I wonder what they smoke in Nepal.
Way up in Tibet where the “lamas” are guys
And the tops of the mountains are scraping the skies–
Lives a furry-haired fellow that we rarely see:
The Abominable Snowman HATES publicity.
(CHORUS)
He hates it when folks come to view him–
Acquaintances, he won’t renew 'em–
And his friends they are few and far between–
He’s the star that NOBODY’S seen.
Way up in Tibet where the snow doesn’t melt,
Lives a real introvert with a luxury pelt.
He’s got size-sixteen feet and a nature quite shy.
He’s ducking his fans, and you may wonder why.
CHORUS
His phone is unlisted, his subscriptions expired,
His mail gets returned, his agent’s been fired.
He might be in Bali, or in Timbuktu–
Why heck, he might be-in disguise-next to you!
CHORUS
The Snowman has heard of the Bison and Crane
And the Passenger Pigeon, who struggled in vain.
His fur is so fine, he’d surely be “minked”
And he’d rather be lonesome than known as extinct!
CHORUS (with vigor)
copyright 1997 Pamela W. Peterson (that’s me)
SNORT
Don’t do that! I nearly snorted coffee over my keyboard!
“What no one knew - is that Bumbles bounce!”
Manimal? Now I remember why I stopped watching network TV.
Chronos wrote:
Shangri-La was the fictional hidden city in the book (and movie) Lost Horizon.
Shambhala on the other hand, is the legendary hidden city of the Himalayas in Buddhist tradition.
Hey, the whole story got started this way. Actually Yeti was called something else. All we know is that his first name was ‘Snow’. Once after hitting the bottle a bit too much, he decided to hit the local bar for some more. It went something like this:
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Snow
Snow who?
'Sno use, I’ve forgotten my name.
Hence the renamed him Yeti, Nepalese for “piss drunk dumb f**k.”
Snappy little song there AuntPam! Bet you never thought you’d be able to work that into a conversation. Reminds me of when I got to talk about slug rectums at a dinner party.
What if the creature was a female?
Would that mean we have to call it “The Abominable Snow Woman”? Or maybe “The Snow Woman with issues”?
No, I dated her. Her name is Jill.
Lumpy wrote:
Shambala, m’lord, Shambala,
Shambala, m’lord, Shambala,
Shambala, m’lord, Shambala,
O Lord, Shambala.
Oh, I dunno. Didn’t you see what he did to Daffy Duck? That was pretty abominable.
“I’ll hug him and pet him…” etc. He really did a number on his neck.
Well, if it’s on the Discovery Channel, it must be true!
Wasn’t that one of those after-school specials?!?