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vakkotaurI was wondering what the results would be. Anyone with an LJ account could say anything, but only I could see what was said. The results have been interesting. As of the writing of this post, only folks on LJ friends list have said anything. Only one person asked in a followup about what was going on.
A couple folks treated it as a fill in the blank of "Experimental _______." (The two answers for this were: aircraft and film. The word "Experimental" was there as LJ wouldn't let me post a truly blank poll. Perhaps I should have used a series of underscores.
The rest of the responses were quips or non-sequiturs (how could they not be non-sequiturs?):
ooh shiny ;)
Someone just likes filling in text boxes?
123 456 789 ladies bugs at the ladybug picnic
Silliness and happiness abound!
polecat
I'm reminded of the "Farm of the Future" cartoon where some things didn't work out. "We crossed a cat with a ten-foot pole... and got a ten-foot polecat." A polecat is completely different from a pull-cat which is a feline that can work in harness.
coyote-compatible
If Wile E. is any indication, everything that might be coyote-compatible is extremely experimental.
Tempting but I don't have much time :(
I can but wonder what would have happened had someone had time.
Foo!
America Needs More Foo!
yerf
A fox speaks, evidently. Or someone speaks fox, at least.
Never on Sundays
Fortunately, the poll was started on a Wednesday.
Gonk!
Sound effects?
Johnny Spectacular and His Amazing Vomiting Mudmen
Make way! Make way!
Chicken?
No, centaur.
hovercraft full of eels
What would the world be without a Monty Python reference?
Circumstancial
The circumstance was an experiment, so someone observed.
Other than "Chicken?" there were no questions submitted.
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Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:22 (UTC)who did the ladybugs came to the ladybug picnic??? I need to know this person (grin)
Also like FOO! but then Jenni Foo is a dear friend of mine.
thank you for the random entertainment ! =)
Mel
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Date: 18 Aug 2005 21:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:13 (UTC)ok - and do you know
8 lolipops, 8 lemon drops
oh everything looks so grand
from the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 penny candy man
(insert whistling here)
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 06:12 (UTC)How'bout this one?
Said the alligator king to his seven sons,
"I'm feelin' mighty down.
Whichever of you can cheer me up
Will get to wear my crown."
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 12:40 (UTC)Yup love that one too! They just don't have songs like that on sesame street now. Who was the person that wrote all of these I wonder?
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 22:54 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Aug 2005 17:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:10 (UTC)Do they also know
1,2,3,4,5 - 6,7,8,9,10
10 tiny turtles on the telephone
talking with the grocery men
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:22 (UTC)Unus,
duo,
tres Romani.
Quattuor,
quinque
sex Romani.
Septem,
octo
novem Romani.
Decem Romani!
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 12:41 (UTC)Ok they didn't show that one in South Dakota when I was a child but it sounds cool!
What is the movie in your icon? Xander don't speak latin in front of the books?
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 17:52 (UTC)And yes he does!
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 18:49 (UTC)BUT:
What is the movie in your icon? "Xander don't speak latin in front of the books?"
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 18:58 (UTC)The joke is that in the Buffyverse, a couple words of poorly pronounced Latin with mediocre grammar is enough to cast a spell. The writers, apparently aware of the ridiculousness of this situation, worked in an exchange about this. Xander, who is more-or-less the only character with no superpowers or special knowledge is looking at a magic book, and the group is discussing how complicated magic is. Xander says "Right, you can't just go 'librum incendere' and expect..." right at that moment the book he's reading bursts into flame.
Giles, the starchy all-knowing librarian character says "Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books." A priceless moment.
Of course a friend of mine tells me that in Norway they sibtitled the line libum intsjendere, which is particularly funny as libum refers to a type of cake in Latin!
A more thorough analysis of this scene can be found here.
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Date: 19 Aug 2005 19:11 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:20 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Aug 2005 14:34 (UTC)Oops. I missed that bit, and it does fill in the blank, if rather oddly.
I can but wonder what would have happened had someone had time.
Date: 19 Aug 2005 14:25 (UTC)