Carl lays some lyrics down

MUSIC WITH A BITE
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Today, I was humming this tune.  So I thought I'd put words to it.

What with my stumpy arms, I'm gonna struggle to learn guitar to play along to it though.  Maybe I'll just perform it acapella - crocodile-style.

You may recall, we crocs have quite an impressive vocal range (see June 19 post).

Anyway, here it is.  My song.

Carl the Crocodile

In the stinky waters of the River Nile,

Where the mozzies buzz by the muddy banks

And the ibis flies the Egyptian skies,

There's a slinky, warty crocodile

Goes by the name of Carl.

In the stinky waters of the River Nile,

That snakes due south from the delta's mouth

Past dipping bows and sipping cows,

There's a sleek and wise streetwise reptile

Goes by the name of Carl.

Well he floats like a log

But he still has time to blog;

He's the crocodile with a lot o' bile;

He's a puppyphile with a killer's smile;

And he sure likes eating dog.

In the stinky waters of the River Nile,

Past pyramids that the pharoahs hid

And the swaying reeds and the sodden weeds,

There's a woodcarved, charming crocodile

Goes by the name of Carl.

Well he floats like a log

But he still has time to blog;

He's the crocodile with a lot o' guile;

He's a puppyphile with a killer's smile;

And he sure likes eating dog.

So-bek, almighty Sobek,

Carl is selling soon.

So-bek, the feast of Sobek,

On the thirtieth of June.

Well he floats like a log

But he still has time to blog;

He's the crocodile with a lot o' style;

He's a puppyphile with a killer's smile;

And he sure likes eating dog.

So there it is.  Hope you enjoyed it.

Keep rockin'

Carl

Carl sparks interest on global internet site

Do you like the title of this post?  It was my Keeper's idea.  I was gonna go with "Carl gets a bid on ebay", but he says I gotta spice it up.  Crocs are no good at creativity, so I went with the Keeper's suggestion.  Humans aren't very straight up are they?  It all seems like false-advertising to me.  But he says humans are more sophisticated than that.  Says they're media savvy.  Whatever.

WIN A CROC!
(Source: stevedavey.blogspot.com)

You won't get that on my ebay ad.  What you see is what you get!  Although, even then, he insisted on using a picture of me playing monopoly.  Hope people don't think they're gonna get a free board game.  I mean, surely a handcarved, woodcrafted, charming wooden croc like me and his very own blog is quite enough!

Mind you, I can't deny that crocs can sometimes do with a bit of PR.  We don't got the best of reps.  Same with dingos (see right).  Mind you, they are actually prey from my point of view.  I'd love to eat a dingo that has eaten a puppy.  Keeper says that's the same concept as turducken.

While you're looking at that frontpage, check out the eye-catching banner at the top.  Win a Croc!


You could too!  Ebay is only a click away.

Click away!


Carl

Carl considers food hygiene

When it comes to food hygiene, I've got this simple rule.  Simple but effective.  Crocs everywhere swear by it.  However, first, as promised yesterday, a little more on the Lady with the Moustache.

You see, my keeper was playing a cutprice version of Bargain Hunt.  He took his crisp fiver to a bunch of charity shops, looking to make a profit on eBay during the free listings weekend.  Got himself three items.  I'm one of 'em.  To be honenest, I don't like to think of myself as an item, but that's what eBay calls handcrafted wooden crocodiles.  When in Rome.  Anyway, he bought me from the lady in question, but more on the BH adventure later.  Now back to food hygiene.

As I said, all you need to know, if you wanna stay safe during this ecoli business, is one simple rule.



Carl's Simple Rule for Food Hygiene:

If it don't struggle, it ain't dinner.

FRESH AND DELICIOUS DOG
(Source: dog-picspot.blogspot.com)



That's it.  People get sick from eating dead vegetables or dead chicken or dead just-about-anything.  That don't happen with crocs.  Crocs like their prey fresh and wriggling.  No ecoli.  And just think about broccoli.  It even sounds like ecoli.

Now, I'm not saying that crocs don't get sick.  This cousin of mine had a bad case of poisonous toad once.  Sick as a dog he was.  Mmm dog.  Now there's a dinner!

Stay safe.

Carl