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December 08, 2005, 20:52
Quiltin' Fool
A song by any other name...
We are playing a new game on one of my lists. Guess the song title... but please don't feel you have to stick to a holiday theme.

Adorn the Vestibules

Nureyev, the crimson proboscis airbone quadriped
December 08, 2005, 23:48
tinman
Adorn the Vestibules with Boughs of Ilex . . .

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly . . .

Tinman
December 09, 2005, 01:32
arnie
quote:
Nureyev, the crimson proboscis airbone quadriped
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

Jehovah relax you drunken men of refinement.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 09, 2005, 04:40
Quiltin' Fool
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Allow It to Precipitate Coldly
December 09, 2005, 05:18
saranita
Let It Snow!

Locomoting within the nirvana of a nuclear fission meltdown accident
December 09, 2005, 06:43
Quiltin' Fool
Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

Good One!!!

Breast area afficianados moving molecules at very high speed on a fully available high heat source
December 09, 2005, 07:40
Hic et ubique
"Breast area aficiandos?" I love it! Big Grin

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

The nit, belonging to our fine ruler's lusty serving lady, scanned the room.
[Warning: Pun alert!]
December 09, 2005, 07:58
Quiltin' Fool
Is it Good King Wenceslaus looked out on the feast of Stephen?

If so, where is the pun? And what is the nit?
December 09, 2005, 09:00
Hic et ubique
Very good! the pun, and the nit, are these:

(fine ruler's) (lusty serving lady's) (nit) (scanned the room)
equals
(Good King) (wench's)-(louse) (looked out)

QF, you're not on line and didn't post a new song, so I'll poach.

M'lords, clothe Marie [Pun again]
December 10, 2005, 06:59
Quiltin' Fool
I'm afraid I'm gonna need some help on this one. The brain is not giving it up
December 10, 2005, 07:03
Quiltin' Fool
oh my... I got it.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

(GoDress Ye Marie ....)

Listen Up! The Cherubim in charge of making announcements and declaring protocol will be indulging in vocal harmonizing this evening.
December 10, 2005, 07:33
Seanahan
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing

I'm in a hurry this morning, so a bad pun...

A warrior that battles a dragon at frequencies below 20 hz.
December 11, 2005, 10:56
saranita
Silent [k]night

Skyward, atop the domicile roof
December 11, 2005, 18:08
haberdasher
Up on the housetops...



To the east, Cuban dictators!! (trilingual pun)
December 11, 2005, 18:18
Quiltin' Fool
Sunrise Castros???
December 11, 2005, 18:19
Quiltin' Fool
Adeste Fidelis??? HAH HAH HAH

All of us, triune, rulers; occidental we ain't.
December 12, 2005, 05:54
arnie
We three kings of Orient are.

Not at home in a trough.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 12, 2005, 09:33
haberdasher
Away in a Manger



Song of Campanology


Hint: (highlight with your mouse only if you need it)
"Carillon's Noel" would also do it
December 14, 2005, 09:22
saranita
Carol of the Bells?

Tintinnabula of Ag
December 15, 2005, 18:20
haberdasher
"Silver Bells" ! good one!

...be in debt to the leather-making compound, creator of Dorothy and Toto
December 15, 2005, 19:20
Quiltin' Fool
Oh Tannenbaum!

Wonderful, Hab. I give that one a ten.


Tiny triumvirate; leaders all.
December 15, 2005, 20:02
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:
Originally posted by Quiltin' Fool:
Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

Good One!!!

Breast area afficianados moving molecules at very high speed on a fully available high heat source


I'm reminded of the dog named Chet who was taught to sing. When his left front paw was raised, he'd sing, "Oh, Come, Al Ye Faithful." When his left paw was raised, he'd sing, "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and when one placed a candle under his hindquarters he'd sing, "Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire..."
December 16, 2005, 11:53
haberdasher
quote:
Tiny triumvirate; leaders all.


We(e) Three Kings...

Ilex and climbing Hedera species
December 16, 2005, 12:19
Quiltin' Fool
The Holly and the Ivy

This one is convoluted and a bit tortured, but here goes:

What did southern cracker German say when asked why he was attempting to determine the gravitational pull of the Governator's wife?
December 16, 2005, 13:11
Caterwauller
I am completely stumped! I wish I'd gotten to this game earlier in the run! Someone solve this one and give me an easier challenge! LOL


*******
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
December 16, 2005, 14:37
haberdasher
What did southern cracker German say when asked why he was attempting to determine the gravitational pull of the Governator's wife?


...It might be "Away in a Manger", because to determine the gravitational pull is to weigh, but I can't connect the rest of it.

As he's a German Colonel, maybe it should be "-vay-" instead of -way-, but I can't think of any songs offhand with that sound in the title...

Is that a starting point at least?
December 16, 2005, 15:26
Quiltin' Fool
Yes. Ah Vay is a start. He says "Ah" because he is southern. U.S. Southern I guess, but German so he says "v" for the "w" in weigh. The rest should be easy.
December 16, 2005, 15:36
Seanahan
Well, the Governator's wife is named Maria...
December 16, 2005, 16:35
haberdasher
OK, S, then you're up for the next one !


Later - I just deciphered out "Governator" - he's Arnold Schwartzenegger, the Terminator/Governor of California. And his wife is Maria Shriver. (smack-upside-the-head emoticon)

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December 18, 2005, 08:30
Caterwauller
She was even shooting me hints in email, and I couldn't get it. Duh.


*******
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
December 18, 2005, 10:44
haberdasher
Even a Full Professor only gets twenty minutes, so I'll fill in for the nonce. Seanahan, take back your place at the head of the line whenever you want ! Smile

In the meantime,

There was really good visibility for that nocturnal arrival.
December 18, 2005, 12:46
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:


There was really good visibility for that nocturnal arrival.


At precisely 12:00AM?

What about the paean to Terpsichore by a group of jokesters? Hint: Smetana
December 18, 2005, 14:02
Seanahan
Actually, I've been really busy, and as you noticed, I never actually "solved" the puzzle, since I haven't had time to make a new one, so until someone "solves" it, the board is open.

Also, I prefer "Gubenator" to "Governator".
December 18, 2005, 15:21
<Asa Lovejoy>
Didn't I just post another one - a non Xmas one?

Asa the confoosed Confused
December 18, 2005, 16:05
haberdasher
Smetana?

The Moldau ?
Ma Vlast ?
sour cream ? (in Yiddish, anyway)

Ah. Dance of the Comedians. Isn't that Kabalevsky?
December 18, 2005, 16:12
haberdasher
ICLIU, and I did. Smetana it is. Maybe I was thinking of the music to Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh. That ought to be Dance of the Hours, from The Comedians ? No, that's by Ponchielli.

How about Tchaikowski, Lupus ? I'm sure about that one, at least. It's by Prokofiev, though, not Tchaikowsky.
December 18, 2005, 18:17
<Asa Lovejoy>
I believe Kabelevsky lifted it from Smetana. Such stuff is not unheard of. Look how many Broadway tunes were written by Alexander Pee Borodin, but credited to Rogers and Hammerhead!
December 18, 2005, 18:35
haberdasher
Yes, but that was Fate, or Karma, or Kismet. Whatever.
December 19, 2005, 09:38
haberdasher
To resume - Tchaikowski, Lupus
(not holiday-related)
December 19, 2005, 13:12
Quiltin' Fool
Peter and the Wolf

and on another non-holiday piece...

Plow the fields, fossil fuel and catalogs!
December 19, 2005, 13:13
Quiltin' Fool
and.... I LOVE THE PICTURE AT THE TOP! Sorry to shout, but what a lovely surprise.
December 19, 2005, 17:17
haberdasher
quote:
another non-holiday piece...

Plow the fields, fossil fuel and catalogs!

Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile

Merry Prankness!!!
(that's Richard Strauss !)

I'm not sure I have a comeback after that one !
December 19, 2005, 17:27
haberdasher
"Sugary avian conflagration" maybe?

But it's going to be a long time before anyone tops your last one, QF (hat's-off emoticon)
December 20, 2005, 10:14
Quiltin' Fool
I need some clues on this one, Hab!
December 20, 2005, 12:38
haberdasher
Try translating from Latinoid polysyllables to Anglo-Saxon monosyllables?
December 20, 2005, 13:13
Quiltin' Fool
I'm stumped.

Sweet bird fire

saccharine phoenix

my brain hurts!
December 20, 2005, 16:40
haberdasher
You got it, the first time! Now you just have to rearrange it. (Read it backwards !)
December 20, 2005, 16:58
Quiltin' Fool
FIRE BIRD SUITE!

Clever man...

Terpsichorean performance of the pink blooming tree, my limp-wristed friend.
December 20, 2005, 18:12
haberdasher
That one's Tchaikowski! Among other things, part of Pecan-fragmenter candy, too.
December 20, 2005, 18:26
<Asa Lovejoy>
Only pecans? What about walnut walloping and cashew crushing?

Now, on a holiday theme, Sir Rodney with an aperture.