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On 8 Oct 2009 16:38:06 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:16:30 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> On 8 Oct 2009 15:52:06 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:15 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>And the midwife fainted.
>>>>
>>>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>>>> Scans better to me :)
>>>
>>>s/doctor/midwife also works with your modification.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
>
>You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
>
I heard it before he was born!!!!
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Stephen
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:35:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>Stephen schrieb:
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>>> And the midwife fainted.
> >
>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>> Scans better to me :)
>
>No, as for rhythm the midwife version is much better.
You must be translating it. There is no rhyme (at the end of the lines). "And
the midwife fainted." Sounds "clunky" and a conversation stopper to me. A bit
like;
BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
And your central girders, which seem to the eye
To be almost towering to the sky.
The greatest wonder of the day,
And a great beautification to the River Tay,
Most beautiful to be seen,
Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
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Stephen
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 17:01:24
Message: <4ace5324$1@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
>>
>>You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
>>
> I heard it before he was born!!!!
What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
Jim
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On 8 Oct 2009 17:01:24 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:51:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>>> I'm older than Andrew so his is the modification :P
>>>
>>>You modified his text, age has no importance there. :P
>>>
>> I heard it before he was born!!!!
>
>What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
>
Great minds think alike ...
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Stephen
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 17:17:38
Message: <4ace56f2$1@news.povray.org>
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
Don't be stupid.
Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways
of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered
GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)
Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring
pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site
(featuring... well, what do you expect?)
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:17:39 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
>
>Don't be stupid.
>
>Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways
>of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered
>GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)
>
>Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring
>pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site
>(featuring... well, what do you expect?)
Again LMFAO
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Regards
Stephen
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 17:20:20
Message: <4ace5794$1@news.povray.org>
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:17:39 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> What, it wasn't something he made up? ;-)
>
> Don't be stupid.
>
> Justin Wells discovered it on the Internet somewhere - back in the ways
> of IE 1.0 with black text on grey backgrounds, and 256-colour dithered
> GIF files. (My God, I feel ill...)
>
> Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring
> pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site
> (featuring... well, what do you expect?)
What, you mean you used Google? ;-)
Jim
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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 17:25:25
Message: <4ace58c5$1@news.povray.org>
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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.
>
> For instance:
> Mary Mary Quite Contrary or Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
>
I think I still have the books of nursery rhymes that I was read as a
child. From memory, Humpty Dumpty was an easy one, but some others would
be more of a challenge.
As for meanings, probably not so much.
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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 17:29:37
Message: <4ace59c1$1@news.povray.org>
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Stephen schrieb:
>>>> And the midwife fainted.
>>> "The doctor nearly fainted"
>>> Scans better to me :)
>> No, as for rhythm the midwife version is much better.
>
> You must be translating it. There is no rhyme (at the end of the lines). "And
> the midwife fainted." Sounds "clunky" and a conversation stopper to me.
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.
Which is exactly the problem I have with that version: It keeps the
rhythm, but it also strictly separates the sentences (without any
conjoining "and", "but" or whatever in between), without allowing to
take a breath, as would be warranted by such a construction. Such a
"semi-dramatic" pause also helps to create a moment of suspense before
breaking the story with the punchline.
In other words: I find the degree of "clunkyness" of the "midwife"
version perfectly fitting.
(Granted, if you'd actually intend to make a full poem out of it and
continue after that sentence, the "doctor" version would be more fitting.)
> A bit
> like;
>
> BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay !
> With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
> And your central girders, which seem to the eye
> To be almost towering to the sky.
> The greatest wonder of the day,
> And a great beautification to the River Tay,
> Most beautiful to be seen,
> Near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green.
>
Maybe that's why it collapsed in 1879 ;-)
Maybe it's a song though; in that case you can get away with much
weirder flaws of rhythm.
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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Andrew, anyone under 30, do you know any nursery rhymes?
Date: 8 Oct 2009 18:13:25
Message: <4ace6405@news.povray.org>
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Orchid XP v8 schrieb:
>
> Along with such other delights as the Amish Porn Site (featuring
> pictures of bare ankles and the like), and also the Slug Sex Site
> (featuring... well, what do you expect?)
Reminds me of a German internet site called something like
"pussybilder.de" (IIRC - it seems to have made way for something else by
now) - literally "pussy pictures" - that had specialized on images of
the /really hairy/ type of pussies.
They really had everything: White pussies, black pussies, asian pussies,
wet pussies, dirty pussies... I think they even had baby pussies hidden
somewhere...
... and yes, pun was *definitely* intended :-P
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