MAR 30, singable satire: "RATIONALE" for ukulele parodies

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS 

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "That's Amore", Dean Martin

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February 2015.  You can also view the lyrics and commentary (without images or chords) displayed on a parody-lyrics website where they were first developed at AmIRight.com.

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" with chord-charts for both the parody and original song, as well as helpful performing suggestions. 

To find ukulele chord-charts to help you accompany

"RATIONALE" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

EXPLANATORY NOTES:

As in Dino’s original, there are only a few Italian words you need to learn.
forse = maybe, perhaps

dal cuore = from the heart.

THAT'S YOUR FORTE

Dominion Hotel,
painting: David Crichton

(to the tune of "That's Amore")

INTRO (Tremolo)
In old T.O., where Queen meets King,
On Wednesday nights, here's what they sing...

When they asked you to play, you accepted half-way

Thatsa forse.
(Maybe thatsa new word, but it shouldn’t be slurred
Say it ‘for-say’)

You begin, everyone joins in, forty players sing,
Strum their strings - Ukuleles.

Dominion  Hotel,
 photo 1945

Tune they’ve heard, new satiric words, slides display the chords,

They’re observed chortling gaily.

When you strain to play loud to be heard by the crowd

Thatsa forte.

What your uke-friends expect - in old lyrics inject

A new twist.

When the word-play you’ve subbed rings out in that old pub

Dal cuore,

You’ve invented, you see, ‘Strum-Along Parody’,

That’s your forte.

meeting of theCorktown Ukulele Jam

MAR 29, insects: bumblebees

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

Author's Note re the photo: One week ago, this fellow seemed to land for a rest on the roofrack of our car, parked in our lowcountry driveway. He stayed for a while, not seeming to mind posing for photos, and then took off again. Pictures were taken with my i-phone 7 camera.)

You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as  collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

MAR 28, personal and family history: anniversary saga

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

MAR 27, wordplay map: American Scramble-towns, 3

Same old message ...

Who would ever have guessed? It turns out that an unparalleled word in generating anagrams (letter scrambles) is P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S. We have taken advantage of that property to create this unique series of wordplay maps of imaginary American (and Canadian) locales, each one completed by its official two-letter state (or provincial) abbreviation. 

MAR 26, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions

"Nice, hot street pavement for sunning"
(Eastern painted turtle)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

woodstork near TV2 pond

sunset view, Shem Creek Park

early azalea blooms

immature white ibis (<2 years)
Note the duller color of the bill and legs
and the brown-black body feathers
 versus its older companions
-compare Jan 30 and 31  

cycling under Spanish moss

a green anole;
one of E.T.'s relations?

oystercatcher on the bank;
photo kindly provided by  B.W.

 

MAR 25, Submitted Palindromes: PARTICIPANT-PALS, group #2

 

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanates through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month.

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. The personal profiles for each of these contributors are displayed in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in monthly random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover, OR, just follow the links indicated above. 

Devotees of palindromic wordplay can further explore limericks and other short verses about the classic palindromes (and quite a few recent concoctions) that are randomly scattered on this blog after September 2000, or collected into grouped postings on our more scholarly blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.  

MAR 24, holidays : Greek Evzones, in celebration of Greek Independence Day

 Tomorrow is GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY !

Authors' Note:

evzone: (EHV-zohn, anglicized form), member of an elite unit drawn from the Hellenic Army Infantry Corps

Grand Change: a more elaborate version of the hourly changing of the guard that takes place on Sunday mornings at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens' Syntagma Square, providing a popular photo-op for locals and tourists

Kleft (KLEHFT): Greek fighter in the War of Independence

fustanella: kilt made from 30 meters of white cotton, supposedly with 400 pleats to represent each of the years of Ottoman occupation. 

MAR 23, waterfowl: little blue herons

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

characteristic deliberate movements

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your year and month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.

MAR 22, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#13,#14)

You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE! 

MAR 21, the Charleston garden: tractor-seat plant (Farfugium)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

MAR 20, singable satire: ABBA sings "CANOE CANOE, CANOE, CANOE, CANOE"

PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", ABBA, 1975.

PARODY COMPOSED:  Giorgio Coniglio, March 2013.

"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe", Pierre Berton, eminent Canadian journalist, editor, historian and author.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Canoe, Canoe, Canoe, Canoe, Canoe" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

CANOEING LESSON

(to the tune of "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do")

Intro: 

Need a location, eh? Lakeside assignation?

Space for two:

Canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe.

You’ll use the J-stroke, to steer straight; and for gay-folk

Take a crew;

Canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe.

Best pick a partner like Twiggy, but short;

Bow to discomfort if trapped ’neath the thwart.

Put down your paddle, when you climb in the saddle.
’musez-vous !
Canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe.

Wear your preserver, ’cause things might get rude,

If Mounties spot-check, and you’re in the nude.

Don’t lean on the gunwale, should you enter a tunnel;

This tip’s true:

Canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe, canoe.

Pierre Berton coined it our iconic boat,

Control paroxysms, you’re certain to float.

Get with your tête-à-tête, and not get quite soaking wet,

C’est beau !

Canot, canot, canot, canot, canot.

One final pointer:  l’avant-canotage –

Don’t flirt with fore-play pendant le portage.

There’s no better bateau built for Anglo- or Franco –

Vous et nous;

Canoe, canot, Canuck, canot, canoe.

MAR 19, the Charleston garden: indica azaleas

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

MAR 18, the Charleston garden: gazebos

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

MAR 17, nuclear cardiology haiku, continued

 

MAR 16, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#11,#12)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE! 

MAR 15, diagnostic imaging: parathyroid scanning

 

Authors' Note:   Attacks of renal colic (spasmodic intermittent pain) may occur due to blockage of urine flow by stones in the ureters. In adult patients, stones consisting of calcium salts are most likely. If a high serum calcium level is found (this situation prevails in only a minority of cases of kidney stones), overactivity of the tiny parathyroid (PT) glands may be responsible. Milder cases of excessive parathyroid hormone secretion may also occur without symptoms, but can lead to loss of bone mass and increased risk of bone fracture.

   A single functioning adenoma (benign tumor)  of one of the PT glands is most commonly responsible, but hyperplasia (overgrowth) of all four glands may also result in inappropriate PT hormone secretion, detected by increased blood levels. The radiotracer Tc-99m sestamibi is taken up selectively by overactive PT glands, and may help plan surgery to explore the neck and remove the tumor.

  

You can review all our verses on this intriguing topic by proceeding to a post on 'Edifying Nonsense' entitled 'Selected Topics in Diagnostic Imaging'. Click HERE!

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MAR 15, Canadiana : Canadian "raising" (linguistics)

 

Authors' Note:  This is a mostly true story.

The Canadian internist in question had moved south to undertake a fellowship at an American medical school..As an introduction to potential staff mentors, he was asked to prepare a lecture on aspects of gout.

The transcriptionist, a southern woman, was victimized by her unfamiliarity with "Canadian raising", a speech variation altering and shortening the sounds of vowels in words like house, rice and out; this pattern affects the speech of many speakers in the northern US, as well as in Canada.  

You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog  "Edifying Nonsense".