Calliope, n. One of the nine Muses, who has had a narrow escape from the dread immortality of having a steam whistle named in her honor. Happily the name is popularly so mispronounced as to defeat the malevolent intent.
2005 Update: The soundtrack to the merry-go-round and perdition.
a muse and a soundtrack, i could use that to get my foot into the world of music.
ReplyDeleteSreekesh, Get on the merry-go-round, then.
ReplyDeleteCalliope, n. A soft fruit with a thin protective...oh wait, nevermind--that's CANTILOPE. Terribly sorry.
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Inspiration behind Supercalifragalisticexpialadocious.
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God bless you!
Hope the merry-go-round doesn't calliopsis.
ReplyDeleteGabriel, hey, it happens.
ReplyDeleteSar, I thought that was an abbreviation.
Thanks, little bar of soap. Bless you too.
Lucinda, that sounds like a song. Of course, Times New Roman Calliope is nice too.
Tan Lucy, we crossed on the ether. Been too long since we had a good pun.
ReplyDeleteI don't get it
ReplyDeleteWhat do we ride on that merry-go-round? Handbaskets and good intentions?
ReplyDeleteWow, with that many letters that'd be one helluv an abbreviation! Tell me, is the song stuck in your head now?
ReplyDeleteDog face, have you met Pansi yet?
ReplyDeleteWeirsdo, handbaskets, good intentions and disemboweled unicorns, all to the same sweet strains.
Sar, the guy who wrote that song was on NPR yesterday afternoon. He also wrote "It's a Small World," which is the more virulent strain. Fortunately, someone reminded me of the hymn "Morning Has Broken" today which is stuck in my head and welcome there.
ReplyDeleteGreat, well that backfired on me 'cause now "Morning..." is stuck in my head.
ReplyDeleteCall me anything but don't call me Calliope.
ReplyDelete- blackbird has spoken
Sar, see what you get. Even Karma's out to get you.
ReplyDeleteDunno, K, that looked like heroic poetry you were posting last week. Like the first bird.
Ohh good to see a Greek Muse up for udpated definition. :)
ReplyDeleteWe all need a trim, now and then, Groovebunny. I'm honored to have you here.
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