Chocolate? did someone say
Chocolate?
One of my favourite subjects....
Glad you're enjoying my manic signature changing - its my Easter signature - but there are so many good chocolate quotes I decided that too much chocolate was mathematically impossible, so i'm enjoying this calorie free feast too.
And theres some great songs about chocolate too...
Heres a little ditty that has me chuckling everytime I read it....
(WARNING - SOME ADULT THEMES....)
the story behind the ditty:
Author's note: Our dog ate five hundred dollars worth of chocolate, counting the vet bills. Somehow the song about it grew to include everything else. I usually add a topical verse whenever I sing it. Started in 1988 and still growing. You can fill in the blanks.
Here's the melody:
G F# E D | C D E | F# D E F# | G A B |
G F# E D | C E G | F# A D F# | G G |
(only I can't read music
)
Father never seemed to make
enough to feed his children steak
but Mom churned out that chocolate cake
Chocolate made my childhood
Chocolate is so action packed
Makes some children hypreact
But too much speed is what I lack
Grown ups need more chocolate
Dogs love chocolate, don't know why
speeds their hearts up till they die
Vet bill's gonna make you cry
Don't let dogs have chocolate
Some say growing old's the pits
Balding heads and sagging hips
But chocolate doesn't give us zits
I'll trade my youth for chocolate
How d'you know that Easter's here?
Chocolate bunnies do appear
If Easter happened twice a year
We could have more chocolate
Careless love can break your heart
God knows smoking isn't smart
Too much beer can make you fart
Nothing's safe but chocolate
If your husband's youth is spent
His get-up-and-go has went
Chocolate straightens what is bent
Feed your husband chocolate
Young folks doubt that those above
Forty-five years old can love
Sex, of course, we don't think of
But we can still love chocolate
Belgium is a damn fine place
they eat chocolate by the case
so let the whole damn human race
sing the praise of chocolate
When I'm in a traffic jam
I don't sulk and say "goddamn"!
I'm quite happy where I am
Sittin', eatin' chocolate
If your waistband's getting tight
and dieting is such a fight
you can curb your appetite
Precede each meal with chocolate
Americans cut down, I hear
To less than five pounds each a year
It shows that when you drink weak beer
You lose your taste for chocolate
Canadian women have it tough
Do without some vital stuff
A survey says they don't get enough
_______________ Chocolate
Now that ______ is twenty-five
We're so glad that (s)he's alive
It makes a good excuse to drive
To ______ house for chocolate
______ is a damn fine place
They eat chocolate by the case
The future isn't hard to face
In ______ with chocolate
Here at this folk song retreat
Some may think the weather's neat
my chocolate melted in the heat
Sunshine's hard on chocolate
Some of you may think this song
Is short on meaning and much too long
And I'm not going to say you're wrong
Let's go have some chocolate.
And in the interest of entertainment, I took the liberty of writing a new verse - seeing as that is the whole point of this song....
When searching for that caffeine hit,
When cravings simply will not quit,
Save yourself the dummy spit,
Just have a block of chocolate.....
( I don't think theres enough caffeine in it for you though Keith )
And for the benefit of your Chocoholic workmates.... I will today start the 'rules of chocolate consumption' as my signatures.....
Yep, I'm the 'go to' person for a wonderland of Chocolate facts....
~Lisa~