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"Dear Empress Hotel:
This may seem like and unusual request, but I write to you today, seeking a “pardon”.
17 Years ago a string of unfortunate events led to my being banned from your hotel. I would like to explain the incident……" (continue reading here)
A fancy hotel. A suitcase full of pepperoni. An open window. And seagulls—lots and lots of seagulls
Seagulls are dreadful birds. I spent a week on Hilton Head island a while back and the seagulls were everywhere.
The only time in my life that I wished I'd had a gun. :D
Thanks for the laugh, Muddy!
The only time in my life that I wished I'd had a gun. :D
Thanks for the laugh, Muddy!
If you think that letter was funny, then this letter must be the funniest ever written.
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+54+54Thank you Muddy. Until you posted about this version I had not realised it did in facy predate The Dubliners.
I wonder if it was actually a true story.
I wonder if it was actually a true story.
Possibly based on a true story but, doubtless, highly embellished!
I first heard the Gerard Hoffnung version as a teenager in 1964/1965. The (classical) music lovers among us at my school were completely enamoured of Gerard Hoffnung. We would listen again and again to his musical concerts on 33 rpm vinyl discs, where the music kept going ridiculously and hilariously awry. But his masterpiece always remained for me his The Bricklayer's Lament and I was so glad to find it again on YouTube.
A genius of a man who tragically died far too young 😞
I first heard the Gerard Hoffnung version as a teenager in 1964/1965. The (classical) music lovers among us at my school were completely enamoured of Gerard Hoffnung. We would listen again and again to his musical concerts on 33 rpm vinyl discs, where the music kept going ridiculously and hilariously awry. But his masterpiece always remained for me his The Bricklayer's Lament and I was so glad to find it again on YouTube.
A genius of a man who tragically died far too young 😞
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