Great job, Paul - 555, and the 5 for "How Funny" is for "Satirical Impact" in this case.

Hey, you might get a chuckle or two out of my own parody of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", called "Cheney's Home, Undisclosed", about our Vice President's secret undisclosed hide-a-way:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/johndenver19.shtml

Johnny D - Thank you much for the vote and the "Funny" score clarifying comment. Yes, there are very deep and grave "gallows humor" implications here. That is often a part of my own personal brand of humor. I do not personally wish to view blood & gore; I generally find that repulsive and not particularly instructive. But I will create imagery to exemplify and if it seems mordant or excessive do know that this is intentional. I wish to shock you here, because it needs to be recognized that these awful things are often the end consequence of negligent or reckless behavior and that the victim(s) of this behavior are often completely innocent bystanders; other motorists and their passengers, your own unaware passengers and loved ones back home and around the globe, pedestrians, Law Enforcement personnel, Emergency workers, Medical Professionals, Taxpayers and on down the human chain. If you don't care enough about your own life and well-being then at least try to consider everyone else. Well, time to get off my soapbox this morning and finish my de-caf. Think how long this would be with regular coffee pulsing that paragraph elongating substance through my brain. I can feel your collective shudders in advance and it chills me to my aching bones.

Good job, Paul. "driving in my Rover. Rolled it over" was my favorite line. When's the next self promotion class that you were telling me about?

2nz - That was it. But there's always another one coming up soon, you can be sure. I had one in mind but wasn't sure if it was too over the top even for me...OH...Thanks to all for the votes so far - and I really do hope you all take the serious message to heart and drive safely.

"Wasted, scared ya" was a really nice substitute for "West Virginia"! :-D

Paul-good parody to a good song

Meriadoc & Royce - Glad you liked it. Many thanks!

I'm with Johnny on the "satirical impact" aspect. Glad you're back at it again!

Top class effort Paul

Nice job Paul, and thanks for not doing "Don't Fly Stoned". Because that would be wrong.

Mari D, Peregrin, Claude Prez, Thanks!!! Good to be back among the posted again. Have spent a little more time looking at stuff from folks I had not checked out much before and, lo and behold; lotsa good stuff, too. OH...Went to the MessageBoard and there was a question from one of the younger folks about the age of the Authors. Current standings (as of my post there 1/13): While there are a couple who MIGHT be older than me they have "declined to state", so right now I am the reigning "Old Fart". Any challengers? You'll have to look at the item over there to know just HOW OLD I am if you don't already know. Would you believe this started out as just a short acknowledgement/thanks of your comments/votes? Well, at this point you probably would believe that. Be back later to look at some other works and comments.

good message.....regards from another old fart

Alvin, thanks! It's a pleasure to have company in my state of "old-fartitude".

AbC Comp..--clever rhyming throughout. 545

Good job, Paul! Good entry for the ABC comp. 5's

(ABC) Still love it! Voted and commented earlier, see above.

Agrimorfee/Adagio/Johnny D - Thanks! Good luck to you all in the contest, too! I haven't started evaluating the "C" round yet.

This is a smash. Fave sub: "Almost head-on" for "Almost heaven."

Thanks, Spaff. Gosh, I thought I send this reply yesterday.

I know I had already briefly commented on this, but I had another listen and I think this is superb!

Per - Thanks again. Glad you enjoyed it.

Very poignant parody. Definitely more melancholy than humorous, but I liked the grave damage line.

Thanks, John

Once again, I've erred. Commented without voting the first time; sorry. Well done.

There's something called black humor. This defines it. You get 5s. Amusingly enough, one of my dad's friends insists that he drives better stoned. Considering that he lives about 10 miles up into the mountains on a fairly nasty road to drive, and he hasn't ever gotten into an accident despite testing this theory a fair number of times, he seems to have a point. *I* sure wouldn't want to try it, though.

Ooh, I worked with a manager at a pizza place who was ALWAYS stoned, and she was AMAZINGLY EFFECTIVE; I've never seen anyone work that quickly or well-focused. Go figure.

Claude & Nem - thanks. Well, you know it's possible - some folks are able to focus alright when they are zapped. Not I, however. Back in the early 70's a roommate & I got into the habit of smoking a "j" every morning along with a cup of coffee made from freshly ground beans from "the base of Mount Kilimanjaro". Boy, where we out of it! Then we'd drop his old lady off at her job as a coffee shop waitress and sometimes have breakfast there. There were some police officers doing their "code 7" meal break a couple boths away and they were talkking about some folks they pulled over that morning who were "HUA". We were curious but a little reluctant to interrupt their conversation for somewhat obvious reasons, but we had the girlfriend ask what that was. Turns out it was short-hand for "Head-up-*ass". We probably qualified. We waited until they left before we went home. My roommate did drive very well under those conditions but I still got a little paranoid now & again.