I just upgraded to a paid subscription so that I could point out that I caught the "In which Doris gets her oats" allusion made by Syed Afzal Haider. He's echoing the words spoken by John Lennon in the introduction to the song "Two of us" on the Beatles 'Let it Be' album.
Per wikipedia:
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At the beginning of the recording Lennon says,
"'I Dig a Pygmy', by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats!"
The joke was mixed in by Phil Spector for the Let It Be album and also appeared in the Let It Be film, both released in 1970. "I Dig a Pygmy" is an obvious reference to Lennon's song "Dig a Pony" that follows in the album's track order. "The deaf aids" – a British term for hearing aids at the time – was also the nickname given to the Beatles' Vox amplifiers.
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The 'in which Doris gets her oats!' line has a pretty intense personal meaning for me as well, for reasons we shan't go into right now.
Thank you for sharing this, John. I didn't remember this line from "Two of Us" (It's been a long time since I listened to that LP - too long - my mother had all their albums, in their original pressings, but when she left home and married in early 1971, she gave them to her youngest brother - I know she still regrets that decision!)
And sounds like you have a story to tell regarding the Doris line too.
Yes, I do have a story about that 'Doris' line. Here are links to a two-part essay, "Jerrycans full of gasoline in the back seat" — about the most intense 3-hour stretch of my entire life. If you will read that essay first, you will get much more out of my very short story about 'Doris.'
But if you don't feel like spending the time to read that essay, I'll be happy to provide the short version — which, without context, is quite trivial.
Thank you, John! It'll take me a bit to get to this but after a quick perusal, it looks like a terrific story. (And I encourage others who see this thread to visit John's Substack too).
I just upgraded to a paid subscription so that I could point out that I caught the "In which Doris gets her oats" allusion made by Syed Afzal Haider. He's echoing the words spoken by John Lennon in the introduction to the song "Two of us" on the Beatles 'Let it Be' album.
Per wikipedia:
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At the beginning of the recording Lennon says,
"'I Dig a Pygmy', by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats!"
The joke was mixed in by Phil Spector for the Let It Be album and also appeared in the Let It Be film, both released in 1970. "I Dig a Pygmy" is an obvious reference to Lennon's song "Dig a Pony" that follows in the album's track order. "The deaf aids" – a British term for hearing aids at the time – was also the nickname given to the Beatles' Vox amplifiers.
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The 'in which Doris gets her oats!' line has a pretty intense personal meaning for me as well, for reasons we shan't go into right now.
Thank you for sharing this, John. I didn't remember this line from "Two of Us" (It's been a long time since I listened to that LP - too long - my mother had all their albums, in their original pressings, but when she left home and married in early 1971, she gave them to her youngest brother - I know she still regrets that decision!)
And sounds like you have a story to tell regarding the Doris line too.
Yes, I do have a story about that 'Doris' line. Here are links to a two-part essay, "Jerrycans full of gasoline in the back seat" — about the most intense 3-hour stretch of my entire life. If you will read that essay first, you will get much more out of my very short story about 'Doris.'
(1) https://johnsundman.substack.com/p/jerrycans-full-of-gasoline-in-the?r=38b5x
(2)https://johnsundman.substack.com/p/jerrycans-full-of-gasoline-in-the-b3a?r=38b5x
But if you don't feel like spending the time to read that essay, I'll be happy to provide the short version — which, without context, is quite trivial.
Thank you, John! It'll take me a bit to get to this but after a quick perusal, it looks like a terrific story. (And I encourage others who see this thread to visit John's Substack too).