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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWeird Al's Newest Parody - Word Crimes (Blurred Lines) hits the Tea Party where it hurts....
Watch for the Moran...
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Like, maybe they're little brown turds or something.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Oops...
Scuba
(53,475 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)His favorite expression when teaching what was permissible in geometric proofs and what was not was to call anything not allowed "Sick Bird" (an alliteration on 'Ill Eagle' or illegal). He was a bizarre man in many ways, but an outstanding teacher. He had dozens of little sayings and ways to make things memorable. I miss him and wish their were more like him ...
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Warpy
(111,292 posts)However, viciously splitting my infinitives and then dangling my participles enticingly before the crowd are about the only pleasures I have left.
JHB
(37,161 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 15, 2014, 09:22 PM - Edit history (1)
That way you don't put all your eggs on one camel's back.
Warpy
(111,292 posts)after a long day of viciously splitting infinitives and dangling one's participles enticingly.
pa28
(6,145 posts)I wonder if he knows he's famous.
Initech
(100,087 posts)I could seriously see this video completely redone with nothing but misspelled tea party protest signs.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Guy's name is Josh "Randy" Sullivan
Ahpook
(2,750 posts)Is he going to sue the internet?
Too fucking funny
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)hueymahl
(2,498 posts)I hope it is real. Doesn't matter, comic gold!
WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)n/t
peabody
(445 posts)The best laugh I had in a long time.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)like that
valerief
(53,235 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)When people leave it out, I just refer them to this site.
As for the your - you're confusion, try this message.
MirrorAshes
(1,262 posts)Bookmarked!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)C_eh_N_eh_D_eh
(2,204 posts)The animator doesn't play enough Minesweeper, though.
sakabatou
(42,163 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)It forces a pacing on the reader that brings beauty to the line.
dawg
(10,624 posts)RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)I don't want to know you.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Whiskeytide
(4,461 posts)...Dictionary". You gotta - I mean you've got to - love that!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)'Moran' guy came out way before the Tea Party existed.
and I put 'Moran' in quotes so people reading my reply do not think I cannot spell.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)What's the backstory?
Oh and K & R for Weird Al. I love his parodies more than original songs.
ProfessorPlum
(11,257 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)About not wanting his medicare to become a government program, that'd be an attack on the tea party, but I think the spelling and grammar in that sign was ok.
The sign holder was just clueless.
japple
(9,833 posts)Great, greater, greatest!!
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)loved wierd als song. heard him on my dr. demento days.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)When someone uses Your instead of You're There instead of Their....
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's really come back strong. I am very entertained!
mucifer
(23,556 posts)libodem
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TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)libodem
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lovemydog
(11,833 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)silly take-offs and parodies time after time and never missing---this takes some really special talent.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)Side-by-side animation featuring a fire truck on fire with "IRONY" above the image, vs. a couple getting married with raindrops coming down and "WEATHER" above that image. Hilarious!
cp
(6,641 posts)Thank you for posting.
pansypoo53219
(20,982 posts)but it had lovely color illustrations. i am always grabbing thesauruses. AND OLD ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICAS ARE AWESOME. and any old bartlett's.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Did Richard Wilbur write the lyrics?
Too good.
Initech
(100,087 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)Can take a song about food and turn it into a song about alien conspiracy theories!
Lars39
(26,109 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Don't use quotation marks for emphasis