Posted on 12/30/2011 6:42:49 AM PST by BenLurkin
(-:(-:(-:THE SUBSTITUTE FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD:-):-):-)
Celebrating approaching New Year with Some Silliness
BenLurkin here, doing my best to stand in for the vacationing Lucky9teen one more time. Keep your fingers crossed…
Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne was partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in 1796 after Burns' death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, 'Auld Lang Syne' literally means 'old long ago,' or simply, 'the good old days.'
Here are the lyrics: however, many people seem to remember only the first verse. Old Ben only remembers the first two lines. Then he sings “so fa la la la la fa la la Old Lang Sign,”
Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here's a hand, my trusty friend
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak'A cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne.
Woohoo!!! It’s Friday!! Last one of the year!!!AC
"Bad dog!"
OK...it's old...but it's funny!!!
Bump!
wooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo TGIF
Dieting - New Year Resolutions
2008: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2009: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2010: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight. 2011: I will work out 3 days a week.
2012: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.
Dieting - New Year Resolutions
2008: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2009: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2010: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight. 2011: I will work out 3 days a week.
2012: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.
WOW, top 10?!?!?
LOL @ IE
I am still learning Win7 on my new desktop and laptop. They kept wanting to upgrade from IE8 to IE9. I did, first on the laptop. Parts of IE9 would not work, so I finally deleted it and returned to IE8.
Later, my new desktop wanted to upgrade. I did. Didn’t work. Anything I tried to type into the address bar defaulted to the open webpage, not the one I wanted to surf to. I finally deleted it and returned to IE8.
Firefox is my main browser, but I wish they would stop with insanity with new releases every few weeks. I am still waiting for updates to pre-version 7 extensions.
Thanks for taking on the silliness thread last week and this week. you’re doing a great job!!
Barkeep axes "what's the special occasion?" and the guy replies, "It was my first BJ"
The bartender tells him, "Well, let me give you a thirteenth on the house", but the guy declines, by way of "Nah - if 12 don't get rid of the taste, another won't make any difference".
I remember Alan Sherman had a version of Auld Lang Syne that went something like:
I know a man, his name is Lang
And he has a neon sign,
And Mr. Lang is 93,
So they called it old Lang's sign.
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