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Demeter

(85,373 posts) Fri Mar 27, 2015, 03:12 PM Mar 2015

Weekend Economists Go Eat Worms March 27-29, 2015 [View all]

Demeter is in a blue funk...and nobody else came up with a theme, so I'm indulging in moodiness.

The theory is, if you do enough of it, you begin laughing at yourself for being so ridiculously silly, and the mood lifts. Or you think of something more interesting to do...

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I think I'll go eat worms!
Big fat juicy ones,
Eensie weensy squeensy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm!

Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm!
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm!

I bite off the heads, and suck out the juice,
And throw the skins away!
Nobody knows how fat I grow,
On worms three times a day!

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I think I'll go eat worms!
Big fat juicy ones,
Eensie weensy squeensy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm!

This song was originally posted at:
http://bussongs.com/songs/nobody-likes-me-worms.php

More variations on the theme at: http://pieceoplastic.com/index.php/668/finally-the-complete-worm-song/

The market's had a hard week, as well. Friday's DJIA was struggling to show one positive day this week...with 1.5 hours to go as I compose this, barely 18 points in the green. total loss for the week so far: 450 points. And that's after adding Apple to the Index!

And US foreign policy has been eating bitter weeds--losing Yemen, losing control of Ukraine, losing the House of Representatives (well, it's a foreign land now, isn't it?), not even getting around to meddling in Greece or Europe or the Stans....

So what's a nation to do? Dig out the Moody Blues!

DJIA managed to squeeze out 34 points and change....still down 450 for the week.

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Weekend Economists Go Eat Worms March 27-29, 2015 [View all] Demeter Mar 2015 OP

Of course, the worms are still frozen here Demeter Mar 2015 #1

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VT doesn't suffer fools, he won't be in office another term if he's a sell-out. I love mother earth Mar 2015 #12

Keeping fingers crossed Demeter Mar 2015 #15

Seriously, it's like the last stronghold. mother earth Mar 2015 #19

Do hang around here a bit, mother earth. MattSh Mar 2015 #43

I have been "hanging" around, mostly reading, and because of that, I'm an mother earth Mar 2015 #45

thank you! you are very kind to say such nice things Demeter Mar 2015 #48

Always Remember, the NY Times Pushed, Hard, for War in Iraq Demeter Mar 2015 #3

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The Wahhabis' War On Yemen Demeter Mar 2015 #5

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I'm at a loss in dealing with them. Anymore, I just avoid them. Fuddnik Mar 2015 #16

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Fascinating! Thanks, DRDU Demeter Mar 2015 #14

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More Music for the Moody Demeter Mar 2015 #24

Posting this here too. Katrina Vanden Heuvel MattSh Mar 2015 #26

I'm so glad you did. I have such appreciation for KVH & The Nation. The Nation has brought us mother earth Mar 2015 #46

"A turning point." Thanks for that, MattSh. Ghost Dog Mar 2015 #58

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Feels like a Ball and Chain Demeter? MattSh Mar 2015 #29

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It's enought to make me want to eat worms. Fuddnik Mar 2015 #32

Happy anniversary to you and the wife, and many more to come! Demeter Mar 2015 #38

Thank you. Fuddnik Mar 2015 #39

I'm so glad for you all. It must be great mental relief Demeter Mar 2015 #41

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Just like the idiotic US government. MattSh Mar 2015 #42

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Neo-liberalism Expressed as Simple Rules by Lambert Strether of Corrente. Demeter Mar 2015 #40

That looks quite difficult to understand... MattSh Mar 2015 #44

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