<p>I keep wondering if those E-normous drinks should be Gi-normous drinks. Persnickety point, I know.</p>
<p>I do have to cast my secret ballot in favor of the Naked Marmots - what with them scanning better and all.</p>
<p>But maybe we can put mommusic in the Decision Making Hot Seat on that one.</p>
<p>Really, though, this is Sinners Alley. Can’t we have <em>thirteen</em> days of Christmas if we need them?</p>
<p>Gi-normous is much better</p>
<p>I could lose the femmes and go barcaloungers</p>
<p>jym I think Mom music already approved the marmots… and it scans better for the rhythm…</p>
<p>and to include jmmoms barcoloungers-- they could be 8 barcoloungers (someone suggested the slackers was too close to the stalling nerds)</p>
<p>mommusic <em>reluctantly</em> gave up her naked man playing cards, which is what started this song in the first place. Dont think the naked marmots make sense. Are there any pics of naked marmot playing cards we can see (on the web) to compare?? I dunno–it just seems right to leave the cards since they are the origin of this song. JMO</p>
<p>I can give up the femmes for the barcaloungers too. Also like Gi-Normous - which, etymologically, does have a sly reference to femmes, get it? Gy-naecology, Gi- normous.</p>
<p>But naked marmots - the not making sense is part of the Alley, says me, in remembrance of Cheers. Where did she go BTW?</p>
<p>I agree. Mommusic, who began this, has final say on all of this. Because we need our boozy good cheer to be maintained, especially since we are late in decorating the Alley and will NEVER get through the tree if we bog down on the songs…</p>
<p>The rest of us will just upend our glasses and cheer wildly whatever the final outcome anyway. Sybbie will dance by in her chicken baskets, the Cheetohs will fly, and all shall be well, all shall be well, all manner of things will be well.</p>
<p>btw and just for the record, they are mommusic’s Barcaloungers.</p>
<p>She has all the good ideas :p.</p>
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<p>except please, not the booze-- let’s keep that top shelf</p>
<p>Alu-
Is this a non sectarian booze hall? Chanuhah is only 3 days away-- maybe we ought to rush all the decorations! Maybe we should paint the peanut shells on the floor blue and white as well as green and red.</p>
<p>If we have too many good ideas for lines/verses, we can always come up with TWO versions, cant we? </p>
<p>And… ahem jmmom-- with all due respect… mommusic has all the good ideas… except 4 stalling nerds :)</p>
<p>TOTALLY non-sectarian. Chanukah is early this year, I forgot. Get those blue twinkly lights out. And start on the correct song in Alley style. I confess my knowledge of appropriate songs is not the best.</p>
<p>Marmot, marmot, marmot, I made you out of clay.
And when it’s fat and ready, then marmot I shall play.</p>
<p>One of these verses however seems targeted at the Italian soccer players…</p>
<p>Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
With leg so short and thin,
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
It drops and then I win!</p>
<p>Top shelf all the way baby! Reminds me of going to Chili’s with my best friend and my two kids and her what was at the time four. I’d have a Top Shelf Margerita and feel like I was living the wild life. But then, of course, when her son wanted to swing from the wagon wheel chandelier we would have to leave…</p>
<p>jym… Four Stalling Nerds…</p>
<p>already enshrined in the Hall of Fame.</p>
<p>All Hail…</p>
<p>all is forgiven</p>
<p>And gotta credit NYmomof2 for Two French Men. Great line! Anyone not get in a line who wants one?</p>
<p>You guys are great! Awwww…</p>
<p>Actually, all the best “traditional” songs have many versions which have come down to us over the years.</p>
<p>We are so talented, we have come up with possible alternate versions in only a couple of days!</p>
<p>So…IMHO, let them be Barcaloungers, and Naked Marmots, and Stalling Nerds, and whatever the people sing, they shall sing. </p>
<p>And we definitely have to get started on dyeing half the popcorn blue and hanging the blue & white twinkley lights for the approaching holiday!</p>
<p>THEN it will be time to start on the tree… ;)</p>
<p>I shall donate my Menorah #1. It is entirely too upscale for the Alley, as it was done by a ceramic artist and I love it. However, the holes for the candles are too small and so they are always tipping over, no matter how I shave down the bottoms. </p>
<p>Tippy candles are just right for the Alley, don’t you agree? We will put it in the window by the NLTD booth and those folks can keep an eye on things. They will all be alert and aware, as they try to corral each other’s gelt. Others in the Alley might not be wisely entrusted with monitoring things with flames.</p>
<p>Jmmom, before you subject your lovely menorah to the vagaries of the Alley, can I make a suggestion? If you buy beeswax Hanukkah candles, not only do they not drip, but you can pinch the bottoms of the candles to fit into a tight little space. Hopefully the NLTD folks will be too busy spinning and bluffing to realize you’ve taken back your contribution!</p>
<p>As I have mentioned elsewhere, my s and his roommies make a menorah outside their stairwell out of Tiki torches. Perhaps we can steal their idea for SA, as long as we dont accidentally burn the place down.</p>
<p>What we need is a menorah with light bulbs, the tackier the better! (Safety is a happy byproduct. Wouldn’t want to accidentally burn down our virtual hangout.)</p>
<p>No, no, no… what we need are 8 classic jug-style Almaden bottles (with multicolored drips all down them) lined up on the bar, and one jeriboam (sp?) for the shamash.</p>
<p>So wait, the candles are tipsy?</p>
<p>That’s gonna throw me off when trying to remember: do I light right to left or left to right? Do I sing first or strike the match. </p>
<p>We have only until Tuesday night to dry up these candles. Straighten up! Emergency.</p>