[Dixielandjazz] Is a Jack higher than a spade??

[Dan Augustine]

Charlie and DJML--
     Well, Charlie is the winner of the beautiful vacation in 
Irwindale (courtesy of Frank Zappa's estate) for knowing that the 
quotation on my signature tag was from Pogo:

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**  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
**  "Is a Jack higher than an Ace or smaller than a Spade?"
**  "It's both, leastwise it's mostly." -- OK, who said that?
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     I've been a Pogophile (to which Charlie alludes and belongs) 
since about 1950 and have um... about 20 Pogo Possum comic books 
(i.e., books of the comic strips from the daily papers).  Much to the 
befuddled distress of my highschool English-teacher, i used to lapse 
into Pogoese in both speech and prose at odd moments.
     And, lest you think that Pogo comics are off-topic to dixieland 
jazz, know that Pogo's creator Walt Kelly was a big fan of Ward 
Kimball's (and vice versa), who was inter alia the leader of the 
Firehouse Five Plus Two.  Not only THAT, BUT (as i believe i have 
recounted previously on this List) i am the proud owner of an 
original Long-Playing record called "Songs of the Pogo", written (and 
in a couple cases, sung) by Walt Kelly himself (which LP is now 
available on CD).

     Dan
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>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:26:20 -0500
>From: "charles coleman" <charliew8fim at verizon.net>
>Subject: Is a Jack higher than a spade??
>To: <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
>Cc: "charlie coleman" <charliew8fim at verizon.net>
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>Dan - Don't throw out Pogo-isms and not expect to get a response!!! 
>That was from Walt Kelly, speaking for the three bats, Bewitched, 
>Bothered and Bemildred as they sat playing cards.
>Regards,   Charlie "Pogophile" Coleman


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**  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
**      "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo
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