I first heard this in my early teens and at that point in my life had never known anyone who was "idle poor", I knew idle rich (technically just professional/merchant class?) and I knew bony-fingers poor. There was something captivating about thethis song almost celebrating idle-poor status/circumstance.
On 10/13/21 10:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > “Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51, …” > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jon Zingale > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Where are all the workers going? > > > > "counting flowers on the wall..." > > > > A chef friend of mine suggested yesterday that many likely left for > the construction industry. > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
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