From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V6 #191 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Thursday, September 9 2004 Volume 06 : Number 191 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Spelling Lesson ["ptpowerlists@juno.com" ] [RS] Spelling Lesson: Errata ["ptpowerlists@juno.com" Subject: [RS] Spelling Lesson Ok, folks... I THOUGHT we went over this once! Apparently, however, the folks at Richard Shindell Central weren't paying attention. Remember this phrase: Whip poor Will Think about a guy, oh... let's say he's in his mid-forties. Let's say he's a songwriter. Let's say that he comes home from a hard day at the concert hall to find that a case of his most recent CD has arrived via UPS. He excitedly opens the carton so that he can bask in the glow of his prized new work of art (in mass form, of course!). After failing to find a decent knife with which to open the carton, he settles on his key to the garage, which he never uses for anything anyway. He zips the edge of the key several times across the fiber-reinforced packaging tape several times before he is able to get to the cache of digital gold. With both hands, he holds one to his lips, smacking loudly and closing his in a moment of near benediction. He then takes his key to the cellophane wrapping of the bejewel-cased disc. He curses. Then he recalls a CD opener he received at a recent conference. "Ah-HAH!" he barks in conquest. He's thrilled to tears that it turned out exactly as he had imagined: the photographs; the musicians; the recording sessions were a breeze (well, except for that time he accidentally told the bass player (in Spanish) to "Fatten my lip"). He had meticulously combed through the credits, the thank you-s, the lyrics... everything was perfect... "WHAT?!?!?! No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!!!!!!" The title of track eight is spelled wrong. "Madre de Dios!" he screams several times then runs to the phone to call the record label... He uses the 800-number, of course, to save a few bucks. After what seemed like a lifetime of phone system menus, he hones in on his quarry. "Who's responsible for this?" he screams into the ear of the production manager. "Um, let me check," the voice retorts, then puts our creative friend on hold to listen to the Muzak version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Ohio". "Thank God or someone just like him!" he mutters as his manager returns. "Sorry to take so long," he begs, "it was the guy at the print shop -- Will Don Ghivakraup. What's the big deal? Poor Will said he thought you'd just thought spelled it wrong. He was just trying to help. You're not gonna raise a stink about it are you? Geez... it's just a word." "Just a word? JUST a WORD?!?!?" The phone nearly squirts from his ever-tightenly clench. "Listen to these words. Listen very carefully. I'm going to give you three words. Three... steenking... words... WHIP POOR WILL!" "But that was six," he hears. "Huh?" "Yeah... six words" "Three stinkin' words... Whip poor Will. That's six." "Ayeeeeeeeee!" "Hello? Hello? Hmmmmm... [hangs up] Artists. They're so tempermental." - --- Pat ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 04:06:09 GMT From: "ptpowerlists@juno.com" Subject: [RS] Spelling Lesson: Errata >>He zips the edge of the key several times across the fiber-reinforced packaging tape several times before he is able to get to the cache of digital gold.<< should be: He zips the edge of the key several times across the fiber-reinforced packaging tape before he is able to get to the cache of digital gold. >>Poor Will said he thought you'd just thought spelled it wrong.<< should be: Poor Will said he thought you'd just spelled it wrong. - -- No mis-spellings, praise Jesus! ptp ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V6 #191 ***********************************