I understand the HOW but not the WHY

[Lance Payette]

Paul Simon

Paul Simon co-wrote it but did not record it. What you didn't know, because you did not have an exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s, is that Simon and Garfunkel originally recorded "Hey, Schoolgirl" as Tom and Jerry, of which I had three copies. It had a pink label.

Nice try but, as usual, you're out of your depth. I don't know if you're a sock puppet, but you'd make a good one.

[Martin Weidmann]

Paul Simon co-wrote it but did not record it. What you didn't know, because you did not have an exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s, is that Simon and Garfunkel originally recorded "Hey, Schoolgirl" as Tom and Jerry, of which I had three copies. It had a pink label.

Nice try but, as usual, you're out of your depth. I don't know if you're a sock puppet, but you'd make a good one.

Simon and Garfunkel originally recorded "Hey, Schoolgirl" as Tom and Jerry

As if there is something special about knowing that....

If you want to impress, you need to do a whole lot better.

[John Iacoletti]

Paul Simon co-wrote it but did not record it. What you didn't know, because you did not have an exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s, is that Simon and Garfunkel originally recorded "Hey, Schoolgirl" as Tom and Jerry, of which I had three copies. It had a pink label.

Wrong again.  I know "Hey Schoolgirl" and Tom and Jerry very well.

And a Simon and Garfunkel live recording of Red Rubber Ball appears on the "Old Friends" box set.

The problem with being so arrogant is that you look extra foolish when you are wrong.

[Lance Payette]

Wrong again.  I know "Hey Schoolgirl" and Tom and Jerry very well.

And a Simon and Garfunkel live recording of Red Rubber Ball appears on the "Old Friends" box set.

The problem with being so arrogant is that you look extra foolish when you are wrong.

You cannot imagine the mirth I derive from observing the extent to which I get under your skin. It is the proverbial hoot. Enquiring minds are beginning to wonder if perhaps there is something, well, wrong with you (to put it as gently as possible)?

I related a silly little incident where a woman had asked me at a party who sang "Red Rubber Ball" and I had replied The Cyrkle, who in fact had a major hit with it in 1966.

You replied "Paul Simon" for no apparent reason.

I observed that Paul Simon co-wrote it but did not sing it.

You now observe that it appears on Simon & Garfunkel's 1997 boxed set "Old Friends." It was recorded by them - not Paul Simon - live in 1967, well after The Cyrkle's hit.

This somehow makes me "wrong" and looking "extra foolish." How it makes me wrong and looking extra foolish, I have no idea and suspect you don't either.

If you actually were as clever as you appear to think you are, you would simply ignore me rather than giving me the amusement you do by making so obvious how much I irritate you (which is, of course, one of my objectives).

I've been participating on internet forums of all varieties since 1996. I realized perhaps ten years ago that the psychology and dynamics of internet forums were actually more interesting to me than the subject matter - be it golf, motorcycles, religion, UFOs, the JFKA or anything else. I study them and occasionally write about them. This one is as close to visiting a mental institution as any I've visited over the past 29 years - and I thought I had visited some doozies. Your contributions to this observation are significant and hereby gratefully acknowledged.

[Martin Weidmann]

You cannot imagine the mirth I derive from observing the extent to which I get under your skin. It is the proverbial hoot. Enquiring minds are beginning to wonder if perhaps there is something, well, wrong with you (to put it as gently as possible)?

I related a silly little incident where a woman had asked me at a party who sang "Red Rubber Ball" and I had replied The Cyrkle, who in fact had a major hit with it in 1966.

You replied "Paul Simon" for no apparent reason.

I observed that Paul Simon co-wrote it but did not sing it.

You now observe that it appears on Simon & Garfunkel's 1997 boxed set "Old Friends." It was recorded by them - not Paul Simon - live in 1967, well after The Cyrkle's hit.

This somehow makes me "wrong" and looking "extra foolish." How it makes me wrong and looking extra foolish, I have no idea and suspect you don't either.

If you actually were as clever as you appear to think you are, you would simply ignore me rather than giving me the amusement you do by making so obvious how much I irritate you (which is, of course, one of my objectives).

I've been participating on internet forums of all varieties since 1996. I realized perhaps ten years ago that the psychology and dynamics of internet forums were actually more interesting to me than the subject matter - be it golf, motorcycles, religion, UFOs, the JFKA or anything else. I study them and occasionally write about them. This one is as close to visiting a mental institution as any I've visited over the past 29 years - and I thought I had visited some doozies. Your contributions to this observation are significant and hereby gratefully acknowledged.

Bla bla bla....  Shall I give your regards to Carlos Dominquez which, as an owner of a "exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s" you know, right?

What a pathetic loser you really are!

I've been participating on internet forums of all varieties since 1996..

Why not simply try to have a life? Might work wonders for you!

[Lance Payette]

The swami will confess he has no idea who Carlos Dominquez is or was. Is he a sock puppet of Mick Jones or Nick Cave, perhaps?

The swami observes that a fake persona with nearly 8000 posts and God knows how many sock puppets is telling the swami he needs to get a life. The swami finds this ironic and droll.

The swami observes that the "Weidmann" persona and the "Iacoletti" persona almost appear to be tag-teaming him. He makes no accusations, he merely observes.

[Martin Weidmann]

The swami will confess he has no idea who Carlos Dominquez is or was. Is he a sock puppet of Mick Jones or Nick Cave, perhaps?

The swami observes that a fake persona with nearly 8000 posts and God knows how many sock puppets is telling the swami he needs to get a life. The swami finds this ironic and droll.

The swami observes that the "Weidmann" persona and the "Iacoletti" persona almost appear to be tag-teaming him. He makes no accusations, he merely observes.

If you need medication, just ask for it.

As far as Carlos Dominguez goes it was a single release by Paul Simon as Jerry Landis in 1964

Landis was the last name of Simon when they changed the credits for "Hey Schoolgirl". So much for your knowledge as the owner of "an exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s"

You're way our of your depth, as per usual!

[Lance Payette]

If you need medication, just ask for it.

As far as Carlos Dominguez goes it was a single release by Paul Simon as Jerry Landis in 1964

Landis was the last name of Simon when they changed the credits for "Hey Schoolgirl". So much for your knowledge as the owner of "an exhaustive collection of thousands of 45s"

You're way our of your depth, as per usual!

Perhaps you got spittle in your screen, but the post to which I responded said "Carlos Dominquez" - "quez."

The swami will confess he has never heard of "Carlos Dominguez" either. The swami realized in perhaps 1968 that Simon & Garfunkel made him puke. The swami's musical tastes are eclectic, but he does have his limits. Insofar as Paul Simon and his various permutations are concerned, the swami does not pretend to omniscience.

In your final sentence, "our" appears to be a Freudian slip; I believe you meant "out." If you wear a leftover COVID mask, you won't get spittle on your screen.