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johnfowles · 10-23-2004, 11:44 AM

quote:Originally posted by djb:
Harmony is serious, and stop calling her "Shirley"!

Hey David are you talking about Har-money or silverheel's home town in Surrey, England (near Croydon)!
Oh yes and talking of TWOTEF (2-TEFF) anomolies I always think when I hear the song that Gord's arithmetic is somewhat suspect too
"In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral,The church bell chimed til it rang twenty-nine times,For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald "
I make that 3481 sonorous bell rings which must have driven the burghers of Detroit wild and/or deef
And while we are at it I also note that:-
"Father Richard W. Ingalls, (is the) Rector of historic Mariners' Church of Detroit,"
So Gord has rather embellished the title of this Church. What other kind of sailor is there anyway??

again poetic licence!!
John Fowles
A friend of mine told some jokes about religion and got put on the Sects Offenders List.

10-23-2004, 11:44 AM	#6
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by djb: Harmony is serious, and stop calling her "Shirley"! Hey David are you talking about Har-money or silverheel's home town in Surrey, England (near Croydon)! Oh yes and talking of TWOTEF (2-TEFF) anomolies I always think when I hear the song that Gord's arithmetic is somewhat suspect too "In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral,The church bell chimed til it rang twenty-nine times,For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald " I make that 3481 sonorous bell rings which must have driven the burghers of Detroit wild and/or deef And while we are at it I also note that:- "Father Richard W. Ingalls, (is the) Rector of historic Mariners' Church of Detroit," So Gord has rather embellished the title of this Church. What other kind of sailor is there anyway?? again poetic licence!! John Fowles A friend of mine told some jokes about religion and got put on the Sects Offenders List.