Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for August 15, 2014
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August 18, 2014
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-advertisement- 5 cd set planning a long car trip with the kids? you'll need- bee in the car the bee in the car goes buzz buzz buzz songs of travel for children over 300 sing-along songs, including- are we there yet? the pinching song whining across the u.s.a. on the road again (chipmunks remix) the skipppingpingpingping cd larry the toll booth guy the back of daddy's head (is big & fat & red) how much farther now? my li'l' bladder (goes kablam!) one more peep a million cows live in ohio (the counting song) the bee in the car 4'33" (the john cage song) are we there yet? (reprise) 5 cd's only $2995 send cash only to: mr. richard thompson richard's poor almanac c/o this publisher hurry! this offer expires right now! kid: larry the toll booth guy ate too much pizza pie, he gained so much weight that he's blocking the gate and nobody can get by! toll tollbooth guy: what?
I got stung by a bee once while we were driving around St.Louis, on the way back to Chicagoland from a summer vacation, back in the pre-air conditioned car days (one simply kept the windows open and hoped for a breeze, not bees). It was a ’57 Chevy…. We stopped at a drug store for some lotion-stuff, and I survived. I did not sing.