As usual, there's a lot of interest in the Eugene Celebration just after the event. What is the best time to start organizing for next year's parade? July 15th, maybe?
Marc Baber wrote: > Hey, thanks for looking up the poem! And yeah to the idea about > marching with the Red Hat Society (if they don't mind and can appreciate > our brand of non-conformity). Some of them were, oh, > interesting-looking :-)-- I'd walk a mile with them anyday. Maybe we > should enter the parade as the "Red Hat Society, Men's Auxilliary?" > Cheers, Marc > > Bob Miller wrote: > > >Marc Baber wrote: > > > >>It turns out that the "Red Hat Society" in the parade has nothing to do > >>with Linux, amazingly enough. They are women who have taken a certain > >>poem about "when I am old, I'll wear purple... and outrageous red hats" > >>to their hearts and celebrate their noncomformity by parading in red > >>hats. They were cool... > >> > > > >I like that poem: > > > > When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple > > By Jenny Joseph > > > > When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple > > with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. > > And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves > > and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter. > > I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired > > and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells > > and run my stick along the public railings > > and make up for the sobriety of my youth. > > I shall go out in my slippers in the rain > > and pick the flowers in other people's gardens > > and learn to spit. > > > > You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat > > and eat three pounds of sausages at a go > > or only bread and pickles for a week > > and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. > > > > But now we must have clothes that keep us dry > > and pay our rent and not swear in the street > > and set a good example for the children. > > We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. > > But maybe I ought to practice a little now? > > So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised > > When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. > > > >>In any case, it would be fun to march in the parade with other > >>Penguin-heads next year > >> > > > >I agree! Maybe we could even march with the Red Hat Society. (-: > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
