Chic, IL Spring!

I'd just like to welcome everyone to spring, which arrived at 7:31 A.M. CT (5:31 A.M. board time). I feel moved to sing. Here's a Tom Lehrer song that comes to mind whenever spring arrives.

POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK

(spoken introduction) I'd like to take you now on wings of song as it were, and try and help
you forget, perhaps, for a while, your drab wretched lives.
Here is a song all about springtime in general, and in particular about
one of the many delightful pastimes that the becoming of spring affords us
all.

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do.
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon.
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park.


Phil

 

I'm also reminded of the "Springtime for Hitler" song from Mel Brooks' comedic masterpiece The Producers. However, I decided to adapt it to the Star Wars galaxy.

SPRINGTIME FOR VADER AND PALPATINE

The galaxy was having trouble. What a sad, sad story
Needed a new leader to restore its former glory
Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be?
We looked around, and then we found, the man for you and me

And now, it's springtime for Vader and Palpatine
Imperial City is gleaming and keen
We're marching to fumin' pace
Look out, here comes the human race

Springtime for Vader and Palpatine
Winter for Alderaan and Hoth
Springtime for Vader and Palpatine
Come on, Imperials, come meet your Darth

I was born on Coruscant and that is why the call me Rant.
Don't be a coward. Be a bravy. Come and join the Imperial Navy.

Springtime for Vader and Palpatine
Stormtrooper's the fashion today
Death Star shooting from the sky today
The Empire's on the rise today

Springtime for Vader and Palpatine
TIE fighters flying once more
Springtime for Vader and Palpatine
Means that soon we'll be going,
We've got to be going,
You know, we'll be going to war


Phil