@xxxxxxx>, Wavy G >><Worldsaviour@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes >>> >>>>I'll keep it simple. Is there a word for "a series of >>>>disappointments"? > >Hiya, folks. > >Ya say ya lost your job today? > >Ya say it's 4am and your kids ain't home from school yet? > >Ya say your wife went out for a corned beef sandwich last weekend, and the >corned beef sandwich came back but she didn't? > >Ya say your furniture is out all over the sidewalk 'cause ya can't pay the >rent... > >...and ya got chapped lips and paper cuts... > >...and your feet's all swollen up and blistered from pounding the pavement >looking for work? > >Is that what's troubling ya, fellow? > >Well lift your head up high and take a walk in the sun with dignity and >stick-to-it-ness and ya show the world...ya show the world where to get off! >You'll never give up...never give up...never give up...that ship! > >Hey there, friend. > >Ya say your radiators never worked all winter and now that it's summer they >started up again and ya can't turn them off? > >Ya say your wife sent your lightweight suits to the cleaners and that means >you'll have to wear your itchy tweeds this morning when they say it'll hit 106? > >And ya gotta meet an important businessman in an hour, and your bridge just >broke, and ya pasted it together with bubble gum...and ya hope it don't fall >apart while you're doing some fast talking to this man? > >And...and your shoelace just busted and ya opened a big cut on your cheek trying >to even out your sideburns? > >And your daughter's going out with a convict? > >And your wife just confessed she gave your last sixty dollars as a deposit on an >airplane hangar? > >Is that what's troubling ya, friend? > >Well lift your head up high and take a walk in the sun with dignity and >stick-to-it-ness and ya show the world...ya show the world where to get off! >You'll never give up...never give up...never give up...that ship! > >Hey there, cousin. > >Ya say ya can't pull your car out of the mud and you're in the middle of >nowhere... > >...and it's pouring rain and ya can't get the top back up... > >...and your paycheck's all blurred, and your foot went right through the gas, >and your girl's screaming bloody murder she's scared of the dark... > >...and a stroke of lightning splits your motor in half... > >...and your suit's shrinking up fast... > >...and ya start up the windy road on foot, and sixty yards of barbed wire hits >ya right smack in the ***, and ya both fall down in the mud... > >...and then a wild animal comes over and runs away with your shoes... > >...and your car blows up suddenly, and your windshield wiper ends up in your >mouth... > >...and ya can't move, and the mud's rising up to your nostrils and you're >sinking fast... > >...and ya don't hear your girl screaming anymore? > >Is that what's on your mind, cousin? > >Well lift your head up high and take a walk in the sun with dignity and >stick-to-it-ness and ya show the world...ya show the world where to get off! >You'll never give up...never give up...never give up...that ship! > >And now, this is the Old Philosopher saying "So long, folks". > >(It seemed an appropriate time for this)....r Dude, that was, like, way more than one word. .
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