The comedic songwriter's name is Tom Lehrer, I wondered if you were
familiar with him when I saw the numbers in your name. Here's the
quote from "an evening wasted with Tom Lehrer"
"I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was
Henry, only to give you an idea of what a individualist he was, he
spelled it H-E-N-3-R-Y. The three was silent, you see.
Henry was financially independent, having inherited his father's
tar-and-feather business, and was therefore able to devote his full
time to such intellectual pursuits as writing. I particularly remember
a heartwarming novel of his about a young necrophiliac who finally
achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. ... (scattered
laughter) The rest of you can look it up when you get home.
In addition to writing, he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing.
Like so many contemporary philosophers, he especially enjoyed giving
helpful advice to people who were happier than he was. And one
particular bit of advice which I recall - which is the reason I bring
up this whole dreary story - is something he said once, before they
took him away to the Massachusetts State Home for the Bewildered.
He said: "Life is like a sewer - what you get out of it depends on what
you put into it." It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the
sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in
these trying time of crisis and universal brouhaha. And so with this in
mind, I have here a modern, positive, dynamic, uplifting song, in the
tradition of the great old revival hymns. This one might more
accurately be termed a survival hymn. It goes like this...."
and then he launches into the song :"We will all go together when we
go"
Enjoy the memory!
Min
On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whatever it just don't make sence putting a number in a name.
Rick,
Long ago I listened to a record by Tom Lair (SP?). He sang a song
made up of all the elements known at that time- long ago, in the
1950's- he also talked about a friend, Hen3ry, the 3 was silent.
HaHaHa, I would laugh.
When I was old enough, I started putting numbers into my name.
HaHaHa, people would laugh.
Years later, Mr. Gore and his buddies invented the internet, and
passwords were born. Words with imbedded numbers were the ultimate
passwords.
So now you know how the "3" was born!
pH
