The Mellotron Group

Doesn't our official Belgian on the list have a say in this??

On 6/7/2011 4:08 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:
>
>    Okay, Mr. Cleese missed one.  Every American should purchase a 
> Mellotron M5000, complete with rhythms/fills on left keyboard, and 
> learn to play "The Star Spangled Banner" or "God Save the Queen" using 
> "Twist in C".
>    My politics for the day.
>   -Bruce D.
>
>
> --- On *Tue, 6/7/11, Bruce Daily /<pocotron@yahoo.com>/* wrote:
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>
>     From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
>     Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off topic - Can someone
>     explain this to me?
>     To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 4:56 PM
>
>     I'm back now...I think.
>       -Bruce D.
>
>
>     --- On *Tue, 6/7/11, Gary Brumm /<gabru@comsec.net>/* wrote:
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>
>         From: Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net>
>         Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off topic - Can someone
>         explain this to me?
>         To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"
>         <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
>         Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 11:01 AM
>
>         OK Bruce. you are officially recognized as \u201cout to lunch\u201d.
>
>     *From:*newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Daily
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:46 AM
>     *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off topic - Can someone
>     explain this to me?
>
>     Mr. Cleese was generally on the mark!  Mrs. Palin was off her
>     rocker!  I'm off to lunch!
>
>       -Bruce D.
>
>
>
>     --- On *Tue, 6/7/11, Nick Hewitt /<nickhewitt235@btinternet.com
>     <http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nickhewitt235@btinternet.com>>/*
>     wrote:
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>
>         From: Nick Hewitt <nickhewitt235@btinternet.com
>         <http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nickhewitt235@btinternet.com>>
>         Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off topic - Can someone
>         explain this to me?
>         To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>         <http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
>         Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 10:24 AM
>
>
>         --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>         <http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>,
>         "Ms. Janet Strauss" <jandjstrz@...
>         <http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jandjstrz@...>>
>         wrote:
>
>         "He who warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin'
>         away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure as he's
>         ridin' his horse through town, to send those warning shots and
>         bells, by making sure, as he's riding his horse through town
>         to send those warning shots and bells, that we were going to
>         be secure and we were going to be free."
>
>         I'm guessing that it's about Paul Revere's horse ride, during
>         that period of time when the American settlers turned
>         terrorist against the democratically elected British
>         authorities. :))
>
>         John Cleese said something similar when George Dubya was
>         re-elected in 2004, which was...
>
>         To the citizens of the United States of America ,
>
>         In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the
>         USA , and thus to adequately govern yourselves, we hereby give
>         notice of the revocation of your independence, effective
>         immediately.
>
>         Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume
>         monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other
>         territories (except Kansas , which she doesn't fancy) as from
>         Monday next.
>
>         Your new prime minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor
>         for America without the need for further elections. Congress
>         and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be
>         circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
>
>         To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the
>         following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
>
>         1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English
>         Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium," and check the
>         pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly
>         you have been pronouncing it.
>
>         2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as
>         'colour', `harbour', 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you
>         will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the
>         letters, and the suffix "-ize" will be replaced by the suffix
>         "-ise."
>
>         3. You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced
>         'burra' - you may elect to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg'
>         if you find you simply can't cope with the correct pronunciation.
>
>         4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to
>         acceptable levels (look up "vocabulary"). Using the same
>         twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as
>         "like" and "you know" is unacceptable and is an inefficient
>         form of communication.
>
>         5. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let
>         Microsoft know this on your behalf. The Microsoft
>         spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the
>         reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."
>
>         6. You will relearn your original national anthem, "God Save
>         The Queen", but only after fully carrying out Task number 1
>         (see above).
>
>         7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
>         November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but to be
>         celebrated only in England . It will be called "Come-Uppance
>         Day."
>
>         8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using
>         guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many
>         lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to
>         be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If
>         you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing
>         someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up
>         enough to handle a gun.
>
>         9. Following on from 8) above, you will no longer be allowed
>         to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable
>         peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a
>         vegetable peeler in public.
>
>         10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and
>         this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you
>         will understand what we mean.
>
>         11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and
>         you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At
>         the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the
>         benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication
>         will help you understand the British sense of humour.
>
>         12. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you
>         have been calling "gasoline") at roughly $6 per US gallon. Get
>         used to it.
>
>         13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call
>         French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist
>         on calling potato chips are properly called "crisps." Real
>         chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with
>         mayonnaise but with vinegar.
>
>         14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more
>         aggressive with customers.
>
>         15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not
>         actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter
>         will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and
>         accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." American
>         brands will be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Excretions,"
>         so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
>
>         16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English
>         actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast
>         English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie
>         MacDowell attempt English dialogue in "Four Weddings and a
>         Funeral" was an experience akin to having one's ears removed
>         with a cheese grater.
>
>         17. You will cease playing American "football." There is only
>         one kind of football - you call it "soccer". Those of you
>         brave enough will, in time, will be allowed to play rugby
>         (which has some similarities to American "football", but does
>         not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or
>         wearing full kevlar body Armour like a bunch of nancies).
>
>         18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not
>         reasonable to host an event called the "World Series" for a
>         game which is not played outside America . Since only 2.1% of
>         you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your
>         error is understandable.
>
>         19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad
>         for years.
>
>         20. An internal revenue agent (what is correctly called a `tax
>         collector') from Her Majesty's Government will be with you
>         shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated
>         to 1776.
>
>         Thank you for your co-operation.
>
>         John Cleese
>
>