On 6/26/06, Jon_Lincicum wrote: > "Davdi Silverrock" wrote: > > >On 6/24/06, Kenneth Gorelick wrote: > >> > >> I think it is a term that means something neither meat nor milk.... > >> > > > >Hm. Perhaps Paarfl is a character from that famous play, > >/Teckla on the Roof/? > > > > > >If I had a title, > >Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum > >All day long I'd biddy biddy bum. > >If I were a titled man. > > > >[later] > > > >Have I made a match for you! > >He's handsome, he's young! > >Alright, he's 2002. > >But he's a nice man, a good catch, true? > > > >And so on and so forth. > > No, no, I think you're thinking of Tevna. > > Furnace-rise, > Furnace-set, > Furnace-rise, > Furnace-set, > Slowly, through the cycle... > Sure, it's Tevna who is the main character, and who sings that song, and the first one I quoted from. But Paarfl is in there too, as one of Tevna's daughter's love interest. As we hear in the famous chorus of: And such a son-in-law Like no-one ever saw The writer Paarfl Rundwald Of course, Paarfl is chronically unsuited for marriage, and wacky hijinks ensue.