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- From: kahn@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amy S Kahn)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Adventures of ASK
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:12:47 GMT
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- So there we were sitting at the table at Rocky Point when some
- gum-cracking teenager with hair teased and sprayed beyond belief came up
- to the table.
- "Heah ya go"
- She plopped a cup in front of me.
- "But I didn't order..."
- "Don't worry, hon, a guy paid for it."
- She left. I stared blankly at the cup. A voice interrupted my
- train of non-thought. "Mind if I sit here?"
- "Are you just going to sit there?"
- "No... I figured I'd also make small talk, charm you a bit, and
- make you feel obligated."
- He gestured to the cup. I looked at it, all white and creamy.
- "How did you know...?"
- "You just looked like the kind of gal who would prefer New
- England to Manhattan."
- "You're very perceptive."
- "Well, in my business, you've got to be. So, what's your name,
- cutie?"
- "It depends. I'm known by different names to different people."
- "What are my choices?"
- "ASK..."
- "I am asking."
- I skipped the Abbot and Costello routine and continued. "Tinkerbell.."
- "Ooh! She's got wings!"
- "Amykins..."
- "Hmmmm... It has possibilities...."
- ".. or, simply, Amy."
- "A-M-Y?" I nodded. "Hey, those are my initials!" He jumped up
- and down, expressing his childish mirth with glee. "The name's Yankovic.
- Al Yankovic." He extended his hand and his leg for no apparent reason.
- I shook both. "If I'd known you were going to do that, I would've extended
- more."
- "I know. But I can't seem to shake your persistance."
- "You got it, chyck." He was very politically correct.
- "Al, can I give you a piece of advice?"
- "Sure."
- "Don't ever eat a falafel sandwich at 7 AM. Just don't."
- He laughed. I laughed. We shared the moment. We bonded.
- "Can I tell you a secret?" I assumed the question wasn't rhetorical.
- "Sure."
- "I wrote the songs first. Then I gave the melodies to other
- artists so they could release their versions first."
- "But that would mean..."
- "Yup. Nirvana was my own idea. It amazes me that people really
- believe singers would naturally enunciate so horribly."
- "And Prince just wouldn't play the game, eh?"
- "He's an asshole. He released the songs, but didn't change the
- words. He knew I wouldn't be able to complain without revealing the
- scam."
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