Hair's Conciliation

I say appealing and you say appalling
I say appalling and you say appealing
Appealing, appalling, appalling, appealing
Let’s call the whole thing off

I say Hair and you say hairy
I say bear it and you say bury him
Hair, hairy, bear, bury
Let’s call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing off then we must part
And oh, if we ever part then that might break my heart

When you are appealing I think it’s appalling
I’ll be appalling unless you give up appealing
For I know we need each other so we
Better call the calling off, off
Oh, let's call the whole thing off

I say tamper and you say temper
I say tribunal and you say tribulation
Tamper, temper, tribunal, tribulation
Let’s call the whole thing off

I say racial and you say Ray shall
I say throw and you say thorough
Racial, Ray shall, throw, thorough
Let’s call the whole thing off


But oh, if we call the whole thing off then we must part
And oh, if we ever part then that might break my heart

So, if you are thorough I still say throw
I'll say racial and you know Ray shells
For I know we need each other so we
Better call the calling off, off
Oh, let's call the whole thing off

Let's Do The Gesture

(On Hair's assertions about Inzamam's gesture)

C'mon Inzi now
Let's do the gesture.
First take a bow
Then do the gesture.

The gesture that no one has seen,
Just like the tampering you mean?

Yes it exists. It is real. You take your arm thus
Wave your palm away at that mug, no fuss.

You mean we give each other the gesture
When we say goodbye?
What has this cruel world come to, giving the gesture
To each other on the sly.

No no put that other hand on the hip
Take this one and let it violently rip
Like a Warne delivery.
This is the devilry.

But I am not a spinner.
And a whole lot thinner.

Arch your back
Look at the quack
With your hand near his face
Do it as if you held a mace.

Is that something like I hold my bat
No I will not badger that wombat.

Through one armpit pass the other hand
Splay it and cover his face with a fistful of sand,
While you hold one finger to your knee.
That's how 'tis done, now do you see?

PS: For Hair's explanation of the gesture see
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/313549.html

In This Day and Age

The case of Kyla Ebbert and Southwest (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20641687/) was supposedly to do with appropriateness of dress while going on board a commercial airline. There was nothing in the dress that anyone has not seen before on a U.S. airport. While we are moving towards a point where there will soon be security machines on airports that will see under a passenger's clothing it is hard to fathom that her dress was found inappropriate. Southwest should have thanked her instead; she could not have been carrying any WMDs under that ensemble thus putting everyone at ease that she was not a hijacker.