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Post by PoolMan on Aug 3, 2005 16:45:34 GMT -5
And the American national anthem can be sung to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". You'd think I was kidding, but I'm not, and it's hilarious.
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Post by pfrsue on Aug 3, 2005 16:53:13 GMT -5
On a similar note, the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Try it sometime! Obscure Personal Fact: My former husband courted me by reciting the Rime of the Ancient Mariner from memory. All of it. For some reason, that made me believe he was an intellectual. Ah, but I was young then and foolish. These days it's free verse or nothing. |
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Post by StarOpal on Aug 3, 2005 21:34:58 GMT -5
THE MELODY TO THE ALPHABET SONG IS "TWINKLE TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR"! ....You're right! I honestly never noticed that before. That's really weird. |
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 3, 2005 22:47:29 GMT -5
Obscure Personal Fact: My former husband courted me by reciting the Rime of the Ancient Mariner from memory. All of it. For some reason, that made me believe he was an intellectual. Ah, but I was young then and foolish. These days it's free verse or nothing. Let's test that, shall we? Water, water everywhere,
And how the boards did shrink;
Water, water everywhere
Yet not a drop to drink.Well? Anything? We can try Ozymandias if you'd prefer.  "I met a traveler from an antique land, who said,..."-D |
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Post by Magill on Aug 3, 2005 23:53:21 GMT -5
Well? Anything? We can try Ozymandias if you'd prefer. "I met a traveler from an antique land, who said,..."-D The only part of that I know from memory is "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!" edited because there aren't two "i"s in "despair." |
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Post by Doctor Teeth on Aug 4, 2005 1:50:11 GMT -5
THE MELODY TO THE ALPHABET SONG IS "TWINKLE TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR"! Another song that shares that melody is Baa Baa Black Sheep. (I know this is a little late in coming, but really, I just wanted to see if I could mess up oogieboogieman's brain even more...) |
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Post by pfrsue on Aug 4, 2005 5:36:24 GMT -5
[quote author=theluckyone board=general thread=1115232878 post=1123127249 Let's test that, shall we? Water, water everywhere,
And how the boards did shrink;
Water, water everywhere
Yet not a drop to drink.Well? Anything? We can try Ozymandias if you'd prefer. "I met a traveler from an antique land, who said,..."-D[/quote] ... two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them on the sand half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command tell that its sculpter well those passions read... uhm... ....tumtumtumtum.... the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedistal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. Look on my works ye mighty and despair." Nothing beside them remains.... uhm... tumtumtum. The end. Hey, what do you want at five thirty in the morning? Ozymandias rocks, but there's nothing better than The Cremation of Sam McGee. Classic stuff. (Does your fiancee know you're quoting poetry at another woman? ) |
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 4, 2005 8:07:49 GMT -5
... two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them on the sand half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command tell that its sculpter well those passions read... uhm... ....tumtumtumtum.... the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedistal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. Look on my works ye mighty and despair." Nothing beside them remains.... uhm... tumtumtum. The end. (Does your fiancee know you're quoting poetry at another woman? ) Well, yes, but as a non-English major, I think she correctly interprets that as "nerdy" rather than "seductive." I know, I know... some people.  -D |
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 4, 2005 14:59:45 GMT -5
Another song that shares that melody is Baa Baa Black Sheep. (I know this is a little late in coming, but really, I just wanted to see if I could mess up oogieboogieman's brain even more...)  Mission Accomplished in the "messing up my brain" department. |
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Post by pfrsue on Aug 4, 2005 15:15:02 GMT -5
So if MRFH ever needs an anthem, we already have a tune! Spiffy!
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Post by Hunter on Aug 4, 2005 16:56:58 GMT -5
ok, not sure how to make a link, but here you go. www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mphonedial.htmlKeyboard number pads (789 at the top) are flipped in order from telephone and ATM number pads (123 at the top). Just really noticed this when I was trying to reproduce my PIN code on a keyboard and I couldn't get the pattern down right. |
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Post by PoolMan on Aug 4, 2005 16:59:22 GMT -5
[sung to the tune of The Alphabet Song/Twinkle Twinkle/Baa Baa Black Sheep] M-R-F-H, watching D-V-D's,
Finding movies that are sure to please.
Justin rules us all with ease,
Kyle gives out venereal diease.
M-R-F-H, watching D-V-D's,
Finding movies that are sure to please.
Too much? |
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Post by pfrsue on Aug 4, 2005 17:05:45 GMT -5
We may have inadvertantly stumbled upon a new MRFH contest!
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 4, 2005 17:17:01 GMT -5
*gasp!* Yes! That is such an awesome idea! Go for it!
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 12, 2005 10:56:06 GMT -5
Anyway, another thing I just noticed...
If you have one of those scroll wheel things on your mouse, you can zoom in and out of a webpage by holding down the Ctrl button and using the wheel!
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