Plankowner
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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: "Can I Please Go Out And Play"
A bit of history is needed for this one. One of the members of a Submarine related BBS was lamenting his need to attend a gathering of submarine sailors at a private ranch in California, (in 2001). Trying to convince his wife the need to travel to the United States from Australia for this event, this was his plea. Thanks Buzz!
(If you're still with us Buzz say and we're sorry to have missed you)
CAN I PLEASE GO OUT TO PLAY??
(At the Bash at the Ranch)
Can I please go out to play,
I asked the spouse again.
All the guys will be heading there,
by car and boat and plane.
There’ll be some horses and a cow or two,
A dog named Zeke, and a Bar-B-Q
A laugh, a song, a story too,
May I please go out to play??
I know it’s a little far away,
And it would be better not to go.
But ‘Silver Spurs’ is calling me,
It’ll be one hell of a show.
Me an’ POD will be very good,
Act just the way we know we should,
Partyin’ as only a Submariner could,
Can I please go out to play??
I wanna sing a Cowboy song,
And yell ‘Hi Ho Silver’ too.
I wanna ride the Happy Trails,
After deeds of derring do.
I’ll ride up high just like John Wayne,
Galloping along with flying mane,
Feeling the dust and the driving rain,
Can I please go out to play??
There’ll be nights around the campfire,
Reliving the deeds we’ve done,
Whilst protecting the world from evil,
Until all the wars was won.
We’ll dive and surface just one more time,
Smelling the diesel and feeling the grime,
Now really dear, is that such a crime?
Can I please go out to play??
There’ll be guys from many countries,
From many towns and boats and wars.
And of course the best boat of all,
Will be the one that you called ‘Yours’.
The pinging will be flying strong,
There’ll be stories right, and stories wrong,
One or two legends will enthrall the throng,
Can I please go out to play??
You have to understand my dear,
The Bash is the place that I must go.
Ol’Gringo will be there as well,
Watching and enjoying the show.
How could I go on in cyberspace,
Listening to how they trashed the place,
Missing the chance to meet face to face,
Can I please go out to Play!!!
The Sons will be singing all of their hits,
And Tommy Cox will add quite a few more,
The No Sh*tters outpouring to left and to right,
Both DBF’ers and Nukes evening the score.
The snap attacks will come thick and fast,
Only the brave and the quick will last,
Tales from the present, and tales from the past,
Can I please go out to play??
I want to meet the whole BBS Crew,
Those strangers whom I now call friend.
We’ve talked for ages as old shipmates,
And will stick together until the end.
The faces will match the names that I know,
The greetings will be warm, and friendships will grow,
We’ll party till we hear the old cock crow,
Can I please go out to play??
Of course I’ll mow the bloody lawns,
And prune that tangled shrub.
Yeah, I’ll even paint the bloody house,
And stay away from the bloody pub.
But while I’m doing it … in my mind,
I’ll be diving deep and running blind,
Once more among my very own kind,
When in June I’ve gone out to play!!
Buzz From Oz
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"Can I Please Go Out And Play"
