t_e_parker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Apr 3, 9:29 am, Kai Jones <sni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:40:38 -0700, Kai Jones <sni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >It's a pastiche of a Dr. Seuss poem that I
>> >really liked.
>>
>> And Bujold, I forgot the Bujold. In one of the Miles Vorkosigan
>> novels there's a major plot element of beetle-like creatures who exude
>> a buttery substance that is delicious and rich-tasting but low
>> calorie.
>
> Ah yes, Bujold's butter bugs. There is even a filk song about them
> titled "Butter Bug Blues".
>
> I think the novel "A Civil Campaign" mentions them most prominately.
>
> Tony Parker
I posted this to the lois-bujold list back when that book was first out.
I
really ought to finish it:
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, mla wrote:
> Adam speculates about a possible butterbug-catnip connection. Adam, you
> realize, don't you, that there's a filk [if not FIC] in there somewhere?
> Pouncer, Rob, BJ, where are you writers of filk?
Why are there so many
Bugs in my household
Adorned with my livery?
I blame my brother who
Found this mad doctor
And said he could live here for free
Zap's kittens think they have found a new playtoy
To them this is all just a game
One day, I'll find it, the catnip connection
Before those bugs drive me insane!
Have you been half asleep
And felt something crawling
Over your leg in the night?
And did you jump and scream
Or trap it in a glass or
Squish it and hide it from sight?
I don't know why these things always must happen
And why they must happen to me
But one day I'll find it, the catnip connection
that keeps those bugs away from me!
--
Rob Wynne / The Autographed Cat / doc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
/ http://autographedcat.livejournal.com/
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