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H2O Man

(73,524 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2022, 04:49 PM Jul 2022

Piggies

I have been a fan of the Beatles since they first appeared on Ed Sullivan's shoe many years ago. I collected a massive amount of their albums, as well as their post-Beatles works, even before CDs became popular. Collected numerous books and magazines, as well. Tons of stuff.

"The Beatles," aka the White Album, is indeed up there among my very favorites. When it came out, John's contributions inspired me, when tasked in English class to read my favorite poem, to read one John had wrote at age 17. That afternoon, evening, and night, many of my classmates' parents called both the school and my parents to complain.

In college, my friends and I listened to the White Album frequently. Sometimes, we were intoxicated. I liked beer. I drank beer as a form of weight-lifting with my friends.Of course, we did not limit ourselves to beer. But we would certainly refused to have anyone who went by the nickname "Squi" join us.

Today, I read that poor Brett Kavanaugh had his dinner experience upset by people protesting his being on -- and decisions on -- the U.S. Supreme Court. His reaction is as squeamish as were the parents who called my parents. Was not Lennon not only a poet, but an English poet? Does not Amendment 1's identifying citizen's right to protest the government still count?

To answer these questions, I turned to The Beatles. I think that George's lyrics describe Brett and his wife while out to dinner:

"Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon"

Had I been there, I'd have politely asked the protesters to join me in singing that song.