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RE: RIP thread
July 27, 2025 at 10:02 pm
(July 27, 2025 at 9:09 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter, parodist, and inventor of the Jello shot, dead at 97.
And all of his songs are in the Public Domain, released by himself.
Sad. :

Tom Lehrer was great! One of my personal favorites from his repertoire, having a degree with a lot of math involved-
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(July 27, 2025 at 9:09 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter, parodist, and inventor of the Jello shot, dead at 97.
And all of his songs are in the Public Domain, released by himself.
Very sad, but he did not invent the Jello shot.
This is easily my fave of his:
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One more Lehrer-related piece: back when his work was still under copyright, rapper 2 Chainz requested permission to sample “The Old Dope Peddler.” His response (verbatim) was: “As sole copyright owner of ‘The Old Dope Peddler’, I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”
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(Yesterday at 2:11 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Not sure about pigeons, but I could do with a few less Seagulls here (glad I own a white car!)
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(Yesterday at 7:11 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: (Yesterday at 2:11 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Not sure about pigeons, but I could do with a few less Seagulls here (glad I own a white car!)
You haven't seen bird shit until you've seen pelican shit. More of a problem for boats than cars though. Left uncleaned, pelican shit will eat through the gel coat.
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Pelicans are like the B-17s of dropping birdshit.