Oh lovely snowball, packed with care, smack a head that's unaware! Then with freezing ice to spare, melt and soak through underwear! Fly straight and true, hit hard and square! This, oh snowball, is my prayer. I only throw consecrated snowballs.
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Related Another snowball, this time it impacted on my shoulder. I dusted the snow off my coat wi... KARINA HALLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I hope this won't snowball. CHRIS KING At my restaurant, we made a dessert called 'milk and honey.' It's milk ice cream that lo... DANIEL HUMM Oh, I'm just going to catch up with him and throw him to Andy to take care of. JOE LYDON In the morning when I wake And the sun is coming through, Oh, you fill my lungs with sweet... THE PAPER KITES Having Snowball gives me someone to take care of again. JACKIE CAVACO He gave her one. “It is totally unfair,” he said in his most severe voice, “to engage in a sno... ANNE BISHOP You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are s... BILL WATTERSON I am glad that we don't have to face Jarrod Freeman again. He is a great pitcher, and I am happy wit... RON ANDERSON Five outs away. Can't really do anything about that one. That was a snowball going straight down. KYLE FARNSWORTH Care to join me, Goodfellow?” “Oh, ice-boy. A moonlight stroll with you? Do you even have t... JULIE KAGAWA I think about the cosmic snowball theory. A few million years from now the sun will burn out and los... BILL LEE Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin BILL WATTERSON I knew immediately what was happening. I knew, oh my God, he's hit me on the back of the head with a... JULIE ROBERTS The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. DOUG LARSON We hope this has a snowball effect and that more arrests will be made soon. LAUREN MACK I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing. KAT GRAHAM Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rai... LYMAN FRANK BAUM Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the ra... LYMAN FRANK BAUM So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can... ROALD DAHL Oh oh it's magic / When I'm with you / Oh oh it's magic / You know it's true / Got a hold on you RIC OCASEK Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people s... JOE ESZTERHAS And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I
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Why takest thou its melancholy voice,
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We'd make, with joyful wing,
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