Re: Loop Ridership Troubles - NOT a Happy Day / New Smiley Needed ...

Kevin K. Wrote:
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> So you think it will be happy day when there is
> a runaway on the Loop?   I guess your idea of
> a "happy day" is somewhat different then mine.



NO, Kevin -

I do NOT think it would be a happy day. It would probably mean the end of tourist railroads everywhere.  But I am afraid a serious accident will happen sooner or later if something isn't done to straighten out the situation at the Loop-de-Loop.

I was paraphrasing a satirical Kingston Trio song from the late fifties, "Merry Minuet", which describes an even happier event:

"They're rioting in Africa, they're starving in Spain.
There's hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain.

The whole world is festering with unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like anybody very much!

But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud,
for man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud.
And we know for certain that some lovely day,
someone will set the spark off . . . and we will all be blown away.

They're rioting in Africa, there's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us ... will be done by our fellow man."

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Looks like we need another "Smiley" - one who is obviously singing (or at least trying to). Maybe he/she/it could be animated with musical notes coming out of his/her/its mouth. This could be used on the subject line to warn readers that the post contains satirical and/or possibly offensive lyrics ...



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/07/2022 07:06PM by Russo Loco.