Free Association Thread 3

[MichaelinChina]

I had my introduction to international cuisine on a Dutch Liner travelling from the UK to Australia. The meals for the first few days were a lottery. The menus were in Dutch, or the Dutch equivalent of Restaurant French. That bore no resemblance to French Restaurant French or English Restaurant French. .....

had brought their house servants to act as waiters and cooks. Yet once their tour of duty in Singapore was over, they would return to servantless London suburbia...

Travels with My Aunt - Graham Greene

 

[legerdemer]

Travels with My Aunt - Graham Greene

One of my all time favorite books. (And they must have served Turkish coffee on the train, as it ended up in Istanbul, one of my favorite cities.)

 

[JKendallDane]

One of my all time favorite books. (And they must have served Turkish coffee on the train, as it ended up in Istanbul, one of my favorite cities.)

Bull in a china shop...

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[SamScribble]

Bull in a china shop...

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If you break it, you pay for it.

 

[Handley_Page]

If you break it, you pay for it.

And it's vintage Meissen and Wedgwood, so there!

 

[SamScribble]

And it's vintage Meissen and Wedgwood, so there!

Going for the top shelf, HP

 

[JKendallDane]

Going for the top shelf, HP

On Top of Old Smokey..."

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[Handley_Page]

On Top of Old Smokey..."

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Always a favourite of my childhood:-
Big Rock Candy Mountains.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Always a favourite of my childhood:-
Big Rock Candy Mountains.

The Original (1928)

Not quite a children's song. Featured in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

 

[JKendallDane]

The Original (1928)

Not quite a children's song. Featured in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

This was one my father taught me as a little kid at least fifty years ago. He would be 105 now so I have no idea how old it actually is. It possibly also explains why I have a slightly twisted outlook occasionally.

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[Tio_Narratore]

This was one my father taught me as a little kid at least fifty years ago. He would be 105 now so I have no idea how old it actually is. It possibly also explains why I have a slightly twisted outlook occasionally.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4265611-lg.jpg



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Here's a version of the one passed down in my family:

Gopher Guts

 

[JKendallDane]

Here's a version of the one passed down in my family:

Gopher Guts

That was always a campfire favorite in Boy Scouts.

And so was this one.

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[Tio_Narratore]

That was always a campfire favorite in Boy Scouts.

And so was this one.

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This was one we sang to the Cub Scouts.

 

[Handley_Page]

This was one we sang to the Cub Scouts.

Youngsters of a decade or so ago got to sing this one

I was never a Cub, so I never learned any songs.

 

[JKendallDane]

Youngsters of a decade or so ago got to sing this one

I was never a Cub, so I never learned any songs.

Our high school class pretty much adopted this one as our unofficial class song.

It was the early 70's...what can I say?

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[SamScribble]

Our high school class pretty much adopted this one as our unofficial class song.

It was the early 70's...what can I say?

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There was a nasty rumour going around that this song was about drugs. That can't be right, can it? Surely not.

 

[JKendallDane]

There was a nasty rumour going around that this song was about drugs. That can't be right, can it? Surely not.

Heck if I know, man. Maybe these guys know?

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[SamScribble]

Heck if I know, man. Maybe these guys know?

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Dave?

 

[JKendallDane]

Dave?

Dave's not here, man!



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[Handley_Page]

Dave's not here, man!



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He's down the back, feeding the animals
I think.

 

[JKendallDane]

He's down the back, feeding the animals
I think.

Speaking of The Animals...

We Gotta Get Out of this Place



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[Handley_Page]

Speaking of The Animals...

We Gotta Get Out of this Place



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Gotta get out ?
Only if THIS one is with me:

 

[JKendallDane]

Gotta get out ?
Only if THIS one is with me:

I dunno. Back when I was still flirting with the "bi" label, this one almost dragged me all the way over to the straight side.

Almost!

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[SamScribble]

I dunno. Back when I was still flirting with the "bi" label, this one almost dragged me all the way over to the straight side.

Almost!

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Olivia Neutron Bomb herself!

 

[Handley_Page]

Olivia Neutron Bomb herself!

Oh my Lordy; it's h h h her.

<gulp>


PS. Whilst having a look, I found "Xanadu."
This caused be a certain puzzlement, on account of associating that title with a
different tune.
Actually, its THIS

Dave Dee (a former policeman, I was told), Dozy Beeky, Mick & Titch.