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27. Agreed

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 10:27 PM

Jan 2016

I can especially relate to the line "February made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver..."
The absolute worst day I had as a paperboy was on a cold Sunday morning in February, when it was too slippery to ride my bicycle and the newspaper had a huge special edition to boot, so I had to make two trips to deliver all my papers, on foot. And while I was listening to my portable transistor radio to take my mind off my increasingly frozen feet, that was one of the songs that was played.

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Yikes. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #1

Give him life with no parole Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2016 #2

No kidding! What a crap song. I've never understood why Still In Wisconsin Jan 2016 #4

Because it is fun to sing. MADem Jan 2016 #10

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... mpcamb Jan 2016 #18

Cherry Pie is a better song snooper2 Jan 2016 #44

Easier to sing, certainly. MADem Jan 2016 #45

You wouilda had to be there at the time.........n/t dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #22

Agreed Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #27

It is a reference to this. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #28

It was only years later when I heard about the connection between the song Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #29

I've had the exact same thing happen. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #30

The later years? Whole many of the song references were obscure, 1monster Jan 2016 #35

I didn't understand it at the time Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #51

Not necessarily......... Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2016 #52

Is that sneering born perhaps of professional jealousy? - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #23

Maybe because it's really long Politicub Jan 2016 #69

This one? 1monster Jan 2016 #6

Oh, god! Vincent! Oh, OUCH. It's time someone paid Don back for that one. Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #13

I hate lots of songs other people like William Seger Jan 2016 #15

Pipe the muzak version into his cell. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #16

So, have you done better? If so, as they say, 1monster Jan 2016 #20

Kanye West Syndrome (n/t) William Seger Jan 2016 #33

You speak for many! Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #11

yup. JI7 Jan 2016 #17

Glad I scrolled down awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #50

When I was maybe 10 cannabis_flower Jan 2016 #53

Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye, perhaps??? MADem Jan 2016 #3

Yep! elleng Jan 2016 #8

Why do I need to know this? I simply do not care. YOHABLO Jan 2016 #5

Why do we need to know you don't care? elias49 Jan 2016 #7

I'm losing my mind! I just sang 3 or 4 bars of that dreadful song elias49 Jan 2016 #9

OMG! He's been slimed. And you! Using your doggie's ear as a song trash can. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #12

Mea freakin culpa Duncan elias49 Jan 2016 #14

Did he start growling? nomorenomore08 Jan 2016 #66

Sad to hear. GeorgeGist Jan 2016 #19

He should've been prosecuted for chapdrum Jan 2016 #21

Not a big fan of Buddy Holly or the Big Bopper, I take it? - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #24

With nothing relevant or substantive to add, I'd pretend that's relevant, too. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #42

Sometimes people just get under other peoples nerves (often on purpose) nolabels Jan 2016 #25

Speak for yourself. Most people criticizing him haven't engaged in domestic violence. LeftyMom Jan 2016 #57

I need a therapist? nolabels Jan 2016 #58

How precisely does beating a woman illustrate him as just another human? LanternWaste Jan 2016 #59

What source do you have he beat or struck someone multiple times? nolabels Jan 2016 #60

If not assault, what then specifically were you referring to that makes him more human LanternWaste Jan 2016 #61

Okay then, I feel sad for the both of them. nolabels Jan 2016 #62

I'm yet still wondering what specifically you were referring to that "makes him more human LanternWaste Jan 2016 #63

Was it the syntax or was it the imperfect way words do not always convey a feeling ? nolabels Jan 2016 #64

Hoping this will not be the day that he dies n/t Kennah Jan 2016 #26

He was called Cartoonist Jan 2016 #31

Nixon was at his best when he was just being "himself," as in when he would go bowling: Judi Lynn Jan 2016 #34

He's Fouling In That Bowling Photo ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #36

I noticed the foot foul too, the first time I saw that pic! MADem Jan 2016 #46

And who wears a suit cannabis_flower Jan 2016 #54

Someone who just doesn't feel comfortable in their own skin, and needs a suit (of armor) to MADem Jan 2016 #55

He's in for a world of pain FrodosPet Jan 2016 #65

I really loathe his work, but could we not revel in his sad story? DU is better than this. Indepatriot Jan 2016 #32

I posted in it, I didn't fucking revel in it Miles Archer Jan 2016 #40

I was indeed speaking of the jokes about him, not the item posted. Domestic Abuse is NEVER funny. Indepatriot Jan 2016 #41

Vincent is one of my favorite songs of all time. Kurska Jan 2016 #37

One of my favorite songs, too. Very literate. mainer Jan 2016 #38

It's a beautiful song, and a masterpiece of songwriting William Seger Jan 2016 #43

I'm a young guy myself, but I really respect a lot of the older singer-songwriters. Kurska Jan 2016 #48

McLean, Simon/ Garfunkel, etc. are poets mainer Jan 2016 #49

Should be noted he's charged with "simple assault," NOT battery. mainer Jan 2016 #39

He could have been yelling at his buddy bogarting that joint...we just do not know the details. MADem Jan 2016 #47

I prefer to hear both sides of the story Skittles Jan 2016 #56

But if the news had been that he had died, tavernier Jan 2016 #67

Houston next Friday w/ Judy Collins TexasBushwhacker Jan 2016 #68