Things Learned Along the Way

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blondie

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
by Rolf Harris
Lyrics:
There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying
And he gets himself up on one elbow
And he turns to his mates, who are all gathered 'round him
And he says

Watch me wallaby's feed, mate
Watch me wallaby's feed
They're a dangerous breed, mate
So watch me wallaby's feed

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl
Keep me cockatoo cool
Don't go acting the fool, Curl
Just keep me cockatoo cool

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Take me koala back, Jack
Take me koala back
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac
So take me koala back

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Let me abos go loose, Lou
Let me abos go loose
They're of no further use, Lou
So let me abos go loose

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Mind me platypus duck, Bill
Mind me platypus duck
Don't let him go running amok, Bill
Just mind me platypus duck

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Play your didgeridoo, Blue
Play your didgeridoo
Uh, like, keep playing while I shoot through, Blue
Play your didgeridoo

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I'm dead
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And that's it hanging on the shed

All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
blondie

No Australians?
Where is that ozziepost?
beautifulisfree

"If you're going through hell~ Keep going!
blondie
blondie

From my files during the days the gossip at the KH weighed me down:
“They Say,” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. “Have you heard of the terrible family, They,
And the dreadful, venomous things They say?
Why, half the gossip under the sun,
If you trace it back, you will find begun,
Is that retched House of They. A numerous family, so I am told,
Genealogical tree is old;
Forever since Adam and Eve began
To build up the curious race of man,
Has existed the House of They... Gossip mongers and spreaders of lies,
Horrid people who all despise!
And yet the best of us now and then,
Repeat cruel tales about women and men
And quote the House of They. It is wholly useless to follow a They
With a whip or a gun, for he slips away
And into his house, where you cannot go;
It is locked and bolted and guarded so -
This horrible House of They. Though you cannot get in, yet They go out,
And spread their villainous tales about;
Of all the rascals under the sun
Who have come to punishment, never won,
Belong to the House of They.”
blondie

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."--George Orwell
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.-- George Orwell
BritBoy

If you can't feed 'em. Don't breed 'em.
blondie

In researching I found this in a 1955 WT (from a booklet released that year called "Survival after Death."
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w55 9/15 p. 571 par. 35 Part 2—What Do the Scriptures Say About "Survival After Death"? ***
But Jehovah God created them as clean spirits, his heavenly sons, members of his spirit family. They were not created immortal, but mortal, yet with the opportunity to live everlastingly by continuing to be clean, holy, spirit sons of God. Otherwise, now that quite a number of these have become demons, they could not be destroyed from the universe.
And backtracking, the WTS said in 1956 (no further information seems to have ever been printed)
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w56 4/1 p. 219 Questions From Readers ***
?
An answer in the November 15, 1955, Watchtower said Jehovah could, if he wished, destroy even an immortal creature. The booklet What Do the Scriptures Say About "Survival After Death"? says that if the demons had originally been created immortal they could not be destroyed from the universe. Which is correct?—J. L., United States.
The statement in the booklet about survival after death refers to immortality according to its basic meaning of deathlessness, indestructibleness. The other statement about God’s ability to destroy even an immortal creature rested upon the view that he is absolutely almighty without any limitation upon his own power by even himself. So this latter statement presented what seems in accord with this view. However, it enters into the realm of speculation, because it is in fact based on a speculative question.
Hence we are letting the statement in the booklet stand, in accord with the meaning of absolute immortality as conveyed in the Holy Scriptures. A fuller discussion on this may be expected in time in the columns of The Watchtower.
jgnat

I just finished Betty Friedan's memoir. I'm saving my favorite quotes from her book here, for safekeeping:
Underneath, thre was a sense of dread and yet a sense of existential necessity. Like I didn't plan it, I just knew what had to be done and the next thing that had to be done. (p 180)
It was my mandate, my rule that we were creating an ideology for this revolution, and that we were improvising as we went along, but our revolution had to test against life. If it opened life for women and therefore others, fine. If it didn't, forget it. (p 232)
My strengths lay in inspiring and leading the masses and fighting the external enemies...I wasn't so good at fighting for power. And it just wasn't worth it. (p 255)
I remember watching [Casals] conduct and having a sense of incredible power coming from this frail, elderly man. He conducted with his whole body, his whole person. You knew, or at least I felt, that you were in the presence of ultimate human self-realization. (p 265)
Power comes from authenticity... (p 322)
That larger morality, that feeling of being part of something larger than yourself, is what carries social evolution and human evolution forward. It's very important and I don't think my kids' generation has that. (p 373)
From "Life So Far" by Betty Friedan, 2000. Paperback 2001
blondie

George Carlin:
Avoid teams at all cost.
Keep your cicle small.
Never join a group that has a name.
If they say, "We're the So-and-Sos," take a walk.

Things Learned Along the Way

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

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