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

From: Eliza Lane <the_pondside at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:30:20 -0700 (PDT)

More, yeah I scream more...

But, can we do it in the key of "D"?

j

• Shaddyr <shaddyr at telus.net> wrote:
  >
  > Yes, 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,
  > (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)
  > reply
  > Cuz we're Journey(ed) girls
  > (We're Journey(ed) gi-ir-irls)
  > (repeat and fade)
  >
  > reply
  > Okay. So... you still want more, or was that enough
  > to make you run
  > screaming from the room? *g*
  >
  > Shaddyr
  >
  > ***
  >
  > 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!
  > >
  >
  >
  >
  

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Eliza Juliana Lane

"The only thing more irritating than someone who never does what they say is someone who always does...." http://www.pondsidemusic.com

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