Southpaw Jones

Coach, he loves his whistle
He sings to it in French
If you want to see him bristle
Go give his scar a pinch

If you want to see him samba
You’ll need to wait for rain
His favorite film’s La Bamba
It’s burned into his brain

He doesn’t speak too freely
Unless he feels unheard
Find him napping, really,
E’en though his speech be slurred

You’ll find he’s hooked on gristle
And to mask that nasty scent
He daily dips his whistle
In concentrated mint

as reported in The New York Times

May 29, 1908
OCULISTS OPERATE ON BRONX RHINO
Mogul Was Threatened with Blindness from Cataracts on Both Eyes.
WAS HARD TO CHLOROFORM
Half an Hour in Passing Under the Influence of the Anaesthetic
Mogul, pride of the rhinoceros family in the Bronx Zoological Park, was operated upon yesterday afternoon for blindness, supposed to be due to cataracts. This is the first operation of the sort ever performed on any of the inmates of the Zoo, and the five physicians who were employed on the case pronounced it a great success.

One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

When I show the kids that the cow has four of these things, their eyes light up with bewilderment. Come sit in on my biology class and witness how the…

Highlight here for answer: [stomachs flummox]


Anteater Coolness

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
Henry Ward Beecher

EVERY DANG THURSDAY
with Matt the Electrician
8:00 PM
Flipnotics at the Triangle
4600 Guadalupe
AUSTIN, TX
(512) 380-0097
http://www.flipnotics.com
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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
9:00 PM
Matt the Electrician & Southpaw Jones
Anderson Fair
2007 Grant St. 77006
HOUSTON, TX
713.528.8576
www.andersonfair.com
Doors open at 8:00pm