Did I ever tell you you're my gyro?

 

I have always viewed gyro meat as Greek Spam. I mean, have you looked at that jumbo roll of mystery meat they carve slices from and throw it into a pita and call it a gyro. Most American's don't pronounce gyro correctly. They call it a "JAI-roh" like a gyroscope. It is supposed to be pronounced "YEE-roh." And when you pronounce it correctly my dad joke puns work much better. 

Though I suppose saying "My gyros have always been cowboys" is a stretch, especially if you've never heard of Willie Nelson and his song, "My Heroes have always been Cowboys."  And if you haven't heard of Willie Nelson, you make me very sad. 

Years ago I dressed up like Willie Nelson and and sang an original composition called, "Bill's Heroes have always been Engineers" sung to the tune of "My Heroes have always been Cowboys." It was to honor an engineer at our office who was retiring and really liked Willie Nelson.  I was real proud of the chorus:

CHORUS

                G                            D

Bill's heroes have always been engineers

E7                                  A7

Though some think they're freaks.

        G                               D                             G

Building ramps over highways so we can travel the byways

    D                A7                                 D

But as kids, they were paste-eating geeks.

I sang my version of the song at an all-agency staff meeting. I did my best to look like Willie Nelson. I had a fake beard and a wig with braids. I wouldn't need the fake beard now, though I'd still need the wig with braid. My long hair days are long gone. Anyway, I was pretty proud of that song.

I'm not sure whether or not Bill liked gyros though.