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From | "Rich Horton" <rghwales@writeme.com> |
Subject | Re: Beware of what you sing in public! |
Date | Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:31:05 +0000 |
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Reminds me of the Holloways' "So This Is Great Britain?"
So this is Great Britain
and welcome aboard
a sinkin' ship that's full of shit
and someone's nicked the oars
I've also read pubs are closing by the thousands because too many Brits would rather sit at home and
sip wine.
Sad days indeed.
Rich Horton
NP: The Continental Drifters "I Can't Let Go"
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Coxe
Sent: 04/28/11 12:59 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Beware of what you sing in public!
WTF is going on in the UK? I worry about our mother country, as the stories keep getting weirder & weirder. "A pub singer has been arrested on suspicion of racial harassment after singing King Fu Fighting in front of two Chinese people." The, um, offended were "a man of Chinese origin walking past with his mother". Now I live 30 to 60 miles from several nutcase repositories (depending if heading west to San Cruz, north to SF or north-east to Berzerkeley), but this is way beyond the fringe. What I've heard coming from John Cleese of late about London no longer seems so loony. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8475965/Pub-singers-racism-arrest-over-Kung-Fu-Fighting-performance.html - Michael NP: God Save The Queen - turned up to 11...
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