[SOC] Black and White

Ian C. Purdie [email protected]
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:23:25 +1000


This is *THE* most sensible thing I've heard all year.

Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:
> 
>   Black and white - An ode to times long gone
>   (Under 40.....you won't understand).
> 
>   You could hardly see for all the snow,
>   Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.
>   Pull up a chair to the TV set,
>   "Good night, David; Good night, Chet".
> 
>   Dependin' on the channel you tuned
>   You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.
>   It felt so good, felt so right.
>   Life looked better in black and white.
> 
>   I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys
>   Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys
>   Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train
>   Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane.
> 
>   Father Knows Best, Patty Duke
>   Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,
>   Donna Reed on Thursday night--
>   Life looked better in black and white.
> 
>   I wanna go back to black and white.
>   Everything always turned out right
>   Simple people, simple lives
>   Good guys always won the fights
> 
>   Now nothin is the way it seems
>   In living color on the TV screen.
>   Too many murders, too much fight,
>   I wanna go back to black and white.
> 
>   In God they trusted, in bed they slept.
>   A promise made was a promise kept.
>   They never cussed or broke their vows
>   They'd never make the network now.
> 
>   But if I could, I'd rather be
>   In a TV town in '53.
>   It felt so good, felt so right
>   Life looked better in black and white.
> 
>   I'd trade all the channels on the satellite
>   If I could just turn back the clock tonight
>   To when everybody knew wrong from right
>   Life was better in black and white!
> 
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Ian C. Purdie
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