t’s not unusual for retirees to have eccentric hobbies, but Bournemouth, England’s Derek and Wilf <http://www.wilfturnbull.co.uk/> are probably the only two old age pensioners who spend their free time dissecting rock and pop lyrics and sending garrulous letters to the offending songwriters. Their letter writing campaign began at a DJ’ed wedding, where they started criticizing the songs being played. Their questions involve taking whimsical or deadly earnest lyrics to their logical conclusions and wondering the imponderable like why hungry like a wolf *in particular?* Why not a penguin? *Or a raven?* Why would someone choose to live in a box voluntarily? How does someone extract the milk of human kindness, *let alone deliver it?* To their surprise, the musicians started responding.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/dear_gary_numan_two_old_geezers Stuart Anderson

Message: 5 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:47:25 -0400 From: James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [math-fun] Logic in (old) pop music Message-ID: < CA+G9J-eZSd0DAuB-W-5pO0sjk-DAoQfS-WXsqF49qykNDTnBuA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Did anyone else notice, way back when, that the Beatles' affirmatory-sounding proclamation "There's nothing you can do that can't be done" is actually a tautology?

Or that the Monkees' claim that "We're too busy singing to put anybody down", by slyly jabbing at the band's detractors, *was* in fact putting them down?

Just wondering...

Jim Propp

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