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Tuesday Afternoon

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4. oh lord. Maybe people will follow you around, too --
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 01:08 AM
Jan 2014

Some people take high offense to all this, yanno

I am a Mongrel with Seven Different Bloodlines. Proud To Be A Mongrel. Thank You Very Much!

Reminded of an old Elton John Tune ...



When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
My dear Archae! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2014 #1
If you are an American SCantiGOP Jan 2014 #61
Scottish, English here ailsagirl Jan 2014 #63
English, Irish and Scotish. But mostly Irish. n/t RebelOne Jan 2014 #66
My family has always joked about our mongrel status. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #2
My family does too. Archae Jan 2014 #6
Woof, woof. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2014 #3
oh lord. Maybe people will follow you around, too -- Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #4
Thanks, Archae! Don't you think we ought to let Ted Nugent No Vested Interest Jan 2014 #5
Mongrel here! CherokeeDem Jan 2014 #7
Proud Irish/Welsh mongrel here! pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #8
I knew we were cousins, ya bastid. nolabear Jan 2014 #10
I'll drink to that! pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #13
I had a DNA test done. I'm CERTIFIED mongrel! nolabear Jan 2014 #9
We knew you were certifiable pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #15
Can I ask about the DNA test? laundry_queen Jan 2014 #17
Genographic, sponsored by National Geographic Society, is one good choice sarge43 Jan 2014 #23
Sounds very cool. Thanks. laundry_queen Jan 2014 #26
Happy to help. sarge43 Jan 2014 #29
I'd like to do that too because pipi_k Jan 2014 #36
I really have to look up more Canadian history laundry_queen Jan 2014 #46
Yeah, one big problem pipi_k Jan 2014 #53
Yes, but I'd advise waiting a bit. I did it through 23andMe. nolabear Jan 2014 #38
Thanks for that laundry_queen Jan 2014 #44
I'm definitely a mutt TexasBushwhacker Jan 2014 #57
We all are. elleng Jan 2014 #11
Northern mongrel Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2014 #12
The idea that mongrels are inferior to purebreds Lionel Mandrake Jan 2014 #14
Present. laundry_queen Jan 2014 #16
Hi fellow Esto-Ukrainian! LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #39
pure mongrel here struggle4progress Jan 2014 #18
I'm such a mutt I don't even know what half of it is. JoeyT Jan 2014 #19
i am as far as can be told as someone stated in the thread purebred loli phabay Jan 2014 #20
Near as I can tell, I'm mostly German, but... TreasonousBastard Jan 2014 #21
We may all be mongrels but hermetic Jan 2014 #22
We're all mongrels. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #24
Some fun facts for the Nug sarge43 Jan 2014 #25
I don't know Ron Obvious Jan 2014 #27
Hell, I'd need a DNA test just to know which ethnic stereotypes to be offended by. Jokerman Jan 2014 #28
East Indian, English, French frogmarch Jan 2014 #30
Heck, I'm an Asian mix with German ancestry. Xyzse Jan 2014 #31
Dutch and Eastern Kentucky hillbilly. B Calm Jan 2014 #32
Ah but what mix of Eastern Kentucky hillbilly? antiquie Jan 2014 #51
All I remember is that my mother's family was from Mt Sterling area and B Calm Jan 2014 #56
Hey, Teddy Boy! You're a mongrel too! Otherwise, you'd be black. pink-o Jan 2014 #33
Mongrel reporting. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #34
I like how so many here have not allowed white supremacists to define them as 'white' Aristus Jan 2014 #35
Mongrel-ness... pipi_k Jan 2014 #37
I'm half German and half Scottish sharp_stick Jan 2014 #40
"I keep invading myself!" sarge43 Jan 2014 #41
I'm Jewish and Italian Arcanetrance Jan 2014 #42
What was it Bill Mahr said? pink-o Jan 2014 #47
Lol something like that Arcanetrance Jan 2014 #48
Proud strutting mongrel. Up the melting pot! Populist_Prole Jan 2014 #43
Eastern European mongrel here DFW Jan 2014 #45
Polish, Italian and Sicilian NewJeffCT Jan 2014 #49
Can one really be a mongrel with just one race? mainer Jan 2014 #50
Proud to be a mongrel geardaddy Jan 2014 #52
African, Irish and Cherokee MrScorpio Jan 2014 #54
My Irish Grandfather found my Grandmother on a garbage pile... Walk away Jan 2014 #55
All American Mutt DamnYankeeInHouston Jan 2014 #58
*waves* Prophet 451 Jan 2014 #59
The only subhuman mongrels I've ever seen play for the Boston Bruins Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #60
Audrey Hepburn aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2014 #62
Me not so much..... whistler162 Jan 2014 #64
I'm an erdi odol Wolf Frankula Jan 2014 #65
Irish, Scottish, a la izquierda Jan 2014 #67
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