06 April, 2007

Advice Column : Ask A Junkie




Dear Junkie -

As an MADD advisor and TOEFL instructor, I need a nice counting song for my immigrant friends that doesn't rely on liquor use, as say the 99 Bottles of Beer song that helped my family on road trips. Any ideas?
Respectfully,

What Did Jesus Drink?



Dear WDJD -

Implied in your signature is an important lesson we must share, and we want all readers to know the answer to that. As for learning to count in English so that you understand what the state trooper means when she tells you that your Breath-a-lyzer result is 223, let's go back twenty years to the children's band, the Violent Femmes. They wrote a catchy ditty called Kiss Off that emphasizes the metric system (counts to 10) and uses association techniques to help remember the numbers. Life's special devasting emotional events are ranked and then sung about as a memory aid for the numbers. Great for teenagers too.