[bomp] vos savant

["mykel" <satch.mykels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Sknoof@aol.com wrote:
>
> One column I always read in the Sunday paper is
> Marilyn vos Savant.  (For
> anyone who hasn't seen her, she's the Guinness
> record-holder for "highest
> measured IQ."  So she writes this weekly column
> where people ask her to
> explain the universe, and unfailingly she does it.)
>
> Always entertaining.  But today she's BUSTED.
>
> Someone writes in and asks some question (which I've
> already forgotten) about
> popular music and what makes it popular.  So she
> launches into a
> well-reasoned paragraph about how sometimes it's the
> singer, sometimes it's
> the song, sometimes it's the recording, but most
> often it's a serendipitous
> combination of these factors.  She talks about
> one-hit wonders for a second,
> and I'm thinking, "Wow, she has a pretty good
> understanding of how this all
> works," and THEN.......she ends up with "...after
> all, not very many people
> are going to want to hear anyone other than Elvis
> Presley sing 'Hound Dog'."

so, i've been holding onto this post for quite awhile now, cuz i do read
marilyn every week.....but this column still hasn't hit a certain inbred
plainsbilly's local paper.  the person i talked to at the omaha world herald
(that was about a month ago) assured me that WE get the very same column the
rest of the country does...but is that true??  today's column had something to
do with female hormones...can't tell ya where it went from there cuz that was
my cue to STOP READING!

and while i'm here, anybody heard these songs?

If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now.

I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here.

I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better.

Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye.

Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure.

My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him.

She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger.

If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life,Then Number Two On You.

I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, 'Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win.

You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly.

You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat.

I Haven't Gone To Bed With Any Ugly Women, But I've Sure Woke Up With A  Few.

no, that's not the track-list for my upcoming solo album, laurent. ;)

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