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MUPPET GLEE CLUB

Bob Neumann

This is not going to be easy to tell….so bear with me.

I remember this rolling bunch of cloud or smoke in front of me and as it cleared it was like i was sitting in a concert hall.

On the stage were in raisedbanks stood the Muppets. Male Muppets in proper TUX and Female in long black evening gowns.

All were in the process of “warming up”. Then i watched Kermit in Black Tie and TUX coat…sans pants…walk up to the podium, baton in hand. He taped the baton on the podium and all the MUPPETS went silent and stood perfectly straight and evenly spaced. Now Kermit turned to the audience and proclaimed “THE MUPPET GLEE CLUB”….and turned to the ensemble. And with a down swing of the baton all began to sing as loudly as they could. Only each was singing a different song.

I watched the baton suddenly stop and Kermit slowly turned and faced the audience and hisface scrunched all up. I remembered that clearly and watched as Kermit turned back to the ensemble and in a shrill scream yelled….””QUIET””… And suddenly all the Muppets who were singing and moving and into what they were doing stopped and looked at Kermit.

Kermit said “You are all supposed to be singing the SAME SONG”. At which point all the Muppets turned and looked at each other and i could hear them mutter… “really…”, “no one told me…”….and the like…. Once again Kermit tapped the baton and all was quiet. And Kermit asked, “What song do you want to sing.” So far everything had gone just as the segment from the old THE MUPPET SHOW.

In the SHOW the Muppets quickly called for a song with a Miss Piggy solo.

But i could not hear what they said.

So when the music started i could hear the music, but when the Muppets began singing i heard no real words.

Now it was the same song…and i strained to remember just what that song was. A 1930’s-40’s TORCH song with a driving beat. And it was killing me that i could not remember…. And suddenly i was sitting up in bed.

My first thought was why can’t i remember that song…. and i heard a voice besides me…”Maybe the song is not as important as the story”.

And there was Kermit sitting in bed, calmly looking at me. “i’m still sleeping”, i said.

“OF COURSE, Kermit replied. You know the difference between DREAMS and VISIONS.” “But why LORD this MUPPETS thing?” “YOU NEED TO GET USED TO IT DOG. WHEN YOU FINALLY WAKE UP GO TO THE WPA BOARD. THE COUNTRY CLUB CHURCH LADY IS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. SHE DOES NOT CONCIDER THE BELL CURVE. YOU ALWAYS MESSED THAT UP. SO NOW YOU HAVE TO STAIGHTEN THINGS OUT”.

At which point i suddenly awakened on the downstairs sofa in front of a turned off TV.

I had fallen asleep praying about something that now i could not remember. Just like i could not remember the lousy song. Between the back spasms of sleeping for two hours slouched in an awkward position i had to go hunting on the WPA.

Two hours of sleep…i am still tired.and sore all over…. So as i began to skim through it dawned on me i really do not know who these people are….and although I remember that the original post about COUNTRY CLUB CHURCHES began something…i couldn’t remember who sent it.

And that bugs me….my memory fades at awkward times.

Now i found Sister Peg’s post and had to read it several times to figure out how BELL CURVE fitted in.

It is Message 14882 entitled “Speak and be blessed…”. I know not everyone at WPA has the capacity to grasp some of the intellectual teaching content coming forth. And that is not a bad thing to admit. It is a fact that a lot of people, only read and understand on a 6th grade level. So what may be perceived as fear or intimidation as a lack of members posting, is probably not the case at all. Maybe some just need to be reminded that simple is ok too.

I remember how several students in a class were blamed for messing up “the curve”. If you studied to get a good grade…a high score…you forced the curveupwards, dropping a lot of “B” scores to s “C”. Sister Peg mentions the “average” amerikan basically has a average understanding and comprehension level of a 10-11 year old. I think that is what the government is telling the public.

BUT THE LORD…through the IMAGE OF KERMIT the FROG is saying “BELL CURVE”… The government also says that about 15-20% of all adults are “functionally illiterate”. Which means outside of signing their name and counting change are non-functional…which means everyone who can read and write better than a 6th grader brings the others up to a sixth grade level. So we have PARITY…????

So now i sit here at the keyboard wondering about a whole lot of things.

So i read the post from Sister Peg again…and again…and i am still missing something.

So i send this out to the WPA and ask for help.

If i don’t know what i have messed up, i can not “straighten things out”.

Bob the dog

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