Springfield and other Illinois places

Oh, this ought to be good. Once, while taking a joy ride, outside of C-U, my friends and I emptied our ashtray in Pesotum (not sure of spelling). BTW, the Octoberfest in Arthur or was it Gibson was nice. ;-D

I see some very cool events coming up there and I'm mulling over taking a trip up there around the end of this month: Look at all this stuff going on in Springfield: Sept. 24-25 Smokey Joe's Caf�. Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois-Springfield. (Fri. 8pm, Sat. 2 & 8pm) This Broadway musical celebration of roch & roll features the songs of Lieber and Stoller, from "Hound Dog" to "On Broadway." Admission. (217) 206-6160 or (800) 207-6960. www.uis.edu/~onstage Sep 24-26 Springfield Air Rendezvous 17th Annual Air Show. Capitol Airport. (On Saturday & Sunday gates open 8am with flight activities to begin at 11am) Family oriented and affordable, world class air show with professional aerobatic entertainment, static aircraft displays on the ground, concessions, children's area. Hangar parties both Friday night, 24th (night air show only) and Saturday night, 25th. Admission. (217) 789-4400. www.springfield-il.com/airshow Sep 24-26 The Sunshine Boys. Springfield Theatre Centre. (see September 17-19) Sep 24-26 Fall Home & Remodel Show. Prairie Capitol Convention Center. (Time TBA) The latest in home building and remodeling, landscaping, and decorating. Admission. (217) 698-4941 25 Old State Capitol Antique Show. Old State Capitol. (10am-4pm) In cooperation with the Downtown Springfield Fall Festival. Free. (217) 785-7960 25 Downtown Springfield Fall Festival. Downtown around the Old State Capitol. (10am-5pm) A family event with food, entertainment, scarecrows, Mr. Lincoln, the history-mystery contest, crafts, antiques and more. Free. (217) 544-1723. 25-26 Edwards Place Fine Crafts Fair. Springfield Art Association. Annual craft fair of 70 fine craft exhibitors. Food, children's activities, family entertainment. Free. (217) 523-2631 26 Raise the Roof. Iles House, 628 S. Seventh St. (1-4pm) A family event with a medicine man show; 19th century children's games, exhibits, food, and music. Free. (217) 753-4900, ext. 234.

Not far from Springfield, IL is a place called New Salem. Lincoln lived there and it has been kept in the same condition as when he was a resident. All the cliche log cabins, but I thought it was cool when I went there on an 8th grade field trip. People work there in the historical garb of the day and make lye soap and they serve 19th century food like "corn dodgers." You can also get a hot dog and a coke if going pioneer doesn't appeal to you. It is run something like historic Williamsburg in Virgin a. You walk around town and feel as though you've stepped back in time.

Springfield - hey, I *KNOW* Springfield! It's a DUSTY place, where the SIMPSONS live, right?

In the words of Robin Williams (as Mork) "Humor! Arr arr arr."

Ok, so it wasn't brilliant as far as HAWAIIAN humor goes, but for German humor, it wasn't TOO bad... And I love Dusty Springfield! And Marge's fambly, too!

...I thought it was cute and clever. Hawaiian humor consists of murdering the English language in new and more inventive ways...

... more than any German could come up with? Give us examples!

I think each non-English language spawns its own variety of fractured English - one more delightful than the next, and all enchanting. I think I will let John have a crack at this first. I can think of some "for-instances", but you'd need to be here to understand them....lemme think about it...

...but not too long!