I almost put that disclaimer in, then thought “But won’t someone here enjoy bringing up that episode? I don’t want to deprive them of the fun part.”
Thanks for not letting me down.
Maybe it has no literal meaning, like “the movement you need is on your shoulder.”
My mind immediately went to a cocaine spoon, as it does with the line from Witchy Woman, “She drove herself to madness with a silver spoon.”
Or “Gold Dust Woman”, “take your silver spoon, dig your grave”
Glad I wasn’t the only one!
Out of curiosity I checked out Witchy Woman. According to places on the internet (which often isn’t reliable) the song was inspired by a biography about Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
She was put in a mental hospital (drove to madness). The silver spoon may be a reference to absinthe.
That is from internet sources. I don’t have any knowledge on the subject.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
Life goes on, brah
Maybe a little off for this thread, but I am doing voice editing on my podcast and something obvious which I didn’t realize is that every hour I spend scripting is 2+ hours I don’t have to waste editing.
A post was split to a new topic: How Do I Put My Words Into Expression?
…mussels, Muscatel, Stan Musial…
I didn’t know museum or mosaic either. Thank you for the information. You learn something new every day (hopefully).
Here is the story.
I recently learned that guitar pioneer Les Paul’s first name was “Lester”. I always just assumed he was French.
Maybe it’s an urban legend, but I heard that Fitzgerald committed his wife unjustly so he could go out with other women.
At the ad agency where I art directed, the TV commercial guys saw my cartoons and asked if i could do them a storyboard. I said Sure! (I figured, it’s basically a comic strip that takes up sixty seconds). “Can you do us one…umm, now?” as the camera crew showed up, ready to go.
Not only did I get to go along on the shoot (I’d pointed out places in the commercial where the lighting or setting or props would be crucial), but going forward I got to do a couple of storyboards a week.
Because they figured out my fifteen minutes of pre-planning equalled three hours of time saved.
At videographers’ (and the crew’s) day rates, it paid off.
In the Simon and Garfunkel song Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine, they ask “Are you worried that your girlfriend’s just a little late?” I’ve been singing along to that song for fifty years, and I always took it to mean “Are you worried that your girlfriend is standing you up for a date?” and NOT “Are you worried that she might be pregnant?”
I was a naive fifteen-year old.
My WAG is that it is a double meaning since back in those days I would be totally blissfully ignorant of a GFs cycle.
Back in those days, the GF would inform you if she was late.
I miss not having to understand anything about women…
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(But I appreciate the education you’ve given me, dear!)
In case my wife reads this after I’m dead…