There was a discussion about being a young’n in IT.

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And we discovered that some of you have never heard of Douglas Adams, or Monty Python.

Well, it’ only fair that the cabal that make up the Ancient Ones of TR share with those new to IT. So, for you benifit, I’d like to share some of the best quotes from both:

“And the Lord spake, saying, ‘First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.”

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”

There are two comments, for you that are young, to start your path.

Topic

I don’t want to talk to you no more

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…you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Now it is such a bizarrely impossible coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God. The arguement goes something like this:

“I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

“But,” say Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.”

“Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn’t though of that” and promply vanishes in a puff of logic.

Of course we can’t forget Pratchett:
Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your home.
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Good Omens – The funniest book EVER

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at least in my opininion.

And also one with more interesting observations per page. co authored by one Brit and one Yank, but do you guys get ALL of the jokes? I know you’ve BEEN here but some of the jokes and characters are so British…

http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett/Good-Omens

Now I wonder what I’m missing!

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‘Course, you probably aren’t getting some of the Yank jokes 😉

Good Omens Authorship

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Actually the book is co-authored by 2 Brits. Neil Gaiman emigrated to the U.S. a few years back and married an American lady. But he was a Brit when he worked with Terry Pratchet.

I also recommend reading Pratchet’s other work: the diskworld series. This is a marvelous parody of our world but written on a magical flat world hurtling along the universe on the backs of 4 giant elephants who are atop a planet sized turtle. (Shades of Hindu myth) The laws of physics are governed by magic, but there is a very clever parallel to our world.

I kinda like pre-emptive Karma, it gets you before you do something wrong. Now that’s really like the real world!

Terry Pratchet’s “Other Work”?!?

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Sounds kinda odd when referring to the near 30 book diskworld series as T.P.’s “other work”…

Sort of like referring to Ringo Starr and that besides his wonderful role narrating “Thomas the Tank Engine”, he had also made some musical recordings.

And, no, I am not comparing Good Omens to the Thomas series…
although that would be an exercise worthy of some twisted moments…
Hmmmm…

That said, let us not forget the plethora of children’s books too! My 9-yr old loves them! If you want to see the full list go to http://www.amazon.co.uk and look for Terry Pratchett. The US website doesn’t have quite as good of a selection and the U.K. cover art is WAY better. (Well, at least in my geeky way I think it is…)

Love it!

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I’ve been reading Pratchett books for years. Saw both Pratchett and Gaiman when they were in Denver. Wonderful!

Maybe its an Australian kinda thing?

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Re getting the jokes in Good Omens – maybe its being Australian .. I get jokes from both cultures ….

In truth Terry Pratchett’s work – either for adults or children are filled with eclectic references – the more widely and weirdly you read the more your going to pick up on the little tidbits he drops throughout the work. Which could be annoyingly smug and “in-house” but its really just the guy’s brain works that way (brain as big as a planet ???) and it makes it all the more fun and richer read.
Besides you gotta hand it to someone who manages to write sequels that get better and better

Good Omens

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There may well be bits of Good Omens that are so dependent on knowing the cultural references that you just won’t know that you haven’t got them.
They key point about Good Omens, unlike Discworld, is that it is co-authored by a Brit and an American and that there are jokes and references to both cultures that need to be lived to be “got”.

“Many phenomena – wars, plagues, sudden audits – have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 London orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contenders for exhibit A.” has to be [b]experienced[/b]!

Discworld is very British and, again, there may be some subtle jokes, parodies and digs that some won’t understand. It doesn’t matter, though, as there’s plenty left for everyone.

buggerbuggerbuggerbugeer

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I grew up listening to the Goon Show and watching “Not Only but Also” My ealriest Tv memory is watching the first episode of Dr Who – I teach computer studies all day, I relax on the computer when i get home and I know all the Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Monty Python and other British humour references …. My protests can no longer hold up …. I really am a geek – sigh.

Anyone ever see Peter Cook in the film “Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer”?

never heard of them?!?!?!

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is that something like:

Have you heard the tunes from this incredible new band? they just released a cd and it’s in all the stores.

what Band and cd?

[ I just about pissed myself when the kid gave me the answer ]

CCR, CCR’s Greatest Hits.

~rtoflmao~

It can be depressing…

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A aging rock ‘n’ roll disk jockey (in California maybe?) once related a story that made him feel reeeeeeeally old:

His teenage daughter told him she had just found out some wild news… and then proceeded to ask him if he was aware that Paul McCartney had belonged to [b]another[/b] band [b]BEFORE[/b] Wings.

Psalms

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Everytime I try to talk to someone it’s; “Forgive me this”, and “Forgive me that”, and “I’m not worthy”. It’s like those bloody psalms.., they’re SO depressing… Now KNOCK IT OFF !!!

What’s Wings?

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I heard this story about 10 years ago. It mayu have been “true” then. Now I would bet, that if you asked most high schoolers who Mcartney was (“oh he is getting divorced”) or to name the bands, I would bet they have never heard of Wings. Nor could they name a song by the group. (There weren’t that many.)

What’s 10 years?

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Considering that I remember the Beatles coming to America (I may still have a ticket stub) 10 years ago isn’t that long so it still seems fresh in my mind.

You are probably right that current high schoolers wouldn’t know him on average.

But even without that story, I also knew kids that knew of Wings but not the Beatles. Very sad…

good music

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There was also good music around when McCartney was peddling his rubbish (includes solo and any bands he was in).

And moving back to Monty P, what about their contribution to music. My favourite is the Philosophers Song.

G’day Bruce!

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The Philosophers Song (for the sake of tech posterity)
*********************

Emmanuel Kant was a real piss-ant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy bugger
Who could think you under the table

David Hume could outconsume
Wilhelm Freidrich Schlegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as sloshed as Schlegel

There’s nothing Nietzche couldn’t teach you
‘Bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates himself was permanently pissed

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
On half a crate of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away
Half a crate of whiskey everyday
Aristotle, Aristotle
Was a bugger for the bottle.
Hobbes was fond of his dram
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart
I drink therefore I am.

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed…
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he’s pissed!

{bloody brilliant)

Broadening horizons…

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Part of it is how you raise your kids. My daughter is 7. She can hear a Miles Davis song and know who is singing it, she knows Beatles songs, Frank Zappa and could name the members of The Who before she was 4. She still knows all of the current (non-violent, non-nasty) stuff as well. I just try to expose her to as much as I can. On the flip side, she sort of sucks at video games…

Why?

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I certainly developed my musical tastes without interferance from a manipulative parent. Let the sprog get on with finding herself, not with becoming what you want her to be.

Miserable shitfer

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If his daughter likes to listen with Daddy to Daddy’s music then more power to both of them! She’s seven for Heaven’s sake. Plenty of time to develop any taste she wants.

Did you develop your amicable posting style without interference from a manipulative parent, as well?

Just asking.

Before [b]you[/b] ask, my Dad taught me how, and more importantly, when to be nice. 🙂

What the!?

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What kind of mindless trash is that?

Um… Suzie… don’t put that candy in your pocket, we didn’t pay… Oh well… I don’t want to stifle your independence. Never mind Suzie…

“Hey Daddy? What the %$#@!!! is your problem? Where is my %$# %$#@ Dinner?”
“Honey where did you lear to talk like that?”
“I learned those words from [insert band name here]”
“Well thats OK honey, don’t let me tell you who you can’t listen too”

I’ll tell you what. When your daughter is living under a bridge because she never got guidance on her behavior, maybe my daughter will have her driver stop by with some blankets and hot coffee on her way to the office.

What a load of…

So..

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locking children in a stark, white room is the way to go. God forbid, we parents, share what we love with our children??

My son (age 8) LOVES punk music. And, you know what? It’s what his parents listen to. Oh, and he LOVES Johnny Cash, yep, we listen to Johnny Cash, too. He’s been listening to Ethiopian Jazz, you know why? Because I listen to it. He has a wicked sense of humor, much like his father’s. I’m guessing he picked that up because HE FREAKING LIVES WITH US.

Really, what was the point you were trying to make? From that ONE little post, you decide the parent is manipulative? Daddy issues, perhaps?

I can honestly say

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My daughter is 14, and likes some of my old head banging stuff. Her aunt is a country fan, and my daughter likes that too. My x wife has a tendency to like some of newer what I call crap, and my daughter likes that too.
When I am with my daughter, I have always tried to teach her to respect other people and what they like. Well, considering all the different styles of music she likes. I think she does. I also have found out by talking to my daughter, she has a wide variety group of friends. Meaning, the grunge. The preppies, the rednecks. She is friends with all of them. And respects them all. She might not like everything they do, but she never closed her mind off to what they or I had to offer.
Hmmm, that’s a good thing. I think, my daughter learned from her old man and is better off for it.
She has a large group of friends because of her open mindness. Wait, I tried to teach her that. Damn, I’m a bad dad. I should have never turned her on to all the old and new that I liked.
Shoot, lock me up. Bad dad, bad dad, bad dad

Dan

Well, there you go

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You’ve ruined EVERYTHING.. You’ve been a positive influence in her life..WHAT were you thinking, man??!!

Wow! Great support!

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You guys are great! When I first saw the reply to my post, I was irritated. I really wanted to reply and let them know what I thought about it. Then I thought, “No. Do not feed the troll and it will go away. If you reply, you will just end up getting more irritated by whatever insipid drivel it responds with.”. You guys are like the the Great Defenders!

My daughter is a very well rounded and happy kid. If I were manipulative, Country music would not be on the menu at all. (CM fans don’t get mad. It is just not my taste.) Thanks. And, by the way, I am her mother. 🙂

Have to add my two cents here

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I am an accomplished Rock Musician and had for many years,rehearsed the group in our home.
The dining room was turned into a studio.
My Kids loved it.We did The Doobie Bros, Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep and of course, wrote our own.
Through this My kids learned a wide variety of love of music and I’ve always encouraged them to actually give a listen before rendering Judgment.
You can’t pick and chose what your child will be influenced by but you can certainly lead the way and show them what to look for in “Good” music and trash.
Today, My 36yr old Daughter is still an Alice Cooper nut and so am I.
The bottom line is we can only show them the way, it’s up to them if they want to go.
I would venture to say that you have done well in teaching your child about the variance of music and this is a tribute, not only to you, but to the child.
Well Done , it should also be noted that this kind of relationship also transcends into an even closer feeling between you, when other matters come along. If they can trust you with music……..
So as a Parent, I can only say, Well done and disregard the nay Sayers.
I taught my kids that swearing was wrong. They also recognize this in songs and music and feel the same.
So you’re to be commended for your approach.
After all, if it works, isn’t that what’s most important?
Music has made us even closer than we would have been, who could want more?
God I miss the 60s and 70s 😉
Regards
Aaron 🙂

Tunes

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Band on the Run, Jet, Live and Let Die…to name but a few from the not so many!

How time do fly…

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Reminds me of the line from PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, where the husband says he gave up his young girlfriend because she thought The Big Bopper was a hamburger.

Cuts you to the quick, if you dwell on it.

Oh come on!

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I just turned 27 a few days ago, and I can’t be THAT old…. Are you to tell me that I am either a precocious youth, or really am an old-timer, so to speak?
References to such cultural classics as Monty Python, Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy and the Beatles? EVERYBODY has heard of Creedance Clearwater Revival… haven’t they?
It can’t possibly be that I am getting old. I think the youth you speak of must have grown up in a Dungeon.
Durn it! Where is my nephew with my cane…

That of which we speak

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At least those that I speak of , took place in the early sixties and Seventies. I don’t know it if you remember them or not, but I must admit that it’s nice to be able to reminisce.
I’m now 55 and have seen plus was a huge fan of the shows I mentioned.
Once you love something, time does not erode the feeling.
So this is no reflection on you, rather it’s a walk down memory lane or “Drury Lane ;)” for many of us who were actually there. at 27, you were coming in as they were leaving.
The point is that it was great fun and I’m sorry you missed it, you’d see what I mean about today’s shows, get the DVDs {If you can}, believe me, it’s well worth it.
I live in today’s world of course, but would have those days again.
Regards
Aaron 🙂

My point

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Of course, was that *I* remember these things, maybe because they weren’t done having an effect on culture. So how young is the target of the thread? It couldn’t be more than 9 years my junior (but I suppose that is time for a generational shift)
I don’t need to get the DVDs, I’ve already seen them and still enjoy them I watched Holy Grail just two weeks ago, and I keep the complete and unabridged “The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide” on my desk at work.
Lastly, if these things have left geek culture in those 9 years, they need to come back!

Agreed

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Couldn’t agree withyou more.
I would live t see them come back.
Regards
Aaron

Let’s just try not to create any more “retrospectives”

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I saw a “movie” recently made a while back with John Cleese reliving moments of the past with clips of old shows. It just doesn’t work the same.

It is like Alan Funt’s son trying to be as funny as his dad on Candid Camera. It just sucks. They try too hard and end up drooling on the camera trying to be funny and be our friends.

JUST BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL SHOWS! Maybe on Nick at Night! That way we can, as Graham Nash said:

Teach your children well
Their father’s hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by

Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you

I Really Heard This

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In a music store?one teenager, standing in front of the “W”
section, turns to his friend and says:

“Paul McCartney… wasn’t he in some other band before he
was in ‘Wings’?”

Suddenly, I felt very, very old.

Late to post, but…

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A friend of mine, Mike, owns a used record store in lower Manhattan just outside the Village. He told me when a young teenage girl went into the store and took an album out of the sleeve and in shocked amazement asked…

These things played on BOTH sides?!?

NOW, I’m old.

Records – a digression

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A few weeks ago I found myself in the very odd position of explaining how turntables worked to my department’s very savvy 25-year old audio/visual guy.

He knew what records are, knew about analog recording technology, but he had never used a turntable. The task at hand was digitizing 33-1/3 (LP or long playing records) for a faculty member. He knew I collect records, but he was still surprised that I could correctly predict the single scratch which would cause a skip.

Mickster, I I had parents

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So I am well versed with Douglas Adams and all thing Monty Python

Then you are a very lucky person!

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I had to find these by myself!

omg

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now i feel old, if there is a generation out there who credits their knowledge of things i loved in my teens to their parents well…..

where did i leave my walker anyway?

Wellll, youngster, here is another suggestion…

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If you are only finding out about this stuff now, you should be helped in your studies of ancient archeology.

Re Python:
Things you will be expected to know:
– “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition”
– “The Comfy Chair! Bring out the Comfy Chair!”
– “It is DEAD! It is a former parrot! It has ceased to be!”
– “Bring out your dead. Bring out your dead.”
– “Please give generously to the Society to Prevent Chartered Accountancy.”
– The Ministry of Silly Walks
– And now for something completely different

Post Python:
DO NOT miss Fawlty Towers (John Cleese)

Books:

Douglas Adams had 3 series:
– Hitchhikers Guide (5 book trilogy)
– Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2 books)
– Lots of non-fiction stuff (see “Last Chance to See”)

and then the unclassified book “Salmon of doubt”. The “novel” portion of it is not bad (work in progress when he died) but the other stories included are wonderful.

Terry Pratchett’s Diskworld series — READ THEM IN ORDER! Some will tell you it doesn’t matter but his writing gets more sophisticated and new characters get brought in and explained as you go on.

More on Terry Pratchett

In reply to Wellll, youngster, here is another suggestion…

…and the Wizards of the Unseen University – these are undoubtedly based on real characters (I met two of them: Terry’s Science of Discworld Co-Authors – Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart). Read the books and you will find that you have magically gained a complete understanding of how we came to be on this planet, and why.
And – why we need to get a bit smarter about taking care of it, if our kids’ kids’ kids are even to exist.

Unseen University

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I always liked UU’s motto: Nunc vides, nunc ne vides (now you see it, now you don’t!).

Fawlty Towers

In reply to Wellll, youngster, here is another suggestion…

One of the funniest f_____n’ comedy series (sitcoms) ever produced…

thanks in large part to watching John Cleese slowly unravel in each episode.

A true comic genius.

Couldn’t agree more

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John Cleese, was in my opinion the flame around all that was Monty Python Rotated.
This man is absolutely brilliant. I can’t tell you how many times he had me doubled over from laughing.
One of the best was in his Fawlty Towers, when he Rips up and entire tree and beets the hell out of his car. I never forgot that one.
The man in my opinion is Pure Comic Genius.
If he hadn’t been there, I doubt Monty Python would have been half as funny.
No Disrespect to the other members, but without John, it wouldn’t have been the same.
Regards
Aaron

Hitchhiking and Fast Food

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My two sons and I all had copies of the Hitchhikers guide radio scripts. We spend many hours reading the aloud while we dined in fast food joints.

That Ford Prefect….

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You can’t forget:

“That Ford Prefect is one hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is!”

“Humans: Mostly harmless.”

“Oh hello, I will call you ground. Ground…will you be my friend?”

and “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

The Universe

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… memories of the times when Hitchiker’s Guide came out, my favorite Adams quote:

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Re: Killer Rabbit

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… but look at the bones!!!

Re: New Life

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Dierdre, would you mind picking that one up?

What? The rabbit?!

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That’s no ordinary rabbit … ’tis the most foul cruel and bad-tempered thing you ever set eyes on!

Brother Maynard!

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“Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans and breakfast cereals … Now did the Lord say, “First thou pullest the Holy Pin. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.”

…

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LOOK AT THE BONES, MAN!!

…that doomed Jimmy Carter’s reelection bid

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Well, he probably would have lost anyway, but remember when he was out canoeing and a swimming rabbit attacked his canoe? That night on the CBS Evening News they played the whole MPATHG killer rabbit scene. When the clip ended, the anchor (I think it was Bob Schaefer that night) was laughing so hard that he was unable to continue and they had to cut to a commercial. I don’t think Jimmy ever lived it down that he was bullied by a rabbit.

There are those who call me… Tim

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For Death awaits you all! With nasty big pointy teeth!

You’re a busy man…

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(What an excentric performance !)

Oh shut up…

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and go change your armor!

Zaphod

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“You guys are so unhip it’s amazing your bums don’t fall off”

And again….

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“This Zarniwoop guy had better have a damn good reason for me wanting to see him..”

The Black Knight always triumphs!

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Just a flesh wound!

Come back here and take what’s coming to you. I’ll bite your legs off!

speaking of which…

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…don’t pass this by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEsz9ci5XE

You’re a looney !

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What are you gonna do, BLEED on me?!

A Python HG Quiz…

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He must exit in his own unique…

What’s the *wrong* answer to “What is your favorite color?”

They are all naughty and deserve a good…

Who soiled their armour?

Help! Help! I’m being…

Stop That! Stop that! There’ll be no ____ here!!

Thuuung…! ___ for you Sir!

But you may call me… ____

HELP! HELP! I couldn’t think of one answer.

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He must exit in his own unique… “IDIOM SIR” IDIOM!

What’s the *wrong* answer to “What is your favorite color?” (brain gave up…)

They are all naughty and deserve a good SPANKING.

Who soiled their armour? Sir Robin

Help! Help! I’m being REPRESSED!

Stop That! Stop that! There’ll be no SINGING here!!

Thuuung…! MESSAGE for you Sir!

But you may call me ROGER, ROGER THE SHRUBBER.

Red, no blue! Oops

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No wrong answer, just that you know what your favorite color is.

The correct incorrect color is . . .

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Blue, no greeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnn!

Monty Python

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The most brilliant and innovative comedy troop of it’s time.And at exactly the right time.They were GREAT
To this day, I miss them. Always shall.
To quote John Cleese
“I WISH TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT !! ” 😉
Regards
Aaron

Speaking of complaints…

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::knocks and opens door::

“Get out, you great ball of filth!”

“What?”

“You measely dung bucket!”

“Stop insulting me! I came here for an arguement!”

“Arguement? Oh, sorry, this is Abuse. Arguements are down the hall”

::Knock, knock::
“Come in.”

“Hello, I came here for an arguement.”

“The’ll be five pounds, please.”

::Pays the money.::

“Now, I can’t argue with you unless you pay.”

“But I did pay you!”

“No, you didn’t.”

“Yes I did! This isn’t an arguement!”

“Yes, it is.”

“No it isn’t!”

And on, and on, and on……..

Man, I loved that one….

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My room-mate in college had that memorized.

I, on the other hand , had the classic “Whose on First” routine memorized.

Agreed

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One of the Great Ones
Aaron

Did they say Ni?

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Chuckle, sorry.

Anyone heard of Benny Hill? I love Benny Hill, he is such a sick sucker. Lol.

When ever anyone tells me they screwed up or they are sorry. I tell them I’ll just have to Benny Hill slap them. They go what? You know, when Benny Hill slaps the top of the little bald headed guy? I usually get a blank look about then.

Oh well, I guess it takes someone that is warped to enjoy that humer.

Dan
p.s. How do you know when your spelling is beyond extremely bad? When spell check has no idea what the hell you are trying to say.

Ok, I have to add.

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If they are American, ask them if they remember:
Hogans Hero’s or F Troop? Hell, how about the 3 stooges?

Dan

hogan’s heroes, yes!

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I see nothing, nothing!

Other TV shows…

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Image: Benny Hill and the old guy standing in front of employment posters. As the pair of them look at a poster asking for “Tree Fellers” Benny says “Too bad there are only two of us…”

So do you remember Dave Allen at Large or The Two Ronnies?

…

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The two ronnies, no. Dave Allen at large kinda.

lol

Ah, yes! The Two Ronnies. But I digress…

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I always liked the stories that the little Ronnie would tell, sitting in that oversized “comfy” chair. I wonder what he would have done with the story of the Spanish Inquisition. BTW, my favorite Monty Python skit is “The world’s Funniest Joke.”

Benny Hill

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I wonder if Boots Randolph (the sax player that played Benny’s background music – ‘yaketty-sax’) got paid royalties for that show?

Monty Python, Benny Hill, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served…you don’t have to be warped to appreciate them (though it might help). You just need a sense of humor!

I guess the Brits developed their humor as a defensive reaction to their cusine!

Hey! Lessons on cuisine from an American?

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During my trips to foreign parts, I always like to sample the local cuisine and regional specialities. In France I’ve had bouillabaise, casoulet, foie gras. In Spain, I’ve had fabada, paella and a thousand fish dishes. In Portugal, I’ve had calderada, the best fish stew ever, and feijoada. In England, I’ve had steak and kidney pie, Lancashire hotpot and puddings to commit murder for and the thought of a “Full English Breakfast” gets me salivating as I type.

In the US, I had nachos and alligator bites…

Next Time..

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Next time you’re here try some ‘Jack-In-The-Box’ Tacos!

They have some kind of ‘mystery meat’ that no one that I know has been able to identify. Perversely tasty in a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ sort of way.

I’ll be the first to admit that America’s dietary habits are abominable. We are a ‘fast-food’ nation. HOWEVER, British food (NOT Euro food) has long been a standard staple of jokesters on both sides of the pond, cliche though it may be.

Might have something in the names you give the dishes. ‘Kidneys’ are for transplanting…not Pie! ‘Bangers and Mash’ sounds like a romp with a barroom trollop followed by a half-pint of JackDaniels! Don’t you have something called ‘Squeakers’ out there?

All in fun my friend…I’m not an ‘Englophile’ but always loved your cars and would have given up the secret recipe for CocaCola AND the 12 herbs and spices used in the colonels chicken to have been able to affect a credible Brit accent back in ’63-’64.

Far too similar

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I lived in London for a year and found yet another very strong similarity between Americans and Brits.

Neither one of us has a very exciting local fare but we never really notice it so much because we both have so many other foreign (or “foreign”) and/or fast food options.

Shared Evil: McDonalds, Burger King, Subway Sandwiches

Shared Take-out or eat-in Tastes: Chinese, Indian, Spanish, Steak Houses, Bars/Pubs that serve food (to keep you busy while you drink), stale overpriced junk in movie theaters

And, as usual, the really good restaurants are run by foreigners.

But what is really sad is that the U.K. really doesn’t have a leg to stand on anymore when talking about overweight Americans. They have done an amazing job at catching up to us in the expanding waistline department.

I love UK tv shows

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Monty Python is only the tip on the iceberg, the brits have a great since of humor and we need this here in the US. I have the series Get served and allot of others like Dr. Who.
They make fun of every thing including the top people in government, if we do that we are picking on people. But with them it is just fun and they have no problem with that.
My favorite new movie is Shawn of the dead.

Dr., Who

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Got to love a person that flys around in a phone booth that has more rooms then the Winzor Castle.

Lol

Dan

Hitchhicker Guide to the G……….

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When Black is white.
From the Video.

V103 + √ IND + 3(BLU) + (GR10 – GR9)
┌
│ 2 (VEL + OR) │ + (YEL + OR)2
│
│ OR + VEL │
└

+ (YEL + OR) + (R9 ? R8 )

= V. MUCKY PIG = BLACK

V103 + √ IND + 3(BLU) + (GR10 – GR9)

┌
│ 2 (VEL + OR) │ + (YEL + OR)2
│ OR + VEL │
└

= WHITE LIGHT = WHITE

:. BLACK = WHITE

No a phone booth but an

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old Police Box. It did have a phone within as well as other usefull police related items. Most have been converteed in to coffee stalls now.

So by modern standards Dr. Who flys about in a “Real Coffee Company” stall.

Ahh, yes, the good Doctor!

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The Doctor and Sarah run into a hospital lobby…

The Doctor: “Hello there. Jelly Baby?”
Receptionist: “Who are you?”
The Dr.: “I’m the Doctor.”
Receptionist: “Doctor who?”
The Doc: “Exactly. Now, about these Jelly Babies…””

A reputable use a MAC

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Douglas Adams I believe, used a MAC to compose those immortal words DONT PANIC and the answer to the question of lifre the universe and everything – 42 . This as far as I can see this must be the only recorded use of a MAC to contibute to life as we know it.

She’s a Witch!

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BURN HER!

She turned me into a newt?

You don’t look like a newt?

I got better.

…Therefore, if she weighs as much as a duck…

………………………………………….

42

‘Ow do you know she is a witch?

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… SHE LOOKS LIKE ONE !!

Merely a fleshwound …

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Many of Python’s quotes are timeless classics.

When the shoe is on the other foot…

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When some young’un mentions and you give [i]them[/i] a blank look… boy, do you look ignorant to them! Cuts both ways, I guess, even though [i]our[/i] cultural references are of course far superior to theirs!

Minister, My Minister …..

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Wasn’t that it’s name????

Friggin’ hilarious

or
Are You Being Served…

Canucks appreciate humour too

Hellion

Yes, Minister

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I believe the shows you are referring to were Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

An all-too-accurate portrayal of the inner workings of the British parliamentary system… and our own … and countries as dissimilar as China (where it was also a big hit).

Definitely required reading (and/or viewing) when trying to understand the political machinations of the modern corporation.

Yes Minister

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I think you’re talking about Yes Minister, and the follow-up Yes, Prime Minister. Still true today.

deleted.

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not in the right spot.

deeply ashamed

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At the age of 19, I am shamed and depressed to be told that my kind has shown ignorance of Monty Python. Not knowing Adams I can sort of understand–I didn’t start reading the Hitchhiker series until the movie came out not too long ago–but Monty Python? How can you be a well-adjusted person without an appreciation for Monty Python?

Though it’s not a quote (most of my favorites have already come up in this discussion anyway),I offer this experience: thinking fondly of the skit about corporate pirates at the beginning of Meaning of Life whenever someone on TR rants about some horrible thing done by Microsoft or Apple… or any other company, really. Most amusing.

Abby

Age group

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I am also a young geek (barely older at 26), but I think that every body I know should know Python, Adams, Pratchet and Gaiman . I think that’s true mostly because I tend to gravitate toward gamers, geeks, IT people, and people with the same sense of humor as I have. But partly it’s true because when we find new people to assimilate (the ones with the ‘clever’ sense of humor who don’t go running)we flood their lives with books and movies to borrow. We kind of force assimilation. If we didn’t then they would never keep up with the inside jokes that come with our social group and they may be inclined to try and talk of popular culture and orginized sports when with us. It would be like watching Clerks 2 with no point of reference. As a social group we don’t normally let that kind of stuff in would normally follow up a final four comment with a ‘soooo….how bout them zerg?’. We give away a lot of media as a kind of ‘screening process’ and some newcomers to our social group don’t come back (out of fear I suspect), and we lose some books but it’s all for the good of mankind. I like to start by handing them a ‘Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her’. I’ve been told that that may need worked up to, but it’s a small book and I think that it keeps the rif-raf out.

I really think that you’re right. They can’t be well adjusted. They just seem normal when comparing it to what they’ve been exposed to. So my advice.
Expose yourself to the rest of your generation! And the world!

Nobody expects–

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The only people I’ve ever known who didn’t immediately follow with “The Spanish Inquistion” were dead. They were ex-people…

Others:

“So they formed a gang, which they called…”

and “I’m a lumberjack and I’m…”

Nobody expects–

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The only people I’ve ever known who didn’t immediately follow with “The Spanish Inquisition” were dead. They were ex-people…

Others:

“So they formed a gang, which they called…”

and “I’m a lumberjack and I’m…”

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

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Cheer up, Brian. You know what they say.
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
Don’t grumble, give a whistle
And this’ll help things turn out for the best…

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

If life seems jolly rotten
There’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you’re feeling in the dumps
Don’t be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing.

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

For life is quite absurd
And death’s the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin – give the audience a grin
Enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life’s a piece of sh*t
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true.
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ’em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the right side of life…
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the bright side of life…
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life…
(I mean – what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing – you’re going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life…

_________________________________
I love “Life of Brian” and I wanted to make sure this film was represented in this thread as well 😀

BURMA!!!…

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“what’d you say that for?”

“… I panicked.”

It’s just gone 8 o’clock and time…

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…. odd that penguin bein’ there, init?

good brit humour

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Two of my favourites are Steptoe and son and the ongoing series, [over 25years now]Last of the Summer Wine

Paul and Heather

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There is a parody out there about their relationship, called Leaning there, from I saw her standing there, I would love to post it but not sure if they allow audio clips WMP

And now….for something completely diff’rent

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The LARCH!

Good Thread…

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done in the best passsssssssible taste!

Now I’m off do do some DIY…

You donated your liver…

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But only after i died!
…Well, that can be taken care of…

“The meaning of life”

I don’t know how much of a brit-humoresqe movie is shown on american tv without beeping all the time. I guess the manhunt by a barebreasted rugby-team in “meaning of life” isn’t shown either. But then, those “gems” are all over P2P networks.
I liked the sort of humor in the beavis and butthead series very much, but it wasn’t disney enough for a broader audience.

still reading crumb comics from time to time

Thomas

and busted my spleen!!

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from laughing. thx for the trip through that faraway Galaxy. BTW where is the fish?

Bring out your dead!

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“I don’t want to get on the cart!”
“Oh hush up you’ll be stone dean n a moment.”

What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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What do you mean, an african or european swallow ?

i’m not quite dead yet….

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i’m feeling better!

“What is the average air speed velocity of a swallow?”

“African or European?”

“Aiieeee!!”

I’d like to thank the dearly departed Ms. Nan Farady for exposing me to Quest for the Holy Grail in College Prep English in 1993.
You were the best.

Every sperm…….

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Every sperm is sacred,
Every sperm is great,
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

Classic Monty Python joke

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‘What’s brown and sounds like a bell??’
‘DUNG’

Holy Grail

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Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries!

I fart in your general direction!

I’m surprised

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that nobody brought up
“Fetchez la vache!!”

Now, for something completely different:

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This was also our manual for learning about these new-fangled computers–

http://davidguy.brinkster.net/computer/

Best Humor is British , God I miss those days

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Monty Python, Benny Hill,The Great Norman Wisdom, Eryk Sykes, Some mothers Do have em “Michael Crawford”, The Two Ronnies,Dave Allen at Large, Morkhem & Wise , The Good neighbors , Keeping up appearances, On the Buses, and the list goes on and on.
British Comedy TV was and is still the best in the world. I wish we had more of it in Canada.
I have always wondered why the BBC has never started airing in our Country. Certainly nothing that we have over here even begins to compare to the British sende of humor.
Perhaps they should reconsider and get some truly funny shows in
Instead of the contrived garbolia of the day.
News Flash,”NOT”Everybody loves Raymond !
As or the North American rest?, ….Nuff said
Regards 😉
Aaron

The infinite improbabilty drive.

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You know, back when I read Doug Adams for the first time, I was really impressed with this Brit’s grasp of the American political system, not that any two party system is any different, but…

“I come in peace,” it said, adding after a long moment of further grinding, “take me to your Lizard.”
For Prefect, of course, had an explanation for this, as he sat with Arthur and watched the nonstop frenetic news reports on television, none of which had anything to say other than to record that the thing had done this amount of damage which was valued at that amount of billions of pounds and had killed this totally other number of people, and then say it again, because the robot was doing nothing more than standing there, swaying slightly, and emitting short incomprehensible error messages.
“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see….”
“You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?”
“No,” said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, “nothing so simple. Nothing anything like straightforward. On its world the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
“I did,” said Ford. “It is.”
“So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?”
“It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”
“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?”

– Douglas Adams. “So long, and thanks for all the fish”:Chapter 36. New York: Random House Value Publishing, Inc. 1985

Just one

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“RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!”

Enough said.

Creative technology

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To relate to the younger generation (post Y) explain the comedy
soundtrack was available on vinyl based LP record. At least they
know what one of those is, then explain that “Matching Tie and
Handkerchief” was a three sided LP. Slip one into a DJ’s LP case and
they will never touch that alleged substance again.

Cheers Piereovitch

Go away or I will taunt you a second time!

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Supid British Knnnigits!

What are you doing in England?

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Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries !!

(howdy Joe – the other, other jfowler)

But I don’t like spam!

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more words of wisdom

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“But…this one goes to eleven.”

😉

Sadly, there are those that still believe

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that Spinal Tap was a serious band.

From the knights who say, Nee!

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Bring us a . . . Shrubbery! Something simple. Perhaps a two tier with a . . .

Name that schrubber!

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And what was the name of the shrubber that installed the shrubbery for the knights who say nee?

…

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My name is Roger, Roger the Shrubber…
Oh what dark times are these when passing ruffians can say “Ni” at will to old ladies.

Things never go where you want

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Dose any one like vampire books? Look to
http://www.laurellkhamilton.org
there are great books and links to look at.

And now for something completely different . . .

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Shut your tit, you festering gob! Your kind makes me want to puke!! And . . . Oh, you wanted an arguement. This is abuse. Arguements are the second door down on the left. . . . Twit!

Douglas Adams

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DNA always had a way of phrasing that required a little mental shifting of gears. Like when he described the Vogon constructor fleet about to destroy Earth as “hanging in mid air in much the same way that bricks don’t”

One of my all time favorite phrases!

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Interesting that you should point out that phrase. I frequently use it as an example of packing massive amounts of imagery into one sentence.

In most of the Sci-Fi flicks that we see, the space ship is either graceful beyond question and there is no doubt that it should be floating there; or, we can actually see the strings and so don’t wonder how it flys (Flash Gordon / early Dr. Who).

[i][… Vogon ship] “hanging in mid air in much the same way that bricks don’t.”[/i]

This phrase brings up the thought of a ship hanging in the air and then beautifully replaces it with the image of a brick, which gives you an idea of how clunky and lumbering the ship must look.

You get the sensation that, counter to our Sci-Fi trainging, this thing looked like there was no way it could just hang there.

Hmmm

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“Yes – I can think of the opposite to the flight potential of a brick *relatively* easy but I found the idea of the food dispensor on the Heart of Gold that provided a hot drink that was ALMOST the exact opposite to what a cup of tea tastes like really mind bending – opposites can be dealt with — but almost opposites …

to quote PJ Gumby “MY BRAIN HURTS”

Did you Know…

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I wonder how many know that Terry Prachett is an avid gamer? As in Half Life and Guild Wars, etc.

Can it be true?

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I believe it would be safe in saying, “42” and there may not be a glimmer either.

Even the mainstream press gets it-

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In a story about dolphins, this line is insterted:

“Thanks for all the fish”

They jump through hoops at marine parks only because they have been conditioned to for a food reward ? which may suggest the brain of a single-minded predator rather than a reasoned thinker.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14388922/

I wonder how many readers missed that?

and my last post about this

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“So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald … striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one — big hitter, the Lama — long, into a 10,000-foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga … gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the 18th and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.’ And he says, ‘Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.’ So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.”

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