Charles Johnson Sat Sep 11, 2004 at 6:19 pm PDT • Views: 1,192
LGF reader Steve writes:
I’m a PhD researcher in image registration (alignment) in the Department
of Radiology at ________. I wrote a computer program to find the best affine alignment (a standard technique involving translation, rotation, scaling and shearing) of the CBS memo and output from Word.
The family was from Arkansas. The Dad (Dink) was a furniture salesman in San Bernardino, but back in the way-back-when he used to play 'bones' or 'spoons' in a minstrel show. To relive the golden days of yesteryear he would, from time to time, force his children to accompany him (Ronnie on guitar, Kenny on trombone) in a living room replay of a minstrel routine called "Lazy Bones."
The kids often found this to be an inconvenience, as they were fascinated by, and constantly perfecting new techniques for, The Manly Art Of Fart-Burning. Kenny explained to me that it was scientific - that it demonstrated (this is a real quote) "Compression, ignition, combustion and exhaust." -- Kenny & Ronnie Williams (later immortalized in "Let's Make The Water Turn Black").