anyone else love Tom Lehrer ?

[MorticiaAnnSpookington]

the elements

. Yes. Fab.

I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips,
I take a healthy bite of
Your dainty fingertips.
My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand as
A special souvenir

(appropriate for Halloween).

Yes.
When I am happy in the spring I sing 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park'.

Was disappointed to discover Lobachevsky was a perfectly ordinary mathematician and not a famous plagiarist

yes long standing fan

DH quite often sings Poisoning pigeons in the Park too .

Yes -

my dad used to have all the records and we loved them as kids - I learned the elements one by heart once...

I love 'Be prepared'

'If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind
And you come across a girl scout who is similarly inclined
Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared,
Be prepared!'

one for my fellow Catholics

In My Home Town

'I remember Sam
He was the village idiot
And thought it seems a pity it
Was so
He used to burn down houses just to watch the glow
And nothing could be done
Because he was the mayor's son'

Yes, brings back memories of my Mum. Not sure of my fave's title but it goes 'About a girl I'll sing a song, sing rickety, tickety tin....she did every one of them in'.

Very amusing and we all thought they were 'naughty' songs and glad to be allowed to hear them.

Am thinking of posting a link to that on another thread where someone is asking all about Catholicism...

I play the elements annually when teaching the periodic table.

I say, right, listen to this carefully, and then I'm going to ask you to write down as many elements as you can remember...

"When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide."

I love his songs.

Especially the smut one.

I used to find this song a comfort...

Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
There will be no more misery
When the world is our rotisserie,
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.

OMG Now you're talking, A Tom Lehrer thread.

In Old Mexico

At last, the matador did what we wanted him to.
He raised his sword and his aim was true.
In that moment of truth I suddenly knew
That someone had stolen my wallet.

Or my all time fav..about Oedipus

So be sweet and kind to Mother,
Now and then have a chat.
Buy her candy or some flowers or a brand new hat.
But maybe you had better let it go at that!

HE IS BRILLIANT

I'm so happy that people love him too !

Oh and I often think to myself grimly about 'sliding down the razor blade of life' thanks to Tom.

this

'Get in line in that processional
Step into that small confessional
there the guys who's got religion'll
Tell you if your sin's original'

genius

I use the Elements every time I teach the subject

I loved Neil Hannon's version of "I hold your hand in mine"

In fact, thats how I discovered Tom Lehrer.

MB - was thinking of you with The Elements !!

It's 'The Irish Ballad'. Used to think it was hysterical and I still do!

The kids love it!

We managed to play it in about 4 lessons a few weeks ago.

In the end they were throwing their hand up in the air every time they heard a metal!

LOL

I daresay they've discovered at Harvard some new elements since it was written