Right: Kava en route to the funeral of King Tupou IV, Tonga, Polynesia, 2006
Right: Faia with new bride, best man standing mystified
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Right: Kava en route to the funeral of King Tupou IV, Tonga, Polynesia, 2006
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"And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine" --Wordsworth
At first it's kinda fun, you're merely a heel called, But soon you'll end up with your arse keel-hauled Do not ever, God forbid, bite the hand that doth feed you, But do not ever heed the hand that will smite you It is said that El Niño your sins deftly bore: May your sins bore El Niño, while levelling the score
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Right: Future ichthyologist, worrying about diners superimposed over fish
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Right: Founder Edward Lavulavu (left),
'Unuaki-'o-Tonga Royal University, Tongatapu, South Pacific
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"From the day we became bi-peds We started to use our heads"--Lucy (Sing to the melody of Gershwin, "It ain't necessarily so," complete choral rendition, from "Porgy and Bess") You can't emphasize my cerveau You can't emphasize my cerveau You may think I'm funny With brains like a bunny But I worked with 'em from the word go I want you to check out my thighs How I stretched 'em while reachin' the skies Found new ways to pee 'thout wetting my knee And came up with a new exercise Listen, ears are omni Listen look and listen look and tally one, tally one I'm the woman who turned things around Thus raisin' my eyes from the ground Kept my sights on my male as he tried to set sail an' no longer need call Lost and Found Now famine, disease, and-a war They bring us a life mighty poor Having opened our eyes and-a seen our demise We're strugglin' against that Old Bore Listen, ears are omni Listen look and listen look and tally one, tally one One day you'll be hearin' `bout Marx And the overall signif'cance of quarks I hope you can dig it We ain't gonna rig it Reality's much more than just sparks You may think I'm funny With brains like a bunny I worked with `em from the word go You may think I'm funny With brains like a bunny I worked with `em from the word go So you can't emphasize my cerveau You can't emphasize my cerveau But I'm tellin' you, brother Significant Other There's lotsa stuff for us to know I'm teachin' this lesson to show (all you folks) You can't empha- can't empha- can't empha- can't empha- can't emphasize my cerveau
Left and below: Faia and colleagues
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