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Subject: Re: Happiness is a warm gun
From: Joe Presley <presXYZZYley@worldnet.att.net>
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Konomae niwa Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> ga kou itta
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:02:50 +0200, Frank Burkhard
> <franky_81@web.de> wrote:
>
>> just listing Beatles "Happiness is a warm gun", and asking
>> myself, "what the f***" it means?
>
> Don't try to understand it! A lot of the Beatles lyrics don't
> actually make much sense as lyrics, if you just look at (or listen to)
> the words. There is background often but it takes a lot more digging.
"Happiness is a Warm Puppy" was a book by Charles Schulz ("Peanuts")
published in 1962. It was full of homespun wisdom and today I guess
we'd call them affirmations. Possibly the gun for puppy was substituted
ironically.
--
Joe
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