[David Herrick]

Well, the “why” part is because they are great stand-alone ponderables, apart from any musical context.

As for the “what”, here’s my set of choice lyrics:

 

I am searching for a song that makes me smile.

I’d never give a dream away.

She looks across the country as if it’s under her command.

Her words come in a language that keeps changing as the days are going by.

Maybe we’re nothing more than footprints in the sand, and soon the flood may come to wash it all away.

Keep dancing to your song. Soon everybody else will dance along.

No matter how many turns a river makes, it will always meet the sea.

A pretty nice girl, with a touch of insanity.

If life has meaning, it’s a meaning that’s too mean to figure out.

You better not miss what it takes to make your life sunny.

We need the stubborn little child that keeps the naked emperors from running wild.

Time wasn’t something to be measured with clocks.

 

[David Herrick]

As the oldest of four, whenever I misbehaved my mom took me aside and reminded me that my siblings looked up to me and emulated me, so it was incumbent upon me to set a good example in order to prevent chaos in the family structure.  Fair or not, that assessment put me on the trajectory to become the hard-working straight arrow that I am.

Thanks for the psychotherapy session, guys!

 

[David Herrick]

You’re very perceptive, Howard.  My brother, two years younger, made a career out of studying how I thought and finding ways to infuriate me that were so subtle that when I went to my parents to complain, I couldn’t even put his transgressions into words.

But yes, I imagine when the difference is only five minutes it’s pretty much a coin toss, with the younger one winning whenever the coin stands on edge.

 

[David Herrick]

Whichever one it is, she’s still the second-LEAST evil person on Earth.

(BTW, it’s Mona.  The younger sibling is always the troublemaker.)

 

[David Herrick]

I’m definitely not a “soul man” (sorry, Sam & Dave), but I frequently find myself humming a certain song which always turns out to be “Lean On Me”.

 

[David Herrick]

Ha!

 

[David Herrick]

Yeah, it’s strange.  I remember seeing “which twin has the Toni” ads on TV (in the U.S.) all the time in the 70’s, but this Australian one from the 60’s was the only one I could find on YouTube.

By all means, Stephen, spread the word!  It would be cool if it could become a “thing”.

 

 

[David Herrick]

Well, I only remember that line because I started using it metaphorically whenever I couldn’t tell the difference between two things that I knew were supposed to be different.

 

[David Herrick]

Sorry, guys.  Maybe that line is not as well-known as I thought.  It’s an old advertising slogan for the Toni home permanent kit, used from about the 1940’s to the 1970’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZxsxMmZW1g

 

[David Herrick]

Yes, but which twin has the Toni?

 

[David Herrick]

Hi, Dale.

A couple of weeks ago I posted a question asking whether they choose a key to fit their vocal ranges (plural), and Lisa answered in the plural as well.  Maybe that’s the post you were thinking of.

 

[David Herrick]

Could that be a “Honey Pie” or a “Wild Honey Pie” sitting next to that “Birthday” cake?

 

[David Herrick]

Everywhere I look in this picture I see “Something”.

 

[David Herrick]

Excellent!  Quite a tour de force.

 

[David Herrick]

Okay, how about this alternate ending for “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey”:

 

Haaaaaaaaaands in soapy water.  (Water.)

Haaaaaaaaaands all clean and dry.

 

Scrub a little.  Be hygenic.

Get it done.  (Get it done.)

Get your hands washed, everyone.

Scrub a little.  Get it done.