They don't write them like that any more

[venta]

How come I've never noticed this before ?

If you need a friend, I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over trouble waters

You what ?

If bridges are noted for one thing it's for not sailing anywhere.

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[mr-tom.livejournal.com]

It's like: "You're so vain, you probably think this song about you."

It's obviously about whoever it is that thinks it is about them, and therefore an abominable metric of vanity.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Thankyou.

The song 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad' has now left my head.

On the other hand...

You're so vain... la la la la la la la la la la...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

But even the mighty Mr Cash can't render Danny Boy listenable :(

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

I think you're missing either an 'and' or some punctuation.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Googling for lyrics:

If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

That's better. Still doesn't make a whole lot of sense, mind.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

ISTR that Paul Simon mentioned somewhere that the 'Sail on, silver girl' verse was an afterthought that didn't work as well as the others.

No shit.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Whaddya say?

Nothing much, largely because I misread "Plan VagiPirate" and got hopelessly derailed trying to fit that into your scheme.

Irrelevantly: if you're not reading oxgoths right at this minute, where on earth has the Masquerade ball site gone too ? The link seems to go straight to a private blog sort of thing.

[venta.livejournal.com]

14:11 (from LuCyFurRrRRrr, who says she's having no trouble seeing the site. Maybe it's just me :( ). First mail today was 12:29 from Samantha B.

[venta.livejournal.com]

clear your cache and try again - is it working now?

I'm a programmer, not a muppet, y'know. I tried that one already :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

S'ok. Expecting me to have forgotten the obvious is probably a safe bet most of the time ;)

[venta.livejournal.com]

can I be a vagi-pirate when I grow up...?

I have not yet thought of a good answer to this. I'm deeply disappointed in myself :(

[http://users.livejournal.com/_corpse_/]

If bridges are noted for one thing it's for not sailing anywhere.

True, but some do trundle.

[venta.livejournal.com]

And, much as I hate to suggest that there's anything interesting in Middlesbrough, the Transporter Bridge" (http://www.nhi.clara.net/oldy017.htm) does kind of sail a bit.

I can't find a better photo, sadly. And a few online articles about the bridge suggest that the moving platform part is 160ft up or something. Which I'm sure is wrong, I think it "floats" on the river (jiggery_pokery, any offers?)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_corpse_/]

Chicago, as I've been known to say, has fifty moveable bridges. Fifty! Most tilt, some swivel and I think a couple rise, but few actually sail.

[hjalfi.livejournal.com]

If you need a friend, I'm sailing right behind

You mean, on a different boat crowding your stern, and shouting abuse at you because you're blocking all their wind? Some friend.

What's the URL of ITEM-A (the International Taskforce for the Elimination of Metaphor Abuse)?

[(Anonymous)]

Top of the transporter bridge structure is 160ft; the transporting bit is only feet above the (alledgedly clean and sparkling these days) Tees.