Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for May 28, 2009

Gmartin, I’ll be your backup!

I loved that song when I was a teenager in 1958, not just for the joyful sentiment but more for the infectious harmony and syncopations. Ah, they don’t write ‘em like that anymore.

Here are the lyrics:

http://www.thepeaches.com/music/60s/SummertimeSummertime.htm

Why do I ‘hear’ her singing Simon & Garfarkel’s “Hazy Shade of Winter” real soon?

They have a LOT to tell Holly this week don’t they?

Hey, anybody notice she lost a flip-flop in panel one but gets it back by panel 3?..LOL

arsmall, are you sure about that? It seems like her left flip-flop is missing in panel 1, and her right flip-flop is visible in 3.

Have Alix tell Holly………..

Whoever tells her is gonna be first on her death list. You know, always kill the messenger. Maybe Val should type it out and leave it on Holly’s bed but not sign it, that way Holly won’t know who gave her this news of doom.

I was the mean brother. I’ll tell her.

Wait until she reaches the “I’m booored” stage and tell her then….

Val could just make a copy of the letter from the school saying Holly needs to take summer school.

Both flip-flops are visible in panel 3.

try to approach it from the aspect of “we should never stop learning.” probably still won’t help

Summer time is about to freeze.

Jan, thank you for including that Jamies song in the strip today. Whenever I hear it (or in this case see it), it reminds me of Sherm Feller (who is credited with composing the song), whom I had the privilege to know. Thanks, again!

Man, she’s lucky. I’m still in school for another 5 weeks!

This what happens when you just “go to school” and not learn anything.

this should be fun.

The original 1958 recording by The Jamies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F3l6bxs85g

Simon & Garfunkel wrote the song and recorded it and it reached #13 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The Bangles released a version that reached #2!

They wrote Hazy Shade of Winter.