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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25604 04/05/2001 12:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 OK. So, I've been controlling myself for days now, but I can't shake a ludicrous image out of my head. I must pass it along, or it will be with me forever. Liza Minnelli used to sing a song in her stage act which was written about the difficulties she had with others pronouncing her name. The song goes, It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S, cuz Lisa with an S goes ssss not zzzz; It's lie instead of lee ... And similarly regarding her surname. Now, I find myself envisioning the great Gandhi doing a little dance on stage, singing, It's Gandhi with a G, Not Ghandhi with a Gh, ... MAKE IT STOP! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Confession time #25605 04/05/2001 1:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK In my youth I did partake of the substance commonly known as cannabis - primarily as hash, but also grass when it came my way. Not big time, and only in the company of friends who had it, but sometimes we had really 'big' parties. One particular Christmas season, a friend had gained possession of a large flat by the sea that his family were planning to sell, and had allowed us use of it in the interim. So between Christmas Day (with family) and New Year's Eve ('proper' partying) some 5 - 10 of us spent all our time there, getting stoned. And the only music we played that whole time was Donovan - "Mellow Yellow", "Season of the Witch", "First there is a mountain" and so on. And one of our favourites was "Hurdy gurdy man", with the immortal line (or mondegreen - who remembers when you're stoned?) "roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, roly-poly/ Here comes the roly poly man he's singing songs... of love". And my friend, bless him, could never hear this line wihtout, somehow, seeing Mahatma Gandhi roly-poly-ing along, singing songs. Given that Gandhi was lean as a rake, I cannot understand where this concatenation of images came from (probably from all those cannabinols), but ever since, I have rarely been able to think of Gandhi without humming "Here comes the hurdy gurdy man he's singing songs..." BTW: Children, do not try this at home. Cannabis is a banned drug in most Western countries and illegal purchase and use is a strong indicator of tendencies to get involved in 'harder' drugs (which are, without reservation bad, bad, bad for you). If your country decriminalises, or heavens, even legalises, it, I recommend it highly, but not until then. cheer the sunshine (weekend trips to Amsterdam) warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25606 04/05/2001 4:58 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Gandhi dancing - I love it! An article about the great man by the guest on the upcoming chat session: http://sree.net/stories/gandhi.html with some good further links if anyone's interested. [now-do-I-get-my-$20-please-Anu?] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25607 04/05/2001 5:20 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered mav supplicates: [now-do-I-get-my-$20-please-Anu?] Nope, my boy, but you DO win a free subscription to AWAD!!!! Congratulations!! [clapping wildly e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25608 04/05/2001 10:07 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) Gandhi dancing Hmmmmm. There's a restaurant in Ann Arbor (MI) called the Gandy Dancer. Coincidence? I think not! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25609 04/06/2001 12:06 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Gandhi dancing" Totally unrelated, there used to be a term "gandy dancer" in railroading about a small car used by men repairing signals or track, which was operated by two men facing each other, alternately lifting and lowering an "H" shaped bar pivoted in the middle of the "H" to propel the car. As the men alternately rose and bent down, it looked a bit like some sort of dance. So the car was called a "gandy dancer". My dictionary does not mention the car, but I remember seeing them in use, and have seen them advertised for model railroads. The dictionary does say that there was a Gandy Manufacturing Company in Chicago. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25610 04/06/2001 1:06 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) "gandy dancer" in railroading Just punning a bit, Bill. The restaurant is, in fact, located in a renovated railroad station, so you're right on target. Although I did know it was a railroad term, I had forgotten the origin - thanks for the refresher! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: It's Gandhi not Ghandi - long rant #25611 04/06/2001 1:24 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <<The dictionary does say there is a Gandy Manufacturing Company in Chicago" Gandy manufactured the picks, shovels, forks and lining bars(?) that were the tools of the trade of the Gandy Dancers: track maintenance men. (courtesy of google) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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