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Urbane Guerrilla · 09-20-2006, 12:35 AM

My wife and I just finished watching the PDT broadcast of the public Steve Irwin memorial on Animal Planet, which has been bidding Steve-o a long farewell these two weeks. I'm not really Catholic enough to be lighting ritual candles, but I did pull some incense from the canister and light that.

I'm not ashamed to say tears came. Not surprised, either.

I liked the songs, both of them; the short Aussie-country and the longer Aussie-folky. Even the poem the guy recited -- "The Crocodiles Are Crying" -- a most curious and remarkable mix of eloquent phrase and greeting-card rhyme. Hardly verse for the ages, but still I was leaking at the top and sniffling.

Then there were the totally unexpected bits. Daughter Bindi reading a statement that was a battle cry for conservation. The great big yellow Crikey -- no exclamation point needed -- at the very end.

I'm full up and spilling over.

"Flowers Of The Forest" -- if you know the tune, you know what I'm saying.

09-20-2006, 12:35 AM	#66
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I lit a stick of incense My wife and I just finished watching the PDT broadcast of the public Steve Irwin memorial on Animal Planet, which has been bidding Steve-o a long farewell these two weeks. I'm not really Catholic enough to be lighting ritual candles, but I did pull some incense from the canister and light that. I'm not ashamed to say tears came. Not surprised, either. I liked the songs, both of them; the short Aussie-country and the longer Aussie-folky. Even the poem the guy recited -- "The Crocodiles Are Crying" -- a most curious and remarkable mix of eloquent phrase and greeting-card rhyme. Hardly verse for the ages, but still I was leaking at the top and sniffling. Then there were the totally unexpected bits. Daughter Bindi reading a statement that was a battle cry for conservation. The great big yellow Crikey -- no exclamation point needed -- at the very end. I'm full up and spilling over. "Flowers Of The Forest" -- if you know the tune, you know what I'm saying. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.