Taking It To the Limit

man playing strange musical instrumentVerndor Flemchuckler, a trained flautist and Norwegian organist of some repute, lost his mind on December 14, 1911 (ironically, the very same day his countryman and Emily Chesley reached the South Pole).

The result of this unfortunate loss of mental faculty was the Pegstrame-insterfligen-burbjor (for which there is no translation as it is gibberish in both English and Norwegian).

Apparently, it was intended to make music of some kind, but all it did was cause its listeners to either...

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Published on May 04, 2010 04:15
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Matt Highlarious! Namaste.


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Mark Rayner Thanks Matt -- I thought this pic was brilliant. The story is almost superfluous. m.


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Matt The picture is brilliant, but the story is definitely not superfluous! M.


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