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Archive for December 2002 Given that x -> y, in Soviet Russia, y -> x. Now I have to work up a bit that becomes recursive, but how? i.e. In Soviet Russia, communism... what? In communist Russia, Russia... communes... I know there's a solution. Leonard came to town again and again he, Adam and I took upon ourselves the task of writing another song. http://www.nightlightpress.com/airsick/superstar.mp3 (3.3 MB) "jvaargxn qnapr" -- Upon finding a shortcut home on that street. Sometimes... *sigh* sometimes the ELO newsgroup really pisses me off. Mr. Blue Sky is the theme song to VW's new convertible Beetle push, has been in theaters and is on TV and on the web, and -- number one, they're not talking about it, and number two, they don't think it's Jeff Lynne! Why is that? Because Jeff Lynne is like 55? Because he can't hit all the high notes anymore? I like this version, except it sounds pretty lazy, like his remake of Xanadu. But it's obviously him. Meanwhile, we're treated to endless speculation about whether or not they heard ELO Part 2 in the Robinsons-May one time. I don't know why, but I've just been on this jag of writing self-effacing humor disguised as scholarly dissections of my own humor. I did it below with the Sense of Humor test, and I did it over at another forum where I touch upon the Richardson-Straub Barrier for metahumor. I think pulling apart the mechanisms that allow me to pull apart the mechanisms of standard humor is the last bastion of self-awareness or something. And your bones. LOL P.S. Per Leonard's complaint, I added a rudimentary direct link to entries in Airsick Moth. Their absence has been a big annoyance to me. It's the date/time up there. The problem is, while this is a unique ID by news item, Coranto cannot call up entries by item ID (at least not without some extra not-finished code I found). So, if you link to an item on this page, it'll work, but only until it gets archived. After that, its archive link will work indefinitely. Sucks, but maybe I can figure out a better way (like use NewsBruiser, but I need to see what kind of conversion I'd have to do). http://capitolrecords.com/georgeharrison/player_int/ This site uses Flash to deliver video, which is the first time I've seen that. But it's a good video about the making of Harrison's last album, and Jeff Lynne has a lot of airtime on it. The correct answer is "I'll destroy your body... and your bones." Yes, "and your bones" was the appropriate finish. But why? Kurt and I latched onto the word "bones" after many rousing bits involving that sorry patron of macabre puns, the Cryptkeeper. (Note the one on the front page, "a passageway at the end of his bones." Also happens to be from a related Cryptkeeper bit.) It's redundant, and not very startling, and hints at an unhealthy fixation on some word, so it's funny to me. Surprisingly, Leonard got this one essentially right ("then your bones"); I wasn't expecting anyone to. Let's analyze the other entries. Leonard and/or Sumana, coincidentally: "then your car!" A fine effort. It removes the "bones" linchpin and broadens it up for general audience abuse. I would use this one. Adam weighs in with five possibilities: A1: I'll destroy your body... with hot sex. A2: I'll destroy your body... with laser beams. A3: I'll destroy your body... in O(N) time. A4: I'll destroy your body... with loving care. A5: I'll destroy your body... with unhealthy snacks. A1 is a bit Adamified, to be sure; if I or Kurt were to venture this, we'd hint at the sex, rather than make it specific. I'd change it to "... with my charms." A2 is another of my favorites, the lasers, but in this context, since one can be destroyed with laser beams, it's a little pedestrian. A3 is pure Adam, I think, with a sprig of Leonard, as I like to dodge O(x) gags unless others are making them. Otherwise, you'd have had them in CN by now. A4 is more up my alley, and we see that reversal or anti-climactic finish that I like -- who cares about my bones or my car once I'm dead, and to be killed by innocuous loving care is very silly. A5 is Mr. Funercise's enemy, the Zaps. Simon Wright suggests "and your SOUL!!!" but recognizes, "that's not really so much comedy as it is cliched villainy." Indeed -- the further from the expected, the better. What have we learned? I think getting disappointed in a threatening situation is funny. More to come! A while back I sez to my brother Kurt, I sez "hey Koit, leave us get outta dis place and heads over to Easy's." Ol' Easy was quite a gambler, and had da poifect place ta lay low for a few. What I actually said to my brother was that I was thinking of testing my sense of humor against those of my visitors. My sense of humor is very similar to Kurt's, so we can often complete each others' brand-new jokes. Sometimes, a particular phrase or word change is just obvious. To our sense of humor, anyway. It probably isn't as obvious to the rest of you, but that's fine. And sure, I try to "expand" or "neaten up" my sense of humor for CN and the other stuff here, lest it all look like non sequitur ramblings. So, on with Do You Have My Sense Of Humor? Part One of x -- complete the following threat with three words: "I'll destroy your body... blank blank blank." I'm even helping you out by giving you where the emphasis goes. I didn't even have to do that with Kurt, and he got it. Answer posted in a day or so. Good luck. First prize is burning shame. I envision a Vaudeville act featuring a drunk in a courtroom. Besides the obvious "order in the court" and he orders alcohol, a witness could say "I take the fifth" and the drunk would exclaim "that sounds good -- I'll take a fifth too!" I visit www.nightmareproject.com once every so often, because it's updated pretty rarely, maybe once every two and a half weeks. My gripe is, when it's updated, there's always a submitted dream that reads something like: I have dreams about being in a car and then falling. Okay, great. Why did you write in? Did you want someone to analyze that? Anything to add? The dream must be a second long. Is that correct? I just feel gypped when a site that updates so slowly tosses up a nightmare like that when I know there are much longer, better ones waiting to be posted. |
