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It paled in comparison to the Defenestration of Prague.
that must have been a room with a (spectacular) view.
The view was probably nicer when looking out than looking in.
Jonathan wrote: "The view was probably nicer when looking out than looking in."Or looking back up.
Lobstergirl wrote: "Some enjoy the Diet of Worms."Jonathan wrote: "It paled in comparison to the Defenestration of Prague."
Nice ones, Lobby and Jon.
We are truly in the company of the erudite.
Jonathan wrote: "It paled in comparison to the Defenestration of Prague."If there was a fence below, it might have impaled in comparison.
It is said that they were dropped into a pile of manure, which cushioned the fall but added insult to injury.
Jonathan wrote: "It is said that they were dropped into a pile of manure, which cushioned the fall but added insult to injury."Not to mention being interred.
Not such a big problem for the first two dropped out the window, but for the one after them, certainly.
Jonathan wrote: "Not such a big problem for the first two dropped out the window, but for the one after them, certainly."Surely the bottom one would have been more and more undeterred?
Ian wrote: "Surely the bottom one would have been more and more undeterred?"He recovered well enough from his own fall and was walking about, but unfortunately he got hit by the second fellow dropped out the window and thereby found himself re-interred.
Jonathan wrote: "Ian wrote: "Surely the bottom one would have been more and more undeterred?"He recovered well enough from his own fall and was walking about, but unfortunately he got hit by the second fellow dropped out the window and thereby found himself re-interred"
Few people realise that there was another verse to "Bohemian Rhapsody" that actually described the plight of the bottom guy:
"Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught on the downside,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I did no heresy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low,
Open up the windows, people really splatter on me, on me."
Now I finally understand that lyric, "I see a little silhouette of a man." The speaker is looking up at the window.
Jonathan wrote: "Now I finally understand that lyric, "I see a little silhouette of a man." The speaker is looking up at the window."Totally right, J.
Though it was only a little silhouette at the top of his descent.
It quickly became a bigger silhouette.
Hence, "Scaramouche, Scaramouche", which is Italian for "let us remove ourselves from this skirmish" or, in the more colloquial English translation, "let's get the flock out of here" before he lands on us.
And then of course do the fandango to celebrate the narrow escape. All makes sense.
Jonathan wrote: "And then of course do the fandango to celebrate the narrow escape. All makes sense."Exactly, J, an escape from Bohemia to Italy and finally to Spain.
"Gallileo, Figaro, magnifico."
Of course, this is just Freddie Mercury when he was most influenced by his reading of Walter Benjamin, whose own journey to Spain didn't end as happily.
He would later move onto the Marx Brothers as inspiration for "A Day at the Races".
But doesn't the prior album, "A Night at the Opera" with "Bohemian Rhapsody," also have a Marx Bros. title?
Jonathan wrote: "But doesn't the prior album, "A Night at the Opera" with "Bohemian Rhapsody," also have a Marx Bros. title?"Totally right, J, I should be relegated to Pseuds' Corner.
But I'm not the only one.
There's an article online that suggests that "Animal Crackers" was a response to "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction".
The only problem with this theory is that the film was made in 1930 and the essay was published in 1936.
Perhaps the film was a pre-emptive response.
In my case, I was so focused on the song that I forgot what album it was on.
Laughing, snorting, and trying to contain giggles...gawd, I love you people!
Alecia wrote: "Laughing, snorting, and trying to contain giggles...gawd, I love you people!"Be careful what you snort.
I once snorted some coke and cut my nose on the ring pull.
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Be careful what you post.
Sally wrote: "Good lord, Ian. Be careful what you post."
It's a reference to an old joke by an Australian comedian/character called Norman Gunston.
Who're those two Aussie comedians that my Brit friends used to make me watch? Two blokes who sit round saying random things and making up songs. They are funny. Something about ostriches or seagulls or something...birds, all I remember is birds.
I love Lano and Woodley. I don't think it was them though. I could be wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOIzB...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOIzB...
It's something to do with birds...the name that is, not the comedy.
I'll ask Anne Marie.
I'll ask Anne Marie.
Gail «Cyborg» wrote: "I love Lano and Woodley. I don't think it was them though. I could be wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOIzB..."
Flight of the Conchords...
http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrOIzB..."
Flight of the Conchords...
http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/
I think I thought it was Condors...
Why not, Larry?
Have you seen them?
Have you seen them?
I was just being a wise ass with Barb. I do it with everyone sooner or later. Sometimes it's appreciated. Sometimes it goes very wrong.But no, I don't especially care for that program.
I love the fact you keep trying though Larry!
I'm glad you do, Jim. I live for that from you.
As long as the expectations are low, I'll always be able to live up to them.
See, together you two are poetry...
Or like peanut butter and jelly.
Except, that would make "peanut butter" or "jelly" on it's own confusing...
Chocolate and Caramel then? Alone, they're both still amazing. Okay, that was lame.
Flight of the Conchords makes it onto the occasional shebang. I like it when that happens. :)
They are New Zealanders by the way, not Aussies.
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Jemaine is so hot. I like to imagine Mick Jagger with Jemaine's face. MINE.
Sally wrote: "I thought Larry's snark was funny. It is the kind of thing I would say. Jemaine is so hot. I like to imagine Mick Jagger with Jemaine's face. MINE."
:)
Sally marks her territory, too!
I like to imagine ... oh I really shouldn't say it.
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What a rabble. As they used to say in the asylum, always intern, but never orderly.
It's a new day over here. Remember the early tern hatches the plot.
Remind me to tell you some of my plover jokes.