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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Tom McDonald wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > Nonono -- with all that pepper and vinegar and...stuff, it's overly gall-
> > > ic,
> > > as in the fashion of that bladder.
> > Ewwww. Bladder as in haggis? Not that again...
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> Gall bladder. For tiny haggis.
Hors d'oeuvre d' haggis with the tacky cellophaned toothpicks right next to
the Uber-Gaelic pickles. Now there's a study in gastronomy.
> > > You know, I've never seen that. Neither have I read the book. (1) Is it
> > > any good?
> > I can't say objectively. I had to do the play in high school. I was the
> > doctor, but I caught the flu just a day before we performed (grrrr...)
>
> Is this a case of "Physician, conceal thyself"...?
hehe I had gone to the trouble of getting props our school didn't have: a lab
coat, lenseless glasses, stethoscope, black bag, illegible signature, etc.
> > Never seen that. I don't do well around musicals (sorry James Brown). >> • Though I
> > did get to see the _King and I_ with Yul way back when.
>
> POP is different. Quite. Gilbert and Sullivan are lyrical geniuses. And
> the show's a hoot, too. Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Landsbury
> delivered stellar vocal performances in the 1983 Broadway production; it's
> available on video. Highly recommended.
I have seen a G&S production (can't remember the name of it though - it had
the "modern Major-General" song in it) and yes, the lyrics were great and
quite witty. I just don't get into the sappy stuff. Whenever that happens I
start thinking, "I could be home right now playing with space lego thinking of
a way to make another kick-butt black 2-man attack cruiser".
> > > My brother was in a good _Man of
> > > La Mancha_, but it's one of the silliest scripts I've ever seen...
> > Yes it is. The play seems almost to make fun of itself which, if done right,
> > makes for almost decent entertainment (or am I stating the obvious?)
>
> Oh, I liked that part of it. It's the almost religious following that "To
> Dream the Impossible Dream" brings, that makes the play icky for such a
> cynical goob as I.
Sometimes that pie-in-the-sky stuff leaves me on an emotional Cloud 9/I-Can-Do-
Anything high, but that all comes crashing down after the show when me and 743
other people are all trying to leave the parking lot at once.
> > when replying, something to remember at the polls this time around: if Al
> > Gore
> > invented the internet, then we need to credit him with inventing spamcake.
>
> This is new to me. Within the past couple'a weeks, I've heard references to
> Al Gore "inventing" the Internet.
The references are true. I remember driving home a few months ago and hearing
this on the radio and laughing when I thought of all the years of hacking that
geeks worldwide have done to make this possible, and he steps in at the last
minute and takes a bow. That issue alone is enough to make me never vote for
the guy (which I have never done anyway).
> What gives? Did he actually lay claim to
> that dubious title?
Difficult to say for certain if he's formally accepted it, but I certainly
can't see him turning the title down. I do remember the Hillbilly W-Hopper
singing his praises one day and that's one of the things that came out. Plus,
some of Al's toadies were talking about it on the talking head shows too.
> Did Tipper put him up to it as part of some dark,
> fascist ploy?
She's too busy making sure the marketplace is "safe for the children".
> Darth Maul Lives
Who is this "Darth Maul" person I keep hearing about?
-Tom McD.
when replying, some of history's earlier hockey games used spampucks.
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| (...) That's the one. (...) Which leads me to question the value of such songs. I mean, let's be realistic. Impossible dreams are impossible. Dreaming impossible dreams never got anyone anywhere; work and research and really huge grants have. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) Gall bladder. For tiny haggis. (...) Is this a case of "Physician, conceal thyself"...? (...) POP is different. Quite. Gilbert and Sullivan are lyrical geniuses. And the show's a hoot, too. Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Landsbury (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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