For Laura. . .

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. . . who'll probably be the only person to recognize this. Unless the readership here is even more scary than I thought.

CITIZENS OF MERANO
O light the heart
That lingers in Merano
Merano! The spa no
Connoisseur of spas would miss
So healthy
Highly recommended
Is this sweet metropolis
Mental and physical bliss!

The gods have smiled
And bless-ed is Merano
Merano! There are no
Fitter burghers to be found
Such vigor!
Take the time to taste us
We'll give you a welcome that's typically Tirol
For then we are sure of our ground
Right now we're Italian--we used to be German
The border keeps shifting around

MAYOR
Speaking as one the patriarchs
I don't mind taking your lira or marks

CITIZENS
Oh I get high when I saunter by the mountains of Merano
Rosy-cheeked Merano!
Flourishing to a fault
The sparkling streams, the bracing air
The therapeutic salt
I'd have to be carried away to call a halt

Oh I feel great in this bouncing state o hail to thee Merano
Hearty hale Merano
Any objections? Nein!
Where breathing in will turn you on
Where water tastes like wine
Get out your get up and go and get in line
It's living your life in a show by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Merano, from Chess, and no, I'm not sure why it's stuck in my head either, so shut the hell up.

You know this thrills you more than would a muddy old river or reclining. . . no, this would only encourage them.

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I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.

Now, now, gentlemen. Keep it up and this site will lose its reputation as a model of decorum and tranquility.

"Bangkok! Oriental setting
And the city don't know what the city is getting"

Funny - George and I were reciting lyrics a couple weeks ago.

Gotta love Bjorn and Benny.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Just saying, is all.

Hope you find your god in a golden oyster.

And if you're lucky...

I'd let you watch -- I would invite you, but the queens we use would not excite you.

/garrity makes me smile!

George, she's impartial, don't push her, she's unimpressed.

Laura, did you ever see/hear the soundtrack from "Muriel's Wedding"? That choral arrangement was just wrong on so many levels.

Martin, why don't you go back to your bars, your temples. . .

..massage parlors?

This *is* Amsterdam after all.

Not Rotterdam.

cause rotterdam is anywhere, anywhere alone

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