From: JYOB@aol.com   
      
   On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7:56:03 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   > On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:26:56 -0500, Les Cargill wrote:   
   >   
   > > The old geezer wrote:   
   > >> ...I was hoping some of our European friends might have some knowledge   
   > >> about a particular line in this tune that I've never understood   
   > >> (thinking it may be an "English thing")..   
   > >>   
   > >> ..."And her father's still perfecting ways of making sealing wax".....   
   > >>   
   > >> Is this the US equivalent of "making license plates"?....meaning that   
   > >> the person is in prison?  Or "weaving baskets"...meaning in a mental   
   > >> Hospital?   
   > >>   
   > >> Or whatever.....   
   > >>   
   > >> The Old Geezer   
   > >>   
   > >> ND: Muskoka Brewery Autumn Ale NP: The Singles Collection - Mick & the   
   > >> gang   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > "The time has come," the Walrus said,   
   > > "To talk of many things:   
   > > Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--   
   > > Of cabbages--and kings--   
   > > And why the sea is boiling hot--   
   > > And whether pigs have wings."   
   > >   
   > > Or perhaps "sealing wax" simply sounds like something somebody really   
   > > old would do.   
      
   > The real mystery is why Jagger mentioned sealing wax: the stuff is quite   
   > a complex mixture, so making a good batch of it can't be all that easy....   
      
   Perhaps he just needed a word to rhyme with "tax"?   
      
   TOG   
      
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