Useless bits of cultural knowledge.
Mar. 13th, 2006 12:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfanI think I'm getting old. Stuff I never had to explain to grownups I am now explaining to grownups.
*sigh*
Which of these do you recognize?
1. Etaoin shrdlu
2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
ETA:
11: Five is right out! (courtesy of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blackbird_song)
Double ETA, corrected number 8. Gah! Sometimes my fingers type faster than my brain works!
If you want to memify? (memeify?) the list, feel free. Do the "bold I know it, italic I've heard it but I don't understand it, and strikethrough I've never even heard of it" routine. And add your own "why am I the only one getting this joke?" lines too!
*sigh*
Which of these do you recognize?
1. Etaoin shrdlu
2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
ETA:
11: Five is right out! (courtesy of
blackbird_song)Double ETA, corrected number 8. Gah! Sometimes my fingers type faster than my brain works!
If you want to memify? (memeify?) the list, feel free. Do the "bold I know it, italic I've heard it but I don't understand it, and strikethrough I've never even heard of it" routine. And add your own "why am I the only one getting this joke?" lines too!
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:43 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
But then, I'm getting old, too. And I adore Tom Lehrer. Odd how appropriate some of his lyrics seem these days, isn't it?
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:50 pm (UTC)I'm so pleased you got number 7, though. So few people know Anna Russell!
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 05:51 pm (UTC)Number six is from a children's song, though!
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:55 pm (UTC):(
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:59 pm (UTC)I'll post a key to them tonight, I think.
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:43 pm (UTC)*imagines hobbits singing Tom Lehrer songs*
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Date: 2006-03-13 05:56 pm (UTC)1. Etaoin shrdlu2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:02 pm (UTC)(And I do love your icon...If you like Harry Potter at all, you might want to take a peek at the Slytherin Study Group (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/167315/) stories. Especially Stuck in the Muddle.)
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:44 pm (UTC)I like my little esheep too, I like to have a few bouncing around my screen, they make me laugh.
And thanks for the rec, I shall have a look later on :)
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:00 pm (UTC)3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
*is ignorant*
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:03 pm (UTC)I bet you have some that I don't know too!
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:15 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to bed with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
Oh, so close! I'm sure my daughter could tell me #6, it's vaguely familiar. It's got to be from a song she learned at school.
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 08:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 08:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:31 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
My addition:
11. Five is right out!
Catherine
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:38 pm (UTC)*hee hee!*
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:37 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud3. Klaatu Barada Nikto! Necktie!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park ROTFL!
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6. Beans in your ears!7. I'm not making this up, you know! more than one source for this
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...9. Some are boojums. again, multiple references available
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:40 pm (UTC)As I said to someone else above, I bet you know some that I don't know!
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Date: 2006-03-13 06:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:54 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6. Beans in your ears!7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair....9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...11: Five is right out!
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Date: 2006-03-13 07:47 pm (UTC)corrupt the childrenintroduce my friends to some lovely silliness.(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 06:56 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!4. Poisoning pigeons in the park it just takes a smidgin...
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
Ooh, I just noticed.
11. Five is right out!
and on that note: always look on the bright side of life...
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Date: 2006-03-13 07:46 pm (UTC)See if you can stump me!
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Date: 2006-03-13 08:03 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud...nothing quite like it for cooling the blood...
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!...'spose they'll ever do a remake?
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...
6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!...ROTFL! Anna Russell rocks...
8. I went to be with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...
9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time... Yay for G & S!
(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 08:49 pm (UTC)Ah, well. You'll remember etaoin shrdlu sooner or later. And I'll probably post a guide tonight.
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Date: 2006-03-13 08:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 08:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 09:10 pm (UTC)2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!
4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5.
Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6.
Beans in your ears!7. I'm not making this up, you know!
8.
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...9. Some are boojums.
10.
My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...11. Five is right out!
My own Catchword That Needs Explaining is: "Brain and brain! What is BRAIN??!!"
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!
So follow me, follow
Down to the hollow
And there let us wallow in
Glo-o-o-o-rious mud!
You know the weird thing? I have no idea where I'm remembering that from. They say the easiest way to remember something is to set it to music. Guess they're right.
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Date: 2006-03-13 09:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 09:26 pm (UTC)Wait a minute. Some are boojums. If that's KV, then I do know it. Just took a while for it to surface.
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Date: 2006-03-13 10:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:51 pm (UTC)But the quote is great...
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Date: 2006-03-13 10:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-13 10:46 pm (UTC)One of my all time favourites.
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Date: 2006-03-13 10:49 pm (UTC)*bounces off, singing*
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Date: 2006-03-13 10:42 pm (UTC)1. Etaoin shrdlu2. Mud, mud, glorious mud
3. Klaatu Barada Nikto!4. Poisoning pigeons in the park
5. Once there was a shaggy dog, and one day he entered into the block shaggy dog contest...6. Beans in your ears!
7. I'm not making this up, you know!8. I went to sleep with gum in my mouth, and now there's gum in my hair...9. Some are boojums.
10. My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time...
And in the spirit of (9), I will now softly and suddenly vanish away. :D
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Date: 2006-03-13 10:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-14 12:03 am (UTC)Mud, mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So follow me, follow,
down to the hollow
Where we can wallow in
Mud, Glo-o-rious Mud!
Flanders and Swan, I believe. :)
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Date: 2006-03-14 12:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-14 12:42 am (UTC)Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the best movie I think they ever made. If that is the movie you're quoting. I'm not exactly sure.
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Date: 2006-03-14 12:46 am (UTC)