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Show The PARSON A. Mrs. Miller Knows Shes Bad, Doesnt She? An Oxcart for Utah by Jim Haig Parson Columnist It was a very refreshing experience to visit California recently and once again see what good driving is . Utah seems to have no concept of basic requirements for good driving courtesy! As I was driving toward San Jose from San Francisco on the Bayshore Freeway during the rush hour traffic, I felt about ten times safer than I do backing out of my own garage back in Salt Lake. The reason is simple. The California driver has basic knowledge of the golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. They figure by showing their fellow drivers courtesy they will receive courtesy in return. And guess what? It works. Having lived in California for nineteen years, I feel I am qualified to make a value judgement about Utah drivers. Theyre lousy. One of the reasons for this is that Mickey Mouse run around the fair grounds they call a driving test. How a highway patrol officer can determine if an individual is qualified-tdrive on public streets by taking them through the faircourse is not one grounds on a one-wbit realistic. Until this state wises up and starts beefing up their driving standards, Utah will never see courtesy and good driving practices on its roads. Maybe Brigham Young had the right idea after all by designing the streets for use by oxcarts. It would have been safer. o ay , the Good solo QTWflL SHOP 690 Page 3 SO. 9K E. by MariLyn Pierson Parson Feature Editor titles that have the word love In them, Music is getting funnier all the time he substitutes Lunch. So I went through and believe me, I dont mean that as a all the love songs I could think of and cut. I think its a healthy sign. came up with these: For instance, the ability of the BYU In the Mood for Lunch Im Boy Missionary to see the humorous asLunch For Sale pects of his two years of service to the Lunch Our Is Here to Stay (must be Church and be able to sing about it (and probably make a mint because he can laugh at it) brings one record out of thousands to the top. Big Dum Durr. Irving is a fantastically beautiful parody and one of the funniest records around. And of course in discussing funny records, Mrs. Miller would have to come up. (A poor phraseology for this particular woman.) She and Batman should get together; theyre both so bad theyre great. But you have to keep thinking she knows shes that bad, or else the whole idea gets pathetic. Anyway, George Shearing has introduced a charming game into the realm of music lovers. (And that is a pun you may not get until much later.) For all the song heartburn) What Is This Thing Called Lunch? This Can't Be Lunch Lunch is the Sweetest Thing Portrait of My Lunch Lunch Letters (alphabet soup maybe) I Wish You Lunch Lunch Is a Many Splendored Thing (Expanded to poetry: Come live with me A good funny time-wastand be my lunch.) ... er. Anyway, musicians themselves are very funny people and so their output Is some- times great humor. To prove my point I leave you with Gene Krupas immortal phrase: If you like silence a, drum is an instrument you cant beat. |