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Russo Loco

August 22, 2007 12:15PM

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Question: "What exactly IS a 'Foamer'?" [aka Foamite]
Answer: See the following -

'The Ballad of Festus Frothjaw'
aka 'The Foamite Song'
(To the tune of Wreck of the Old 97 / Charlie and the M.T.A.)
Well, a Foamite is a feller ... What leans from the winn-der
Of his car ... with a cam-ra in each hand
Takin' hunnerds o' pitchurs (that all look the same)
As he chases choo-choo trains across the land

[Chorus (optional)]:
Well did he ever return? No, he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned [[i]BASS: Poor Ol' Festus[/i]]
He's gonna rot for-ever in the Pokey in Portola
He's the Foamer who nev-er returned

Them Foamers, they flock to the Feather River Canyon
From all across the Yoo ... Ess ... Aye-EEEE
When the Union Pacific, who gobbled up the Wobbly
Sends one o' their big steamers that-a-way

[Chorus (optional) and/or Banjo Solo]

Ol' Festus J. Frothjaw come a-Foamin' down the Canyon
But them Smokies ... wuz thick ... as ... fleas ...
They smashed BOTH his cam-ras, and tossed him in the pokey
When they caught him a-STEERIN' with his KNEES!

[Chorus (optional)]

So La-a-dies, if yer man is a Foamer
With miles ... of ... film ... to ... burn
Don't let him drive alone in the Feather River Canyon
He'll get busted, and nev-er return.

Copyright 1992, 2007 by R. B. Sperry (El Russo Loco)

Edited 16 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2009 02:06PM by Russo Loco.

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An old answer to "What is a 'Foamer'?" (or 'Foamite')	Russo Loco	August 22, 2007 12:15PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Gavin Hamilton	August 22, 2007 02:00PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	El Skonk	August 22, 2007 02:49PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Gavin Hamilton	August 22, 2007 03:03PM
Origin of "Gricer"	John West	August 22, 2007 03:15PM
Re: Origin of "Gricer"	Gavin Hamilton	August 22, 2007 05:10PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Rick Renz	August 22, 2007 04:04PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Ed "Oilcan" Kelley	August 22, 2007 04:42PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Gavin Hamilton	August 22, 2007 05:13PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Mike Trent	August 22, 2007 05:11PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Hoss	August 22, 2007 07:41PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	tomc	August 22, 2007 07:47PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	stuart olson	August 22, 2007 07:50PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Russo Loco	August 22, 2007 10:04PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Hoss	August 23, 2007 09:04PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Eugene Blabey	April 22, 2009 04:11PM
Re: What is a "Foamer"? (or "Foamite"	Eugene Blabey	April 22, 2009 04:13PM

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