Glass Onion by the Beatles

[Prashun Patel]

Did I hear this correctly?

"Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dovetail joint"

John Lennon, you get down with your carpenter self!

[Phil Stone]

I always smile when I hear that lyric.

[glenn bradley]

You heard right.

[Prashun Patel]

Actually, it should make us cringe.

A hole in the ocean would be better fixed with some marine-grade epoxy or at the very most a dovetail INLAY.

The lyric might should have been

"Fitting the corners of the ocean.
Trying to make a dovetail joint
The last 50 were poorly done."

[Phil Stone]

Well, I've always interpreted this as a list of honey-dos. The ocean-caulking is just one item on the list.

Seriously, what makes me smile is the *trying* part of the line. He (John) gets it. Making a dovetail joint is on par with trying to shovel back the ocean.

[Yonak Hawkins]

A hole in the ocean would be better fixed with some marine-grade epoxy or at the very most a dovetail INLAY.

..You mean like a Dutchman ? (Perhaps a Flying Dutchman ?)

[Frederick Skelly]

He (John) gets it. Making a dovetail joint is on par with trying to shovel back the ocean.

+1. I think you nailed it Phil. John would have made just that kind of comparison.

[Bill McNiel]

The Beatles effectively changed music, governments and the world, why not cabinetmaking?

[Prashun Patel]

Prophetic, this thread was...

When JL sings "Here's another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul".

Do you think he meant Paul Sellers?

"Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet". Is this a reference to a poorly constructed scarf joint?

[Yonak Hawkins]

Sir George Martin passes at 90 (http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/entertainment/george-martin-obit/index.html).