° Petrochemicals, radioactive wastes, human wastes, Arkansas chicken wastes, all courtesy of Ol' Man River . . . .
° Tourists, outlanders, furriners, stranieri, barbari, Conans . . . .
° But till yet she has never suffered a greater indignity than being sold into stripmaller slavery in 1803 by a particularly feckless French Gummint. For glass beads and a blanket, near enough.
° Miao in tutte le lingue, Giac.
P. S. If I were savvy I'd upload a file of "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" ca. 1955. Louis Armstrong sings the first verses to a quietly appreciative French audience. Then the combo does an exceedingly lengthy vamp. Bimeby a female voice resumes the verses. Five seconds later, the auditorium explodes with cheers and applause. For nobody knew Billie Holiday had been waiting backstage. Many, perhaps, didn't know she was still alive.
° Well, I'm not savvy. But I could still beg my savvy Cousin Gipsy to do it for me. Only, I can't seem to find the recording in the dark depths of my closet.
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Oi-ey, gadje. I'm thinkin' I'll need to make a quick stop over to the webmonkeywebsite for the particulars and howtos on embedding audio. You find that fucker of a gem and we'll see what we can do.
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