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Hello Sitty Patty

They got this weird thing going on.
They have tthese parties and serve steaks. They save the bones and dry them out and even smoke them. They mix ground meat and pack it around the bone, and then do the same with the ground fat.
I tasted it: it was good but I was told not to encourage this sorta behavior.
They get all excited about the event and make jokes about being so poor that you'd recycle Steak bones and pack them with meat. I heard one guy say: that his father told him  when he goes to the store withhis mother, see if she's buying streaks or recyling the bones.He said that once she wanted to go buy a new bag, but didn't have enough money. So she took the money and bought cheaper ground meats and packed the bones and feed the family at 7 p.m. after the sun went down in a nearly lighted room, so they wouldn't notce the difference. Said his Dad was beered up and didn't complain.


Neigh Vader Dinner Show
Bonzo Gonzo!
The Atrractive malo 
nd Groupie Bit!
The par ttime String arranger
with a very popular Orchestra.
"She loseted interest in Me"
by Swoogie Soup-Pals

Premium Member Meet the King of Kings

The King of Rock n Roll
Met the King of kings
The Queen of Soul 
Met the King of kings
The Prince of Pop
Met the King of kings
Tuff Gong 
Met the King of kings
Road Test Ronnie
Met the King of kings
The Big Man
Met the King of kings
The Sky Dog
Met the King of king
The Mozart of Rock Guitar
Met the King of kings
The Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness
Met the King of kings
The Lizard King
Met the King of kings
Bonzo and the Ox
Met the King of kings
The Man in Black
Met the Kings of kings
Moon the Loon
Met the King of kings
The Professor
Met the King of kings
The Purple One
Met the King of kings
The Genuis
Met the King of kings
The Caruso of Rock
Met the King of kings
The Queen of Rock n Roll
Met the King of kings
The Gambler
Met the King of kings
The First lady of Country
Met the King of kings
The Prince of Darkness
Met the King of kings

One day I hope to meet
The King of kings

Premium Member Bedtime For Bonzo

He tore up all the tulips
    and trampled all the grapes
He made a strong mint julep
    and spilled it on the drapes
He cut down all the myrtles
    and made himself some crepes
Went to the zoo
    took off his shoes
        and flung them at the apes!


Premium Member Remembering the 1950's

Baseball cards and hula hoops
  Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup

Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
  Mamie and Ike in the White House

American Bandstand, Rock 'n Roll
  Elvis the Pelvis, Nat King Cole

Pez Dispensers and Kool-Aid
  Bedtime for Bonzo, Panty Raids

Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile
  Superman was the ‘Man of Steel’

Archie & Veronica, Mad Magazine
  Skirts and Bobby-Sox, Jukebox Scenes 

The Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry
  Durward Kirby and a Moore named Gary

The Price is Right, Let’s Make a Deal
  Hostess Twinkies – b & w newsreels

A Dog named Lassie and Rin Tin Tin
  Yankees and Celtics always win

Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks
  Whitey Ford, Hammerin' Hank

Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare
  Semi-Crewcuts or Slicked-back hair

The 1950’s weren’t built to last
  Still and all ~ quite a cast!

Premium Member Dessert Is the End

The House Soup of the Day
  By me always holds sway
Be it tomato or potato ~
  Hold the 'tender chunks of crow'

As for appetizers
  Make sure they're not from Pfizer
And leave out the salad greens
  I abhor abdominal vaccine

Now, as for the main course
  Please don't serve monkey or horse
What if I ate a future Bonzo or Mr. Ed
  I'd rather starve, thank you...
           'real tears' I'm known to shed 

Finally, we come to dessert
  My preference, I hereby blurt
If I've already eaten my fill ~ then
  Dessert, your favorite poet kills

Premium Member Outhouse Blues

Sitting in the outhouse,
Gettin' high on turds;
Thinking about my crappy life,
Can't sum it up in words

The kids ain't worth a quarter,
They're meaner than the mob;
All they do is eat and fart,
They won't go find a job!

I have a cat named Bonzo,
He hates his litterbox;
Squats wherever he chooses,
Right on my favorite socks

My stupid dog Binky,
Dumber than an English pea;
He never barks at strangers,
Instead, he barks at me!

My bills are in collections,
I'm about to lose my job;
The car's in repossession,
I feel like a rotten slob

Maybe I'll grab my gun,
And try to end it all;
Enough with all the drama,
I'm tired of takin' the fall!

When I think I've had enough,
Others have it worse;
Suicide's the cheap way out,
It's time to put God first!

Who knows if I'll be homeless,
Standing in a kitchen's line;
Today the skies are dreary,
Tomorrow's sun will shine


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