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bobg
Joined: 12 Jul 2006
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 Sleepy in Seattle
Today's blog post put me in mind of The Holy Tango of Literature, a tome of immeasurable comic genius by one Francis Heaney. As it happens I blogged about Holy Tango just recently:
http://www.emphatic.com/bobg/wordpress/2006/11/25/is-a-sperm-like-a-whale/
...so I will leave it to my blog post to explain its weirdly inspired premise. Meanwhile, I can tell you that Holy Tango includes a Chaucerian ballad entitled, "Carry Huge Coffee," about Seattle's somnolent clime. It begins:
Quote:In tholde dayes of the towne Seatel,
Of whos charmes Nirvana fans yet pratel,
Al that reyny land fayn slepen late.
Thus ofte a sutor failled to keepe a date;
And werkers reched offices at noon,
Noddyng of although the sunne shoon;
Husbondes were too tyred by the eve
A staf for plesyng wyves to acheve.
...and goes on to describe the arrival of a knight named "Sterrebukke" who saves Seattle from its drowsy languor.
Cheers,
- Bob
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cadams35
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
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That is interesting! I, for one, could never anagram like that, much less write like that.
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| Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:50 pm |
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rkd
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
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Wow. That is absolutely magnificent stuff -- I've got to get that book!
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| Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:02 pm |
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cadams35
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rkd wrote:Wow. That is absolutely magnificent stuff -- I've got to get that book!
It's now on my Christmas list.
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Ken Jennings
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Wow, I used to read these on the late, lamented Modern Humorist, but I had no idea they were by crossword constructor (and fellow Crossworld disser) Francis Heaney.
I agree, these things are genius. Almost every single one is funnier than it needed to be. My sister and I still like to quote the "So feathery...and so dedicated to Allah" pastiche.
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| Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:38 pm |
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rkd
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Brilliant, brilliant stuff. And my thanks to Bob for posting about this. I'd never heard of this fellow before, but these are the best literary parodies I've ever seen.
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| Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:27 am |
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cadams35
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Just now read the whole thing and found that it was really funny. I also read all the others and really liked "We Long Bony Dorks" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Although I am not a long, bony dork, the poem describes me really good. Except, of course, I am kind of good at sports. And I don't get beat up.
Like Raj said, I've got to get that book!
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rkd
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Just to resurrect a thread which is perhaps worthy of resurrection, I finally got around to ordering a couple of copies of ~Holy Tango~ after reading most of it online back in December. The book itself is rather nicely made, so it's certainly worth the 10 bucks or so. I highly recommend it -- it's hilarious, especially if you're at all familiar with the works being parodied.
--Raj Dhuwalia (a.k.a. Dual Hair Jaw)
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cadams35
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Okay, I'm kinda taking this thread off topic. What is the funniest/best anagram of your name. Doesn't have to be your full name. Can use initials. Just has to be good and or funny.
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| Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:10 pm |
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WhitePhantom
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You can find anagrams of your name at: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html
Vegetarians might like mine: Heifer Jeering Humans
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| Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:22 pm |
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econgator
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
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Hmmm ... mine is "A classic jeer rhyme not."
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| Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:11 pm |
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cadams35
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Mine is ironic. It's "sarcasm hid". Funny, I always thought I used too much sarcasm.
I recognize the web site. Steve Rushin wrote articles in SI (Rushin's Alphabet Soup) about these and referenced the website.
And anagrams, unlike Steve Rushin, Never Sh*t Us. (That came from one of his articles on sports related anagrams.)
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ninjapirate
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Mine is "The Colleen", appropriate since I am of Irish descent on both sides. (yes, front and back) Very cool!
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