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Holiday Yeep [message #8796]

Wed, 24 December 2008 19:06

b_twin_1
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Holiday Yeep

and Christmas Song

[Updated on: Wed, 24 December 2008 19:49] by Moderator

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Wed, 24 December 2008 19:09

b_twin_1
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*dies*

*wipes tears from eyes*

Well done to Robin, Oisin and Blogmom! (The 3 Muskateers?? hehe)

And we don't have a tree to decorate. YAY! (It's a new trend! Embrace it! hehe)

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Wed, 24 December 2008 19:55

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Oh Robin, it's AWESOME.

I'm going to sing it all day tomorrow and frighten the ferrets. (They're used to it.)

Smooshes!

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Re: Holiday Yeep [message #8800 is a reply to message #8796 ]

Wed, 24 December 2008 20:40

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Totally off topic, but here's a gift for you. Just THINK of the fun you and the hellhounds could be having in the US (and it's lovely weather) right now!

http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/

Susan in Las Vegas

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Wed, 24 December 2008 20:53

skating librarian
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I am speechless.

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Re: Holiday Yeep [message #8803 is a reply to message #8796 ]

Wed, 24 December 2008 21:36

Black Bear
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Oh, wow.

Fabulous, Robin. THANK YOU.

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Wed, 24 December 2008 21:38

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Wonderful. So eerie and surprising!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."

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Re: Holiday Yeep [message #8808 is a reply to message #8796 ]

Wed, 24 December 2008 21:51

kalimeg
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OMG. A blunt opinion.

This song sounds like it belongs in a Harry Potter movie celebrating ... Solstice? Whatever the Potter winter holiday is.

Smile

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Wed, 24 December 2008 21:57

Susan from Athens
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Round of applause for Robin and the Heroines who inspired this effort!

_{“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges}

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Wed, 24 December 2008 22:55

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Well done, you!

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Thu, 25 December 2008 00:08

Maren
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Thanks Robin!

Merry Christmas to you, Peter, and hellhounds.

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Thu, 25 December 2008 02:33

Diane in MN
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Good work Robin, with assistance from Peter, and brava heroines all. Merry Christmas (or other seasonal good wishes) to you and yours and all on the Forum!

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Thu, 25 December 2008 02:41

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jmeadows wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 00:55

Oh Robin, it's AWESOME.

I'm going to sing it all day tomorrow and frighten the ferrets. (They're used to it.)

Isn't "frightening the ferrets" a Flanders and Swann song? Or maybe it should be! LOL

Loved the song Robin. Thankyou for sharing it with us and for the theme - blush!
Happy Christmas to you, started by bell ringing - perfect!

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Thu, 25 December 2008 03:33

Kenaressa
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Wow....and the sheet music for the vocal too! Majorly cool.

(Props to everyone involved in getting this up in time!)

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Re: Holiday Yeep [message #8831 is a reply to message #8796 ]

Thu, 25 December 2008 04:12

Susan in Melbourne
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Well, it's all over bar the shouting on this side of the world.
We've had a busy week with guests staying, a big dinner with friends last night, and lunch for 12 at my sister-in-law's place today. Two hours' drive each way! My Hero did the driving, bless him. We may glance at some ham and salad for tea shortly, and because there's nothing on television, will probably watch "The Gods Must Be Crazy" DVD that I got R for Christmas.
And so ends another Christmas Day. It was a beautiful, sunny, balmy 26 degrees today - just perfect. Thinking of those of you coping with snow and blizzards. Loved the video of the dog!
Merry Christmas everyone.

I'm editing this entry because the only reason I posted yesterday was to say 'Thank You' to Robin and the Forum Goddesses for the blog and the forum, and I forgot! I know that chemo shot my short-term memory to pieces, but that is ridiculous. Anyway, thank you - I enjoy your work very much.

[Updated on: Thu, 25 December 2008 21:35]

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Thu, 25 December 2008 07:07

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That's wonderful Robin!!!!

Thank you for sharing it with us, and I hope you and Peter are having a wonderful Christmas.

And Merry Christmas to everyone else too!

Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....

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Thu, 25 December 2008 07:32

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Well done!

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Thu, 25 December 2008 08:59

Mrs Redboots
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Thank you for sharing that, Robin; in a bit I shall listen to it properly on my shiny new noise-cancelling headphones and without, I hope, the background of my mother's swearing as she tries to send an e-mail to our cousins in South Africa and Australia! She can do it, but as I am there to hear her swear, she swears.

Happy, happy Christmas to you, the hellhounds, and Peter!

Mrs Redboots
I love my computer because my friends live in it!

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Thu, 25 December 2008 09:47

WandaV
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Hurray for the multi-talented Robin McKinley!!! Merry Christmas to the grand lady of literature and lay ringer of bells.

So are you going to tell us what Peter got you for Christmas?

WandaV in AL

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Thu, 25 December 2008 09:54

AJLR
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How very nice of you, Robin, (and Blgomom) to do this. I'm deeply impressed by the tune and turning a shade of delighted pink re the words! Smile

I hope you, Peter, and the HHs - and everyone else here - have a lovely day.

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Thu, 25 December 2008 12:21

Jeanne Marie
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Robin, that you SO MUCH for sharing this with us! I so enjoyed listening (AND READING ALONG!! YAY FOR YOU AND OISIN AND FINALE!!)

One of the things that most impresses me about you is that you continue to push yourself, always finding things to learn and experiment with and be enthusiastic about! I have always had little tolerance for people who moan and groan about how boring their life is, about how little there is to do. People like you (and most of the readers of this blog it seems) are exactly the kind of people I appreciate and want to surround myself with - people who are interesting, but mostly who are INTERESTED, and who never stop expanding their own horizons!! While it means we don't have lots of disposable time, we are NEVER bored!

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year!
Smiles and thanks,
Jeanne Marie

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Thu, 25 December 2008 17:53

Ithilien
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THANK YOU, Robin! *goes off to listen it again*

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Thu, 25 December 2008 18:19

Robin
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Yaay us. :)

Thank you. I do feel that way--the world is so full of things--we've had a thread on this blog a couple of times about all the things we do and all the ADDITIONAL things we WISH we could do. And I want to reiterate my plug for TEACHERS. I am taking this excuse partly because I know you're a teacher! Some stuff you can learn out of books, or make it up as you go along. Some stuff you really do need a *teacher.* Oisin *does* comparatively little (although recording my little pieces for me is not little to me!!!!) but in the first place he's THERE, someone/where I have to show up every week, and in the second place the little things he does/points out/suggests are SO DAMN CRUCIAL. Which is the sign of a good teacher. I keep remembering my disastrous two terms of 'harmony' in college--it wasn't badly taught in any of the standard ways and the professor gave me all the extra help I asked for (and a good thing too) . . . I was just HOPELESS at square-corners composition. It's one of the things that taught me that I'm not musical!!!!

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Fri, 26 December 2008 00:33

Diane in MN
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southdowner wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 01:41

Isn't "frightening the ferrets" a Flanders and Swann song? Or maybe it should be! LOL

There was a song from (I think) the At Last the 1948 Show called "I've Got a Ferret Sticking Up My Nose". I used to know all the words, but it's been a LONG time and I don't think I could get beyond part of the first verse. It was a very funny song.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Fri, 26 December 2008 00:37

Diane in MN
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Mrs Redboots wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 07:59

She can do it, but as I am there to hear her swear, she swears.

My husband does this, too, when his computer becomes uncooperative. Having an audience must make it lots more fun to vent.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Fri, 26 December 2008 00:45

Diane in MN
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Robin wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 17:19

Yaay us.

Thank you. I do feel that way--the world is so full of things--we've had a thread on this blog a couple of times about all the things we do and all the ADDITIONAL things we WISH we could do. And I want to reiterate my plug for TEACHERS. I am taking this excuse partly because I know you're a teacher! Some stuff you can learn out of books, or make it up as you go along. Some stuff you really do need a *teacher.* Oisin *does* comparatively little (although recording my little pieces for me is not little to me!!!!) but in the first place he's THERE, someone/where I have to show up every week, and in the second place the little things he does/points out/suggests are SO DAMN CRUCIAL. Which is the sign of a good teacher. I keep remembering my disastrous two terms of 'harmony' in college--it wasn't badly taught in any of the standard ways and the professor gave me all the extra help I asked for (and a good thing too) . . . I was just HOPELESS at square-corners composition. It's one of the things that taught me that I'm not musical!!!!

This is exactly right, and why I get seriously annoyed when people say "those who can, do; those who can't, teach" and mean it. How do they suppose "those who do" learned HOW in the first place? Good teachers are above rubies.

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Fri, 26 December 2008 01:46

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Unfortunately, I've run into some of my theatre teachers that -can't- 'do'. Perhaps they could have survived in the industry at one point, but I rather doubt it, with the attitude they have towards working with other people. I KNOW for a fact that they could NOT get consistent work in professional theatre. They might get a job, but they'd never get a second. *sigh*

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Fri, 26 December 2008 02:14

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Diane in MN wrote on Fri, 26 December 2008 05:33

southdowner wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 01:41

Isn't "frightening the ferrets" a Flanders and Swann song? Or maybe it should be! LOL

There was a song from (I think) the At Last the 1948 Show called "I've Got a Ferret Sticking Up My Nose".

Spppfffffff!! Tea up my nose and over keyboard!!!

Now I really want to hear this!!

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Fri, 26 December 2008 02:39

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Diane in MN wrote on Fri, 26 December 2008 05:45

Robin wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 17:19

... And I want to reiterate my plug for TEACHERS. I am taking this excuse partly because I know you're a teacher! Some stuff you can learn out of books, or make it up as you go along. Some stuff you really do need a *teacher.* Oisin *does* comparatively little (although recording my little pieces for me is not little to me!!!!) but in the first place he's THERE, someone/where I have to show up every week, and in the second place the little things he does/points out/suggests are SO DAMN CRUCIAL. Which is the sign of a good teacher.

The best teachers have a deep understanding of their subject; they often are excellent at what they do, although sometimes the most excellent are not the best teachers. What the best teachers all have is a pleasure in communicating, and the desire to listen to their learners.
My bell teacher celebrates my (small) successes and bears with my failures with humour and support. The more I learn, the more I realise I don't know (I *got* ropesight suddenly this week! Yaaay!!) but this just makes me want to learn more, due to the teaching I'm being offered.

Thank you to all those teachers out there Smile

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Fri, 26 December 2008 05:00

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Wow! What a wonderful song!

Thanks for sharing.

Smile

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Fri, 26 December 2008 12:38

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Very nice!

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Fri, 26 December 2008 19:25

Julia
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Ferret song?
Well, I think this might be it?
Scroll about halfway down page, there is an mp3 link thing for "The Ferret Song" as performed by John Cleese.

Smile

EDIT: Oh, and here are lyrics and a different music clip link type thing.

[Updated on: Fri, 26 December 2008 19:27]

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Fri, 26 December 2008 20:14

Robin
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Um . . . well . . . this is not my experience. Both the hellhounds and Peter get distressed if I get too bent. Mind you I can get *very bent indeed.*

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Fri, 26 December 2008 20:16

Robin
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YES. The social scorn/patronising of teachers is right up there in my pantheon of idiocy with the way that the corporate world thinks that children are something you do in your spare time. WILL YOU JOKERS PLEASE LOOK PAST THE END OF YOUR OWN NOSES??

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Fri, 26 December 2008 20:23

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YOU'VE *ALREADY* GOT IT ABOUT ROPESIGHT???? I HATE YOU!! I *****HATE***** YOU!!!!!!!!! ONLY TWELVE YEAR OLDS ARE ALLOWED TO PICK IT UP THIS QUICKLY!!!!!!

Speaking of teachers. And learners. :)

One of the things about the Truly Gifted is that they often don't *know* why they're good at something . . . which is equally often why they can't teach it. My first dressage teacher, who finally taught me not *to* ride so much as that I COULD LEARN to ride, was someone who'd had to learn the hard way herself and so was very *conscious* of the learning process and had thought about it and could explain it. Some people are good teachers IN SPITE of being gifted. :) Both my regular ringing masters--Edward and Wild Robert--fall in this category. In their case I think it's chiefly that they're just BESOTTED with bells and are delighted to have the opportunity to pass a little of it on. They're also both strangely happy to try to explain stuff that is WAY beyond the person who is asking the question (ahem!). :)

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Fri, 26 December 2008 20:37

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Ropesight?

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."

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Fri, 26 December 2008 22:01

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Robin wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 17:19

Yaay us.

I appreciate good teachers more and more, especially now that I'm teaching a couple of classes at my son's school. Plus I direct the handchime choir at church - I have 5 boys from 11 to 14 years old. For the little I do, I have to do so much preparation in order to do it RIGHT, it just boggles the mind to think of how much the fulltime teachers are doing.

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Sat, 27 December 2008 01:04

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Julia, bravissima! Ferret Song! YES!! YES!! Thank you!

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Sat, 27 December 2008 02:18

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southdowner wrote on Fri, 26 December 2008 09:14

Diane in MN wrote on Fri, 26 December 2008 05:33

southdowner wrote on Thu, 25 December 2008 01:41

Isn't "frightening the ferrets" a Flanders and Swann song? Or maybe it should be! LOL

There was a song from (I think) the At Last the 1948 Show called "I've Got a Ferret Sticking Up My Nose".

Spppfffffff!! Tea up my nose and over keyboard!!!

Now I really want to hear this!!

Did a quick search. Couldnt find it on YouTube, but you'll probably enjoy this. WARNING: It is recommended that this clip is not mixed with beverages of any sort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiXcElLW30A

Life always, always finds a way.

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Sat, 27 December 2008 02:21

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Robin wrote on Sat, 27 December 2008 03:14

Um . . . well . . . this is not my experience. Both the hellhounds and Peter get distressed if I get too bent. Mind you I can get *very bent indeed.*

I trust 'very bent indeed' means something different to you than it does to me <g,d,r>

Thank you for the song; thank you to Blogmom and Oisin for their help; and thank you for the blog and to the Heroines for inspiring it!

Life always, always finds a way.

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