Convenience?

From: Jeff Oliver <100024.2461@compuserve.com>
Subject: gg: Convenience (PP content)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 03:25:25 -0500

We were asked:
>tell me, how do you organize your CD's?

[...]

We were told
>I would say that the primary factor should be convenience

I don't have any CDs in my convenience** - I keep mine near the CD player. 
As to organisation, that's easy.  The prog ones are filed under "p" and the
popular under "p".   Any others that I can't categorise, I put under "m"
for miscellaneous, except that I don't have an "m" so I put them under "p".
Once that's done, I put them in order of the artists' shoe size.  For
bands with more than one member, I take the shoe size of the left-handed
band member, which does present a problem for Abbey Road.  All 12" CDs have
a special box of their own, as do the non-circular ones.  Oh, and pink CDs
are filed under "p".

Why this should be causing you all such a problem when there is such a
simple system I can't imagine.

**Non-Brits please note.  "Convenience" is a euphemism for a public toilet.
 I'm sure you understood that this is what Derek is singing about in the GG
song. 

         "Plastic, plastic, take the modern way" 
refers to the trend away from the traditional porcelain.  

        "Everything is clean and easy" 
means that he has found a readily accessible public lavatory with good
standards of hygiene.   

         "It's for you, for me too" 
is clearly a refence to men's urinals which are commonly able to
accommodate a number of users simultaneously.  

        "Just believe me, it runs like a big machine.  It's just for me,
        can't you see"
Of course, this is a prophetic allusion to the modern "Superloo" style
toilet, where each user enters a sealed automated cubicle to conduct their
solitary business.

Also on the same album, "Underground" is a further reference to the habit
of placing public conveniences beneath the sidewalks of our towns.  And of
course there's "Number One".  I don't think I want to discuss "Inside Out".

I hope that's now clear to you all.

Jeff Oliver