Friday, May 31, 2024
SONG SPOT
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POP GOES THE WEASEL
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A few days ago Kate and I were babysitting our little grandson and Kate was singing Pop Goes the Weasel to him. As I listened, I started wondering what those weird lyrics meant.
I looked it up and found it quite fascinating, so here are some comments.
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Video link:
Anthony Newley singing the song, 1963:
Kids’ animated version:
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Lyrics:
There are various and varied lyrics, the following is common and is the one used for an explanation of the meanings, below:
Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle.
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.
Up and down the City Road,
In and out the Eagle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.
Every night when I go out,
The monkey's on the table,
Take a stick and knock it off,
Pop! Goes the weasel.
A penny for a spool of thread
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.
All around the cobbler's bench
The monkey chased the weasel;
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun,
Pop! Goes the weasel.
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About the song:
From Wikipedia at:
Pop! Goes the Weasel" is a traditional English and American song, a country dance, nursery rhyme, and singing game that emerged in the mid-19th century. It is commonly used in jack-in-the-box toys and for ice cream trucks.
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Origin:
In the early 1850s, Miller and Beacham of Baltimore published sheet music for "Pop goes the Weasel for Fun and Frolic". This is the oldest known source that pairs the name to this tune. Miller and Beacham's music was a variation of "The Haymakers", a tune dating back to the 1700s. Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland (1799 to 1820), included "The Haymakers" as country dance or jig. One modern expert believes the tune, like most jigs, originated in the 1600s.
By December 1852, "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a popular social dance in England. On 24 December 1852, an ad in the Birmingham Journal offered lessons in the "Pop Goes The Weasel" dance, described as a "highly fashionable Dance, recently introduced at her Majesty's and the Nobility's private soirees". In January 1853, the Bath Chronicle featured an advertisement from dance master, Mr. T. B. Moutrie, for "instruction in the highly fashionable dances" including "Pop Goes the Weasel". Originally, the dance was an instrumental jig except for the refrain "pop goes the weasel" which was sung or shouted as one pair of dancers moved under the arms of the other dancers.
The popular dance was performed on stage and in stage and dance halls. By late 1854, lyrics were added to the well-known tune. The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in England and Wales wrote that the song, commonly played by hand–organs on the streets, had "senseless words". In their monthly newsletter, the society referred to the song as "street music" on the level of "negro tunes", saying it was "contagious and pestilent". In another newsletter, the society wrote, "Worst of all, almost every species of ribaldry and low wit has been rendered into rhyme to suit it."
In 1856, a letter to The Morning Post read, "For many months, everybody has been bored to death with the eternal grinding of this ditty on street." Since at least the late 19th century, the nursery rhyme was used with a British children's game similar to musical chairs. The players sing the first verse while dancing around rings. There is always one ring less than the number of players. When the "pop goes the weasel" line is reached, the players rush to secure a ring. The player that fails to secure a ring is eliminated as a "weasel". There are succeeding rounds until the winner secures the last ring.
In America, the tune became a standard in minstrel shows, featuring additional verses that frequently covered politics.
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Lyrics and meaning:
There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".
First verse:
The first verse refers to "tuppenny rice" and "treacle" which are food. At the time, one pound of rice pudding cost two pennies or a tuppenny in slang; treacle is a gooey syrup used as a topper to sweeten the rice pudding. A modern writer has noted, it was "the cheapest and nastiest food" available to London's poor.[6]
Some lyrics in the British version may originate with Cockney slang and rhyming slang.
In the mid-19th century, "pop" was a well-known slang term for pawning something—and City Road had a well-known pawn establishment in the 1850s. In this Cockney interpretation, "weasel" is Cockney rhyming slang for "weasel and stoat" meaning "coat". Thus, to "pop the weasel" meant to pawn your coat. Another early source says weasel was slang for silver-plate cups and dishes or anything of value that was pawnable.
Second verse:
The "Eagle" on City Road in the song's second verse may refer to a famous pub in London. The Eagle Tavern was on City Road, rebuilt as a music hall in 1825, and rebuilt in 1901 as a public house called The Eagle. As one writer concludes, "So the second verse says that visiting the Eagle causes one's money to vanish, necessitating a trip up the City Road to Uncle [the pawn shop] to raise some cash."
Today, The Eagle has the lyrics to this verse painted on a plaque on its façade see phot below).
The Eagle, City Road, London
Third verse:
In the third verse, the monkey may relate to drinking. In the 19th century, sailors called the glazed jugs used in public houses a "monkey". A "stick" was a shot of alcohol such as rum or brandy. To "knock it off" meant to knock it back—or to drink it. The night out drinking used up all the money, conveyed in the lyrics "that's the way the money goes."
Fourth verse:
The fourth verse relates to a tailor and clothing. Purchasing thread and needles may refer to paying for the items needed to work.
Fifth verse:
The meaning of the fifth verse is more elusive. Here, "monkey" may refer to the slang use of the word for money worries, as in "monkey on your back". To be chased by the monkey could mean having money troubles—one way out was to pawn your coat. It also might refer to the actual animal, commonly associated with the organ grinders who played this jig.
Other interpretations:
With some versions and interpretations of the lyrics, "pop goes the weasel" is said to be erotic or ribald, including a crude metaphor for sexual intercourse. In her autobiographical novel Little House in the Big Woods (1932), American author Laura Ingalls Wilder recalled her father singing these lyrics in 1873:
All around the cobbler's bench,
The monkey chased the weasel.
The preacher kissed the cobbler's wife—
Pop! goes the weasel!!
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Summary:
The origins of the rhyme can be traced back to 17th century England, where it was originally a dance tune. The lyrics were added later, and they tell the story of a poor working-class person struggling to make ends meet.
The lyrics of the song describe the hardships faced by the working class, with lines such as “That’s the way the money goes” and “Every night when I get home, the monkey’s on the table.”
The word “weasel” may represent a pawnbroker, who would “pop” or sell off possessions to make ends meet.
Symbolically, the song can be seen as a commentary on the cyclical nature of poverty and the struggle to escape it. The lyrics depict a never-ending cycle of work, poverty, and indulgence, with the protagonist always one step behind. The catchy tune and playful lyrics may have helped to mask the deeper meaning of the song, allowing it to be enjoyed by both children and adults alike.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
FUNNY FRIDAY
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A collection of humour from around the world, some from past Bytes.
Enjoy.
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SOME HUMOUR:
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Scotland:
I was at college today studying Scottish history and we were all given iPads to do some research. I asked the class ”What’s the password?”
A fellow student goes “It’s Oreo’s, mate”
So for about ten minutes I sat there trying to figure out how to spell Oreos correctly as I was always one letter short so eventually I asked again “What did you say the password was again, Oreos, right?
Fellow student says “Naw mate, it’s aw zeros”
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A cabby picked up 3 rather large women and was taking them downtown. As they were talking he thought he detected a Scottish accent. he asked "Are you three ladies from Scotland?"
They looked at each other silently, then one of the sneered at him and said "It's Wales, you idiot."
"Oh, excuse me. Are you three whales from Scotland?"
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Bono asked for silence at a gig in Scotland...
In the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands. Once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."
From the front of the crowd, a broad Scottish accent pierced the silence: "Well fuckin' stop doin' it then ya evil bastard!"
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Australia:
I recently visited Australia, it’s such a nasty, horrible place.
Everyone I met told me “Go die”.
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If you find gold in Australia where should you look for silver?
Agstralia
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Did you know that "boo" means "return" in Australia?
If you throw just meringue, it won't come back.
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New Zealand:
Why wasn’t Jesus born in modern day New Zealand?
God couldn’t find 3 wise men and a virgin.
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An Australian ventriloquist goes on holiday to New Zealand.
He says to New Zealand farmer that he meets: ‘G'day mate, can I talk to your horse?'
Kiwi: 'Horses don't talk you stupid Aussie!'
Aussie: 'Hey horse, is this Kiwi your owner?'
The horse nods, to the Kiwi's surprise.
Aussie: 'How does he treat you?'
Horse: 'He treats me well. Feeds me the best hay and rides me twice a day.'
Aussie: 'Mate, would I be able to talk with your dog?'
Kiwi: (stares nervously), 'I'm pretty sure dogs can't speak either.'
Aussie: 'Dog, is this Kiwi your owner?'
Dog: ’Yes’.
Aussie: 'Does he treat you well?'
Dog: 'He feeds me twice a day and throws the ball to me, so I've got that going for me.'
Aussie: 'Can I talk to your sheep?'
Kiwi: 'Don't trust that sheep, he's a bloody liar!'
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A man in Melbourne walked into the produce section of his local supermarket and asked to buy half a head of cabbage. The boy working in that department told him that they only sold whole heads of cabbage. The man was insistent that the boy ask the manager about the matter.
Walking into the back room, the boy said to the manager, "Some old bastard outside wants to buy half a head of cabbage."
As he finished his sentence, he turned around to find that the man had followed and was standing right behind him, so the boy quickly added, "...and this gentleman kindly offered to buy the other half."
The manager approved the deal and the man went on his way.
Later, the manager said to the boy, "I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier, we like people who can think on their feet here, where are you from son?"
"New Zealand, sir." the boy replied.
"Why did you leave New Zealand?" the manager asked.
The boy said, "Sir, there's nothing but prostitutes and rugby players there."
"Is that right?" replied the manager. "My wife is from New Zealand!"
"Really?" replied the boy. "Who did she play for?"
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America:
I'm American, and I'm sick of hearing that America is the stupidest country in the world.
Personally, I think Europe is the stupidest country in the world...
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What is the difference between Americans and the British?
Americans think 200 years is a long history, while the British think 200 miles is a long trip.
(In the USA, a church from 1750 is ancient.
In the UK, it's nothing special to see a church from 1100.
In the UK the quickest route from Lands End to John O'Groats is 837 miles.
In just the state of Florida from Perdido Key to Key West is 856 miles.
The USA is young and large.)
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“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
- Mark Twain.
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"So José, how was America?"
"Oh it was wonderful, amigo, those Americans are so kind. I went to go watch a real American baseball game but the tickets were all sold out. Feeling bummed out I walked around the side of the stadium when I saw a flag pole right next to the field! I climbed right up it and could see the whole baseball diamond with the players getting ready for the game."
"You had to watch from a flag pole? I thought you said the Americans were nice."
"Oh they are amigo! Before the game began every American stood up, looked right at me, and hollered, "José, can you see?"
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From Bytes, October 27, 2017:
Last week at trivia, one of the questions was “Where was the last oil fire put out by the famed Red Adair?”
Locals may recall that in 1968 Red Adair extinguished an oil well fire in Bass Strait (for those wondering where that is, it is the body of water that separates Tasmania from Australia (yes, I know that Tasmania is part of Australia but it pisses off the Tasmanians to hear that and my brother liveD there).
Red died in 2004 aged 89. In his more than 50 years as a firefighter he extinguished nearly 3000 oil well fires. Among them were 119 fires in Kuwaiti oil fields at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, the infamous "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" in Algeria in 1962 whose 240-metre flames were seen from space by astronaut John Glenn, the 1979 blowout of Mexico's Ixtoc-1 well in the Bay of Campeche and the 1988 Piper Alpha platform disaster in the North Sea that killed 167 men. John Wayne's 1968 flick Hellfighters is loosely based on Red Adair.
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The joke:
When Saddam Hussein set the Kuwaiti oil wells on fire when facing defeat in the Iraq war, the Kuwaiti oil sheiks sought to recruit legendary Texas firefighter Red Adair to put out the fires.
When Red was first approached by a representative for the sheiks he replied that he was too busy, that he had more work than he could handle as it was but that his Irish cousin, Green Adair, might be able to deal with it.
The sheik telephoned Green and asked “Hello, is that Green Adair ….. ?”
“Yess, sorr, dat’s roight, 'tis me, Green Adair, at yer service …” said the voice at the end of the line.
“Mr Adair, that terrible man Saddam Hussein has set fire to our oil wells. Can you come and help us?”
The Irishman thought for a second and replied “Oh, I don’t know sorr, we’re awful busy at der moment . . .”
“We will pay you ten million pounds per oil well, Mr Adair” responded the sheik.
“Me an’ de lads‘ll be over in der mornin’ sorr …..” replied Green.
The next day at first light, a military jumbo circled the raging fires and then proceeded to land a short distance from the largest blaze. The cargo doors opened and a battered dark blue truck came hurtling down the ramp and sped right into the middle of the flaming inferno. As it came to a halt all of the doors opened and twenty Irish navvies in jackets and boots jumped out and started to furiously stamp up and down on the flames and beat the flames with their jackets.
Eventually the fire was extinguished. With BBC cameras filming and people patting Green on the back, Green was approached by the sheik who said to him “That was magnificent, remarkable. Tell me what you want and it is yours, ask anything.”
“Well.” replied Green, “der first ting, we’ll get der brakes on dat fockin’ trock fixed.”
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LIMERICK OF THE WEEK:
There once was a member of Mensa
Who was a most excellent fencer.
The sword that he used
Was his -- (line is refused,
And has now been removed by the censor).
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CORN CORNER:
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I'm not saying I'm getting old, But when I asked who was playing in a soccer game and they said Austria-Hungary, I asked "against whom?"
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I asked my wife, “What’s a three letter word for eggs?”
Her: It’s ova.
Me: Why? Because I suck at crosswords?
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Couldn't figure out what church to go to so I decided to go to the Catholic one based on the name...
Turns out I wasn't the only one addicted to cats, but that wasn't the reason everyone else seemed to be there...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
YOU HAD ONE JOB
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Pics, headings and reader comments from Bored Panda at:
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Gesundheit!
Danke'.
As long as the next aisle isn't Poland...
France probably wouldn't be happy either
Verdammt!
Aha! That's why there were so many darn Germans in my local food store! I thought they were high as kites first but they were actually transmitting themselves all around.
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Everything but the bottle was unchewed.
Those sprays don't work at all. I use Febreeze for fabric in a really strong scent and it works like a charm. My cats won't scratch on whatever it's sprayed on, either. Brilliant stuff.
Well yeah it works. . . hasn't chewed on anything else for quite awhile now. . .!
Bet that little (?) doggie got a surprise when the bottle finally broke. 😬🥴
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I have many years of 0 experience
I actually have 19 years of 0 experience! Hope that's enough.
Yes, I have 1 year of 0 experience, but I don't speak United States, I speak Canada.
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No wonder I was struggling
John at the jigsaw factory hates humanity
Is that a Bob Ross painting?
Same place, just post ice age
Close enough
Bwaahaahahahaa!
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Food may contain human flesh
Soylent Green, the Restaurant.
Chez Hannibal Lecter
Not you, Dahmer. Calm down.
Hannibal's Cannibal Cafe and Bistro...don't order rump roast, weiner schnitzel, or the spotted d**k..
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Proofreading or reading proof?
Where do I get an application form? Asking for a friend.
Have you considered drug testing your graphic designer?
It took me way too long to get it lol
Do they want a relevant resume for this job too?
Hold my beer ...
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Ah !! The Starbucks Drive - Thru (9 3/4) For Hogwarts Students
You're going to need to have a good run-up, and really step on that accelerator.
I'd get some blood looking stuff and throw it on that corner with a plastic skeleton
Here you actually need to drive thru something. Other drive-thus are for amateurs.
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Job To Censor This Guy's Face
For anyone like me who didn’t get it at first, his face is reflected on the window
The instructions to the editor were to blur the perp’s face, no mention of reflections.
I see the reflection, but I want to know why the cop is smiling. . .!
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Finished labelling the package, Boss
Sailboat biking is fun, until you get to the stern.
Did you know this product can be used for biking.
For all the Bi kings
Horse biking should be an olympic event.
It won't work, they'd just be horsing around
I'm going to need a thesaurus, to come up with synonyms for ‘stupid'.
biking has become really popular, it's taken over everything
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I mean, it's not wrong
That depends on what you define as long. I'd say something is long if it exceeds one banana, but that's not going to fly here!
So how much are the long green things?
Who cares what they're called at less than a cent per pound! (should be $.78/lb or 78¢/lb). To be fair, I see this mistake regularly...
It actually doesn't say cents so you can assume the numbers after the decimal point refer to a fraction of a dollar.
They are neither long nor short. They are exactly banana length.
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Marie Antionette?
It looks like something that would dispense champagne flavored PEZ.
Damn, now I want champagne flavoured PEZ!
Nearly torsoless Nicky.
French Revolution lady?
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I’m sure he’ll be happy with this gift
I don't think his gift was as welcome as the son wanted it to be lol
I do newspaper layout. Our editors actively help us avoid nonsense like this.
A friend got me a subscription to Reader's Digest when I was in county jail. It came with a free set of ginsu knives. I never received even one of my knives!
Nice product placement!
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Someone really hates kids
Or it's Pennywise. You never know....
nothing like a good challenge
Swoosh, down the rabbit hole
Wheeeeeeee! Off to Narnia!
hole in one!
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And some without text and comments . . .
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
QUOTE FOR THE DAY
FROM THE VAULT, March 19, 20012
“Stopped."
Joseph Henry Green (1791-1863), was an English surgeon who became the literary executor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The word was spoken upon checking his own pulse.
Green, a surgeon and professor of anatomy, suffered from inherited gout and died of an acute seizure at his house in 1863.
An account of his final moments has been given by Sir John Simon:
“I would show that not even the last sudden agony of death ruffled his serenity of mind, or rendered him unthoughtful of others. No terrors, no selfish regrets, no reproachful memories, were there. The few tender parting words which he had yet to speak, he spoke. And to the servants who had gathered grieving round him, he said, ‘While I have breath, let me thank you all for your kindness and attention to me’.
Next, to his doctor, who quickly entered – his neighbour and old pupil, Mr. Carter – he significantly, and pointing to the region of his heart, said – ‘congestion’.
After which, he in silence set his finger to his wrist, and visibly noted to himself the successive feeble pulses which were but just between him and death.
Presently he said – ‘stopped’.
And this was the very end. It was as if even to die were an act of his own grand self-government. For at once, with the warning word still scarce beyond his lips, suddenly the stately head drooped aside, passive and defunct for ever. And then, to the loving eyes that watched him, ‘his face was again all young and beautiful’.
The bodily heart, it is true, had become more pulseless clay; broken was the pitcher at the fountain, broken at the cistern the wheel; but, for yet a moment amid the nightfall, the pure spiritual life could be discerned, moulding for the last time into conformity with itself the features which thenceforth were for the tomb.”
You have to admire someone who takes his own pulse and pronounces himself dead. Now that’s cool.
FROM THE VAULT
From Bytes March 21, 2012:
(Photographs of persons other than Mrs Harris).
An anecdote provided to me by Mick T. I managed to locate a source for it, an obituary for rural reporter Colin Munro (1940-2010) which, in turn, quotes another rural reporter, Alex Nicol:
Colin was a great racconteur and teller of stories. His Balfang Balfang reworking of the English language yarn is of legendary status. Another story was of rural reporter Alex Nicol who interviewed an elderly woman Mrs Harris in the 1970s for Sunday All Over, the forerunner to Australia All Over. Alex broadcast the programme to the nation from the regional studios in Orange, the first time this had happened in the history of the ABC.Mrs Harris had 13 children and ran the Kerragundie telephone exchange on the Bourke-Cobar party line for 55 years. She had been so committed to her job that when there was trouble in surrounding station country, she would sleep beside the switchboard in case of an emergency.This encouraged Alex to ask: “What happens if you are ill?”She didn’t understand the question. Alex asked again. Still she didn’t understand.Finally he said: ‘‘Have you ever been bedridden?’’ to which Mrs Harris replied ‘‘Oh yes Alex, hundreds of times – and twice in a sulky.’’Reflecting the times, the response wasn’t considered appropriate for broadcast.
Monday, May 27, 2024
I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY
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AUSTRALIA’S MOST TRUSTED BRANDS:
From:
Mumbrella
May 27, 2024
Dettol, Band-Aid and Cadbury are Australia’s most trusted brands, a new survey by Reader’s Digest Australia has revealed.
According to the 25th Australia’s Most Trusted Brands annual survey, not-for-profit aeromedical organisation, The Royal Flying Doctor Service, is our most trusted charity.
Carried out by market research agency Catalyst, more than 4,000 Australians were surveyed, representing a cross-section of the consumer market. Participants reviewed nearly 70 different categories. Participants were asked to nominate their own choices, not select from a prepared list.
Director of Catalyst research, Cameron Gentle, said the category winners share a key common trait: they consistently deliver on their promises. “People have an expectation of what they’re going to get, and the particular product or organisation delivers what they’re after. Time and again,” he said.
Bunnings was also crowned the ‘most iconic’ retailer, a category that highlights brands that are an integral part of the Australian lifestyle experience.
Other noteworthy category winners include Weber for BBQs, Singapore Airlines to fly, Toyota for cars, Victa to mow our lawns, Panadol for pain relief, Band-Aid to patch us up and Liption for tea.
According to the survey, Australia’s top 15 most trusted brands are:
Dettol
Band-Aid
Cadbury
Bunnings
Dulux
Cancer Council (sunscreen)
Bridgestone
Panadol
Toyota
Bega
Weber
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Dairy Farmers
Glen 20
Selleys
Last year’s survey found Colgate was the nation’s most trusted brand. Bunnings was once again the most trusted retailer, with Dick Smith and Vegemite again holding the “Australian Icon” top three.
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Some facts and trivia about the Top 3 . . .
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Dettol:
Dettol is a well-known brand of antiseptic and disinfectant products that are commonly used for personal hygiene and cleaning purposes.
The name "Dettol" is actually derived from a combination of the words "chloroxylenol" and "phenol." Chloroxylenol and phenol are two key chemical compounds that are present in Dettol products and are known for their antiseptic properties.
First marketed in 1933, Dettol was invented for doctors when millions of mothers and babies were dying from sepsis following childbirth. The creators educated healthcare professionals and armed them with Dettol to disinfect medical supplies before delivering babies, thus eliminating patient’s exposure to bacteria and viruses. Just over 2 years later, the incidence of puerperal sepsis fell by 50%.
The logo shows a sword (to kill harmful germs) and shield (to protect communities).
The brand belongs to the Anglo-Dutch company Reckitt Benckiser.
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Band-Aid:
Band-Aid is a brand of adhesive bandages distributed by the consumer health company Kenvue, spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023. The brand has become a generic term for adhesive bandages in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and others.
The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by a Johnson & Johnson employee, Earle Dickson, in Highland Park, New Jersey, for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking. The prototype allowed her to dress her wounds without assistance. Dickson passed the idea on to his employer, which went on to produce and market the product as the Band-Aid. Dickson had a successful career at Johnson & Johnson, rising to vice president before his retirement in 1957.
The original Band-Aids were handmade and not very popular. By 1924, Johnson & Johnson introduced machine-made Band-Aids and began the sale of sterilized Band-Aids in 1939.
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Cadburys:
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.
It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world, after Mars.
Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Greater London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide.
It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, the Creme Egg and Roses selection box, and many other confectionery products.
Cadbury was founded in 1824 in Birmingham, England, by John Cadbury (1801–1889), a Quaker who sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, followed by his sons Richard and George.
George developed the Bournville estate, a model village designed to give the company's workers improved living conditions.
Dairy Milk chocolate, introduced by George Jr in 1905, used a higher proportion of milk in the recipe than rival products. By 1914, it was the company's best-selling product. Successive members of the Cadbury family have made innovations with chocolate products.
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