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Geoff Jowett
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I asked a supermarket employee where they kept the canned peaches.

He said, "I'll see," & walked away.

I asked another & he also said, "I'll see," & walked away.

In the end, I gave up & found them myself, in Aisle C.

A guy walks into a lumberyard & asks for some 2x4s. The clerk asks, "How long do you need them?" The guy answers, "A long time. We're gonna build a house."

I told my physical therapist that I broke my arm in two (2) places. He told me to stop going to those places.

When I was a kid, I used to watch the ‘Wizard of Oz’ & wonder how someone could talk if they didn't have a brain. Then I got Facebook.

I just burned 1,200 calories. I forgot the pizza in the oven.

I hate it when people act all intellectual and talk about Mozart, when they've never even seen one of his paintings.

Never trust an electrician with no eyebrows.

So my neighbour knocked on my front door at 3 am. 3AM!!! Luckily, I was already up playing the bagpipes.



   
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John Kuvakas
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Great!


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LOL! They are terrific Geoff! 

Love the one about Mozart. Everyone really knows that he was a musician. He was famous for composing the song, "Stairway to Heaven" sung by Aerosmith.



   
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Posted by: @geoff-jowett

When I was a kid, I used to watch the ‘Wizard of Oz’ & wonder how someone could talk if they didn't have a brain. Then I got Facebook.

😏 😏 😏 



   
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@perrone1     ...sorry to correct you Tony, but I am sure Johann Wolfgang Mozart composed "Steinway to Heaven" sung by Liberace.


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@perrone1     ...sorry to correct you Tony, but I am sure Johann Wolfgang Mozart composed "Steinway to Heaven" sung by Liberace.

My *sources advise that Mozart initially titled his song Steinway to Hamburg but his heirs sold out for big bucks to Plant and Page who retitled it when they did their their rendition; apparently to avoid paying royalties.

 

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Frank Reed
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@ralf I thought Liberace was the “Sixteen Candles” guy. 🤓


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@perrone1     ...sorry to correct you Tony, but I am sure Johann Wolfgang Mozart composed "Steinway to Heaven" sung by Liberace.

Oh my goodness! Ya know; you're right. I always get those two confused!!  Smile



   
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@jack-dodds 

LOL!



   
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@frank 

He did love his candelabra!



   
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@jack-dodds   I believe you, Jack. Your source looks honest and reliable.

The great-great-great-grandson of one of the heirs has become a minimalist composer in Hamburg. The sound is not to everyone's taste, but he uses wonderful instruments.
You can also see a lot of steins in the stage backdrop.

 


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@frank   You're right, Frank. 

The pics show him at the beginning of his career (3 candles) 

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and as an established artist close to his goal - just two more candles and it's done...

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Frank Reed
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@ralf good thing that hairspray didn’t flare up!


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@ralf good thing that hairspray didn’t flare up!

Whoa.....no kidding!  That would have been a 3-Alarm inferno.



   
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@frank   You're right, Frank. 

The pics show him at the beginning of his career (3 candles) 

lib

and as an established artist close to his goal - just two more candles and it's done...

lib 14

Another little known fact is that he also wrote the lyrics to "Macho Macho Man".  (Source protected).



   
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