Author: zenrules

Dylan – Blowing in the wind

“The only thing that really saddens me over my demise is that I shall not be here to read the nonsense that will be written about me and my works and my motives. There will be books proving conclusively that I was homosexual and books proving equally conclusively that I was not. There will be detailed and inaccurate analyses of my motives for writing this or that and of my character. There will be lists of apocryphal jokes I never made and gleeful misquotations of words I never said. What a pity I shan’t be here to enjoy them!”

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Donovan – The Universal Soldier

Told a particularly stupid acquaintance had blown his brains out:
“He must have been an incredibly good shot.”

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. Continue reading “Food for thought -received this morning”

Barry McGuire – The Eve of Destruction

When the opening night of the London musical Gone With the Wind was marred by an obnoxious young actress and a horse that relieved itself onstage, Coward was in the audience:
“If they’d stuffed the child’s head up the horse’s arse, they would have solved two problems at once.”

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Hedgehoppers Anonymous – It’s Good News Week

Watching Queen Elizabeth’s coronation parade, friends wondered aloud who the little man sharing a carriage with the 400 pound Queen of Tonga might be. According to David Niven, Coward replied:
“Her lunch.”

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

The Coasters – Poison Ivy