In a message dated 9/29/00 12:43:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Ah. Tom Lehrer...
Where oh where is his equal today?
>>
Nowhere, then or now.
"in German oder Englisch I know how to count down
And I'm learning Chinese, says Wernher von Braun."
There is a true story that an admissions officer at a major university,. I
think Stanford, was interviewing a young woman some years back, and remarked,
your last name is von Braun, are you related to THE Wernher von Braun?
Oh yes, he's my grandfather.
Well, how is your grandfather?
Oh, just fine. He's learning Chinese.
The admissions officer nearly fell off his chair with laughter. He knew
the song; she, apparently, didn't.
Lehrer says he quit writing satirical songs because reality surpassed
him. Apparently in more ways than one.
--jks
