spindrifter
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Fri Mar-31-06 10:56 PM
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Ms Rice goes to Blackburn |
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Patrick Barkham Saturday April 1, 2006 The Guardian <snip> ... Ms Rice, a talented pianist who also loves the Beatles, had apparently long wondered about the region , puzzling over the line about "4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" from A Day in the Life. "I never understood that song," she was reported as saying before the trip. "Perhaps now I'll get the chance."
When the inevitable potholes question was sprung on the pitch at Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park, Ms Rice paused and looked stunned. Mr Straw stepped in as gallantly as he could. "They used to have a lot of holes but the town improved," he said, explaining how reports of a man with a clipboard counting the ruts in the town's roads inspired John Lennon.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes," she replied. But her ordeal wasn't over. Can you sing it? She looked terrified. "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," she blurted out, before scurrying down the tunnel, Rovers shirt in hand. Even this was fraught with hazard. Mr Straw had "Rice 10" put on the back; Ms Rice was asked if this was the number of days Iran had to comply over its nuclear programme.
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,1744580,00.html
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"I never understood that war. Perhaps now I'll get that chance. I never understood that culture. Perhaps now I'll get that chance. I never understood that perspective. Perhaps now I'll get that chance....."
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Fri Mar-31-06 10:57 PM
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1. maybe she'll fall in one |
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Edited on Fri Mar-31-06 10:57 PM by C_U_L8R
and someone will fix it over.
(agent mike... chillllllllllll out )
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Fri Mar-31-06 11:14 PM
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3. I'd love to hear her shout: "I've fallen and I can't get up" |
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Fri Mar-31-06 11:00 PM
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2. The Beatles don't/wouldn't like her. |
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Have you seen the little piggies Crawling in the dirt And for all the little piggies Life is getting worse Always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies In their starched white shirts You will find the bigger piggies Stirring up the dirt Always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their styes with all their backing They don't care what goes on around In their eyes there's something lacking What they need's a damn good whacking.
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.
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