# Tom Lerher lyrics question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lerher-lyrics-question/392223 "2007-02-14T17:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lerher-lyrics-question/392223/21 "2007-02-15T07:53:17Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] I think the apology was for the bad pun, actually. I’ll search my complete New Yorker cartoons CD for the first reference there (there must be one.) [/QUOTE] Humph. No there isn’t. I suppose the punch line was too cliched for the New Yorker to use it. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lerher-lyrics-question/392223/22 "2007-02-15T09:46:02Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Humph. No there isn’t. I suppose the punch line was too cliched for the New Yorker to use it. [/QUOTE] Here’s a nice take on [The Elements](http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lerher-lyrics-question/392223/23 "2007-02-15T12:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Here’s a nice take on [The Elements](http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) [/QUOTE] “Set to a possibly recognizable tune. This may prove useful to you someday. In a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lerher-lyrics-question/392223.md?page=1)