Well, in proportionate effect, wouldn’t you, being used to an average-size roast turkey be startled to be served Thanksgiving roast ostrich?
Parody to “Dancing on the Ceiling,” Rodgers and Hart, 1930:
.
“My cat cowers overhead
On the ceiling, filled with dread
And extreme disturb
At the giant bird.
Sparrows are just all she’s sought,
Nothing bigger has she caught —
So there’s my kitty-love
Up there above …”
B. Kliban
Well, in proportionate effect, wouldn’t you, being used to an average-size roast turkey be startled to be served Thanksgiving roast ostrich?
Parody to “Dancing on the Ceiling,” Rodgers and Hart, 1930:
.
“My cat cowers overhead
On the ceiling, filled with dread
And extreme disturb
At the giant bird.
Sparrows are just all she’s sought,
Nothing bigger has she caught —
So there’s my kitty-love
Up there above …”