From: David Nicol (davidnicol_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 12:35:00 PST
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because the tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be brought to you by Xerox In 4 parts without commercial interruptions. The tenth valid rule of this round will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia. The tenth valid rule of this round will not give your mouth sex appeal. The tenth valid rule of this round will not get rid of the nubs. The tenth valid rule of this round will not make you look five pounds thinner, because the tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised, Brother. There will be no pictures of you and Willie May pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run, or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance. NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32 or report from 29 districts. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay. There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay. There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process. There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving For just the proper occasion. Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and women will not care if Dick finally gets down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news and no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose. The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb, Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people. You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl. The tenth valid rule of this round will not go better with Coke. The tenth valid rule of this round will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath. The tenth valid rule of this round will put you in the driver's seat. The tenth valid rule of this round will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised. The tenth valid rule of this round will be no re-run brothers; The tenth valid rule of this round will be live. -- David L Nicol "You don't know how to maintain a station wagon either!"
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