Mrs. Palfrey Explains Ska!

On the eve of Christmas Eve in the 28th year of my life, I formed a punk/ska band. Not sure of what "ska" actually was, I consulted with my best friends: Phineas (the shark) and Mrs. Palfrey (of the Claremont).

Palfrey explained to me that "ska" was a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950's. She said that it was a precursor to "rocksteady".

"Rocksteady?!!! Shredder and Krang's henchman?" I asked with childlike awe.

Phineas slowly floated over to our player-piano and began to sing, "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey" as though we weren't discussing the history of ska.

Mrs. Palfrey whispered in my ear, "I feel sorry for that damn shark sometimes. I think he wishes he were a woman".

Then she proceeded to take an airline bottle of Sambuca out of her handbag, chug it and then throw it against the player-piano.

Phineas stopped singing.

In attempt to lighten the mood I asked, "Does anyone want to watch the movie: Boys Don't Cry?"

(silence)

At this point, Palfrey took a second mini-bottle of "buke" (as she calls it) out of her hand bag and chugged it until it was gone.

As she was finishing, I asked her if she would please recycle that bottle rather than throwing it against my great-great-great-great Uncle John Brown's player-piano.

She asked me, "What would John Brown do?" and then she ran out of my room with a sickle to go kill some skin heads.

(chuckling/shaking my head) That Mrs. Palfrey...

She's so silly!

I tried to tell her that no one looks good in a visor. No one.

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