Quote(s) of the day
Posted By Russ Emerson on August 7, 2003 at 11:10 am
From Lileks today:
My dad had a Kingston Trio record, and even at the tender age of 7 I could tell this stuff was for dweebs. The sound probably hung in your clothes like cigarette smoke; you’d pass bullies, they’d twitch their nose, hiss “Tom Dooley!” and beat you up. It’s so frickin’ earnest, that’s what kills me. And so lyrically inane: “If I had a hammer.” Well, what’s stopping you? Go to the hardware store; they’re about a buck-ninety, tops.
I am reminded of this from the comedian/actor Billy Connolly:
If I had a hammer, there’s be no more folk singers.
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