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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: PJ_Godzilla on August 02, 2011, 01:58:09 PM
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Yes, I think that it's time to start a thread on fables and nursery rhymes. Today, I think it'd be a good idea to talk about the object lesson behind the fable about the Golden Goose. See, in this story, some idiot possessed of an asset that produces a steady stream of wealth (A Goose that lays Golden eggs) can't leave well enough alone and decides to cut the goose open in order to get at the reservoir of golden eggs inside. Of course, the idiot suffers sharp rebuke when he finds that's he's ignorantly destroyed an intricate wealth-producing piece of capital equipment. Que sorpresa. Since the idiot is no veterinarian and has never produced any wealth on his own, he is utterly disconsolate and sees his mistake is completely irreparable too late (kudos to him for this, for many idiots are unable to actually recognize when they've done something utterly stupid - it seems to go with the turf).
Object lesson..?
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Object lesson..?
Check who started thread before clicking.
:neener:
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Check who started thread before clicking.
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Always sound advice...
Get involved any way you like. Perhaps a little "Gods of the Copybook Headings" might be in order, if you're into Kipling. Recognize the true purpose of these things.
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There once was a kid from Ann Arbor
Who found a wood plank in the harbor
He brought it on home,
And worked with a gnome
To build a boat then he sank it.
Moral:
Click PJ's posts to see what's going to sink these boards.
:D
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Ah, Dragon, why are you so hard on old PJ who never meant any harm to anyone?
Worse, you're bending structure on the only poetic form invented in the US; the limerick. Perhaps we need a fable regarding the degradation of verse?
The thread isn't intended to be provocative - it's just that fables move certain otherwise off-limit topics into a more abstract and friendly world, one in which people can have civil discourse without worry.
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While I think your intentions were good a majority of the time, the documentaries showing you fighting other large animals had a catastrophic effect on the landscape and infrastructure of Japan.
Your indifference and simple minded focus on the task at hand directly caused the death of countless innocent people.
Think of the people!
Oh, the humanity!
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There once was a man from Nantucket... oh wait that's not germane... Carry on gents.
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It was in a restaurant
where they met
Romeo and Juliet
He had no money
to pay the debt
so Rome o'd what Juli et
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There once was a man from Nantucket
With a............................ .
Nope can't post that here.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
each with a buck and half...
Nope not that one either......
Lil Bo Peep.....
Nope can't post that one either...
I cant post my nursery rhymes here... why not???
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Yikes, nevermind.
:noid
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There once was a girl from Mandras
Who had such a beautiful...
Can't post mine either.
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ring around the rosey,a pocket full of poseys...
Know what this is about?
:salute
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It was in a restaurant
where they met
Romeo and Juliet
He had no money
to pay the debt
so Rome o'd what Juli et
Juliet
The dice was loaded from the start
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ring around the rosey,a pocket full of poseys...
Know what this is about?
:salute
yep..kind of a f-ed up nursery rhyme
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yep..kind of a f-ed up nursery rhyme
The Big Bad Wolf died with a dress on.
Sometimes they were F-ed up from the start.
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Very true. I used to push the kids out of the bed when I sang "the cradle will fall". really got their attention :devil
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ring around the rosey,a pocket full of poseys...
Know what this is about?
:salute
The Plague
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The Plague
correct,alot of the old nursery rhymes were about gruesome events or things... How hungry would you have to be to eat 4 and twenty balckbirds?
:salute
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How hungry would you have to be to eat 4 and twenty balckbirds?
Do they taste like chicken?
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ring around the rosey,a pocket full of poseys...
Know what this is about?
:salute
It's about the bubonic plague, my friend in morbidity.
That's the rosey and the ring. At the end, all fall down.
Who, then, was Humpty Dumpty?
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I actually remember being taught that in world history class back in the 90's. Out of the whole semester just that little 30 second sidenote from the teacher is as clear as a bell.
Funny how little things like that stick.
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You want to see dark stories. Read the original Grimm's Fairy Tales. I've only seen bits and pieces but wow.
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It's about the bubonic plague, my friend in morbidity.
That's the rosey and the ring. At the end, all fall down.
Who, then, was Humpty Dumpty?
Humpty was looking after the craddle,baby and all!
yes that rhyme,rosey is something it includes the sounds of the death,wheezing breath and the posey's were carried as a "nosegay" to cover the stench...
morbid indeed!
:salute
PS: yet we continue today to tell our children these tales......