And spoil the fun? I think not. :-)
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, you might ahve mentioned she wasn't wearing them FIRST > > ann > > > > On 10/4/2012 19:22, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> A work colleague had an adorable little hedgehog. (I guess "adorable" >> is redundant with "hedgehog". Anyway ...) >> >> It used to crawl into her pantyhose. That's a one-way route for a >> hedgehog, so it would crawl up into the toe and then stick there until >> she found it. She had a large number of useless pantyhose (pl?) with >> one toe cut out to free the hapless but adorable creature. >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:10 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It does rather go on then, doesn't it? I kind of got the idea about a >>> third of the way through the song: You can bugger many things but not a >>> hedgehog. Then I stopped reading. >>> >>> My eldest daughter had a hedgehog once. Called him Trotsky. He died, but >>> not from being attacked with an ice pick. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >>> Christopher Hitchens >>> >>> --- Original Message --- >>> >>> From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> >>> Sent: October 4, 2012 10/4/12 >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: PESO Nanny Ogg was wrong >>> >>> >>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8054909084/in/set-72157631693450024/ >>> >>> >>> And for those who don't get the reference: >>> >>> http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/song-midis/Hedgehog_Song.htm >>> >>> When I saw the hedgehog finger puppet, I could not help but think of this >>> song. I've named it Bugger, the hedgehog. >>> >>> The Hedgehog Song >>> (Heather Wood) >>> >>> You can bugger the bear, if you do it with care, >>> In the winter, when he is asleep in his lair, >>> Though I would not advise it in spring or in fall-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> If you're feeling quite coarse, you can bugger the horse, >>> Or the palfrey, the jennet, the stallion (with force), >>> You can bugger the donkey, the mare, or the mule, >>> Though to bugger the pony is needlessly cruel. >>> >>> You can bugger the ox (if you stand on a box) >>> And vulpologists say you can bugger the fox, >>> You can bugger the shrew, though it's awfully small-- >>> But the hedgehog cvan never be buggered at all. >>> >>> Herptologists gasp you can bugger the asp, >>> Entymologists claim you can bugger the wasp. >>> If an insects your thing, man, then just have a ball-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> And the elephant too, that you meet in the zoo, >>> Can be buggered if you are sure just what to do, >>> You will need a large mattress upon which to fall-- >>> But the hedgehog cvan never be buggered at all. >>> >>> You can bugger the bees if your down on your knees, >>> You can bugger the termites with terminal ease >>> You can bugger the beetle, the ladybug (bird!) too, >>> There's no end to the buggering that you can do. >>> >>> You can bugger the cat if it isn't too fat >>> You can bugger the rabbit you draw from your hat >>> You can bugger the shark that you've chased in your yawl-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> You can bugger the ermine, and all other vermine, >>> Like rats, mice, and roaches, if you're not discernin'. >>> You can bugger the dog, it will come when you call-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> Although Mr. Tiggy is not very big, he >>> Avoids with great ease those who fancy his arse. >>> He just curls in a ball, shows his prickles and all-- >>> And the would-be seducer leaves him in the grass >>> >>> If you're that kind of fool, and you have a long tool, >>> Do it with a giraffe, if you stand on a stool, >>> Catch a yeti, who lives in the snows of Nepal-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> For the hedgehog escapes the posterior rapes >>> Performed upon others of different shapes >>> Those who run, swim, or slither, they get it withal-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> It is said, if you try, you can bugger the fly, >>> Or the swallow as it skims so skillfully by, >>> Use a noose or a net, or lime (if you've the gall)-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all >>> >>> You can bugger the cow (I will not tell you how), >>> Or the boar, or the piglet, the shoat or the sow, >>> You can bugger the ass as it stands in the stall-- >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> You can order or shoo 'im, or run a knife through 'im >>> The one thing you cannot do is stick it to 'im. >>> If you try to seduce 'im, you'll end in a fix, >>> His prickles defend him against rampant pricks. >>> >>> You can bugger the ram, you can bugger the lamb, >>> You can bugger the ewe, though the wether's a sham, >>> You can bugger the tiger (it may caterwaul) >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> You can bugger the seal, you can bugger the eel, >>> You can bugger the crab, though they say it can't feel, >>> You can bugger the bat as the night casts its pall, >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> You can bugger the snake (hold it down with a rake), >>> Though to bugger the quetzal may be a mistake. >>> You can bugger the billy, the nanny, the kid, >>> But to bugger the hedeghog just cannot be did. >>> >>> You can bugger the slug, though it messes the rug, >>> You can bugger the different species of bug, >>> Or do it with a snail, if you slow to a crawl, >>> But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all. >>> >>> At the end of the day, when you've had your rough way >>> With all of those creatures, you'll just have to say >>> "That damned Erinaceous has been my downfall--" >>> For the hedgehog can never be buggered at all! >>> >>> Words - Heather Wood, copyright 1993. >>> From the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. >>> HW >>> apr97 >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
