Early on I adopted the idea that if I made it sound disgusting it would keep them from wanting on it. I used "ViralSpew" for several years. Later I had "RabidWeasel" and then "Invalid_Connection."
One of my favorite speculations on American Pie came from an article I read years ago called "The Annotated American Pie:
Well, probably not a national obsession, but certainly the life's work of many talented scholars. According to the latest edition of the "American Pie Historical Interpretive Digest" (APHID), noted McLean historian Vincent Vandeman has postulated that cheezy country songs may have played a much more prominent role in the epic composition than had originally been thought. In particular, the "widowed bride," usually supposed to be either Ella Holly or Joan Rivers, may in fact be Billie Jo. According to this radical exegesis, the "pink carnation" of McLean's song is probably what was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge, and was later found by the lonely, teenaged McLean as he wandered drunkenly on the levee.
Of course, such a view poses problems. McLean vehemently denies any knowledge of Choctaw Ridge, and any theory linking the two songs must surely address this mysterious meeting place of Billie Jo and her husband Billy Joe. Vandeman speculates that Choctaw Ridge may have been the place McLean drove his Chevy after drinking whiskey and rye, and that McLean may have been unaware of the name because of his foggy mental state. Still, there appear to be many tenuous connections in Vandeman's interpretation - Tammy Wynette as the girl who sang the blues, the proposed affair between Wynette and Billie Joe which later led to d-i-v-o-r-c-e and Billy Joe's suicide, the mysterious whereabouts of George Jones, and why McLean insisted on driving a Chevy to the levee instead of a more economical Japanese car.
So the mother never noticed the electric bill was suddenly a LOT more than it was before?
If I were running a multi-million dollar growhouse business I might just find some teenagers to sell "franchises" to...let them do the work, give them a cut, and let them take the fall since they would be tried as minors.
My wife manages a McDonalds. This is an ongoing problem.
Her usual approach with it is to ask the person, "Do you know how stupid you're going to feel when you explain that you got arrested for stealing $1.00 worth of soda?"
Well, probably not a national obsession, but certainly the life's work of many talented scholars. According to the latest edition of the "American Pie Historical Interpretive Digest" (APHID), noted McLean historian Vincent Vandeman has postulated that cheezy country
songs may have played a much more prominent role in the epic composition than had originally been thought. In particular, the "widowed bride," usually supposed to be either Ella Holly or Joan Rivers, may in fact be Billie Jo. According to this radical exegesis, the "pink carnation" of McLean's song is probably what
was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge, and was later found by the lonely, teenaged McLean as he wandered drunkenly on the levee.
Of course, such a view poses problems. McLean vehemently denies any knowledge of Choctaw Ridge, and any theory linking the two songs must surely address this mysterious meeting place of Billie Jo and her husband Billy Joe. Vandeman speculates that Choctaw Ridge may have been the place McLean drove his Chevy after drinking whiskey and rye, and that McLean may have been unaware of the name because of his foggy mental state. Still, there appear to be many tenuous
connections in Vandeman's interpretation - Tammy Wynette as the girl who sang the blues, the proposed affair between Wynette and Billie Joe which later led to d-i-v-o-r-c-e and Billy Joe's suicide, the mysterious whereabouts of George Jones, and why
McLean insisted on driving a Chevy to the levee instead of a more economical Japanese car.
Read more: http://stason.org/TULARC/music-bands/american-pie/10-Still-other-notes-The-Annotated-American-Pie.html#ixzz21IJybZy6
If I were running a multi-million dollar growhouse business I might just find some teenagers to sell "franchises" to...let them do the work, give them a cut, and let them take the fall since they would be tried as minors.
Her usual approach with it is to ask the person, "Do you know how stupid you're going to feel when you explain that you got arrested for stealing $1.00 worth of soda?"
I Heart Zombies...medium.