What If The Beach Boys Had Sung The Praises Of Mowing Rather Than Surfing?

"TURF'S UP!"
Vincent wondered, as he sat atop his Toro Greensmaster 3100, how different things would be if Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys had extolled the virtues of mowing golf courses instead of surfing California beaches. For starters, they would of had to call themselves the Turf Boys. It reminded Vincent of the progressive power, compounding daily, of cultural conditioning in his life. Was he aware, though?

Cut Some Turf

Don't be afraid to try the greatest sport around
Cut some turf, cut some turf
Everybody tries it once
Those who don't just have to put it down
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa

You drive out turn around and raise
And baby that's all there is to the greenskeeping craze
You gotta cut some turf and you're sittin' on top of the world
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa 

Not just a fad cause it's been going on so long
Cut some turf, cut some turf
All the cutters going strong
They said it wouldn't last too long
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa

They'll eat their words with a fork and spoon
And watch 'em they'll hit the road and all be mowin' soon
And when they cut some turf they'll be sittin' on top of the world
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa

So take a lesson from a top-notch mower boy
Cut some turf, cut some turf
Get yourself a Toro
But don't you treat it like a toy
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa

 Just get away from the beach surf
And baby go catch some rays on the sunny turf
And when you cut some turf you'll be sittin' on top of the world
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa 

Cut some turf and you'll be sittin' on top of the world
Ooh wa ooh wa, ooh wa ooh wa


Vincent Carriuolo

Interests: breathing, music, literature, golf, art, snowshoeing, writing, kayaking, meditation, skiing, walking/hiking, theatre (preferably drama), comedy clubs, concerts, art museums, poetry readings, working out and elephant polo at tiger tops, nepal (just seeing if you're still reading). some favorite films: the bicycle thief, dr. strangelove, 81/2, the diving bell and the butterfly, babette's feast, being there, city lights, everything is illuminated and life is beautiful. favorite reads: 100 years of solitude; the short stories of raymond carver; the divine comedy; the power of now; j. krishnamurti's the book of life; the short stories of eudora welty and ethan canin; the poetry of t.s. eliot; matsuo basho and robert frost; the odyssey; the secret language of symbols; a path with heart; zen flesh, zen bones; gift from the sea; siddhartha and anything by: j. krishnamurti; eckhart tolle; jack kornfield; anthony demello s.j.; thich nhat hahn; thomas merton; shunryu suzuki, : meister eckhart; emmett fox and ram dass. play blues harmonica. like color: cobalt blue. like flower: paper white narcissus. last read: one hundred years of solitude (again), quotes: just this. --anon. we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. --anais inn, a friend of bill w.