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Not Bad
by David Gill - 10/15/24 03:27 PM
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Rt 23
by Bill Draper - 10/15/24 03:23 PM
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The Wait
by Ken Randall - 10/14/24 11:15 PM
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In You
by bennash - 10/13/24 01:16 PM
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Back by popular demand!  While He Plays His Fiddle I ask him, "are you bad? He answers, "yeah a little" I ask him, are you sad? He says "I've got my fiddle" I try to find out more But he is noncommittal Sometimes you've got to quit Unless you wish to quibble CHORUS So I sit down to my plate of vittles And listen while he plays his fiddle I cook the corned beef hash myself That's why it tastes like kibble But his fiddling sounds real happy Like the crackling of my griddle He isn't bad He isn't sad While he plays his fiddle He finishes his tune I wipe off my old griddle The meaning of it all Will always be a riddle Each morning comes along Greasing up my griddle Not long before he's there To fire up his fiddle CHORUS So I sit down to my plate of vittles And listen while he plays his fiddle I cook the corned beef hash myself That's why it tastes like kibble But his fiddling sounds real happy Like the crackling of my griddle He isn't bad He isn't sad While he plays his fiddle (c) 2014, Lisa Gundling
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LOL,i like it when you can diddle with your fiddle.A fun one fer sure.Mike
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Hi Michael,
Hey -- it wasn't written like THAT!
Good grief! {laughing!}
Well, okay, it's accidentally fun then!
Lisa
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Hey Again Michael, I'm still flabbergasted at my own ridiculousness and since I didn't mean this lyric to take that twist, but completely see how it could hardly be read any other way...I decided to remove it!  Lisa
Last edited by Lisa Gundling; 09/27/14 05:49 PM.
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Well darn - sorry I missed it.
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I was about to revisit this one too Lisa lol
Travis
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Dang it! I missed it too. Sounds like it was a fun one Lisa.  David
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That'll teach me I should be here more often...
If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop
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LOL,i like it when you can diddle with your fiddle.A fun one fer sure.Mike Hahahaha! ,,,Oh, That reminds me!,,,,
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LOL,i didn't mean nothing but this being a good fiddlin' song.Now if i turned my words around,then it may mean something else.i was asked as a kid,do i fiddle with my diddle or do i diddle with my fiddle?Please repost your fiddlin' song again.
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Whatever it was, instead of deleting it why not just send it to Calvin to be what it was meant to be? 
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i actually thought of Calvin when i read it but thought it might be too fast for Calvin to fiddle with but that dude might surprise me and throw a hoedown.
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Hi Michael, Travis, Colin, David, John, Johnny, Mark and Calvin, Your comments have me cracking up! I've reposted the lyric, although you'll find it's a huge disappointment, based upon all the hype! I think it's amusing that Mark has dragged poor, innocent Calvin into this TOTAL DEBACLE of a thread! Lisa
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I am glad I came back. That is a cool and clever lyric.....don't let anyone tell you otherwise. And if someone has a dirty mind and wants to interpret it a different way, so what? - maybe Niki Minaj would fiddle with it.
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Ditto to Colin's thoughts on this Lisa, double entendre's No way! Never use them myself lol
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Hi Colin, Thanks so much! I'm smiling that you like it! It was my own mind that went diddling around after Michael made his funny comment! I'm my own worst enemy! I'll get on the horn now with Niki and let you know when she gets back to me! Thanks for your nice visit! Lisa
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Hi Travis,
Well then, ditto my comments to Colin!
THANKS!!
Lisa
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Hi Lisa,
another great write! This is so high energy and so much fun, you really can't go wrong. I don't see where I can honestly suggest anything to improve it. Looks ready to go to me! Great job!
David
PS. Forget the hype. This certainly did not disappoint!
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Hi David,
I'm SO delighted that you liked this!!
THANKS for your great comments!
Lisa
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What a clever write.
Reminds me of that fine establishment, the nursery rhyme and poems such as:
"Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there ...."
Where did the idea come from?
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You went deep for those rhymes, Lisa. This makes me think of an ABBA song called "Dum Dum Diddle." (to be your fiddle).
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i'm glad you brought this one back,it's a goodun.
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She asked "you glad I put this back?"
I said "more than just a little"
I like when I can think askew
'bout some diddling with a fiddle
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Hi Vic,
Thanks so much -- I'm SO tickled you liked this!
With this, I was just amusing myself, trying to explore how couples fit different aspects of their lives into a life together, and how the activities that light a fire under us are so mysterious. The fiddle lighting a fire under the man in this, the griddle symbolizing that lighting of the fire too. The first two lines, which kicked off the whole thought process, came from a conversation i had once, regarding the definition of goodness and badness.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Hi Jim, The rhymes reflect the depth of my soul! I'll be looking up that ABBA song! Thanks for visiting! Lisa
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Hi Michael, Thanks for helping me through! Lisa
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Hi John,
You stop trying to take this down that fiddle diddling path again!
Laughing!!!
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Hi Lisa,
I'd like to suggest a little change of pace.
(All this diddling is making me dizzy.)
There are a bunch of griddles and fiddles in this song. How about a change of pace in the second pair of verses?
"He finishes his tune
I wipe off my frying pan
The meaning of it all
we'll never understand
Each morning comes along
Greasing up my frying pan
Not long before he's there
firing up his violin"
Just a thought.
Later,
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Hi Jim, The rhymes reflect the depth of my soul! I'll be looking up that ABBA song! Thanks for visiting! Lisa Dum Dum Diddle - ABBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtu-LeUJ1Kk
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Hi Stan,
It's nice to meet you and I'm sorry for the delay getting back here! I know exactly what you mean about all of the griddles and fiddles -- I was having a bit of fun with it. I'm going to review your very cool ideas and fiddle around with those verses and others some more!
Thanks so much!
Lisa
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Hi Jim, My, how you've CHANGED! Are we to call you KIM now?!!! And thanks for the link to the FUN ABBA song!! I see what you mean! Lisa
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She said "I disown all this diddling
With this lyric about fiddling
Because my mind is clean and pure as driven snow
So if you'll all excuse me
I'll interpret this less loosely
Than you cretins with your minds down there below"
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Lisa, Looks like you really had fun with this one. Another thought about fiddles. They involve no spittle. Good fun! Dave
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Hi John, You've had me chuckling since I read your comment this evening! I'm SO glad you've finally figured it out. I am as pure as the driven snow that fell five minutes ago. You are that sooty mound of melting snow in the corner of the parking lot that fell 15 days ago! Lisa
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Hi Dave,
YES -- I had never thought of how "spittle" could fit into this!
With a suggestion like that, you are obviously a cut above a mound of sooty snow! {laughing!}
Thanks for your fun visit!
Lisa
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Lisa, I can almost hear your giggles as you wrote this. It brings to mind my all time favorite nursery rhyme: Hey diddle, diddle/ the cat and the fiddle/ the cow jumped over the moon/ the little dog laughed to see such sport/ and the dish ran away with the spoon.
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Hi Dan,
Thanks! I was giggling as I wrote it -- I'm glad that came through! And yes, that's one of the greatest nursery rhymes -- there's something about the dish running away with the spoon that is simply charming!
Lisa
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Hi Lisa,This reads like country...WOW!! This reads so well.
I love when a writer can fit in a word like "noncommittal" in a line. Love the Chorus a lot. Oh my! where didn't you get this idea from. This was a job well done. You really make me feel good inside after reading your lyrics.
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Hi Irwin,
I'm delighted this gave you a smile -- THANKS! The "noncommittal" kind of came out of nowhere. It all stemmed from the first verse and then I was just having fun! So glad you enjoyed it!
Lisa
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