To Pine or not to Pine

[Mike Jackson]

I've had my XM Radio tuned to the Holly Channel lately and keep hearing the word "pine" or "pining" a lot. It's not a word I use daily, so I looked it up. It might be in a couple of other seasonal songs, but here are two of them.

Home For The Holidays
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can't beat home, sweet home

O' Holy Night
Long lay the world in sin and error pining

pining n : a feeling of deep longing

Based on the above, I guess I should be doing a bit of pining.

Happy Holidays,
Mike Jackson

[Larry White]

My favorite is...

"...the only job you're gonna get in here is pushing up daisies from a pine box. Now get out!"

-WB

[Bruce Horton]

...or from the famous Monty Python pet store sketch where the bird in the cage is hanging upside down from its perch. The shopkeeper tells John Cleese: "He's not dead...he's pining. Pining for the fjords!"