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Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps...

Spike mentioned recently an old ditty from our youth. Seems a lot of you recall it, though in different ways. It goes something like this.....

Ladies and gentlemen

Hobos and tramps,

Cross-eyed mosquitoes

And Bull-legged ants.

I'm here to address you

And not to undress you

(Or, I come before you

To stand behind you)

To tell you something

I know nothing of.

Next Thursday

Which is Good Friday

There is going to be a ladies' matinee

For men only,

Children cordially invited.

Admission is free

so pay at the door,

Pull up a chair

and sit on the floor

And we'll discuss the four corners

of the round table

(or, in some cases:

There'll be a discussion,

By Christopher Cucumber

Who sailed the Mississisloppy River

Carrying the Star Speckled Banana in one hand

And the declaration of Indigestion in the other.

(Still others recall the lines...One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. One was blind, the other couldn't see, so they hired a dead man for a referee. Back to back they faced each other, pulled their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, came and arrested the two dead boys. And if you don't believe its true, ask the blind man. He saw it too.)

And then as Spike says, Thanks you very much and good night everybody!

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