Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 20, 2024

For some reason I now hear Robin Williams yelling, “Good morning, Vietnam!”

Next old guy test: Have you used a rotary dial telephone?

Ayuh ! I did use a rotary dial and our Number was a party line !

I don’t even remember that song. Does it mean that I’m young or too old?

Anybody here remember “Pluck your magic twanger, Froggy” on AFR/VN

Ah yes. I tutored Eng Lit at the university level for many years. I remember standing at a bus stop after a session, and suddenly exclaiming “Nidhogg!” to the bemusement of everyone else. It’s the name of the dragon who lies at the foot of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, gnawing away at the roots. But do you think I could remember that during class?

I miss when pop music had more male singers and all of it was about entertainment right now third of it is about women’s rights and most pop singers are females.

How many can remember ‘The Ballad of the Green Beret’ by Sgt. Barry Sadler? The ultra patriotic anthem of the day?

Fighting soldiers from the skyFearless men who jump and dieMen who mean just what they sayThe brave men of the Green Beret

An excellent song, one in a string of great singles by Billy Joel. I tend to think of it as sort of a cousin to “Allentown”; one’s about the Vietnam War, the other’s about the decline of the American steel industry.

I’m trying to not google the answers, getting my brain to work it out.

It may take 15 minutes to the next day, but I finally get it.

Must have dropped the pen……

Only the good die young, Stephan.