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Posted on 02/28/2009 10:43:26 PM PST by JustAmy
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“If I Didn’t Have Animals”
Beautiful, simply beautiful!
Sorry, Johnn, I don't buy it. I gained five pounds just reading your menu for this morning!
In the Land that Made Me, Me!
Long ago and far away,
In a land that time forgot,
Before the days of Dylan,
Or the dawn of Camelot.
There lived a race of innocents,
And they were you and me,
Long ago and far away
In the Land That Made Me Me.
Oh, there was truth and goodness
In that land where we were born,
Where navels were for oranges,
And Peyton Place was porn.
For Ike was in the White House,
And Hoss was on TV,
And God was in His heaven
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We learned to gut a muffler,
We washed our hair at dawn,
We spread our crinolines to dry
In circles on the lawn.
And they could hear us coming
All the way to Tennessee,
All starched and sprayed and rumbling
in the Land That Made Me Me.
We longed for love and romance,
And waited for the prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz,
And no one’s seen him since.
We danced to “Little Darlin”,
And Sang to “Stagger Lee”
And cried for Buddy Holly
In the Land That Made Me Me.
Only girls wore earrings then,
And three was one too many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts,
Except for Jean McKinney.
And only in our wildest dreams
Did we expect to see
A boy named George with Lipstick,
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We fell for Frankie Avalon,
Annette was oh, so nice,
And when they made a movie,
They never made it twice.
We didn’t have a Star Trek Five,
Or Psycho Two and Three,
Or Rockey-Rambo Twenty
In the Land That Made Me Me.
Miss Kitty had a heart of gold,
And Chester had a limp,
And Reagan was a Democrat
Whose co-star was a chimp.
We had a Mr Wizard,
But not a Mr T,
And Oprah couldn’t talk, yet
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We had our share of heroes,
We never thought they’d go,
At least not Bobby Darin,
Or Marilyn Monroe.
For youth was still eternal,
And life was yet to be,
And Elvis was forever,
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We’d never seen the rock band
That was Grateful to be Dead,
And Airplanes weren’t named Jefferson,
And Zeppelins weren’t Led.
And Beatles lived in gardens then,
And Monkees in a tree,
Madonna was a virgin
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We’d never heard of Microwaves,
Or telephones in cars,
And babies might be bottle-fed,
But they weren’t grown in jars.
And pumping iron got wrinkles out,
And “gay” meant fancy-free,
And dorms were never coed
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We hadn’t seen enough of jets
To talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left
at The bottom of the bag.
And Hardware was a box of nails,
And bytes came from a flea,
And rocket ships were fiction
In the Land That Made Me Me.
Buicks came with portholes,
And side show came with freaks,
And bathing suits came big enough
To cover both your cheeks.
And Coke came just in bottles,
And skirts came to the knee,
And Castro came to power
In the Land That Made Me Me.
We had no Crest with Fluoride,
We had no Hill Street Blues,
We all wore superstructure bras
Designed by Howard Hughes.
We had no patterned pantyhose
Or Lipton herbal tea
Or prime-time ads for condoms
In the Land That Made Me Me.
There were no golden arches,
No Perriers to chill,
And fish were not called Wanda,
And cats were not called Bill.
And middle-aged was thirty-five
And old was forty-three,
And ancient was our parents
In the Land That Made Me Me.
But all things have a season,
Or so we’ve heard them say,
And now instead of Maybelline
We swear by Retin-A.
And they send us invitations
To join AARP,
We’ve come a long way, baby,
From the Land That Made Me Me.
So now we face a brave new world
In slightly larger jeans,
And wonder why they’re using
Smaller print in magazines.
And we tell our children’s children
Of the way it used to be,
Long ago, and far away
In the Land That Made Me Me.
Another that I have held on to a long time. If you’ve seen it, I hope you enjoy it again!
This is adorable, Amy and Billie and NicknamedBob!
Thank you all three!
I like this poem, In The Land That Made Me, Me!
well done indeed!
Snow is gone and now it's raining. Long time no yardwork.
Thanks Johnn!
I didn’t get to partake in your lovely breakfast this morning but I had a delicious egg sandwich with sliced tomatoes and mayo! Small orange juice and small milk! LOL! Oh, and coffee for sure! I use that bread with 1/2 the calories, so for two slices of bread, the calories just equal one slice. And furthermore, its good bread!
How sweet that is, L. J.!
Billie, that Reminds me of Something Funny/Cute: I had an Old Laptop with Windows 2000 in it in which, if I Double-Clicked the Thumbnail Pic in 'My Pictures' of the Little Dolls we Make at Elouai, the Quick Time would Open them! It was Weird. That Laptop Bit the Dust, and Took its Mysteries with it. :(
Your Opening Post Yesterday Brought Tears to my Eyes; it was So Beautiful.
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Thank you for your sweet greeting!
When I first got the shredder, I couldn’t wait to shred everything in sight. Then it became harder and harder. Meg and I are just triple bagging most of it! I have so much junk mail, I wouldn’t fool with the shredder. I put some in a little grocery plastic bag, then into my kitchen trash can bag, when its about time to empty and then it goes outside to the big black bag! Poor landfill! Eat you heart out, Al Gore!
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This is great, JC! I’ve never seen it and now it’s a ‘keeper’.
Your breakfast sounds good, too, JC.
I fixed Huevos Rancheros - (with Stokes Green Chili with Pork). Mmmmm. (Calories? I used the remote control and keyboard to burn them all off!)
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