CP wrote on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:12:51 -0700 (PDT):
> On Jul 3, 1:14 pm, Janet Baraclough
> <janet.and.j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> The message <31pufkxlv96u.15s9u5chlnx0w....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> from Waldo Centini <"waldocentini[NOSPAM]"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> contains these words:
>>
> >> Climb every mountain, search high and low
> >> Follow every by way, every path you know
> >> Climb every mountain, ford every stream
> >> Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
> >> A dream that will need, all the love you can give
> >> Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
> >> Climb every mountain, ford every stream
> >> Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream
> >> A dream that will need, all the love you can give
> >> Everyday of your life, for as long as you live
> >> Climb every mountain, ford every stream
> >> Follow every rainbow, till you find your... dream...
>>
>> Get back on topic.
>>
>> Did anyone ever notice, in Sound of Music, that nanny
>> Maria never fed the children a sit-down meal? And none of her
>> favourite things included food ?
> Actually, they do - and there are possibly enough of them to
> cobble together a sit-down meal, too! Let's see what we can
> make of her list. Well the raindrops on roses can be used to
> boil things in, and you can drink water too, so that's as good
> a start as any. Rose petals are edible, I believe, as are
> kittens in some cultures. The copper kettles will come in
> useful, as will the 'crisp apple strudels', which always make
> for a hearty pudding course. She mentions cream-coloured
> ponies, too, and horseflesh can be really tasty if cooked
> well. Her 'schnitzel with noodles' would probably be the
> entree, followed by 'wild geese that fly with the moon on
> their wings'. (One could stuff the geese with rose petals and
> pony meat, perhaps?). The snowflakes 'that stay on my nose and
> eyelashes' could be turned into a nice rose-petal sorbet,
> while the dog - 'when the dog bites' - would be ideal if the
> Von Trapp kids felt particularly adventurous and wished to try
> Korean food. Bees are mentioned too, so presumably there would
> be honey for tea. And all of this served by the 'girls in
> white dresses with blue satin sashes'.
LOL! But in reality, a lot of the von Trapps succeeded in growing up!
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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