Intimate question from the evil Carrisse

[Dave H2O]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: No Problem!, posted by Jay on Jun 8, 2001

Hey Airwolf,

I spent 25+ years thinking Eric Burdon was singing "Spill the Wine...dig that girl." Then I found a web page of misunderstood lyrics. Now I have to figure out what the song means all over again. ;o))

One of the words I could never figure out the meaning of was "pompatus." Steve Miller sang in "The Joker;" "Some people call me Maurice, because I speak with the Pompatus of love." It turns out that it was misinterpreted from an old R&B song written and sung by a member of the Medallions, named Vernon Green. When Green heard "The Joker" for the first time, he laughed his a** off. The lyrics were from the "The Letter," Green's attempt to create his dream woman. He was around 14 at the time. The mystery word was "puppetutes." Green said it was a term that he made up to mean a "secret paper-doll fantasy figure [thus puppet], who would be my everything and bear my children." Miller had heard "pompatous" and not "puppetutes." One of the great mystery lyrics of our time was actually a word Steve Miller had misunderstood himself.

I will see you in a couple of weeks.

Dave H.

[Carrisse]

... in response to No Problem!, posted by Dave H2O on Jun 7, 2001

Twice run possum?

[madmal]

... in response to What's in the stew?, posted by Carrisse on Jun 7, 2001

In my part of Australia (most of Australia really) the main road kill is kangaroo. If one gets hit close to town it won't be lying there for very long. Whether it ends up as pet meat or in a stew depends on who picks it up.
 People like their dogs here, and the cheapest way to feed a big'un (if your not too squeamish to butcher yourself) is to pick up road kill.

Kangaroo is very low in fat, and though a bit gamey, it is great for stews. Some people think we shouldn't eat our national emblem, but they are so plentiful we couldn't put much of a dent in the population if we tried. Around here you will see mobs (the correct collective term) of 40 or 50.

mal

[Windmill Boy]

... in response to Re: What's in the stew?, posted by madmal on Jun 7, 2001

Mal

I had the opportunity to try  "jumpy / skippy "  a few years ago when the Australian Ritz chef brought some to Boston for a promo meal that they did.  Granted it was the loin meat  but I thought it was quite tasty  somewhere between veal and beef only really tough and chewy.  I had it grilled.

I went to LA's chinatown yesterday  now there were some interesting things in the markets.   Pick out a fowl and they kill it for you.  Pig snouts  and chicken feet by the pound for example.  I just wrote to my brother the PETA wacko  and told him all about it,  But I also told him about the book I saw for accupunture techniques for Dogs and Cats.

Windmill Boy

[madmal]

... in response to Re: What's in the stew?, posted by madmal on Jun 7, 2001

I forgot about the wine.

If your eating Kangaroo stew then you'd be best with a good red. Being a proud West Australian it would have to be from the Margaret River region.

Otherwise I'm very partial to 'Goundrey's Unwooded Chardonnay'

mal