Songs by Members

Circumstantial Evidence?

My penguin swims sidestroke.
Your penguin sinks like a stone.
My penguin swims backstroke.
Your penguin just drowned.

My penguin slides on the ice.
Your penguin falls through.
My penguin is graceful.
Your penguin's a klutz.

My penguin wears black and white.
Your penguin wears plaid.
My penguin has fashion sense.
Your penguin has none.

My penguin eats sushi.
Your penguin eats meat.
My penguin eats sardines.
Your penguin eats Spam(*).

My penguin's a banker.
Your penguin's a crook.
My penguin made millions.
Your penguin got caught.

My penguin sings on key.
Your penguin sings flat.
My penguin's a filker.
Your penguin is too.

My penguin's filker,
Yes, yours is one too.

(*) or Kam if you happen to be in Canada

Of course, there's a story behind this filk:

1. Pomp & Circumstance(P&C) is a horrendously boring piece that far too many institutions use as a graduation processional.
2. A friend of ours in college use to sing something to the effect of: "My reindeer flies sideways, your reindeer flies upside down. My reindeer flies sideways, your reindeer is dead." Every time she heard P&C played.
3. When Mary Anne got her Master's degree from Emmanuel College, for the graduation processional they played, you guessed it, P&C.
4. Mary Anne vaguely remembered our friend's little ditty, but couldn't remember which animal was involved; however, she realized that Penguin scanned just fine (Whether or not this was influenced by the fact that 1/2 the people in her Masters' program were Roman Catholic nuns I don't know.) and taught a version of the first verse above to her fellow graduates.
5. Mary Anne made the mistake of reminding Joe and me about this silliness when we were in a very filkish mood and talking about our plans for FilkONtario.
6. The Penguin is the official mascot of FilkONtario.
7. The rest is history.