The Mellotron Group

wait, to the ocean, right?
A great example of the ocean would be that middle section of 'And You and I'.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, john barrick <barrickjohn262@...> wrote:
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> I can see I've failed miserably here...wait, to the ocean, right?
> 
> jb
> 
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...>wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Actually, there is coastline - and maybe they can gather all the
> > continent's 'trons, cut themselves loose and drift away....and bring their
> > ale to me.
> >
> >
> > On 6/7/2011 4:41 PM, john barrick wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I think, as he's landlocked, he's gotta go along with whatever the
> > continent decides.
> > jb
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Vance Pomeroy <vance@...>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 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@...><pocotron@...>
> >> * wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@...> <pocotron@...>
> >> 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@...> <gabru@...>*wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Gary Brumm <gabru@...> <gabru@...>
> >> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Off topic - Can someone explain this
> >> to me?
> >> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com"<newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> >> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 11:01 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> OK Bruce. you are officially recognized as "out to lunch".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   *From:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [
> >> mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com<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@...<http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nickhewitt235@...>
> >> >* wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Nick Hewitt <nickhewitt235@...<http://us.mc1259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nickhewitt235@...>
> >> >
> >> 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. [image: :))]
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >    
> >
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