[DM share little know music “facts” written by elementary-aged children] “J.S. Bach died from 1750 to the present” “Agnus Dei was a woman composer famous for her church music.” “Refrain means don’t do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not try to sing.” “Handel was half…
03/21/13 Grif.Net – Elementary Music Lovers
[DM share little know music “facts” written by elementary-aged children]
“J.S. Bach died from 1750 to the present”
“Agnus Dei was a woman composer famous for her church music.”
“Refrain means don’t do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not
try to sing.”
“Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was also rather
large.”
“Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote
loud music. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling
him. I guess he could not hear so good. Beethoven expired in 1827 and
later died from this.”
“Henry Purcell is a well-known composer few people have ever heard of.”
“An opera is a song of bigly size.”
“A harp is a nude piano. ”
“Aaron Copland is one of our most famous contemporary composers. It is
unusual to be contemporary. Most composers do not live until they are
dead.”
“A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.”
“Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel.”
“I know what a sextet is but I’d rather not say.”
“Most authorities agree that music of antiquity was written long ago.”
“My favorite composer is opus.”
“Probably the most marvelous fugue was between the Hatfield’s and the
McCoy’s.
“My very best liked piece is the bronze lullaby.”
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
03/20/13 Grif.Net – Two Great Economists Talk about Unemployment
[Labor Dept: 873,000 people come “off” the unemployment line but only a little over 114,000 jobs were “created”? Luckily I found a transcript of a conversation between two eminent economists discussing this very question!] COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America. ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times.…
03/20/13 Grif.Net – Two Great Economists Talk about Unemployment
[Labor Dept: 873,000 people come “off” the unemployment line but only a little over 114,000 jobs were “created”? Luckily I found a transcript of a conversation between two eminent economists discussing this very question!] COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America. ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times.…
03/20/13 Grif.Net – Two Great Economists Talk about Unemployment
[Labor Dept: 873,000 people come “off” the unemployment line but only a little over 114,000 jobs were “created”? Luckily I found a transcript of a conversation between two eminent economists discussing this very question!] COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America. ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times.…
03/19/13 Grif.Net – What Daddy Does
[RM shared this cute story] A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living. “Tim, you be first,” she said. “What does your mother do all day?” Tim stood up and proudly said, “She’s a doctor.” “That’s wonderful. How about you, Amie?” Amie shyly stood…
03/19/13 Grif.Net – What Daddy Does
[RM shared this cute story]
A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a
living.
“Tim, you be first,” she said. “What does your mother do all day?”
Tim stood up and proudly said, “She’s a doctor.”
“That’s wonderful. How about you, Amie?”
Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, “My father is a mailman.”
“Thank you, Amie,” said the teacher. “What about your father, Billy?”
Billy proudly stood up and announced, “My daddy smells stinky armpits to
test deodorant.”
The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later
that day she went to Billy’s house and rang the bell. Billy’s father
answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and asked if
there might be some logical explanation.
Billy’s father said, “I’m actually a criminal defense attorney. But how can
I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?”
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
03/18/13 Grif.Net – Looking Back
[Checking my “sent” file and saw a pun from 15 years ago that I emailed out to grif.net faithful. It was bad. How bad? Bad enough that I just HAVE to repeat it today.] On a trip in New South Wales, Australia, I happened on the little village of Mercy.…
03/16/13 Weekend Grif.Net – Two Birthdays in one Week!
[For new subscribers to the Grif.Net – on Monday-Friday we send out a slightly warped blend of humor. On the weekend we send out material that is more serious of a moral, ethical, religious or political nature. This week I had TWO BIRTHDAYS, and every year I share this story…
03/15/13 Grif.Net – Prep for ACT Testing
[ACT Time. Yes, many are boning up (good term since many are bone heads) for this all-important exam. So here are ten simple questions to see how you’d do on the test.] Questions: 1. How long did the Hundred Year War last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. From…
03/14/13 Grif.Net – What’s in a Day?
What’s special about any given day? I’ve chosen a completely random day (today, “March 14th”) to show how one day can truly impact history. March 14th, 536 BC Jewish Victory over Persia March 14th, 1629 royal charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony March 14th, 1794 invention of the cotton gin by…
03/13/13 Grif.Net – 65th Birthday Quotations
[Tomorrow – March 14 – is the big 65 day . . and all grif.net readers will rejoice. No more lame “getting older” jokes for another year.] My, my, 65! I guess this marks the first day of the rest of your life . . savings. – H. Martin On…
03/12/13 Grif.Net – One Liners
[A number of former friends have started sending me early birthday wishes even tho I am still 64 for 48 hours. Gotta find some new friends.] Hey, we were thinking of putting 65 candles on your cake Thursday, but we were afraid a jet might mistake it for a runway.…