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From: TC
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 00:29:32
Message: <4acebc2c$1@news.povray.org>
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ROTFL!
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:27:06 -0500, Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieee org> wrote:
>On 10/08/09 12:54, Stephen wrote:
>> I was listening to a radio programme today that said that less than 28% of
>> people (in the UK) under 30 knew any nursery rhymes and even fewer knew what
>> they meant.
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> Not sure that's a bad thing ;-)
Yes it is open to debate. I have little opinion on the subject.
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Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:57:03 -0700, stbenge <not### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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>All very important topics for today's world, thanks to a 1984 Mad
>Magazine :)
"What, me worry?" ;)
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Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:29:34 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>I guess you're referring to that "missig" syllable that should be there
>between the two lines if the basic verse metric was applied slavishly,
>as is the case for the "doctor" version.
No it is the added "And"
But since it is personal preference I won't argue.
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Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:29:34 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
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>Maybe that's why it collapsed in 1879 ;-)
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>Maybe it's a song though; in that case you can get away with much
>weirder flaws of rhythm.
No, McGonagall (Scotland's other national poet) was just very bad.
See http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/pgdisaster.htm
and http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/poems/pgnew.htm
In the style of :)
The Tay, the Tay, the silvery Tay
It passes my window every day
And
As I was walking down the road.
I saw a coo.
A Bull b' God!
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Regards
Stephen
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 04:33:04
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> What, you mean you used Google? ;-)
1. No, Justin did.
2. No, actually... Nobody had heard of Google yet. Everybody used Yahoo!
Well, a few people used AltaVista or something, but the smart people
used Yahoo! It *was* a good search engine once upon a time...
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From: Jim Holsenback
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 07:03:40
Message: <4acf188c@news.povray.org>
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"stbenge" <not### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:4ace8a60$1@news.povray.org...
> All very important topics for today's world, thanks to a 1984 Mad Magazine
> :)
Cool ... started the day off with a good laugh thinking about Alfred E
Newman :-)
Jim
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 17:15:28
Message: <4acfa7f0@news.povray.org>
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:33:04 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>> What, you mean you used Google? ;-)
>
> 1. No, Justin did.
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> 2. No, actually... Nobody had heard of Google yet. Everybody used Yahoo!
> Well, a few people used AltaVista or something, but the smart people
> used Yahoo! It *was* a good search engine once upon a time...
I had preferred AltaVista myself. :)
Jim
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 17:17:27
Message: <4acfa867@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:02:34 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> As for meanings, probably not so much.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06mxL31K_E#t=7m16s
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> This guy is just hilarious. (Swear words, tho.)
Gervais is. My guess before following the link was Andrew Dice Clay -
who wasn't funny, just crass.
Jim
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From: Tim Cook
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 9 Oct 2009 17:27:05
Message: <4acfaaa9$1@news.povray.org>
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> I had preferred AltaVista myself. :)
I used metacrawler. >:3
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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