The Ballad of Bibliophiles - Parody #10

The Ballad of Bibliophiles

Written by CK

To the tune of "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"

Just sit right back

And you’ll hear a tale

A tale of a fateful trip,

That started through this library

With books it was equip.

The associate was a literate man,

The director brave and sure.

Five visitors came in that day,

For a three hour tour,

A three hour tour.

They started to get excited,

When they heard there was no cost.

If not for the funding of the tax payers

The library would be lost.

The library would be lost.

They went all over our four floors

Lots to choose in every aisle

With Valerie,

And Tracy too,

And Pat Leach director,

With Scott Clark,

Miss Charlotte and Jeff Tangeman,

Here with bibliophiles.

Original Lyrics - The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle

Just sit right back
And you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
The Skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
For a three hour tour,
A three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough,
But the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.

The ship set aground on the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan,
The Skipper too.
A millionaire and his wife,
A movie star,
The professor and Mary Ann,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.

Stuck in my head like a broken record

Wow.

Milestone.

Over 10,000 hits and I've only been doing this for a little over a year.

A big end to a weirdass day.

You know it's weird when you show up and there's no schedule.

Trainee MacGyver'd us one, she rocks. Then we were okay.

Until I was in youth services and suddenly I could hear all this water running. Sounded like a shower. Dude runs out of the bathroom in a panic. Sink was clogged and the water wouldn't stop.

Fantastic.

Oh public libraries.

But the maintenance people were on it fairly quickly so it wasn't a complete and total disaster.

You know when you get the most random song stuck in your head and it just won't leave?

I shelved the Gilligan's Island DVD series and couldn't get the theme song out of my head.

Me: Quick, sing something else!
Trainee: All I can think of is the Gilligan's Island song.

Drove me nuts for an hour.

Pulled out my ipod after work just to drown it out.

I traded that one out for the Monster Mash.

After that it was good.

Movie with the boyfriend tonight. Introduced him to the awesomeness that is John Malkovich in RED.

"I am getting the pig!"

Fantastic.

Glad he liked it.

I still remember watching it with Oldest Sister and Squirt. They were like eh, whatever. Then the dudes showed up to kill him and they were like OO! Rewind that!

I haven't seen that movie in forever. Which is strange, since I watched it every night for like a year.

Technically I only made it through the first few scenes, but still. Every night.

Songs for the night: Said I was going to bring in the new year with Plain White T's. Here you go.

PWT's Week: Day One

"Rhythm of Love" live at Taylor Guitars

probably the most well-known behind Hey There Delilah and 1234. did a double take cause it's not the main guy who sings it, he's just backup. but that's how it's recorded.

"Broken Record"

think this is one of my favorites cause it's so random. and catchy. and fast.
and fitting since gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, the professor and mary ann drove me nuts for an hour straight!

Now I'm out, and stoked! Sleeping in tomorrow. Anybody calls me before ten it better be an emergency. Cause I don't have to work until 4. Woohoo!

"That's right old man!!"
"Can I kill her now?"