[filk] Welding chicks, and Trades filks...

replyreplyYes, AAMOF, I did see Flashdance many years ago. I remember liking it, but it grows hazy with time. And funny you should mention it, since welding is the trade that I am interested in. Heh. There was an amusing line scrawled in soapstone in one of the gas welding cubicles in the welding shop - "Welding Chicks like it HOTTER". We all got a good giggle out of that.

As for the filks, I'm working on three - "Journey(ed) Girls" TTTO "Uptown Girl", "Tradeswoman" TTTO "Matchmaker" from Fiddler, and "Women in Trades" TTTO Y.M.C.A. (Might end up W.I.T instead - or even B.C.I.T. after the name of the institute)

Here's the first one as it's the only one that is finished.

"Journey(ed) Girls"
TTTO "Uptown Girl"

Journey(ed) girls
We are living in a tradesmen's world
So we really need to
Show those guys
That excluding us just isn't wise,
It's no surprise

Journey(ed) girls
With a baseball cap to
Hold back curls
With our steel toed boots and
Coveralls
Don safety glasses as the foreman calls
Let's go to work

And when we walk
In the shop
And pick up our tools
The guys all stare,
We don't care
That we broke their rules

Just watch us use the lathe,
Weld or drill,
reply(then we bathe!)

Cuz we're
Journey(ed) girls
Don't need to stink or scratch
Or act like churls
To prove that we belong
And we deserve
A chance to show our worth, our skills, our verve And we've got nerve!

(chorus)

Cuz we're Journey(ed) girls
(We're Journey(ed) gi-ir-irls)
(repeat and fade)

Okay. So... you still want more, or was that enough to make you run screaming from the room? *g*

Shaddyr

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I am a Filker,
I have inside me blood of Bards...

-----Original Message-----
From: filk-bounce at dragoncat.net [mailto:filk-bounce at dragoncat.net]On Behalf Of A. Prather
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:42 AM
To: filk at dragoncat.net
Subject: [filk] Re: TreeFilk -- Oct 13th weekend - directions etc Shaddyr--please do regale us with your filks about chicks in trades.

Did you ever see the movie Flash Dance? It's one of my favorites, starring a chick steel worker, a welder of some sort, I believe.

Anne

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Shaddyr wrote:

>
> I should (depending on border traffic) hopefully be there 9ish Friday
night.
> *crossing fingers*
>
> Machine shop - well, my class is in the machine shop this week. Last week
> was sheet metal, the week before was welding and before that it was
> carpentry. Next week is joinery, and after that auto-collision.
>
> Didn't I tell you I was going to school in the fall? I have my WHMIS
ticket,
> my level 3 (occupational) first aid, and I'm going to be getting my
forklift
> ticket. Can't you just see me as a welding chick? *g*
>
> Let me tell you I have been toying around with some truly repugnant filks
> about chicks in trades. I promise to not inflict them on you.
>
> Good heavens, I should have been in bed 2 hours ago... 5:45AM comes too
damn
> early and it's already after 1!
>
Received on 10/10/01