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    Re: Part number wanted —Todd Lehman
   (...) "...oh the first thing ya know, old Puff's a millionaire, the kinfolk said, 'Puff, move away from there!' Said Castle World is the place 'e oughtta be, so they loaded up the truck and they moved to Honalee... Land of, that is... dragon wings, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Part number wanted —Larry Pieniazek
   That was a Really Bad pastiche. Are you sure you've never been a filk singer? (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Part number wanted —Todd Lehman
     (...) What the world needs now is another filksinger like I need a hole in my head. --Todd (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Part number wanted —Jeff Stembel
      (...) I thought what the world needs now is love, sweet love... :) Jeff (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Part number wanted —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) No, that was what it needed THEN (back in the 70s (??) when that song was first popular). (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Part number wanted —Steve Bliss
     (...) This reference is alluding me. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Part number wanted —Eric Joslin
     (...) It's an almost direct quote from a Cracker song (or was it a Camper Van Beethoven song?), except swap in "rock" for "filk". If you aren't sure what filking is... well, never having done it myself, I can only sum it up as an activity engaged in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Part number wanted —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) I thought it was actually "folk" rather than "rock" but I could be wrong. (...) Well, that's kind of harsh. :-) I've never been to a con where I was *forced* to listen to filking, and I've found what little filking I heard to be amusing, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Part number wanted —Eric Joslin
      (...) You know, when I was writing this, I thought it was "folk". Always go with your first instinct. (...) Really? I thought it was a fair assessment. Maybe it doesn't quite capture the horror well enough. (...) Well, I've mostly only been "forced" (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Part number wanted —Steve Bliss
     (...) Ah. Thank you very much. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Part number wanted —Steve Bliss
   (...) Both kinds, even. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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