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To: Vendit™ who wrote (176)	12/14/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 430

I'm used to being copied. In 1980 I had the idea that eventually became The Rain Forest Cafe. I just didn't have the money to implement my idea. More recently I started the Complain Department here on SI. The copycat thread Things thay Annoy Me is still kicking ass while The Complaint Department died after it's 15 minutes, but I ain't bitter because: Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble Ancient footprints are everywhere You can almost think that you're seein' double On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs Got to hurry on back to my hotel room Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece She promised that she'd be right there with me When I paint my masterpiece Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum Dodging lions and wastin' time Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see 'em Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody When I paint my masterpiece BRIDGE: Sailin'round the world in a dirty gondola Oh to be back in the land of Coca Cola! I left Rome and landed in Brussels On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside Newspapermen eating candy had to be held down by big police Someday, everything is gonna be different When I paint my masterpiece