Presented
By
Sum, Sum, Summertime
Monday July 9, 2001
- TITLE: "Sum, Sum, Summertime " This was a particularly unsophisticated bit of writing and the production was of the garage variety. Here are the lyrics:
Summertime Summertime
The Jamies
It's summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime summertime...
Well shut them books and throw 'em away
And say goodbye to dull school days
Look alive and change your ways
It's summertime...
Well no more studying history
And no more reading geography
And no more dull geometry
Because it's summertime
(Chorus)
It's time to head straight for them hills
It's time to live and have some thrills
Come along and have a ball
A regular free-for-all
Well are you comin' or are you stayin
You saw it first and I won't complain
Hurry up before I change
It's summertime
Well I'm so happy that I could flip
Oh how I'd love to take a trip
I'm sorry teacher but zip your lip
Because it's summertime
(Chorus)
Well we'll go swimmin' every day
No time to work just time to play
If your folks complain just say,
"It's summertime"
And every night we'll have a dance
Cause what's a vacation without romance
Oh man this jive gets me in a trance
Because it's summertime
(Chorus)
It's summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime summertime sum sum summertime
Summertime
It's summertime!
- "
a prime number joke
" We've been through this before, but you might have been absent that day. A prime number is a number which is only divisible by itself and one: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29
are prime numbers. These have special properties which I don't pretend to understand.
The interesting point with this story was, why not wait until next year which would have been the 30th anniversary?
- "
the mother of all scandals
" The scandal ran from Jan. 19, 1998, when Matt Drudge ran it on his web page having been tipped off that Newsweek was sitting on the story, until Feb. 12, 1999 when the Senate voted 45 Yeas and 55 Nays on Article One of impeachment, and 50-50 on Article Two.
- "
an 8th Amendment joke
" The VIIIth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
- "
a Gershwin joke
" One of the most famous songs from the Opera "Porgy and Bess" by George and Ira Gershwin was "Summertime": "Summer time; And the livin' is easy." The opera was based on a novel by DuBose Heyward.
- Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
A pretty happy dad playing golf with his kids.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
____________________________________________________________________________________
Home | Current Issue | Past Issues | Email Rich | Rich Who?
Copyright ©2001 Richard A. Galen | Site design by Campaign Solutions.
|
