ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)

Subject: ding dong the witch is dead
From: GUEST,Princess Di fan
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:05 PM

ding dog the witch is dead

The Queen Mother just croaked at age 101.

I've hated her ever since she started treating Princess Diana like shit.

May she rot in pieces.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:13 PM

TROLL ALERT

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: John P
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:27 PM

We used to do "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" as a fiddle tune, sort of Appalachian style with lots of double stops and drones. We threw it in the middle of a song as an instrumental break. It was fun watching the trad music audiences gradually realize where they had heard that tune before.

JP

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:33 PM

McGrath of Harlow has stated he'd never post to a thread that was started by a troll.

What a liar. HAHAHAHA

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Wincing Devil
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:33 PM

<intentional thread drift>

I tried to teach myself the fiddle, but the hand positions were reminiscent of the positions you're supposed to force your opponent's hand into in Jiu-Jitsu. You just can't teach an old dog new tricks.

WD

</intentional thread drift>

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: John P
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:42 PM

I have a bluegrass playing friend that used to do "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in folky ballad style. I worked nicely. Does anyone else have any experience with songs from the Wizard of Oz being done in a folk setting?

JP

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Wincing Devil
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:47 PM

"If I only had a(Brain|Heart|Courage)" seems ideal for setting to bluegrass. The sentiments expressed are augmented by the twanginess of the setting.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: NELLIE
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 01:56 PM

I am appalled by the sentiments expressed by Guest on the death of the Queen Mother.

Whilst I appreciate personal views I do not think that is the right way to express them.

God Save Our Queen and Our Royal Family.

Jenny

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: PeteBoom
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 02:40 PM

I know a guy of the singer/songwriter ilk that does a TREMENDOUS "If I Only Had A Brain" - while doing a spot-on impersonation of Geo. W. Bush...

;-)

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: RolyH
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 02:50 PM

I had a dog called Toto once.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 03:04 PM

Lo I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity. I am but as the sounding bell or the tinkling cymbals.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Tam the bam fraeSaltcoatsScotland
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 03:45 PM

PRINCESS DI FAN.

YOU'RE ONE SICK BASTARD.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Tam the bam fraeSaltcoatsScotland
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 03:48 PM

She was a grand old lady and did a lot for the country unlike princess Di, who did bugger all.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: wildlone
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 04:16 PM

Armadillos.
Soft on the inside,
Crunchy on the outside.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: toadfrog
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 05:28 PM

I've never seen a Jaguar. I did see armadillos, though, growing up in Texas. Weird looking beasties! Horny toads, too.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: greg stephens
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 05:59 PM

i played in a band in Paris with a tuba player called Toto. And by the way, i think the queen mum was great.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 06:13 PM

'If I only had a brain'- the theme tune of GUEST. 'If I only had a heart' - the theme tune of Lady Di sycophant <<<

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Blackcatter
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 06:59 PM

RolyH -

What did you call the dog after you called it Toto once?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: leprechaun
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 07:38 PM

Be careful after handling habaneros. If you forget and take a leak too soon afterward, you will have deja vu all over again.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: vectis
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:16 PM

After Toto must come Tothree

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Peg
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:33 PM

I disagree that Diana did "bugger all." Her charity work with AIDS sufferers was very ground-breaking; she was seen by millions actually touching and hugging AIDS patients and this was something no public figure had done before that point...and it did a lot to lift the stigma of this disease in the minds of the public; or so say my friends who were active in safe sex awareness campaigns at the time...

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: gnu
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 09:37 PM

I kinda see this thread as being a bit tacky, but, then, again, who am I to define tacky ?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: banjomad (inactive)
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 04:08 AM

what's an armadildo?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Tam the bam fraeSaltcoatsScotland
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 04:17 AM

apart from all of that what else did she do for Britain as a royal, unlike the queen mother who did quite a lot for the country.

All she cared about was to get publicity for herself, and when she did she didn't like it.

I admit she did a lot for charity but as I say that was so that people would look at her and say that what she was doing was good.

if you disagree with that that's fine.

I could go on about Princess Di, however I wont.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 04:19 AM

Ask Steve Austin, banjomad.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: greg stephens
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 04:24 AM

what about Brian and Siobhan eh?That'll learn the dirty old man. Mind you she's barmy as a coot I feel a great sympathy for him.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 05:29 AM

Although a confirmed Republican, I am saddened at the death of the Queen Mother, but do not mourn her as I would not any other 101 year old whether they came from a life of privilege or otherwise. It was a very good innings. I dislike the opportunity to bear comparisons with Princess Diana and their relative contributions since they cannot be comparible, on the ground of age alone! I also dislike the continual slagging off of Diana, especially by those people who have 21 year olds who can barely hold a conversation never mind cope with being plunged into the most dysfunctional family known to mankind.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: RolyH
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 06:32 AM

My next dog was called Toto once again.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Banjer
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 07:01 AM

Bet you called her Tototwo for short, huh?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 07:07 AM

"most dysfunctional family known to mankind" - well there's the Bushes coming up on the rails...

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:27 AM

For the benefit of our American friends, greg is talking about The Archers, it's a UK radio programme (getting very exiting)! Siobhan is pregnant with Brians baby but Brian is Married!
greg-Will they lose there set aside subsidy?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:56 AM

At least Brian is trying to do right by Siobahn, but what about Debbie?
All the set aside could get lost on a ferret.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 09:12 AM

Why didn't he drill holes in the drain pipe, or alternatively pet shops sell transparent tubes for hamsters to run through (rotostack), would ferrets fit in them though? How wide is a ferret?

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 09:16 AM

A ferret can get through a hole smaller than you'd think.... about the size of 10p piece (25c piece would be comparable) if not smaller. They are renouned for passing through the tiniest of gaps. If you lose a ferret, look for the hole. If you find one and say to yourself, there's no way it could fit through there, then that's the hole it got out of.

LTS

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 11:28 AM

Do they smell? -Ferretts not the Royal Family -whom of course smell of wet paint

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 11:33 AM

No, there shit is a bit like rabbit shit.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 12:39 PM

I've been waiting all my life for a string band to do Orange Blossom Special as a waltz. Go eeeeehaaa! to that!

And at least three cheers for taking a dumb, mean-spirited troll-generated thread and making it good-hearted, and charmingly aimless.

Jerry

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: GUEST,dorrie
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 12:44 PM

thats not nice respect the dead my mum always said!! Princess Di did good things so did the queen mother i dont think we should slag any of them off. its just plain wrong!!

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Tam the bam fraeSaltcoatsScotland
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 12:49 PM

if you say so, however I disagree.

I won't be posting to this thread again

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: GUEST,HRH QEII
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 01:06 PM

Puh-leeze!

I just discovered that the BBC has suspended all programming to make room for tributes to my Mum. Now, where am I to hear my football scores?

'Twould make you thankful for a system of broadcasting that isn't run by the gummint, til you consider what happens all too often in the U.S. There, at least, the bandwagon-jumping is voluntary (and therefore inexcusable, I say).

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: leprechaun
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:36 PM

OK here's some football scores:

Four to three

One to nil

two to one

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: Rolfyboy6
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:45 PM

I like Toto better than armadillos and way better than William Shatner.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:54 PM

BBC doesn't have a monopoly of broadcasting in the UK. And it hasn't suspended broadcasting, just rescheduled various programmes. (Right now I'm watching Patrick Moore on the Sky at Night - mind he's about as much a national institution as the Queen Mum was.)

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 04:08 AM

Forfar 5, East Fife 4..Hamilton Academicals 2 "O" Levels one in woodwork.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 04:40 AM

I thought it funny that Sky TV broadcast a Queen Mother memorial yesterday afternoon - a program of horse racing!

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 04:43 AM

I'm with Peg Re: Princess Di and AIDS... a pretty cool chick indeed! The Anti-mine stuff was wicked cool as well!

As far as the original post goes, well, I'm surprised it took so long to start...

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 05:38 AM

PR works then??

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: Beer
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 06:54 AM

Bet you wouldn't go in a Canadian Legion and recite your little poem. You have no idea what this Lady did for your country and others during WW2.

Subject: RE: ding dong the witch is dead (Queen Mum Flame)
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 01 Apr 02 - 08:28 AM

McGrath, some of the Bushes are not my cup of tea, but in the same league as our royals for family dysfunctionality? Where have you been living for the last thirty years? Too busy feeding threads like this, and telling the rest of us not to, I expect.