I have to go to Clarksville. What train should I take?

[taterguy]

Poll question: I have to go to Clarksville. What train should I take?

[rug]

1. Is this some cheap ploy for coffee flavored kisses?

Fat chance, bub.

[whistler162]

2. I even made your reservation,

[jobycom]

3. Take the train out of the station in the basement of the Alamo.

[taterguy]

4. Why would I do that if I'm going to Clarksville from North Carolina?

[jobycom]

7. Take the train from NC to the Alamo, change stations to the train to Clarksville.

Duh.

[taterguy]

8. I asked why not how

[jobycom]

26. Why is how. Plus, Clarksville is just an hour north of the Alamo, and a long way from NC.

So why wouldn't you?

[taterguy]

28. Clarksville is on the border of Indiana and Kentucky

It's only an hour north of the Alamo if you take a fucking plane

[jobycom]

31. Our Clarksville is way cooler than that Clarksville. Who'd want to go there? nt

[mix]

5. x

[elleng]

6. THIS one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp7ZkpkWIZA

[Tikki]

9. Any train to Clarksville...but, don't go back to Rockville...

and waste another year...Ya hear?

OK
Tikki

[taterguy]

10. You're not the boss of me. I'll go to Rockville whenever I damn well please

[elleng]

14. Hahahaha!

'You're not the boss of me' from my daughter, at age 5??? Not in Rockville, either!

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

49. Should be going back to Cali, Cali, Cali, I'm going back to Cali, I don't think so

:rofl:

[IcyPeas]

11. they discontinued that service due to budget cuts..

in mass transportation. you'll have to drive.

[Kaleva]

12. And that was back in August 16, 1966

[taterguy]

13. Anything is within walking distance

If you have enough time

[siligut]

15. So what's in Clarksville?

:shrug:

[Kaleva]

20. The last train.

It went to Clarksville back in 1966 and there it remains.

[siligut]

21. Are you going with taterguy?

Is this a buddy kinda thing?

[Kaleva]

22. If he's a Lions fan, he'd be cool! If he only wants to discuss potatoes, then maybe not.

[siligut]

23. I am fairly sure the moniker taterguy comes from a very stupid 8 minute video

The video doesn't make any sense and IIRC, it doesn't mention anything about the Lions, so I am of no help.

[Capn Sunshine]

16. Do you know if you are ever coming home?

du du du du du du du du dudu dudu dudu dudu dooooooo

Great tune by Boyce & Hart

Mickey was the mayor of my little So Cal town one year....

[Ptah]

17. Get water at the Petticoat Junction {if you know what I mean}

[madinmaryland]

18. WTF, Francis. There are no trains that go to Clarksville. I do know a good

podiatrist there.

:shrug:

[Ptah]

19. A football coach lives in Clarksville?

:shrug:

[Swede]

24. And don't be slow.......

Oh,no no no!

[pscot]

25. The Clarksville line is closed because of snow

Probably be a week before they break through.

[taterguy]

29. If I was in a hurry would I be taking a train?

[dimbear]

27. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe n/t

[raccoon]

30. I love the Monkees! nt

[siligut]

32. I'm pretty sure it should be, "Which train should I take?"

Maybe if you asked correctly, someone could answer correctly.

[LiberalEsto]

33. Take Rt. 108 from Olney

and keep heading east.

[madinmaryland]

35. That's where our podiatrist is. If you go about a half mile north

of rt 32 on 108, there is a really cheap gas station. State Line or something like that. As you go north, it is on the left!

:hi:

[LiberalEsto]

37. Free State?

They have fairly cheap gas.

We go to the W Express in Gaithersburg. 6 cents cheaper if you pay cash.

[madinmaryland]

38. That's it.

Unless we are out in Clarksville, we normally just go the Liberty here in Columbia. There are some stations in Laurel on Rt. 1 that are also a lot cheaper than here.

[LiberalEsto]

39. We take 108 to Rt. 32 to get to 95 north

when we visit NJ.

We also take the toll-avoiding detour past the U. of Delaware because of the horrendous traffic backups at the Toll Plaza from Hell.

[taterguy]

48. Why the fuck would I care about cheap gas if I'm taking a train?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. Amtrak in Linthicum Heights would be the closest station

;-)

[madinmaryland]

36. Doesn't Amtrak only stop at BWI??

Or is that the same as Linthicum Hghts?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. Commuter rail must stop there...

They have to get people to Camden Yards somehow. :-)

[taterguy]

43. Did you read the fucking thread?

Why would Linthicum Heights, Maryland be the closest station if I'm going from NC to Indiana?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Because...

Trains don't go to Clarksville anymore, dumbass. ;-)

[era veteran]

40. Pretty good song about getting drafted and etc.

Clarksville TN serves Ft. Campbell Kentucky. Remember the Viet Nam?
Spud, I knew an inquiring mind like yours would be interested.



Take the last train to Clarksville,
And I'll meet you at the station.
You can be be there by four thirty,
'Cause I made your reservation.
Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!

'Cause I'm leavin' in the morning
And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train.
And I must go, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.

Take the last train to Clarksville.
I'll be waiting at the station.
We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses
And a bit of conversation.
Oh... Oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!

Take the last train to Clarksville,
Now I must hang up the phone.
I can't hear you in this noisy
Railroad station all alone.
I'm feelin' low. Oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.

Take the last train to Clarksville,
Take the last train to Clarksville,

This was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, a songwriting team who came up with many songs for the Monkees. They also wrote songs for Chubby Checker and Jay And The Americans.
Boyce and Hart wrote this as a protest to the Vietnam War. They had to keep this quiet in order to get it recorded, but it is about a guy who gets drafted and goes to fight in the war. The train is taking him to an army base, and he knows he may die in Vietnam. At the end of the song he states, "I don't know if I'm ever coming home."

[taterguy]

44. I just asked how to get to Clarksville, not for a fucking history lesson

Seriously, I did not know the rather interesting background of what I thought was just a shiny happy pop song.

[era veteran]

47. Monkee protest song on the q/t

Somebody, the Smiths?, sings it slower and the lyrics come out better.

[taterguy]

50. Maybe you're thinking of Taj Mahal's cover of Take A Giant Step Outside Your Mind

[RedCloud]

41. Just watch out for this last train I once took!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-sbasbdJCw

[bif]

42. You can't get there from here.