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To: Gabz

You can always wish ill will toward a towing business (NOT the kind who offer emergency road service, obviously). Steve Goodman did the quinessential anti-tow truck song with "Lincoln Park Pirates." It's kind of a local fave for Chicago, but way cool if you ever come across it.


93 posted on 11/09/2004 7:53:22 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Gabz
I owe ya one Gabz - just thinking of the song makes me happy. One of Steve Goodman's best....

Lincoln Park Pirates

from the Steve Goodman LP "Somebody Else's Troubles"

The streetlamps are on in Chicago tonight,
And lovers a'gazin' at stars;
The stores are all closin', and Daley is dozin',
And the fat man is counting the cars...

And there's more cars than places to put 'em, he says,
But I've got room for them all;
So 'round 'em up boys, 'cause I want some more toys,
In the lot by the grocery store...
To me, way, hey, tow them away,
The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
>From Wilmette to Gary, there's nothin' so hairy
And we always collect our fee!

So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,
We plunder the streets of your town,
Be it Edsel or Chevy, there's no car too heavy,
And no one can make us shut down.

We break into cars when we gotta,
With hammer and pickaxe and saw;
And they said this garage had no license;
But little care I for the law!

Our drivers are friendly and courteous;
Their good manners you always will get;
'Cause they all are recent graduates
Of the charm school in Joliet.

To me, way, hey, tow them away,
The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
>From Wilmette to Gary, there's nothin' so hairy
And we always collect our fee!

So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,
We plunder the streets of your town,
Be it Edsel or Chevy, there's no car too heavy,
And no one can make us shut down.

And when all the cars are collected,
And all of their fenders are ruined,
Then I'll tow all the boats in Belmont Harbor
To the Lincoln Park Lagoon;

And when I've collected the ransom,
And sunk all the ones that won't yield;
I'll tow all the planes that are blocking the runways
At Midway, O'Hare, and Meigs Field!

To me, way, hey, tow them away,
The Lincoln Park Pirates are we,
>From Wilmette to Gary, there's nothin' so hairy
And we always collect our fee!
So it's way, hey, tow 'em away,

Now citizens, gather around,
And I think it's enough, let's call his bluff,
Let's throw the bum out of town!

96 posted on 11/09/2004 7:58:54 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

The company does do emergency road service, along with the normal stuff that no one likes. It's not a bad company. The Gov's late husband, who started the company, was by all accounts a wonderful, wonderful person.

Something changed her while she was Lt. Governor - and not for the better. She was a highly regarded and respected State Senator who was very well-liked on both sides of the aisle. Now she reminds me of Hillary Clinton.


98 posted on 11/09/2004 8:05:18 AM PST by Gabz (4 MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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