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#1: musical drabbles! Author: edith, Location: Shropshire/Powys/my own mind!

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:20 pm

OK! I don't know what you'll think of this....
I had the idea in the car. The idea is that its a communal drabble like normal but you've got to have a few lines from a song in your section.
Is it OK? and does anyone understand the weird ramblings of my brain!

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When you open your eyes to a brand new morning
And the sun shines above you
You pull on your breeches and say
Oh well, it's the start of a brand new day
Yes it is, it's the start of a brand new day

Jo Maynard sighed as she stepped out of the house. It was so different now...

OK probably not a good start but... Its over to you!.!.!.

#2: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:21 pm

... so different from last week when it had been

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Raining men - hallelujah!
It's raining men - hallelujah!

Not that she had told Jack, of course. He was always a little dismissive of what he called her flights of fancy and had she described what she had seen pattering onto the Gornetz Platz, he would have insisted that she lie down after taking a little something

(am I on the right wavelength, Edith?)

#3: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:16 pm

Meanwhile, the Maynard

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Sisters are doing it for themselves
Standing on their own two feet
And ringing on their own bells

as they begin the Women's Liberation front in Oxford (Margot having made a last-minute change of plans and come to Oxford for her medicine course).

#4: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:19 pm

except there was a slight delay due to an unforseen problem... Len proclaimed:

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Oh where, is my hairbrush
Oh where, is my hairbrush,
Oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where oh where!
Is my hairbrush?

#5: Author: BethC, Location: Worcester, UK

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:56 pm

Quote:

On the banks of the cool Shalimar

said Con.
"What's it doing there?" shrieked Len, who had been very fond of that particular hairbrush.

#6: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:09 pm

"What do you need that hairbrush for anyway?" Con demanded.
"Cos I wanted to brush my hair before I

Quote:

wash that man right outta my hair and send him on his way!

" Len retorted.

#7: Author: Chickpea,

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:19 pm

"I don't know why you ever finished with Reg? Surely he was everything Mamma has always wanted for you." asked Con

"He may have been what Mamma wanted, but he certainly wasn't for me. I

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need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

#8: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:19 pm

"Heroes are all very well!" Con argued, with a touch of jealousy as well as common sense. "Before you can have any kind of hero, you need to have a little

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getting to know you, getting to know all about you

time."

#9: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:47 am

"I wonder what everyone's doing up on the Platz?" mused Margot, not wishing to join in the boy talk when she had other plans for her future.

The Chalet School had returned from half-term and settling into the usual routine it was

Quote:

Just another manic Monday .....
"Wish it were Sunday"

groaned Miss Annersley as she eyed the never-ending pile of correspindence on her desk.

#10: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:57 am

Suddenly Jo burst in, brandishing a letter from Len.

"She's sent Reg packing," she announced. "And maybe it's just as well. But her reasoning, my dear! What do you think of this?"

"My sisters in the movement have been raising my consciousness." What's that supposed to mean? And this appears to be a song lyric:

Quote:

As a girl I was sent to a convent
And it isn't that they were unkind
But they told me that school was to teach me to learn
And they locked up the doors to me mind.

"How can that possibly remind her of the Chalet School?"

#11: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:42 pm

*snickers* Oh, that's wonderful, but I can't think of an appropriate response from Hilda!
*g*

#12: Author: Alex, Location: Home again

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:47 pm

Joey read on.

Quote:

You know how us Catholic girls can be.
We make up for so much later on.

Hilda looked dumfounded.

*Hopes the trips are going to start in on 3 little maids from school are we*

#13: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:37 am

At this awkward juncture, Mademoiselle burst in on the scene, declaring, "Hilda, I'm fed up of teaching. I'm going to

Quote:

Climb ev'ry mountain,
Ford ev'ry stream,
Follow ev'ry rainbow

Till I find my doctor. I've been in the series far too long - WHERE'S MY DOCTOR?!"

After this impressive duet of Peggy Wood's voice and a temper tantrum worse than Len's when she found out that EBD had her earmarked for Reg, she scampered out of the room towards the San, yelling, "Come and get meeeeeeeeeeeee!"

#14: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:14 pm

Hilda rolled her eyes. This was getting beyond a joke.
"

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The hills are alive with the sound

of screeching," she thought. Now what was she supposed to do for a Senior Mistress? Of course, she could always follow Jeanne's example. What was the rest of that song? Climb mountains, ford streams and whatnot,

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until you find your dream!

#15: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:37 pm

Meanwhile, over at the San, Reg was also holding a letter from Len, his colour deepening rapidly as he read on, realising that following the phone call he had recevied the week before, she really was ending their engagement.

Quote:

"And you think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way
Once I ran to you, now I run from you,
This tainted love you've given
I've given all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all ............. tainted love"

"Tainted love?" he said out loud, frowning. "Whatever does she mean?" he muttered before reading on. Len's tone became softer as she came to the conclusion of exactly why she could not marry Dr Entwistle.
"And so you see, my dear Reg", she wrote

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I wanna be free
Don't say you love me
Say you like me

I hope that one day you will come to understand why we can not be together and I wish you every health and happiness in the future"

#16: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:22 pm

Something caught Reg's eye. He looked up and exclaimed

Quote:

I see a little silhouetto of a man!

#17: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:57 am

As the man moved out of the line of the sun he quickly assumed human features, he staggered into Reg's room through the french window, which was unfortunately closed at the time, screeching

Quote:

The drugs don't work

#18: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:22 pm

He yelled out at Reg:

Quote:

"Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango?"

Reg looked confused. What in the HELL was going on here? and what was a fandango? And pray WHAT was this man doing?

He quickly realised that this was Mr Jobsworthy, Xan's erstwhile bus driver. He mocked Jobsworthy, saying, "the point of a BUS JOURNEY is that,

Quote:

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round,
The wheel son the bus go round and round

until you get to Rachael's!!!

#19: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:09 pm

However, as is sadly the case most of these bus drivers seem to end up

Quote:

sitting in a bar room where no one knows your name

You know what they call the place it's where you get

Quote:

Rum by the kettle drum, whiskey by the jar, at Liars' Bar

#20: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:21 am

Realising that no one in the drabble had moved, spoken or even breathed for the last three hours, Reg turned back to Mr Jobsworthy to continue his rant.

Quote:

You've got a lot to answer for, but baby I love you

To which Mr Jobsworthy looked noticeably shocked.

*BtW, loving this drabble, had me in hysterics*

#21: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:03 pm

Reg continued:

Quote:

She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care

#22: Author: BethC, Location: Worcester, UK

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:28 pm

but

Quote:

I got you, babe,
I got you to understand

#23: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:41 pm

Meanwhile Len was in her room at University on her own, the implications of breaking it off with Reg were hitting home, after the frantic call from her mother she feels the need to justify herself.....

Quote:

Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home, who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone

Many precede and many will follow
A young girl's dreams no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out West
But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed

She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes

With this a smile transforms her face and she settles down to some work

#24: Author: caz, Location: Cambridge

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:07 pm

"I'm glad I chose languages" she thought "because I

Quote:

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book

She was getting on rather well with her essay, until a knock at the door roused her from her books.

#25: Author: Chickpea,

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:18 pm

Opening the door, Len found the University porter weighed down by a hefty package.

Taking it from him, Len's heart sunk as she realised that it had come from her mother. Suddenly she knew what the package contained and ripping the brown paper open only confirmed her suspicion.
It was a

Quote:

coat of many colours,
It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and ochre and peach and ruby and olive and violet and fawn and lilac and gold and choc'late and mauve and cream and crimson and silver and rose and azure and lemon and russet and grey and purple and white and pink and orange and blue!

Joey had been knitting again

#26: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:26 pm

Meanwhile,

Rosalie was sitting at her desk, plowing through yet more paperwork and feeing extremely put upon, Joey had come over again Evil or Very Mad

to talk about the situation between Len & Reg and Hilda had left all the correspondance to her............yet again

Quote:

Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would think that I would deserve a fat promotion

One of these days she was going to quit then what would they do

#27: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:35 pm

Rosalie wanted an easier life, she was off to sea, to join the pirates

These were not your ordinary run of the mill pirates though, they were special, they were the pirates who sang

Quote:

We are The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything!
We just stay home and lie around.
And if you ask us to do anything,
We'll just tell you ...
We don't do anything!

This was the life for her.

#28: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:46 pm

However, life on the high seas wasn't all jam. No, what Rosalie had failed to realise was that although she was now one of the pirate brethren, she was still a woman and there was no room for a cistern. This was in fact a paradox. The Pirate leader laughed as he said

Quote:

We knew your taste for curious quips,
For cranks and contradictions queer;
And with the laughter on our lips,
We wished you there to hear.
We said, "If we could tell it him,
How Rosalie would the joke enjoy!"

But, if you wish to remain as our cistern, you must first undergo rigorous training including how to be a man.

#29: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:57 pm

A strange looking man came over to Rosalie I can help you he says

Quote:

she'll do press-ups and chin-ups
Do the snatch, clean, and jerk
He thinks dynamic tension
Must be hard work
Such strenuous living
I just don't understand
When in just seven days
Oh, baby
I can make you a man

#30: Author: rosemaryr,

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:57 pm

Meanwhile, Reg had fulfilled a lifelong ambition and escaped from Mr Jobworthy and the San to NASA, where he had been accepted into the space programme.
Now he was circling far, far above the Earth, lonely and heart-sick for his Len and thinking

Quote:

i wanted to be a space man, that's what I wanted to be, but now that I am a space man, nobody cares about me! hey, mother Earth, won't you bring me back down, safely to the sea? round and around and around and around is just a lot of lunacy!

#31: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:00 pm

Rosalie was very happy. She was now trusted by her fellow pirates. She had been given the task tonight of keeping watch. She hummed a little, steering the ship with great care.

Quote:

In the veils of darkness
Of the blackest night.
Burning bright.
There's a guiding light.

CRUNCH. She hit the lighthouse. Again.

She exclaimed

Quote:

Ooops I did it again

The pirate king was justifiably peeved. He laid the strongest pirate curse upon her.

Quote:

Oooh, stick you!
Your mamma too.
And your daddy!

#32: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:14 pm

Meanwhile Joey was having her new girls tea at freudesheim

She gives them her normal "new girls" speech, telling them how she was the first ever pupil and how she has never really left

Quote:

I'll reach out my hand to you, I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I'll be there

I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you, I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on

Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, well that's all I'm after
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
I'll be there to protect you, with an unselfish love that respects you
Just call my name and I'll be there

Joey really did have a problem letting go of her school days....

#33: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:26 pm

Suddenly ML's ship hove in sight of the wreck by the lighthouse. She stood on the deck, singing lustily:

Quote:

Oh, then I went to sail upon the ocean called Atlantic
Where a pirate with just one glass eye drove the folks there frantic
I said I'd make him toe the line, and it really wasn't hard.
I told him if he misbehaved, I'd take his library card

Last edited by Kathy_S on Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:58 am; edited 1 time in total

#34: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:28 pm

Joey decided to be blunt with the new girls

Quote:

Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watching you

It did seem a little threatening to them, but then, they hadn't seen the letter she had written to her publisher that morning:

Dear sirs,

Quote:

I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing

I guess this is our last goodbye
And you don't care, so I won't cry
But you'll be sorry when I'm dead
And all this guilt will be on your head
I guess you'd call it suicide
But I'm too full to swallow my pride
I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing

my contract

#35: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:33 am

Reg started his letter to Len

Quote:

You know I can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
If you can’t come around,
At least please telephone.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.

Baby, if I made you mad
For something I might have said,
Please, let’s forget the past,
The future looks bright ahead,
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love,
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of.

Don’t stop thinking of me,
Don’t make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
You know what I want you to say.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.

Let’s walk up to the preacher
And let us say I do,
Then you’ll know you’ll have me,
And I’ll know that I’ll have you,
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love,
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of.

#36: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:39 am

In an alternative universe, the CBBers were discussing evil Reg and his wicked plans. Lissikins mentions:

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And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.

ok, 187.

Quote:

People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

However, nobody paid any attention to her as they were too busy reading Len's reply to Reg which ran thus:

Quote:

It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (it's time I had some time alone)

#37: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:43 am

In the CBB, "The Secret Life of Vikkikins" Drabble was taking on a life of its own and decided to come visit the Musical Drabble and Vikkikins was caught singing to Jack

Quote:

Baby let me be,
Your lovin’ teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck,
And lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

I don’t wanna be a tiger
Cause tigers play too rough
I don’t wanna be a lion
’cause lions ain’t the kind
You love enough.
Just wanna be, your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
And lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

Until Joey stormed in and put a stop to all the fun

#38: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:47 am

Jack was forced to ask in reply

Quote:

Think of all the animals you've ever heard about
like rhinoc'ruses and tigers cats and mink
There are lots of funny animals in all this world
But have you ever seen a panther that is pink?

Think!

A panther that is positively pink,

Well here he is, the pink panther,
The rinky-dink panther,
Isn't he a panther ever so pink?

Joey looked at him in disgust

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He really is a groovy cat,
and what a gentleman, a scholar, what an acrobat !

she remarked, as he swung from the chandelier.

#39: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:58 am

Joey sighed, "Really Jack, it's time you put a stop to this nonsense

Quote:

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall
The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall
But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears
When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers

Now get down from there at once.

#40: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:01 am

MEANWHILE . . .

The two pirate ships were engaged in fierce battle. The Pirate King, surveying the whole fleet cried out in a loud voice

Quote:

Hold it! Flash, bang, Wallop. What a picture! Click! What a picture! What a photograph!

At which point he tragically died. Rosalie gazed at him, mourning the man she had grown to respect and murmured

Quote:

Poor, young chap! What a night he spent! Tights all torn and his rapier bent.

#41: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:08 am

As the ships threatened to sink imminently, everyone took to the boats, Mary-Lou’s lot hindered slightly by a heated debate on the relative merits of

Quote:

Michael row the boat ashore

vs.

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Pull for the shore, sailor

as theme songs for the upcoming regatta.

#42: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:10 am

Back to the other alternative universe.......

And with this the entire cast falls behind Joey as she bursts into song

Quote:

Life's a show
And we all play our parts
And when the music starts
We open up our hearts

It's all right
If some things come out wrong
We'll sing a happy song
And you can sing along

Where's there's life
There's hope, everyday's a gift
Wishes can come true
Whistle while you work
So hard all day
To be like other girls
To fit in in this glittering world

Don't give me songs

At this the dancers start there routine and Joey looks dispairingly at Jack, as everyone joins in the Chorus

#43: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:11 am

Rosalie took command of the pirate ship. She stared out to sea, longing to be home once more. Home.

Quote:

Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

So different from her years at the Chalet School.

#44: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:29 am

As the rising water reached her neck, Rosalie suddenly came back to herself.

Quote:

Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need somebody, HELP!

#45: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:32 am

Mary-Lou looked at her rival in glee.

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I am the one and only,
Nobody I'd rather be,
I am the one and only,
You can't take that away from me

she cackled, failing to notice the water spilling over her wellies.

#46: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:41 am

Meanwhile the Final Dance scene kicks off in the CBB alternate universe

Quote:

Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancing with
All over the neighbourhood
So why didn't you ask me baby
Or didn't you think I could?

Says Jack to Joey

Quote:

Well I know that the boogaloo is out of sight
but the shingaling's the thing tonight
But if that was you and me a now baby
I would have shown you how to do it right

Says Joey to Jack

Quote:

Do it right (U-huh)
Do it right (Do it right)
Dot it right
Do it right
Do it right
Aaah

Joins in the whole cast

Quote:

Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby

Says Matey

Quote:

Hey we gonna loop de loop
Shake it out baby
Hey we gonna loop de la

replies Miss Annersley

The entier school starts up

Quote:

Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Aaah

Rosalie and Kathis Ferrars start a duet

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Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby
Hey we gonna loop de loop
Shake it out baby
Hey we gonna loop de la

The Doctors from the San turn up at this point and each grab a Mistress

Quote:

Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather
Aaah

Come on, come on baby
Come on, yeah, come on babe, alright

Quote:

Do the twist
Do the fly
Do the swim
And do the bird
Well do the duck
Aaah, and do the monkey
Hey hey, watusi
And a what about the food
Do the mashed potato
What about the boogaloo
Oh, the bony marony
Come on let's do the twist
Aaah

Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby

and with this the curtains close on that alternative world Wink

#47: Author: Sugarplum, Location: second star to the right!

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:31 am

Mary Lou, totally unaware of the rising water sang to herself

Quote:

I am sailing, I am sailing,
Home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
To be near you, to be free.

She always had liked the water fromwhen she had played in the pond with the Maynards watched over by the faithful Anna.

#48: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:47 pm

Meanwhile, Len was hanging by her fingertips from a cliff, due to a drabble reading accident, shouting "Help! Where on earth am I?" while Reg stood below, singing:

Quote:

If you're lost and you look,
then you will find me,
Time after time,
If you fall I will catch you,
I will be waiting,
Time after time

#49: Author: Mora, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:52 pm

Back in the sea Rosalie had given up screaming and wass becoming thoroughly miserable. As the sea rose ever higher she wailed

Quote:

Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed

#50: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:10 pm

Suddenly the sky lightened, and the Angelchild Robin fluttered down and hovered just above the water.
"What a relief!" she said

Quote:

Now that I've found you,
I'll call off the search

#51: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:58 pm

In a dazzling display of light, Angelchild Robin was joined by a host of angels and archangels all singing:

Quote:

We go together, like
Rama-lama-lama-ka-ding-it-ty-ding-de-dong
Remembered forever as
Shoo bop sha wad-dy wad-dy yip pi-ty boom de boom
Chang chang changitty chang shoo bop
That's the way it should be whaa-oohh yeah!!

We're one of a kind, like
Dip-da-dip-da-dip doo wop a doo-bee-doo
Our names are signed
A boogedy boogedy boogedy
Shooby-do wop-sha-bop
We'll always be like one
Wa-wa-wa-waaaah

'You think' said Robin producing her carving knife, which had a halo all of its own.

#52: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:37 pm

Rosalie gasped.

Quote:

Please, don't leave me this way, I can't survive....

Just as Rosalie was about to faint and become still grey and to all appearances dead, the Angelchild Robin cackled. Mwahaahawaaa.

Rosalie opened one eye warily and looked around. It wasn't Robin who'd cackled after all.

There was a puff of green smoke, and Rachel the Witch appeared. the Robin sighed in annoyance. Really, it was too bad. She couldn't go on a spree these days without one of those bl*#@y CBBers sticking there noses in.

Quote:

Don't stop me now,
I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball

Sang the Robin/angelchild.

And she grinned manically.

Rosalie sighed to herself. She didn't remember ever being allowed to be 'still grey and to all appearances dead'. It just wasn't on. She stamped her foot.

Rachel the witch cackled again, feeling that she was being sidelined in this scene.

Quote:

Stop right now, thank you very much

#53: Author: Rachel, Location: Plotting in my lair; sometimes in Hampshire, England, UK, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Universe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:44 pm

Rachel the Witch grabbed Rosalie under both arms and swung the woman onto the back of her Dyson. Brooms were just soooooo last season!

Rosalie cried out

Quote:

Please release me, let me go!

which Rachel the Witch very kindly did, dropping Rosalie from a height of approximately thirty thousand feet over the mountain tops.

#54: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:55 pm

...Where she lay still grey and to all appearances dead. Sadly, Rosalie was a little too dead to appreciate this fact.

Meanwhile Mary-Lou was still in the water, her head was so big but full of nothing but air that she was able to use it as a float.

In a very feeble attempt to get a song lyric into the scene, she stole the Sound of Music theme from earlier on in the drabble, and sang a very appropriate song

Quote:

I have confidence in springtime
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence in confidence alone
blah blah de blah I have confidence in ME!

#55: Author: Vikki, Location: Possibly in hell! It's certainly hot enough.......

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:59 pm

suddenly, a giant appeared, tied a bit of string to OOAOML, tossed her up in the air, and sang

Quote:

Let's go fly a kite,
up to the highest height,
let's go fly a kite,
and send it soaring......

#56: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 11:28 pm

Someone kindly cut the rope and OOAML plummetted to the ground near a convenient farm where...

Quote:

There once was a farmer who took a young miss
In the back of a barn where he gave her a
Lecture on chickens and horses and eggs
And told her she had such beautiful
Manners that suited a girl of her charms
A girl that he wanted to take in his
Washing and ironing and then if she did
They could get married and raise lots of
Sweet violets
Sweeter than the roses
Covered all over from head to toe
Covered all over with sweet violets.

OOAML was rather impressed. So, he may not be a doctor, but she couldn't be too picky Wink

#57: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 11:42 pm

Mary-Lou grinned and threw herself passionately on the poor unfortunate farmer.

Quote:

I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

#58: Author: Catherine_B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 11:48 pm

Quote:

There's a time for us
Some day a time for us

,
the farmer said, extricating himself from Mary-Lou's arms with difficulty. "But it's not today, thank goodness!" And so saying, he ran

Quote:

over the hill and far away

#59: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:05 am

Astounded by the farmer’s velocity, Mary-Lou decided to call for back-up. Ringing the Chalet School, she warbled,

Quote:

Come Josephine in my flying machine
Going up she goes, up she goes

Delayed only by a stop to Red Sarafan Rosalie out of her still greyness, Joey soon arrived on the scene. “Here, Mary-Lou,” she said, handing that worthy a scarf. “You know what Matey will say if I let you onto an aeroplane without this.” Muttering things that might be construed as slang, ML wrapped the scarf in approved CS fashion before donning her goggles and taking over as pilot.

#60: Author: Nicole, Location: New Zealand

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:16 am

It didn't take OOAO and Joey long to find the farmer fleeing as fast as he could. Swooping down, OOAO circled him while letting him know that:

Quote:

We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way

The farmer looked up in sheer horror and told her:

Quote:

I want to break free from your life
You're so self satisfied
I don't need you

#61: Author: Nicci, Location: UK

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:41 am

Quote:

chill out, what you yelling for?

said Joey Maynard, with a total disregard for the English language that would have Hilda Annersley tearing her hair out if she were but there to hear it.

The farmer stood looking confused. 'But I'm

Quote:

Hot hot hot, bubbling hot

, having never been told to 'chill out' before.

#62: Author: Rebecca, Location: Kendal/Oxford

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:31 pm

But he rapidly got his act together. Reaching for his rifle he began singing to OOAO:

Quote:

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
...
Going down... going down now... going down....

#63: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 4:53 pm

At which point Mary-Lou looked suitably upset at how her dream man had become

Quote:

Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Suddenly, she spotted someone who could help, and cried out

Quote:

Hey there wait a minute Mr Postman, Way-ay-ait a minute Mr Postman!

#64: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 5:25 pm

But Jo was getting impatient.

Quote:

Is this the way to Amarillo?

she yelled.

#65: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:32 pm

The postman turned and gave Joey and OOAOML a cheerful wave. Then he turned back to his bright red van. To their amazment as he drove off the two could hear a song coming at them from out of the ether

Quote:

Postman Pat, Postman Pat,
Postman Pat and his black and white cat,
Early in the morning, Just as day is dawning,
He picks up all the post bags in his van.

Postman Pat, Postman Pat,
Postman Pat and his black and white cat,
All the birds are singing, and the day is just beginning.
Pat feels he's a really happy man.

Everybody knows his bright red van,
All his friends will smile as he waves to greet them,
Maybe... You can never be sure,
There'll be knock...[knock knock] Ring [ring ring]
Letters through your door.

[Hee Hee]

Postman Pat, Postman Pat,
Postman Pat and his black and white cat,
All the birds are singing, and the day is just beginning.
Pat feels he's a really happy man.

Hmmm'ing tune till end..

"Oh, no!" shouted Joey, shaking her head wildly, "I'll be singing that dratted song for weeks now.

#66: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:55 pm

'And', said OOAO pensively he's driving

Quote:

Like a bat out of Hell

#67: Author: Rebecca, Location: Kendal/Oxford

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:33 pm

"But," she continued,

Quote:

"I'm as free as a bird now
and this bird you cannot change
and the bird you cannot change
and the bird you cannot change
Lord knows I can't change"

while the farmer snarled

Quote:

Gimme back my bullets!
...
You're bad news
And it won't be too long before someone puts one through you

#68: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:18 am

"Really," sniffed Jo. "I know some of our girls have found happiness with farmers, but this one just isn't up to snuff."

"Rather a sorry specimen," concurred Mary-Lou ruefully. Keeping in mind that a Guide is a friend to animals, she nobly refrained from strafing the area, and set a course for

Quote:

Somewhere, over the rainbow...

#69: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:30 pm

Unfortunately for Mary Lou, she was so intent on following the rainbow that she didn't spot the edge of the Platz and she tumbled off the edge.

Quote:

"Oops! I did it again!"

she screamed, as she tumbled to the ground with a splat.

#70: Author: Mora, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:47 pm

Not for long though. With a cry of

Quote:

I get knocked down, but I get up again

she leapt to her feet and declared (in English that would have made the Abbess cringe)

Quote:

You ain't never gonna keep me down

#71: Author: PatMac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:14 pm

Suddenly Madge appeared. "Girls, she cried, I've just discovered something"

Quote:

Now there was a time when they used to say
That behind every "great man"
There had to be a "great woman"
But in these times of change you know
That it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's somethin' we forgot to say to you, we say
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet

#72: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:59 am

"OY!" bellowed Len, sitting up from sunning herself in her

Quote:

Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini

,who could hear her Aunt from Oxford!

"You pinched our song!"

#73: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:29 am

Meanwhile, Jo had taken a trip to the USA where she found a

Quote:

Great big house in New Orleans
Forty storeys high
And every room that I went in
Was filled with pumpkin pie.

Jo took advantage of this rather tasty delicacy...

#74: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:02 pm

... and washed it down with several large glasses of sasparilla.

Wiping her sticky chops on her napkin before giving a belch of contentment, she glanced out of the window and to her great surprise saw none other than her brother-in-law Jem striding purposefully across the street and into a dilapidated house. Calling over the waiter, a rather seedy looking fellow, she asked about the building.

Quote:

"There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know, I'm one"

explained the waiter, much to Jo's increasing horror

#75: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:03 pm

She heard an interesting tune coming from the house...

Quote:

Better watch out if you wanna get a girl
You've gotta be quick in the motion.

#76: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:30 pm

She went to investigate and found two men exchanging tips on girls. Finally, the more experienced man warned the other,

Quote:

When your girlfriend's got a p***s, something's wrong

which Jo found to be eminently good advice.

Hope no-one's offended...

#77: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:46 pm

But, good advice or not, she thought she'd better remove herself, after all she was such a delicate flower.

She moaned to the world at large,

Quote:

I wanna go back to Dixie,
I wanna be a Dixie pixie
And eat corn pone till it's comin' outta my ears.
I wanna talk with Southern gentlemen
And put that white sheet on again,
I ain't seen one good lynchin' in years.

At which point...

#78: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:55 pm

Quote:

Pa Grape entered the scene. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel, Pa Grape regained his composure and remarked
'I think I saw a hairbrush back there'.

Ooops! Wrong story...

#79: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:17 pm

It still being the wrong story, the tale unfolds

Quote:

Narrator: Having heard his joyous proclamation, Junior Asparagus enters the scene.
Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel,
Junior regains his composure and comments ...
Junior: Why do you need a hairbrush?
You don’t have any hair!
Narrator: Larry is taken aback.
The thought had never occurred to him.
No hair? What would this mean? What will become of him?
What will become of his hairbrush? Larry wonders ...
Larry: No hair for my hairbrush.
No hair for my hairbrush.
No hair, no hair, nowhere,
no hair, no hair, no hair, nowhere,
back there, no hair ...
for my hairbrush.

#80: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:27 pm

and then...

Quote:

Narrator: "Bob the Tomato enters the scene. Shocked and slightly embarrassed at the sight of Larry in a towel Bob regains his composure and confesses:"
Bob: "Larry, that old hairbrush of yours, well, you don't really need it, you don't ever use it, well, I'm sorry, I didn't know, but I gave it to the peach, 'cos he's got hair."
Narrator: "Feeling a deep sense of loss, Larry stumbles back and laments ..."
Larry: "Not fair! Oh, my hairbrush. Not fair! My poor hairbrush. Not fair, not fair, no hair, not fair, no where, no hair, not fair, not fair, not fair! My little hairbrush!"

#81: Author: Xanthe, Location: London/Cambridge

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:34 pm

*giggles*

I love Vegetales (?sp?) Mr. Green

#82: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:43 pm

after which

Quote:

Narrator: Having heard his lament, the Peach enters the scene.
Himself in a towel, both Larry and the Peach are shocked and
slightly embarrassed at the sight of each other. But recognizing Larry’s generosity, the Peach is thankful ...
Peach: Thanks for the hairbrush.
Narrator: Yes, good has been done here.
The Peach exits the scene.
Larry smiles, but, still feeling an emotional attachment for the hairbrush, calls out ...
Larry: Take care of my hairbrush.
Take care, oh my hairbrush.
Take care, take care, don’t dare not care.
Take care. Nice hair. No fair.
Take care, take care ...
of my hairbrush!

Narrator: The End!

#83: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:47 pm

anyway, what was happening to Joey?

Joey had heard that

Quote:

Everybody's got a waterbuffalo

and had gone to look for her's!

#84: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:52 pm

In a desperate bid to find her very own water buffalo, Jo took a trip to Chicago, where she had heard that they roamed free. On her return, she informed everyone that

Quote:

I just got in from the Windy City
The Windy City is mighty pretty

but nobody wanted to look at her snaps.

#85: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:56 pm

She was getting rather jealous as Jack was singing

Quote:

Yours is fast but mine is slow
Oh, where do you get them I don't know
But everyone's got a water buffaloooooo.................

but was mollified somewhat to hear Hilda tell him off saying

Quote:

Stop it! Stop! Stop right this instant!
What do you think you are doing?
You can't say everybody's got a water buffalo
When everyone does not have a water buffalo!
We're going to get nasty letters saying
"where's my water buffalo? Why don't i have a water buffalo?"
And are you prepared to deal with that? I don't think so!
Just stop being so silly!

#86: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:59 pm

But then she heard Jack singing again:

Quote:

Everybody's got a baby kangaroo
Your's is pink but mine is blue.

#87: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:07 pm

and she started to sob as he waxed poetic about his kangaroo

Quote:

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes

#88: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:08 pm

She jumped on a plane to Austrailia to find a baby kangaroo, but in her disapointment at finding they didn't all sing

Quote:

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Shre boarded the plane again, this time bound for America where she had heard of a child in need whom she thought she may adopt. This was a special child, a clumsy child. in fact

Quote:

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid.
On the first day of first grade, I'll tell you what he did.
He tripped over a pencil box and flew up in the air,
Landed on a kangaroo who pulled out all his hair.

He needed first aide, in the first grade.
First aide, in the first grade.
First aide, in the first grade.
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he payed.

#89: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:06 am

what happened when they met was this:

Quote:

He said to her I'd like a cheeseburger
And I might like a milkshake as well
She said to him, "I can't give you either"

#90: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:15 am

Quote:

she makes coffe that tastes like shampoo
and I come home to peanut butter stew

wailed Jack who had just flown in

#91: Author: Rebecca, Location: Kendal/Oxford

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:25 am

Quote:

Well I've seen the hard times and the pressure's been on me

retorted Joey. "Do your own cooking if you think it's so rubbish!"

#92: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:50 am

Quote:

Be prepared! That's the Boy Souts' marching song

sang Jack as he fished out

Quote:

Half a pound of tuppeny rice and half a pound of treacle

#93: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:20 am

Joey made a comment on Jack's pocket:

Quote:

"I hear it's flowing
With milk and honey...
Sounds sticky!"

"You really should be more careful when carrying viscous fluids around!"

And as for poor weasel...

Quote:

Pop goes the weasel!

#94: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:18 am

Jack turned around to face Mike and warn him,

Quote:

Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice,
Unless you get a good percentage of your price!

*Glad to see more Tom Lehrer fans on here Very Happy

#95: Author: Cumbrian Rachel, Location: near High Wycombe

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:28 am

Joey was understandably upset at this idea... So she consulted some friends for some advice on what to do to Jack...

Quote:

Wisemen #2 and #3: We could throw him in the dungeon
We could let him rot in jail.
We could drag him to the ocean
Have him eaten by a whale.

Wiseman #1: We could throw him in the Tigris
Let him float awhile,
Then we'll all sit back and watch him meet
A hungry crocodile
We could put him on a camel's back
And send him off to Ur
With a cowboy hat without a brim
A boot without a spur.

We could give him jelly doughnuts,
Take them all away
Or we could fill his ears with cheese balls
And his nostrils with sorbet
We could use him as a footstool
Or a table to play Scrabble on
Then tie him up and beat him up
And throw him out of Babylon!

Wiseman #3: Or! [whispering]

Wiseman #1: I like it!

Wiseman #2: It's sneaky!

Wiseman #1: And it just...

Wiseman #2: might...

Wiseman #3: work!

Wisemen: We could use him as a footstool
Or a table to play Scrabble on
Then tie him up and beat him up
And throw him out of Babylon!

#96: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:09 pm

Meanwhile, Jack had a change of heart and swept Joey into his arms, singing

Quote:

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

joining in the Tom Lehrer fest

#97: Author: fio, Location: swansea united kingdom

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:27 pm

and they both found themselves

Quote:

down on skid row

next to a man who'd just bought a special plant................. drummer

#98: Author: Catherine_B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:32 pm

Quote:

lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green

sang the man with the plant, somewhat indecisively...

#99: Author: Chloë, Location: London: when away from home planet!

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:20 am

as he wondered off calling

Quote:

come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

leaving Joey and Jack.......

#100: Author: Sioned, Location: Manchester / Anglesey

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:20 pm

...wondering what to do next.

Quote:

I could go out tonight, but I haven't got a stitch to wear

Moaned Jack.

Of course you have, Joey retorted, there's that new orange and lilac jumper I knitted for you the other week.

#101: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 12:44 pm

Jack grabbed it with glee.

Quote:

I feel pretty
Oh so pretty

#102: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:17 pm

Jack snapped out of his raptures over lilac and realised how well it would look on Joey. He said,

"In the not too distant future,

Quote:

In all probability I'll lose my virility
and you your fertility
and desirability
and this liability of total sterility
will lead to hostility and a sense of futility

so let's act with agility
while we still have facility
for we'll soon reach senility
and lose the ability!

#103: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 5:38 pm

But Joey just patted him on the head and said, "No,

Quote:

for, I-I-I will always love yo-o-o-ou.

#104: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:31 pm

Two hours later, Jack looked on at his handiwork. It was hard without all the surgical equipment which was at the hospital, but he'd done it.

He sat down and spoke to Joey fondly.

Quote:

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.

...[When]...you died I cut it off.
I really don't know why.
For now each time I kiss 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.

#105: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:44 pm

While he was waiting for the little men in white coats to arrive, Jack continued to muse aloud to Joeys hand

Quote:

Oh, I remember the night I held you so tight,
As we danced to the Werner Scnitzel Waltz.
Your lips were like wine (if you'll pardon the simile),
The music was lovely and quite Rudolf Frimly.
I drank wine, you drank chocolate malts,
And we both turned quite green
To the strains of the Weiner Schnitzel Waltz.

#106: Author: Sioned, Location: Manchester / Anglesey

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:05 pm

Meanwhile...

Quote:

I wish I could fly, right up to the sky, but I can't

Mourned Joey's ghost, before realising that this could actually be quite amusing...more amusing than eternal bliss and having to make smalltalk with Him

I'll just have to stay here and torment Jack instead!

#107: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:10 pm

Floating round, Ghost Joey soon came across another ghost. Apparently,

Quote:

There's a ghost of a crazy younger son,
Who murder'd in thirteen fifty one,
An extremely rowdy nun (who resented it)
And people who come to call
Meet her in the hall.

though Joey's new acquaintance assured her that the nun-murdering younger son kept to himself these days.

#108: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:50 pm

Have I killed this thread?

*eebles*

#109: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:24 pm

The nun soon introduced Joey to others in similar straits. But after a few evenings of mutually supportive haunting, she began to develop doubts. About one acquaintance, for example, the others had explained,

Quote:

She comes to haunt King Henry, she means giving him 'what for',
Gadzooks, she's going to tell him off for having spilt her gore. ...
With her head tucked underneath her arm.

Joey, never the most patient of mortals, began to worry. “Hasn’t she been planning this for rather a long time?”
How could she arrange more immediate retribution for Jack?
Suddenly it came to her. Mary-Lou!
With Joey, to think was to act...

#110: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:34 pm

Descending into England, Jo homed in on Mary-Lou. She grinned wickedly to herself. What fun she would have - and it would pay out ML at the same time!

Spying ML, she passed into the still-living being. "Wha-aa?" escaped OOAO's lips. Then, all of a sudden, she was dancing.

Quote:

She did the mash,
She did the monster mash
She did the mash
It was a graveyard smash
She did the mash...

#111: Author: Sioned, Location: Manchester / Anglesey

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 10:54 pm

Quote:

Saturday day night, dance, I like the way you move....Pretty baby

OOAOML then began the Saturday Night dance.

"But it's only Thursday" wailed Mary-Lou

#112: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:28 pm

"That's beside the point" retorted Joey

Quote:

Fun, girl, only happens when it's raining

And as it was aboslutely bucketing it down they went out and danced in the rain....

#113: Author: Catherine_B, Location: Oxford, UK

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:31 pm

Quote:

Everywhere you go-o-o, you always take the weather with you, everywhere you go...

sang Joey, remembering a number of enjoyable floods from the good old days back at the Tiernsee.

#114: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:33 pm

Mary-Lou heaved a sigh, remembering that there was no beating Joey. So she joined her instead, and splashed in puddles.

Quote:

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again!

#115: Author: BethC, Location: Worcester, UK

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:01 am

Suddenly Mary Lou realised that the surrounding water was becoming rather murky. She looked across at Joey to find her kicking wet dirt at ML's face, singing gleefully,

Quote:

"Mud, mud, glorious mud,
Nothing quite like it for

making your sworn enemy look really stupid."
Mary Lou, dodging in vain, thought quickly. How could she get away from this mad woman?

#116: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:06 am

Mary-Lou looked to the skies and prayed

Quote:

I want to break free, oh how I want to break free

#117: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:15 am

But then she felt the power of Joey, and knew that it was no good. Sadly she sang,

Quote:

I'm under your spell.

#118: Author: pim, Location: the place where public transport doesn't work properly!

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:27 am

Although Mary-Lou's conscience was screaming to her

Quote:

Run to the hills, run for your life

But she remained under Joey's spell, unable to escape the dance...

#119: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:38 am

Suddenly, the truth hit Mary-Lou.

Quote:

I've got a theory, that it's a demon,
A dancing demon.

#120: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:14 am

Subtly guiding the dance back across the graveyard to the church, Mary-Lou jigged merrily toward the baptismal font. 'Freshly supplied with holy water during the Easter Vigil. What excellent timing!' she mused, switching tunes to allay any suspicion.

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With his hands in his pockets and his pockets in his pants
Did you ever see a fishy do the hootchie kootchie dance?
You never did.

SPLASH!!!

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You never will!

“Heiliges wasser,” spluttered Joey the ghost, instantly materializing outside Mary-Lou. Weak with laughter, she watched ML stand up and begin wringing water from her hair. “Oh, Mary-Lou! You’ve outdone Grizel.”

Despite a slightly dampened sense of humor, ML couldn’t avoid giggling at the allusion. Then the reality of the situation set in. “Joey – whatever's happened? You seem to have become – a ghost!”

“Um, that’s what I need to talk to you about,” began a more sober Jo.

#121: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:59 pm

at Kathy!

*Joey sighed. "Um, well, yes, as you can see, I'm not exactly material and I'm minus a hand. It's all Jack's fault!" she remarked crossly. "Fancy coming to have some fun at the Platz?"

"Sure," said Mary-Lou, who was completely without morals.

One dead Mary-Lou later, and they were on their way to the Platz. Their voices swelled in unison:

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Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation,
Darkness trembles in sweet anticipation
Silently the senses abandon their defences

They cackled with glee as they entered Freudesheim.

#122: Author: the mad physicist,

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:49 pm

Getting back to Len and Reg...

Len is rushing along the street back to her Oxford college. He mother may be dead and her father locked up, but she's still got the sisterhood...
Racing round a corner on her dilapidated bike, Len knocked over a man waiting for a taxi.

As he picked himself up, Len recognised him as the gorgeous Pierre, a visitng lecturer;

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he was a gendarme, from the gendarmerie

.
Pierre stared at her: she looked a little peculiar in her pink dungarees and crew cut.

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strange little girl, where are you going?

he asked.
"To listen to

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Lily the Pink, the saviour of the human race

, on the theme

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no more heroes any more

: I mean

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where are all those heroes

Do you want to join us, brother?"

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Don't stop me now

Pierre said. "I've got to get to a meeting - but I'd love to meet you later for a glass of

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red, red wine

" As Len rode away, Pierre thought ,'

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Every little thing she does is magic

#123: Author: listenin 2 the stranglers,

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:53 pm

Meanwhile Reg is still orbitting the earth. "Oh Len!" he sighed. "

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Oh my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch

I've been

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Crying over you

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But I guess it doesn't matter any more

...

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I wonder where my baby is tonight

#124: Author: the mad physicist,

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:03 pm

back on Earth, Len is fending off the advances of Pierre ...

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I'm not like everybody else

she cried.
"I know you're not... Len, ma cherie,

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Come on now

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set me free

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you sexy thing

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relax ...

len pushed Pierre away

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Don't stand so close to me

she cried.

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I'm not that sort of girl

Just then the telephone rang. it was Con.

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Have you heard the news? Do you know the truth?

BBC1 now," she cried.

There was a portrait of Reg, smiling nervously in an astronaut's suit. The newsreader was saying ..."Major Reg, the first British astronaut is evn now orbiting the earth2

"I've been so silly," Len sobbed "Oh Reg

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I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing you

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I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again

NASA here I come!"

Pierre sighed,

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don't you want me baby

he asked, then shrugged. "Ah well, plenty more fish in the sea. I'll just go

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walking on the beaches looking at the peaches

#125: Author: listenin 2 the stranglers,

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:12 pm

At Mission Control...
"

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This is Ground Control to Major (Reg)
The signals gone there's something wrong
Can you hear me Major (Reg)...

Len rushed in. "Is something wrong?

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I heard it through the grapevine

Oh Reg!

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Between the two of you guys you know I love you more! It took me by suprise when I heard it yesterday

that you were

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Lost in space

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The blue diamond heaven

"We've lost contact" the controller began. then Reg's voice crackled over the intercom.

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Now she's gone and I don't worry cos I'm sitting onb top of the world

"Come in Major Reg" the controller said. "Ground control to Major Reg."

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Goodbye everybody I've got to go

came Reg's voice crackling. "Tell Len

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I love her very much she knows

Len cried out. "Oh Reg

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Don't die, don't die, please don't die!

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I can't live if living is without you

"Press button B" The Nasa controller said. "That's what you should do if you're

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Frozen in space

#126: Author: The mad physicist,

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:19 pm

The crackling of the radio

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echoed in the sound of silence

as the capsule fell through the ionosphere. Reg could see

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the world was spinning like a ball, and then it wasn't there at all

as the capsule splashed down in the Pacific.

Reg scrambled to the safety of the

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yellow submarine

that came to pick him up.

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, Len rushed into his arms.

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Hold me close, don't let me go

she wept.
Reg kissed her tenderly

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It's alright now, baby, it's alright now

len and Reg dance off to the strains of Waltzin' Black...

We can't log in properly, so we'll just leave you to guess who we are ...!!!!!

#127: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:50 pm

Edith?

#128: Author: Ciorstaidh, Location: London

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:20 pm

And carrying on with the waltz theme, they

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Danced to the light of the Wiener Schnitzel Waltz

And, it being A Saturday, they changed tempo and era and sang away quite happily

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Agadoo, doo, doo,
Push pineapple sake a tree
Agadoo, doo, doo

Whereupon they were both killed for their bad taste.

#129: Author: mp+l2ts,

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:54 pm

Jennie wrote:

Edith?

However did you guess .... well, you're half-right ... Edith and Rosemary Laughing

#130: Author: Mora, Location: Lancaster

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:37 pm

Back on the Platz, ghostly Joey deliberated on how to enact her revenge on Jack.

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I want a pistol, I want a gun

OOAOML, never one to be shy, butted in

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give me the pistol, give me the gun

#131: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:41 am

“Don’t be an idiot, Joey,” said Mary-Lou, spiriting away the fire-arms. “We want to torment the man, not invite him to join us. Now then, what does he particularly dislike?”
"Hmmm," mused Joey. He used to try and cut me off by singing,

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A terrible death to die
A terrible death to die
A terrible death to be talked to death
A terrible death to die

At the time, I thought he was joking...."

#132: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:21 am

Mary-Lou looked at Joey affectionately.

"How on earth did you cope being married to such a beast?" she asked. Joey sobbed.

"I don't know. Oh, Mary-Lou, you're such - a - solid l-lump of comfort!" she wailed. Mary-Lou put her arm round her comfortingly.

"Cheer up, old thing," she said, "after all,

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If you're ever down a well, ring my bell.
If you ever catch on fire, send a wire.
If you ever lose your teeth
When you're out to dine,
Borrow mine.

It's friendship, friendship,
Just a perfect blendship,
When other friendships have ceased to jell
Ours will still be swell!"

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