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Take Out the Papers and the Trash

Tuesday, September 3, 2002

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• TITLE: "Take Out the Papers and the Trash" The first line of the 1958 hit by the Coasters hit, Yakety Yak.
  YAKETY YAK
  
  Take out the papers and the trash
  Or you don't get no spendin' cash
  If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
  You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
  Yakety yak (don't talk back)
  
  Just finish cleanin' up your room
  And sweep the dust out with that broom
  Get all that garbage out of sight
  Or you don't go out Friday night
  Yakety yak (don't talk back)
  
  
  You just put on your coat and hat
  And walk yourself to the laundromat
  And when you finish doin' that
  Bring in the dog and put out the cat
  Yakety yak (don't talk back)
  
  
  Don't you give me no dirty looks
  Your father's hip; he knows what cooks
  Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
  You ain't got time to take a ride
  Yakety yak (don't talk back)
  
  (Repeat and fade:)
  Yakety yak, yakety yak

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  Chapter 5 is the new edition of the Mullings Dog Days Tour Travelogue!
  Chapter 1: San Antonio
  Chapter 2: The Flight to Las Vegas
  Chapter 3: I Take Las Vegas by Storm
  Chapter 4: WD-40 or Fight
  Chapter 5: The Magic Gulag

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• "... Associated Press ..." Here's a link to the AP story on garbage creation, water consumption, and pollution production in Johannesburg.

• "... BBC and Ethiopia ..." Here's a link to the BBC piece on making people homeless in Ethiopia.

• "... Afrikaans ..." From the Merriam-Webster Unabridged:
  1. A language that developed in southern Africa from 17th century Dutch and is one of the official languages of the Union of So. Africa

• "... Zimbabwe and food ..." Here's a link to the AP story on Zimbabwe and food distribution.

• "... Toyota Booth ..." Here's a link to the corporations who have attended the Johannesburg Summit.
  
  
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•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  

  
  "America Spreads Misery."
  "America/Israel a Terrorist State."
  THIS is what I've been talking about.

  ( AP Photo/Dennis Farrell) ____________________________________________________________________________________