[SILLY] Songs translated into IF Commands
Gerry Kevin Wilson
send it to me. :) Ought to lighten the mood of the newsgroup a bit. Watch out
for word wrap, I may not have formatted it just right.
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ddyte: >GET SATISFACTION You can't.
Whizzard: >TIME, SLIP ON INTO THE FUTURE
ddyte: >CLIMB STAIRWAY It's not yours. >BUY STAIRWAY Ok.
>X ME A lady who knows all that glitters is gold.
Whizzard: >LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, YOU SURE ARE LOOKING GOOD
Whizzard: >BAD MOON, RISE
Whizzard: >WHAT IS ONE? "One is the loneliest number there could ever be."
Nutty: >X ROXANNE You don't have to put on the red light.
Nutty: >MAMA, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS
Whizzard: >EXIT HOTEL "You can check out any time you want, but you can
never leave."
Nutty: >AQUALUNG, SIT ON A PARK BENCH
Whizzard: >RIDE KELPIE
ddyte: >WAIT (for the worms)
Nutty: >TEAR DOWN THE WALL
Nutty: >ASK HONKY TONK WOMAN ABOUT ME You're my honky tonk man.
ddyte: >TOUCH THIS You can't.
Gunther: >SUSANNAH, CRY
Nutty: >WHISTLE WHILE I WORK
Whizzard: >PIRATE, X 40
Nutty: >NEIGHBOR, WON'T YOU BE MINE?
Gunther: >X BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE "It's all relative to the size of your steeple"
Whizzard: >MR. BOJANGLES, DANCE
ddyte: >INV A bad case of loving you.
DorianX: >TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
Gunther: MAMA, JUST KILLED A MAN
ddyte: >DIAL 8675309 ON PHONE
Gunther: >PUT GUN AGAINST HIS HEAD Ok. >PULL THE TRIGGER
Now he's dead
Nutty: >CRACKERMAN, ROAM "He's a woman too."
ddyte: >FERNANDO, LISTEN TO DRUMS
DorianX: >DON'T WORRY
DorianX: >BE HAPPY
Whizzard: >X HER "She's a man eater."
Gunther: >X GIRL She'll be a woman soon
DorianX: >MAN, DO YOU COME FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER?
Nutty: >YOUNG MAN, TAKE A WALK UP THE STREET
DorianX: >COVER ME
ddyte: >SMILE. GIVE VEGEMITE SANDWICH TO DORIANX
Nutty: >JOHNNY, BE GOOD
Nutty: >CALL ME I'm alive.
DorianX: >WALK "How do you want to walk" >LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
nick: >SOAR "You have flown too high"
ddyte: >EXITS Young man, there's a place you can go.
nick: *** You Have Died ***
DorianX: >DANCE "You can't" >TALK "You can't" >WALK
Gunther: >LEARN TO FLY You ain't got wings
Nutty: >GO XANADU You have to believe it's magic.
Gunther: >DANCE WITH MARY JANE
DorianX: >PIANO MAN, SING US A SONG
Gunther: >X REBEL He is without a clue
DorianX: >Z.Z.Z.Z "A star falls."
Nutty: >TELL ME MORE Did she put up a fight?
Gunther: >WISH UPON A STAR
DorianX: >WATCH HER "She takes another breath."
DorianX: >HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
Gunther: DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN
Whizzard: >DON'T FEAR REAPER
DorianX: >DANCE "Who do you want to dance with?" >LADY IN RED
Nutty: >X LADY IN RED She is so beautiful tonight.
Whizzard: >TOUCH ME. HOLD ME. FEEL ME. TOUCH ME.
HOLD ME. HEAL ME. "Done."
Gunther: >SEE MY EYES You can hardly see >SEE MY LEGS You can hardly
walk >JESUS, I BELIEVE YOU CAN MAKE ME WHOLE "Yep." >SEE MY
TONGUE You can hardly talk.
ddyte: >LOOK. LISTEN. PLAY PINBALL You are blind. You are deaf. Wow,
you've got such a supple wrist!
DorianX: >LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
DorianX: >STAND BACK "You are standing in a line"
Gunther: >X STARES The lead into nowhere.
DorianX: >BRIGHT EYES, TURN AROUND
Nutty: >X STEVE Steve walks warily down the street, brim pulled way down low.
Gunther: >X STARES They lead into nowhere.
Gunther: >WOMAN, YOUR FINE OINTMENTS, BRANDNEW AND EXPENSIVE, SHOULD
HAVE BEEN SAVED FOR THE POOR. "Huh?"
Whizzard: >MOMMA, GET SQUEEZE BOX "Taken." >DADDY, SLEEP "Daddy
never sleeps at night."
DorianX: >FORGET GIRL "Something is there to remind you."
ddyte: >LITTLE BOY, PUT ON DRESS
DorianX: >TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES
Nutty: >CRY Momma's gonna sing you a lullaby.
Nutty: >WHO ARE YOU?
Whizzard: >LOOK "I can see for miles and miles and miles."
DorianX: >SAY GOODBYE TO ME TONIGHT "There is still music left to right."
Nutty: >RIDE THE MAGIC BUS
Gunther: >X GIRL Never seen a girl like her before
Gunther: >X SWEET DREAMS They are made of these.
Gunther: >DISAGREE Who are you to disagree?
ddyte: >X ME You are the walrus. You are the eggman. They are the eggmen,
goo goo goo joob.
nick: >WALK 1000 MILES "You fall down at her door."
DorianX: >EDDIE, CALL ME AL
Whizzard: >HIT JUDGE WITH SILVER HAMMER "Bang! Bang!"
DorianX: >MAGGIE, WAKE UP
nick: >TAKE BREATH "You have one less breath."
Nutty: >TOAST MRS ROBINSON Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.
DorianX: >ENTER DREAM WEAVER TRAIN
ddyte: >ENTER WINDOW (the bathroom window) You are protected by a silver spoon.
DorianX: >GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE "You can't."
Whizzard: >XYZZY "A hollow voice says, "BORIS THE SPIDER."
Nutty: >RUN AND RUN TO CATCH UP WITH THE SUN But it's sinking.
DorianX: >DANCE "It is pitch black in here!"
ddyte: >X MONEY There's no telling where the money went. >FIND HER Simply
irresistable.
DorianX: >CHOP DOWN TREES. EAT LUNCH. GO TO LAVATORY.
Nutty: >GET A GOOD JOB WITH MORE PAY You're okay.
nick: >ASK SON HOME "He doesn't know when he'll be there."
DorianX: >LISTEN. G. G. G. G. "You start to believe that it's all true."
DorianX: >HOLD HANDS WITH HAPPY PEOPLE. HOLD HANDS WITH SHINY PEOPLE
ddyte: >GET FIRST REAL SIX STRING Taken. >X CALENDAR It's the summer of '69.
Whizzard: >MOVE MICROWAVE OVENS "Done." >X TV "Lookit that guy, that's the
way ta do it."
nick: >LIVE ANOTHER DAY "Ok."
DorianX: >SHOOT AT WALLS OF HEARTACHE "Bang, bang."
ddyte: >X SIGN It opens up your mind.
DorianX: >X SIGN "Your mind opens."
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G. Kevin Wilson: Freelance Writer and Game Designer. Resumes on demand.
Iain Merrick
Ha, very good! Okay, here are a few more:
> DRIVE CHEVY TO LEVY
I don't understand the word 'levy'.
> OOPS LEVEE
Okay, you drive to the levee.
> X LEVEE
The levee is dry.
> SAY GOODBYE
You always say 'goodbye'; I say 'hello'.
> DROP EDUCATION
Dropped.
> DROP THOUGHT CONTROL
Dropped.
> TEACHER, LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE
> DOWN
You are in Strawberry Fields.
> TAKE STRAWBERRIES
Nothing is real.
> CLOSE EYES.
Living is still easy.
> GET HUNG
There's nothing to get hung about.
> LOOK UP
You can't see anything.
> G
You still can't see anything.
> G
You still can't see anything.
> G
You can see the sky. The number 42 drifts past on the breeze.
ne...@norwich.edu
g...@pobox.com (Gerry Kevin Wilson) wrote:
<snip>
> ...
> DorianX: >SHOOT AT WALLS OF HEARTACHE "Bang, bang."
> ddyte: >X SIGN It opens up your mind.
> DorianX: >X SIGN "Your mind opens."
ROTFL.
From a very frustrating game:
>RUN "You are the fastest."
>WIN "You are not allowed."
>FEEL PUNISHMENT "Ok."
>COMMIT SIN "You can't."
While going by:
>X HILL "There is a fool there."
Behind Chalet:
>PULL MUSSEL FROM SHELL "*** You have won. ***"
This game banned:
>HENRY, ROLL WITH ME
Neil Cerutti
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Paul O'Brian
> I
You are carrying:
dreams
> X DREAMS
They are of loneliness, like a heartbeat that drives you mad, in the
stillness of remembering what you had, and what you lost.
> SELL DREAMS
Sold.
> LISTEN TO RHIANNON
She rings like a bell through the night.
> GO YOUR OWN WAY
You'll have to specify a direction.
> BUY LOVE
You can't.
> WAKE UP. FALL OUT OF BED. DRAG COMB ACROSS HEAD. D. SMOKE.
> LET IT BE
> BREATHE IN
What do you want to breathe?
> THE AIR
You feel unashamed of caring.
> LEAVE
Don't leave me.
> L
Your Own Ground
This ground is yours. You have chosen it.
> GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY DESSERT
You can't see any such thing.
> OOPS DESERT
> VERA, WHAT HAS BECOME OF YOU?
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
> X MOON
It's only a paper moon, hanging over a tree of some kind.
> X TREE
Well, what do you know? The tree is made of cardboard!
Paul O'Brian
obr...@colorado.edu
http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian
Andrew Plotkin
_The Witch of the Westmoreland_, except Pamela Dean has already written
it as a novella. Scary.
I regard most music these days as
> SING
I don't know how to do that.
> G
...
--Z
--
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
Irene Callaci
Michael rows the boat ashore.
irene
On 16 Jul 1998 08:19:44 GMT, g...@pobox.com (Gerry Kevin Wilson) wrote:
>Here's a series of jokes from the ifMUD gang. Feel free to add to it, just don't
>send it to me. :) Ought to lighten the mood of the newsgroup a bit. Watch out
>for word wrap, I may not have formatted it just right.
>
>------
>
[BIG snip]
Neil...@my-dejanews.com
erky...@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) wrote:
> > SING
> I don't know how to do that.
>
> YETI, SING
Your abominable is singing.
jweinste
>> X MOON
>It's only a paper moon, hanging over a tree of some kind.
>> X TREE
>Well, what do you know? The tree is made of cardboard!
> YOU, BELIEVE IN ME
OK.
> X MOON AND TREE
They're no longer make believe!
> DROP YOUR LOVE
Dropped.
> X PARADE
It's a honky tonk parade.
Best,
Jacob "Too Much Harold Arlen" Weinstein
Paul O'Brian
:: > MICHAEL, ROW THE BOAT
:: Michael rows the boat ashore.
> HALLELUJAH
You're welcome.
Dylan O'Donnell
> X ME
You are the very model of a modern Major-General.
> I
You are carrying:
information (animal, vegetable and mineral)
> MAKE PUNISHMENT FIT CRIME
Done.
[ Your score has gone up ]
> A WANDERING MINSTREL, I
The minstrel checks his belongings.
> TAKE A PAIR OF SPARKLING EYES
Taken.
--
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Irene Callaci
> POLISH UP THE HANDLE ON THE BIG FRONT DOOR
You polish up the handle so carefullee that now you are the
Ruler of the Queen's Navee.
irene
On 16 Jul 1998 20:29:59 +0100, dyl...@demon.net (Dylan O'Donnell)
wrote:
>Well, I'm a G&S fan, so here's a few more:
>
>> X ME
Rogue
>ENTER
Welcome to my Nightmare...
>FEEL
You're right at home.
>X FACE
Lines form on my face and hands
>L
Lines form on the left and right
>OUT
I can't. Stuck in the middle without any plans
>TALK TO MAN
I just don't know what to say
>I
I got a baby's brain, and an old man's heart
>SCORE
Took eighteen years to get this far
>X ME
I'm a boy
>G
I'm a man
>G
I'm eighteen
>LISTEN
Sirens are screaming and the fires are howling.
You can see a man here.
>X MAN
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye and a blade.
>X BLADE
It's shining oh, so bright.
>I
You are carrying:
a gunney sack
The gunney sack seems to contain
a guitar
>L
(sitting)
You are sitting beneath a tree, by the railroad tracks.
>GET GUITAR
taken
>STRUM IT
You play fitfully for a minute, but can't find a beat.
>STRUM IT TO THE RYTHM THAT THE DRIVERS MAKE
Go, Johnny go!
>LOVE HER
I want to love her, but I better not touch.
(Don't touch)
>HOLD HER
My senses tell me to stop.
>KISS HER
I want it too much.
(Too much)
>X LIPS
Her lips are venomous poison.
>X CHILD
He is a brat.
>BEAT CHILD
You attack the child with your bare hands, but he evades you.
>BEAT ON THE BRAT WITH A BASEBALL BAT
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh-hoh.
Damn. This IS fun, innit it?
The Rogue
rogue<AT>coastalweb<DOT>net
http://www.coastaleb.net/rogue
"Daggers and contracts and bright shiny limos, I got a watch that turns
into a lifeboat..."
Alice Cooper, Halo of Flies
John Francis
>> MAKE PUNISHMENT FIT CRIME
>Done.
>[ Your score has gone up ]
Are we back to the object-oriented programming thread?
> LOOK
You are on the bank of a river. There is a tree here.
> EXAMINE TREE
Some kind of willow. You spot a bird on one of the branches.
> EXAMINE BIRD.
It's very small. It appears to be singing.
> LISTEN TO BIRD.
"Willow! Tit Willow! Tit Willow!"
> BIRDIE, WHY ARE YOU SINGING?
The bird shakes his head.
> EXAMINE MAIDENS
They appear rather lovesick.
> COUNT MAIDENS
There seem to be about twenty.
--
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(650)933-4692 (Fax) Mountain View, CA 94043-1389
Hello. My name is Darth Vader. I am your father. Prepare to die.
burn...@cs.lafayette.edu
>LION, SLEEP
The lion sleeps tonight.
Jesse
Allen Garvin
Some folk songs, the first recent, the rest old:
>I
You have:
little dirndls
pettycoats
>X ME
You're tiny.
>TURN ME AROUND
You're grown.
>TURN ME AROUND
You're a young wife with babes of your own.
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>ENTER DEN
Boar's Den
There is a cornered boar here.
>KILL BOAR
You fight the boar with sword and knife.
>KILL BOAR
You fight the boar with sword and knife.
>THROW KNIFE AT BOAR
Which knife do you mean?
>I
You have:
a sword
a weeping knife
a butter knife
>THROW WEEPING KNIFE AT BOAR
That's the end of the wild boar's life.
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>I
You have:
two long beaten swords
>N
Your bedroom
In the center of the room is your feather bed. Beneath the fine silk
sheets are your lady gay, asleep in the arms of another man.
>MAN, GET UP
"No, I won't get up."
>MAN, GET UP
"No, I can't get up for my life."
>GIVE SWORD TO MAN
He takes the sword.
The man swings his sword, and it nicks your arm as you dodge.
>DIAGNOSE
You are hurt sore.
>KILL MAN
The fatal blow strikes the man square in the heart: He dies.
Your wife jumps up in horror.
>KILL WIFE
You pin her to the wall.
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>LOOK
Gallows tree
Before you are steps leading up a hastily built stand, at the top of
which hangs a rope and noose: your wretched destiny.
A huge crowd has gathered here.
>I
You have:
a fiddle
>UP
You decide to die quietly, without any fuss.
* THE END *
Restart, Quit or Undo? UNDO
Gallows tree
>PLAY FIDDLE
You play a quick scale up and down.
The crowd seems restless.
>PLAY A SPRING
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, sae dauntingly, you play a spring and dance it
round, beneath the gallows tree.
>UP
Gallows stand
>PUT HEAD IN NOOSE
Done.
>JUMP
Farewill ye light, thou sunshine bright, and all beneath the sky.
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> COUNT MAIDENS
There seem to be about twenty.
>X MAIDENS
Bonnie Jeannie o Bethelnie is the flooer o them aa.
--
Allen Garvin kisses are a better fate
--------------------------------------------- than wisdom
eare...@faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu
http://faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu/~earendil e e cummings
Dave Gatewood
You feel swell, you feel great.
> I
You are carrying:
a plate
the whole world
JID
May I humbly submit the following:
***
Billy stands at the brink of the chasm, deciding whether to jump in and
risk almost certain death to rescue the minx hanging on for dear life.
>BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO
--
Johanna (aka Joey): ow...@best.com
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"They honed his instinct for the jugular of weakness.
It got so sharp that sometimes he couldn't look at
himself in the mirror."
-- James Ellroy, "L.A. Confidential"
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern In Wonderland, American
Gothic, Jeunet & Caro: http://www.best.com/~owls
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Joe Mason
>In article <6okd30$a9a$1...@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,><snip>
>> ...
>> DorianX: >SHOOT AT WALLS OF HEARTACHE "Bang, bang."
>> ddyte: >X SIGN It opens up your mind.
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
> PUT HIM IN A LONGBOAT TILL HE'S SOBER
> PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN
What do you want to put that in?
> TAKE YOUR RIGHT FOOT OUT
But it isn't in anything!
> PUT YOUR RIGHT FOOT IN
What do you want to put that in?
> SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT
I don't know the word "shake".
Joe
Joe Mason
>I can't believe no one has done:
>
>>LION, SLEEP
>The lion sleeps tonight.
[TOM SERVO (or is it CROW?)] SLEEEEP!
> MOTHER, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DROP THE BOMB
You can't see any "mother" here.
> MOTHER, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL LIKE THIS SONG
Which song do you mean, the song or the song?
> MOTHER, WILL THEY TEAR YOUR LITTLE BOY APART
I don't know the word "apart".
> MOTHER, WILL SHE BREAK YOUR HEART
That was a rhetorical question.
Joe
Giles Boutel
>KISS THE SKY
'Scuse me?
---
>PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
You find yourself in a land called Honalee
----
>GET ON COVER OF ROLLING STONE
You see your smiling face.
---
>TAKE LONG WAY HOME
You take the long way home
>G
You take the long way home
---
>GET BACK
You're now where you once belonged
----
> TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
As you do, you cannot help but notice a baby made of hay, surrounded by
coloured girls going 'Doot de doot'
----
>BOB, BOB BOBBIN ALONG
Bob doesn't seem to want to do that to the bobbin.
---
>UNPACK MY CASE
Leave it to tomorrow
>HONEY, DISCONNECT THE PHONE
---
>WAKE UP
You fall out of bed
>DRAG COMB ACROSS HEAD
ok.
You find your way downstairs
>HAVE A CUP
ok
>LOOK UP
You notice you're late
>GRAB COAT AND GRAB HAT
You make the bus in seconds flat
>U
You go upstairs
>HAVE SMOKE
Somebody speaks and you go into a dream....
-Giles
Mo
Time is on your side.
>G
Baby, you're out of time.
>HOP
You might as well JUMP.
>GET SATISFACTION
You try and you try and you try, but you can't.
>WATCH TV
A man comes on to tell you how white your shirts can be.
>X MAN
He can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as you.
>L
You can't. Penny Lane is in your eyes.
>LISTEN
You can't. Penny Lane is in your ears.
>HELP!
When you were younger, so much younger than today, you never needed anybody's
help anyway.
>BUT NOW THESE DAYS ARE GONE!
That's not a verb I recognise.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
>STOP ALL WARS. LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY. EVERYBODY, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
That can't be done.
That can't be done.
That can't be done.
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Mo
<m...@freepage.de>
Jonadab the Unsightly One
Is this thread just total nonsense, or is it supposed to actually
be understandable to anyone? I can't make Head or Tail of It.
Yr. Obd't & Humble Servant,
Jonadab the Unsightly One
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<URL:mailto:g...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Here's a series of jokes from the ifMUD gang. Feel free to add to it, just don't
> send it to me. :) Ought to lighten the mood of the newsgroup a bit. Watch out
> for word wrap, I may not have formatted it just right.
>
I couldn't resist a go myself...
>LOOK
I see a picture in a frame. I see a face without a name, riding alone
in an empty train.
>WHERE ARE YOU?
I live in a house of broken hearts. Leaves are falling in the park.
Every day is a question mark...
--
Summer is here.
>WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE
You wait in vain.
Winter is here.
>WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE
You wait in vain.
--
>GET A JOB
You can't.
>WALK MY DOG
You can't.
>FIND A MAN
You can't. Life's a bitch.
--
Neil Brown
ne...@highmount.demon.co.uk
http://www.highmount.demon.co.uk
Andrew Plotkin
Long time passing.
> WHAT?
I don't understand.
> FIND FLOWERS AGAIN
Long time ago.
>
Excuse me?
> FIND FLOWERS, DAMMIT
Picked by young girls, every one.
> WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?
Good question.
> HOW MANY ROADS MU
Don't even think about it, pal.
John Francis
No.
> or is it supposed to actually
>be understandable to anyone? I can't make Head or Tail of It.
Keep trying - you'll eventually find one you recognise. Then go
back and look at all the others, and it will become obvious to you.
>
>Yr. Obd't & Humble Servant,
>Jonadab the Unsightly One
>
>
>----------------
>
>One of the many uses for peanut butter:
>228. Have congress declare "National Peanut Butter Awareness Week."
>
>(Need more uses? see http://members.kconline.com/kerr/pb.htm)
>
>
> Send replies to username@isp, where username is jonadab
> and isp is bright.net
>
> The zerospam.com address works, but you get an ugly confirmation.
>
>
>
You might want to consider trimming this. Twenty lines of .sig is
considered excessive (and, in some circles, downright ill-mannered).
It's definitely unsightly, but I don't see how it could be humble.
Usenet guidelines suggest at most four lines, no longer than 72
characters, and preceded by a line consisting of the character
string "-- " (note the trailing space).
Stu042
:)
~~stu
Joe Mason
>>TIME
>Time is on your side.
>>G
>Baby, you're out of time.
> LOOK
I see a red door.
> PAINT IT BLACK
Done.
>There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
>>STOP ALL WARS. LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY. EVERYBODY, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.
>That can't be done.
>That can't be done.
>That can't be done.
Here come old Shoe-shine, he come groovin' up slowly.
> TALK TO HIM
He say, "I know you. You know me. One thing I can tell you is you got to
be free."
> COME TOGETHER
Right now. Over me.
-----
> GIVE ME MONEY
That's what I want.
-----
> IMAGINE THERE'S NO HEAVEN
It's easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us, only sky.
> IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE
Living for today. Oh, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only
one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one.
Joe
Time Goddess
>L STEERING DEVICE
It is a wheel.
>X WHEEL
You can sail with Rob Dickens at it.
>SAIL
away, sail away... Okay, you're there.
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>L HEAVENS.
Can't. Night is clouded over.
>Q: NO SPARK OF CONSTELLATION?
No Vela, no Orion.'
--
Till Realmz is ported to Windows, Make Mine Marvel!
...
...
Aw dang. Wrong newsgroup.
Scott Forbes
>GET SEX.GET DRUGS.GET WINE.GET WOMEN.GET FUN.GET SIN.GET YOU
It's pitch black in here!
>UPTOWN, GET HUSTLERS
Done.
>BOWERY, GET BUMS
Done.
>42ND STREET, GET BIG JIM WALKER
He's a pool-shooting son of a gun.
--
Scott Forbes for...@ravenna.com
athol-brose
You make them go up.
--
r. n. dominick -- cinn...@one.net
If a production of horror outranciere and weakly forces dilates you
the spleen of time to others, The Toxic Avenger is not without charm,
I suppose. (Philippe St-Germain via babelfish)
Second April
>ARGENTINA, DON'T CRY FOR ME
"Did you ever leave me?"
>YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD.G
Don't hang around, 'cause three's a crowd.
>GET OUT OF MY DREAMS.
You get into your car.
>RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
>X ME
You're bad.
>X ME
You're bad.
>X ME
You're really, really bad.
>X HER
She's leaving home. Bye bye.
>PERIOD, I LOVE YOU
>QUESTION MARK, DO YOU LOVE ME?
>EXCLAMATION POINT, PLEASE PLEASE
>I
You have:
rhythm
music
your man
>ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE
Who could?
>BILLY, DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER
>LITTLE SUSIE, WAKE UP
>BABY, COME ON NOW
You twist and shout. You begin to get a sore throat.
>BABY, COME ON AND WORK IT ON OUT
You work it on out.
>BABY, YOU TWIST SO GOOD.
You twist so fine.
>TWIST A LITTLE CLOSER NOW
You're mine.
>AH
Ah.
>AH
Ah.
>AH
Ah.
>AH
Ahhhhhhhh.
>GO TO DOCTOR
>GO TO MOUNTAIN
>LOOK TO CHILDREN
>DRINK FROM FOUNTAIN
>SEEK SOURCE FOR DEFINITIVE
You're close to fine.
>WILL I SEE YOU TONIGHT ON A DOWNTOWN TRAIN?
Every night, every night is just the same.
>LOSE RELIGION
That's you in the spotlight.
Combining this thread with Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs (e.g. "Yummy
Yummy Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy") could be even more entertaining.
Duncan Stevens
d-st...@nwu.edu
312-654-0280
The room is as you left it; your last touch--
A thoughtless pressure, knowing not itself
As saintly--hallows now each simple thing,
Hallows and glorifies, and glows between
The dust's gray fingers, like a shielded light.
--from "Interim," by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Second April
>SLEEPY JEAN, CHEER UP
What can it mean?
Adam J. Thornton
> DROP ALL
Dropped.
> GET BOOTS AND JACKET
Railroad boots: Taken.
Leather jacket: Taken.
> D
Darkened Hall....
[and, a little later]
> TAKE SCARF
(from clothesline)
Removed.
Adam
--
ad...@princeton.edu
"There's a border to somewhere waiting, and a tank full of time." - J. Steinman
Mischa Schweitzer
This sounds a bit like tea in Hitchhiker's:
>GET SATISFACTION
No satisfaction: dropped.
>GET NO SATISFACTION
You can't.
>I
You are carrying: a gun (in your hand).
>X GUN
It's pointing at your head.
>L
West End Town (in a dive bar)
There is a madman here.
>CALL POLICE
This is fun!
--
Mischa Schweitzer
matthew...@nivets.com
Please hand me the bottle. I think I'm lonely now.
Sorry, you must take the bottle. Your feelings are not relevant in this game.
I want to push you around.
Pushed
She said "it's cold outside." and she hands me my raincoat.
i
you have a raincoat.
Matthew Bullis, and I am in a Matchbox 20 mood.
Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive
Arcum Dagsson
One" <jon...@zerospam.com> wrote:
> Is this thread just total nonsense, or is it supposed to actually
> be understandable to anyone? I can't make Head or Tail of It.
>
>
> Yr. Obd't & Humble Servant,
> Jonadab the Unsightly One
Do you listen to music?
--
--Arcum Dagsson
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse
the darkness."
--Terry Pratchett
"Men At Arms"
Arcum Dagsson
>THINK TWICE
It's just another day in paradise...
>DONT THINK TWICE
It's all right...
>SMACK WATER, JACK
You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand.
>COME TO DOOR
No reply.
>COME TO DOOR
No reply.
>TALK TO PEOPLE
They said it wasn't her...
>X WINDOW
You see her peep through the window.
>X LIGHT
You see the light.
>X LIGHT
You see the light.
>LOOK UP
You see her face.
You wake up...
>GET BIRD
You are alone. This bird has flown.
>LIGHT A FIRE
(in the fireplace)
(with the matches)
You lit a fire.
>X WOOD
Isn't it good? Norwegian wood.
>SAY HELLO TO VALERIE >SAY HELLO TO MARIAN
Hello. Hello.
>SEND THEM ALL MY SALARY
Sent.
>WHERE AM I?
On the waters of oblivion...
>HAMMER IN THE MORNING
You don't have a hammer
>HAMMER IN THE EVENING
You don't have a hammer
>HAMMER OUT OF LOVE BETWEEN MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS
You don't have a hammer
>X BONNIE
My bonnie lies over the ocean.
>MOVE BONNIE TO SEA
My bonnie lies over the sea.
>MOVE BONNIE TO OCEAN
My bonnie lies over the ocean.
>BRING BACK BONNIE TO ME
I don't know what you mean.
>SIT
You're just sitting here...
>WATCH WHEELS
They go round and round. You just love to watch them roll...
>GET OFF MERRY-GO-ROUND
You're no longer riding on the merry-go-round.
>LET IT GO
Done.
This is fun, isn't it...
Scott Forbes
You feel soo bad.
>FAMILY DOCTOR, X ME
>SAY "DOCTOR"
"Doctor!"
>MISTER M.D., CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S AILING ME
He says, "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!"
Doeadeer3
>X TRAILER
A sign reads: For sale or rent.
>X SIGN
The bottom of the sign reads: No phone, no pets.
>RENT TRAILER
But you haven't even got fifty cents.
>BUY TRAILER
Are you kidding? You can't even afford to buy food or cigarettes!!!
:-)
Doe doea...@aol.com (formerly known as FemaleDeer)
****************************************************************************
"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Doeadeer3
>LISTEN
You hear the sounds of silence.
>WEST
You walk restlessly down a street of cobbled stone. There is a streetlamp here,
a subway entrance is east.
>X STREETLAMP
Just as you look at it, you are blinded by a flash of neon light that splits
the night.
>ENTER SUBWAY
There must be 10 thousand people here, maybe more.
>X PEOPLE
They are talking without speaking.
>X PEOPLE
They are hearing without listening.
>X PEOPLE
They are writing songs that voices never shared.
>SAY HELLO TO PEOPLE
They answer, "Hello, Darkness my old friend."
>ATTACK PEOPLE
It has no effect because they ignore you. They are writing on the subway walls.
>X WALLS
You see the words of the prophets.
>VERSION
So Far
An Interactive Catharsis
Copyright 1966 by Andrew Plotkin
>AHA!
Quite.
LucFrench
Done.
>LEAVE WORRIES ON DOORSTEP.
Done.
>X STREET.
The north side is sunny.
>N.
Thanks
Luc "Couldn't resist" French
Eactivist
>X MONSTER
It is one-eyed.
>X MONSTER
It is one-fanged.
>X MONSTER
It is flying as it finishes eating it's meal. One morsel is still sticking out
of its mouth.
>X MORSEL
It appears to be a foot.
>RUN. RUN. RUN.
Don't panic, you aren't purple.
Jonadab the Unsightly One
I get it. I finally recognised and understood something
in this thread!
Of course, I don't remember where or when I heard that song or
even what genre it's from, but you can't have everything.
Yr. Obd't & Humble Servant,
Jonadab the Unsightly One
----------------
One of the many uses for peanut butter:
14. Have the astronauts leave some of it in orbit.
Julie Brandon
>>BUY TRAILER
>
>Are you kidding? You can't even afford to buy food or cigarettes!!!
>
>:-)
Okay, here's my effort -- I'd be interested to know if *anyone* get's
it (clue: female english artist, new age / punk era -- not so famous
in the states but a few Europians ought to recognise it). I've made
it fairly complete to give y'all a chance...
> MAN, DRINK COFFEE. DRINK TEA. SIT
He drinks.
You drink.
You are seated.
> PLAY COOL
You think to yourself, "what will be will be."
It's getting kind-of late now.
> THINK
You wonder if he will stay now?"
> A
You wonder, "... stay now?"
> A
You wonder, "... stay now?"
> A
You wonder, "... stay now?"
> A
You wonder if he'll instead just politely say goodnight.
> WAIT FOR LONG LONG TIME
Okay.
Now is the moment.
> TOUCH MUCH TOO MUCH
He returns your touch.
You shiver. You quiver. You feel unsure.
> WAIT
You wonder if he has waited, too.
> MAN, TAKE OFF EYES
Removed.
> MAN, BARE YOUR SOUL
He shows you his soul.
> MAN, GATHER ME TO YOU
You are now next to the man.
> MAN, MAKE ME WHOLE
He tells you the secret, and sings you a song (with the silent
tongue.)
>
--
Julie Brandon
Andy Scarfe
<nos...@merp.demon.co.uk> writes
>On 19 Jul 1998 00:46:10 GMT, Doeadeer3 did spake:
>
>it (clue: female english artist, new age / punk era -- not so famous
>in the states but a few Europians ought to recognise it). I've made
>it fairly complete to give y'all a chance...
>
>
>> MAN, MAKE ME WHOLE
>He tells you the secret, and sings you a song (with the silent
>tongue.)
>
He sings it to you in the silent dawn.
(I'm english so it's not \(that\) hard) and she's not related to Sinead!
Try these
>CALL HER
It's after midnight.
>RUN
Your run until you burst.
>G
You pass the howling woman who stands outside her door.
>WALK
You walk around the lake then wake up in the rain.
>GOUGE AWAY
You can gouge away.
>STAY ALL DAY
If you want to.
Standing By The Fireside
There's a good tradition of love and hate.
Andy Scarfe E-mail: an...@bridgest.demon.co.uk
'Why lie when the truth is worse?"
Brad O`Donnell
>TAKE IT.
You can't.
>g.
You can't.
>TAKE IT FROM HIM
"You can't take it away from me."
>X HEAD.
It's like a hole.
>BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ONE YOU SERVE.
You get what you deserve.
--
Brad O'Donnell
"A story is a string of moments, held together by memory."
Joe Mason
Which do you mean, the broken radio suitcase or the radio suitcase that
keeps you awake?
>that keeps you awake
Done.
[Your score just went up by 1 point]
> hide the telephone
Done.
You realize that sometimes you're just not okay.
[You score just went up by 1 point]
Joe
LucFrench
"Why?"
>KARMA POLICE, HE TALKS IN MATH.
"So?"
>KARMA POLICE, IT BUZZES LIKE A FRIDGE OR LIKE A DETUNED RADIO.
"Okay."
...
>GET IT.
This is what you get.
>GET IT.
This is what you get.
>GET IT.
"This is what you get when you mess with us."
...
>GIVE ALL TO POLICE
It's not enough.
Thanks
Luc "OK" French
Weird Beard
CLIMB EERY MOUNTAIN>
Climbed.
FORD EVERY STREAM>
Forded.
FOLLOW EVERY RAINBOW TILL YOU FIND YOUR DREAM>
Followed. Found. (your score has gone up 42 points)
Jason Compton
She seems to have:
an invisible touch
>EXAMINE INVISIBLE TOUCH
It takes control, and slowly tears you apart.
--
Jason Compton jcom...@xnet.com
Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine VP, Legacy Maker Inc.
http://www.cucug.org/ar/ http://www.xnet.com/~jcompton/
IF
>FRIEND, CUT TIES WITH ALL LIES
Which lies?
>THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN
------------------------------------------
..>SAY "YOU'LL SHARE WITH ME ONE LOVE, ONE LIFETIME."
>SAY "THE WORD"
And I will follow you.
---------------------------------------------
>HEAR PEOPLE SING
>SING SONGS
Which songs?
>SONGS OF ANGRY MEN
It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again.
-------------------------------------------------
>HELP MEDICINE GO DOWN
How?
>EAT SUGAR
How much?
>1 SPOONFUL
The medicine goes down in the most delightful way
Ian Finley
Jim Halliday
It is now less dangerous.
>ENTERTAIN US
I didn't understand that sentence.
>A MOSQUITO
I didn't understand that sentence.
>MY LIBIDO
I didn't understand that sentence.
>LOOK
I didn't understand that sentence.
>I
I didn't understand that sentence.
Actually, I'm having trouble understanding anything that you are saying.
*** You have lost. ***
_________________
Jim Halliday
jhallida@ indiana.edu
Charles Gerlach
a group this eclectic has to have some more They Might be Giants fans
besides me.
> get shoehorn
Which shoehorn do you mean, the one with teeth, or without?
> with
You know there's no such thing.
------
Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves his broomstick
arms and does a parody of each unconscious thing you do.
> turn and look
He's gone, behind you. On his face he's wearing your confused
expression, where your eyes don't go.
--
Charles Gerlach doesn't speak for Northwestern. Surprise, surprise.
spa...@spatch.net.nospam
<cage...@merle.acns.nwu.edu> wrote:
>Although this really works better with mainstream songs, I figure
>a group this eclectic has to have some more They Might be Giants fans
>besides me.
>
>> get shoehorn
>
>Which shoehorn do you mean, the one with teeth, or without?
>
>> with
>
>You know there's no such thing.
>TRIANGLE MAN, FIGHT PARTICLE MAN
Triangle wins.
<YAShamelessPlug>
( I done signed that on an object at ifMUD, and you should, too! )
</YASP>
--
der spatchel reading, mass 01867
resident cranky fovea.retina.net 4000
"i just wanted to carve a little z on your forehead -- nothing serious."
Dennis....@delta-air.com
>BREATHE
How do you want to breath?
>BREATHE DEEP
Breathe deep, the gathering gloom...
>WATCH
What do you want to watch?
>WATCH LIGHTS
Watchlights fade in every room...
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>X LEFT
There are fins to the left.
>X RIGHT
There are fins to the right.
>X ME
You're the only girl in town.
JID
<cage...@merle.acns.nwu.edu> wrote:
>Although this really works better with mainstream songs, I figure
>a group this eclectic has to have some more They Might be Giants fans
>besides me.
>WHO WATCHES OVER YOU?
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch.
>MAKE A LITTLE BIRDHOUSE
Where do you want to make the birdhouse?
>IN YOUR SOUL
Made.
>PUT FINE POINT ON IT
Don't do that.
>SAY "I'M THE ONLY BEE IN YOUR BONNET"
I don't see who you're referring to.
--
Johanna (aka Joey): ow...@best.com
-------------------------------------------------------
"They honed his instinct for the jugular of weakness.
It got so sharp that sometimes he couldn't look at
himself in the mirror."
-- James Ellroy, "L.A. Confidential"
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern In Wonderland, American
Gothic, Jeunet & Caro: http://www.best.com/~owls
-------------------------------------------------------
Gunther Schmidl
>
>>TAKE IT.
>You can't.
>>g.
>You can't.
>>TAKE IT FROM HIM
>"You can't take it away from me."
>
>>X HEAD.
>It's like a hole.
>
>>BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ONE YOU SERVE.
>You get what you deserve.
Sorry, some are quite obscure :)
>FIND HAPPINESS
You find you found it in slavery.
>KNOW EVERYTHING. BE EVERYWHERE. F*** EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
>DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.
You wish.
>HURT HIM
"You didn't hurt me, nothing can hurt me"
>WRAP LOVE IN ALL THIS FOIL
Ok.
>X ME
You are a big man (yes you are) and you've got a big gun.
>LOVE. HATE. FEEL.
There's not much left to love.
Too tired today to hate.
You feel the empty; you feel the minute of decay.
>CUT THE HEAD OFF
It grows back hard.
>SHOOT HERE
The world gets smaller.
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> > YETI, SING
> Your abominable is singing.
I am *so* glad that I came back to this newsgroup.
/Steve
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Tim Hamilton
>
> Although this really works better with mainstream songs, I figure
> a group this eclectic has to have some more They Might be Giants fans
> besides me.
>X WORLD
Pain is getting in the way, it's hard to distinguish between the two.
>I
You have:
A Crane.
>X WORLD WITH CRANE.
Ahh, that's better, you are able to see the world apart from pain.
You see nothing special.
--
Tim Hamilton ti...@yarranet.net.au Yarranet
FROBOZZ SOUTH MAGIC SCROLL COMPANY CATALOGUE NUMBER #724C/M
ERDWAD - Stop the tap from dripping.
Dennis....@delta-air.com
>I
You are carrying:
weight
speed
sunflower seeds
carrot juice
>DROP WEIGHT
You can't seem to do that.
>TAKE SPEED
There is a better way.
>EAT SUNFLOWER SEEDS
Done.
>DRINK CARROT JUICE
Done.
>SOAK UP RAYS
Done.
You have dropped the weight.
(Your score has gone up by 5 points.)
>L
Paradise You are standing on a warm, tropical beach. The sun is shining in a
blue sky with scattered, puffy clouds. Gentle waves wash against the
gleaming white sand and a cool breeze brings you the sweet smell of the
ocean. This must be paradise.
There is a cheeseburger here.
>X CHEESEBURGER
The cheeseburger consists of a big, warm bun and a huge hunk of meat.
>GET CHEESEBURGER
Taken.
>EAT CHEESEBURGER
Mmmmm.. Much better than the zuchinni fettuchini you have been eating for
over a week.
>N
Beach
You are further up the beach. Hordes of tourists lie on the sand and play in
the surf.
A pleasant aroma drifts through the air.
There is a sign here.
>X TOURISTS
The tourists are covered in oil.
>SNIFF
Ahh... Somewhere shrimp are beginning to boil.
>X SIGN
The sign reads: Welcome to Margaritaville!
There is a large shaker of salt on the sign.
You drop some more weight. You are now wasting away.
>GET SALT
As you reach for the large shaker of salt, it falls from the sign and rolls to
the north.
>N
Ouch! As you start to go north, you step on something in the sand which blows
out your flip-flop and cuts your heel.
>SEARCH SAND
You dig around in the sand and find a pop top.
>X ME
You have a cut on your heel and a brand new tattoo.
>X TATTOO
It's a real cutie; a mexican beauty. You have no clue as to how it got there.
>N
Home
This is your beach house.
A blender sits on the counter.
You also see a large shaker of salt here.
>X BLENDER
The blender contains a potent concoction.
>GET BLENDER
Taken.
>DRINK CONCOCTION
You drink the concoction. Ahhh... Somehow, you now know that you can hang on.
(Your score has gone up by 40 points)
***You have won***
--
"You can't run away forever, but there's nothing wrong with
getting a good head start." --- Jim Steinman
Dennis Matheson --- http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl
Dennis....@delta-air.com
Allen Garvin
>YOU, GET OFF OF MY CLOUD.
Don't hang around, 'cause three's a crowd.
Windswept Moor
This is a lonely heathy moor, so typical of Scotland.
The immortal Highlander is standing here, brandishing his deadly katana.
>WAIT
Suddenly, a sheep falls from the sky, landing on Connor and squashing him
flat.
>EWE, GET OFF OF MACLEOD
(uh, apologies for that)
--
Allen Garvin kisses are a better fate
--------------------------------------------- than wisdom
eare...@faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu
http://faeryland.tamu-commerce.edu/~earendil e e cummings
matthew...@nivets.com
go to Istambul
You can't go back to Istambul!
go to Istambul
It's been a long time gone.
Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive
Jim Halliday
>inventory
You are carrying:
a rock
a string (currently tied around the rock)
a prosthetic forehead (currently being worn on your real head)
>turn off the lights
It is now dark.
>whistle
You are whistling in the dark.
________________
Jim Halliday
jhal...@indiana.edu
Niels Knoop
> Nutty: >TEAR DOWN THE WALL
Wasn't that:
>MR GORBATCHOV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
Ooops, wrong thread. :-)
[Lots of cool stuff deleted]
>X BABE
Baby 's in black
>GIVE DIAMONDS TO LUCY
Ok.
>>KICK LUCY
Lucy's in the sky with diamonds.
>HONEY, DON'T
"Why don't we do it in the road?"
>MR POSTMAN, PLEASE
>BEETHOVEN, ROLL OVER
--
| Bye! /// Niels Knoop /// e-mail:
ni...@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de |
--
Niels Knoop
> >SIT
> You're just sitting here...
[...]
>SIT
You're sittin' on the dock of the bay.
>TIME
You're sittin' in the morning sun.
>WAIT
[Time passes]
The evening's come.
>WATCH SHIPS
They're rolling in.
>AGAIN
They're rolling out again.
>SIT
You're already sittin' on the dock of the bay
>WATCH TIDE
It's rolling away
>WASTE TIME
Wasted.
>LEAVE HOME
You already left it in Georgia.
>LOOK AROUND
You're headed for the Frisco bay.
>LIVE
What for?
>LOOK AT NOTHING
It's coming your way.
>SIT DOWN
You're already sittin' on the dock of the bay
>WHISTLE
Ok.
>AGAIN
Ok.
>AGAIN
...
Julian Fleetwood
X BABY CHILD
as a man
as a living grain of sand...
SIT (on the ever changing shore.)
SUNRISE, HELLO
GET UP (upon the Gypsy woman,)
X WOMAN
Hair Flaming Night as ravens even sleep...rainbow cloth
X INSTRUMENTS
Tambourine complementing her chant and choice of graces,
LOVE HER DEITY
Which one?
GOD
X MOUNTAINS
These mist covered mountains
Are a home for me
X HOME
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
WAIT FOR YOU
Some day
X YOU
You no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
X LATE NIGHT BARGAINS
they've all been struck
BETWEEN WHO?
the satin beaus and their belles
X CITY
The prehistoric garbage trucks
Have it to them selves
X DINOSAURS
They're all doing the monster mash
GIVE CREDIT CARD TO TAXI DRIVER
He's only taking calls for cash
MOTHER, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DROP THE BOMB?
She's too busy tucking you in to bed.
MOTHER, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL LIKE THE SONG?
She's too busy tucking you in to bed.
ETC.
INVENTORY
You have:
A little black book with you're poems in
A bag (containing)
A toothbrush
A comb
BE A GOOD DOG
They throw you a bone
X SHOES
Elastic bands to keep them on
X BLUES
Swollen hands
LOOK ON TV
Thirteen channels of shit
Julian Fleetwood
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en...@my-dejanews.com
> BEAT ON THE BRAT.
(with your bare hands)
I hardly think that would be effective!
> BEAT ON THE BRAT.
(with your bare hands)
The brat seems unharmed.
> BEAT ON THE BRAT WITH THE BASEBALL BAT.
Beaten.
--
> COMMANDO, WHAT IS THE FIRST RULE?
"The laws of Germany."
> COMMANDO, WHAT IS THE SECOND RULE?
"Be nice to mommies."
> TALK TO COMMIES.
"But that would violate the third rule!"
> EAT KOSHER SALAMIS.
Done.
"Good work, son."
Jon
mun...@my-dejanews.com
slep. Popko izim."
> MR. SANDMAN, BRING ME A DREAM
But you're not asleep!
> OOPS DAYDRREAM
The daydream appears before you.
> X DAYDREAM
She's the cutest that you've ever seen.
> X LIPS
Whose lips, Mr. Sandman's or the dream's?
> DREAM'S
They're like roses in clover.
> MR. SANDMAN, TELL THE DAYDREAM HER LONELY NIGHTS ARE OVER
"Tell her yourself if you want to get to know her."
> DAYDREAM, YOUR LONELY NIGHTS ARE OVER
"Are you a lonely knight?"
> NOT ANY MORE
Please answer (Y)es or (N)o.
> Y
"With me standing right here, you're still lonely?"
> N
That was a rhetorical question.
- Walking Man
mun...@cfw.com
Jason Melancon
You see pretty Browns in beautiful gowns.
You see tailor-mades and hand-me-downs.
>STREET, TALK
Married men have to take their beds and walk.
>GO TO RIVER
It's right here!
>EXAMINE IT
The river's wet, and Beale Street done gone dry.
-----
>BUILD A HOUSE WHERE WE CAN STAY
Add a little bit every day, yay yay yay.
>BUILD A ROAD FOR US TO CROSS
Build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots.
-----
>FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
It's not here!
>AGAIN
It's not here!
-----
>X SUN
It is blotted out from the sky.
>PAINT IT BLACK
I can't see what you're referring to.
-----
>SET MY MIND ON YOU. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. I.
You have:
your mind (set on me)
your mind (set on me)
your mind (set on me)
your mind (set on me)
your mind (set on me) . . .
-----
>Z. Z.
Time passes.
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over.
>Z
*** You have died ***
-----
(All song lyrics are the properties of their respective owners.
Any similarities to actual songs, living or dead, are extremely
tenuous.)
Jason Melancon
JID
(Jason Melancon) wrote:
>SET MY MIND ON YOU. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. I.
>You have:
> your mind (set on me)
> your mind (set on me)
> your mind (set on me)
> your mind (set on me)
> your mind (set on me) . . .
LOL! I can't believe anyone still remembers that song.
***
>X ME
You are blue, and you don't know where to go to.
>GO WHERE FASHION SITS
You're not dressed correctly.
>PUT ON RITZ
Could you be more specific?
>WEAR DAY COAT, PANTS WITH STRIPES, AND CUTAWAY COAT
Perfect fits.
>PUT ON RITZ
Done.
[Your score has gone up.]
>DRESS UP LIKE A MILLION-DOLLAR TROUPER
You have already done that.
>TRY HARD TO LOOK LIKE GARY COOPER
Super duper!
>MIX WHERE ROCKEFELLERS WALK WITH STICKS OR UMBERELLERS IN THEIR MITTS
I don't know the word "umberellers".
>PUT ON RITZ
But you have already put on the ritz! Why don't you try doin' what comes
natur'lly instead?
Andrew Frederiksen
> GET DOWN ON KNEES
OK, you are now on your knees.
> FIDDLE WITH ROSARIES
Fiddled.
> BOW HEAD
You bow your head with deep respect.
> GENUFLECT. GENUFLECT. GENUFLECT.
Genuflected.
Genuflected.
Genuflected.
--
-- Andrew Frederiksen, fred...@unixg.ubc.ca aka an...@geop.ubc.ca
-- http://www.geop.ubc.ca/~andyf
Andrew Plotkin
> OOH
What do you want to ooh, the ee or the ah ah?
> EE
Done.
> OOH AH AH
Done.
> BING
Bang.
> WALLAH. G
Don't get cute.
--Z
--
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
Doeadeer3
>connect the thigh bone to the shin bone
Done.
>connect the ankle bone to the shin bone
Done.
>connect the arm bone to the thigh bone
Wait a minute, just what are you building, anyway?
:-)
Doe doea...@aol.com (formerly known as FemaleDeer)
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"In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Bryan Durall
: >KARMA POLICE, ARREST MAN.
: "Why?"
: >KARMA POLICE, HE TALKS IN MATH.
: "So?"
: >KARMA POLICE, IT BUZZES LIKE A FRIDGE OR LIKE A DETUNED RADIO.
: "Okay."
There is a heart (full up like a landfill) and a bruise that won't heal here.
The job flicks his stiletto faster than you can follow, and blood trickles
from your wrist!
> TAKE QUIET LIFE, HANDSHAKE, CARBON MONOXIDE.
Nothing happens.
- Bryan
--
Bryan Durall | dur...@ewl.uky.edu, dur...@cslab.uky.edu, dur...@mik.uky.edu
"Honey, got no money / I'm all sixes and sevens and nines..."
- The Rolling Stones, "Tumbling Dice"
Bryan Durall
You are in a park.
>E
Park
You are in a park.
Crowds of people are sitting on the grass with flowers in their hair.
A member of the crowd asks you, "Hey, boy, do you want to score?"
>T
You are unsure what time it is.
>CROWD, MAY I STAY?
"Of course."
You notice it's become very late.
A policeman approaches and asks you to get in line.
>ASK TO STAY FOR TEA AND HAVE FUN
Tea: Done.
Fun: Done.
The policeman's friends begin to drop by.
>X ME. DESCRIBE ME.
You are sitting spare, like a book on a shelf, rusting, not trying to fight
it.
You really don't care if they're coming - you know it's all a state of mind.
>PACK BAGS. GO TO MISTY MOUNTAIN.
Bryan Durall
You are in a bar facing a giant car wash.
Apropos of nothing, the man next to you says, "All I want to do is have a
little fun before I die."
>X MAN.
He said his name was William, but you're fairly sure it's really Bill, or
Billy, or Mack, or Buddy. He's plain ugly to you, and you wonder if he's
ever had a day of fun in his whole life.
>T
Your watch says it's noon on Tuesday.
>DRINK BEER
Drunk.
>X CAR WASH
The good people of the world are washing their cars on their lunch breaks,
hosing and scrubbing as best they can in skirts and suits.
A Buick and a Datsun leave the car wash, for the phone company and the record
store, respectively. They're nothing like you and Billy.
>WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF THE GAME?
All you want to do is have some fun.
David J Wildstrom
You skip the light fandango.
The crowd loves you! They can't get enough!
>DANCE
You turn cartwheels across the floor.
You're starting to feel kind of seasick.
>SIT DOWN
As you sit, you can hear the crowd calling out for more.
>LISTEN
The room is humming even harder than usual.
The ceiling flies away. You're sure there's a good reason for that.
>BUY DRINK
The waiter brings you, the miller, and the woman a tray.
>MILLER, TELL TALES.
As his story winds down, you can see the woman's face turn a whiter shade of
pale.
>ANDREW PLOTKIN, WHERE ARE THE SIXTEEN VESTAL VIRGINS?
"Yes, it's intentional."
;-)
+--First Church of Briantology--Order of the Holy Quaternion--+
| Brian Wilson's new album is out NOW! What are you waiting |
| for? Support your local genius and buy "Imagination"! |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| David Wildstrom |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
Christopher Gordon Armitage
>WAKE UP
You wake up to find yourself on the wrong side of the bed.
>THINK
You think about all the things she said.
>THINK ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE
You now feel sick.
A woman enters the room.
>WOMAN, SILLY COW
The woman kicks you.
The woman complains about the bills.
You feel sick again.
>WAIT
The woman bitches about her poodles and pills.
You feel sick again.
>LAUGH
You can't see the humour about her way of life.
>GET FORK
Taken.
>GET KNIFE
Taken.
You now feel you can do more.
>X WOMAN
She is rich.
>EAT HER
But there's only one thing she's good for.
>AGAIN
You take one bite now, and you will have to come back for more.
>AGAIN
You feel soething wrap tightly around your chest, restricting breathing.
>AGAIN
You take another bite, but spit out the rest.
What do you think?
I suppose I could be bothered to write the rest of it, if you really want.
--
Chris
Joe Mason
You are carrying Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South
Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon,
Studebaker, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn
Monroe, Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom, Brando, "The King and I"
and "The Catcher in the Rye".
Joe
JID
Ac-cen-chu-ated.
>E-LIM-IN-ATE THE NEGATIVE
E-lim-in-ated.
>LATCH ON TO THE AFFIRMATIVE
Latched.
>DON'T MESS WITH MR. IN-BETWEEN
Wisely, you leave Mr. In-Between alone.
>SPREAD JOY
You have just spread joy up to the maximum.
[Your score has just gone up.]
>BRING GLOOM DOWN
You have just brought gloom down to the minimum.
[Your score has just gone up.]
>HAVE FAITH
faith: Taken.
You have just prevented pandemonium from walking upon the scene.
Jonah and Noah walk in the room, and shake your hand, congratulating you.
*** You have won. ***
Adam C. Emerson
: Park
: You are in a park.
:>E
: Park
: You are in a park.
: Crowds of people are sitting on the grass with flowers in their hair.
: A member of the crowd asks you, "Hey, boy, do you want to score?"
:>T
: You are unsure what time it is.
:>CROWD, MAY I STAY?
: "Of course."
: You notice it's become very late.
: A policeman approaches and asks you to get in line.
:>ASK TO STAY FOR TEA AND HAVE FUN
: Tea: Done.
: Fun: Done.
: The policeman's friends begin to drop by.
:>X ME. DESCRIBE ME.
: You are sitting spare, like a book on a shelf, rusting, not trying to fight
: it.
: You really don't care if they're coming - you know it's all a state of mind.
:>PACK BAGS. GO TO MISTY MOUNTAIN.
: - Bryan
> look
You are in London, you see seven wonders here.
> rock
You used to do that, but why bother? You always knew what it was for.
> x them
The wind is shaking them down.
> x earth
It's flying around, and you see a plague falling on it.
--
> Why am I writing? Hmm.
Because you have deep-seated feelings of hatred toward the rest of
humanity, and want us to suffer?
Jony Vaughan
> X CLOCK
It's early one morning
> Z
(You have time to kill)
> TAKE GUN
You borrow Jeb's rifle
> U
And sit up on the hill
> L
You see a lone rider crossin' the plain
> POINT GUN AT RIDER
You draw a bead on him to practise your aim
*** BANG !! ***
Your brother's rifle goes off in your hand!
The shot rings out across the land!
> X HORSE
The horse he keeps runnin'
> X RIDER
The rider is dead
> HANG HEAD. G.
You hang your head
You hang your head
etc.
- Jonathan Vaughan
Joe Mason
Don't fear the reaper.
Joe
Russell Glasser
Nothing happens.
> DREAM ON
Nothing happens.
> G
Nothing happens.
> G
Your dream comes true.
> QUIT
--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-- George Bernard Shaw
Russell can be heckled at
http://www.willynet.com/rglasser
Russell Glasser
You are standing on the eastern shore of this land. The sun is coming up
behind you.
You can see a hammer.
> T
It is morning.
> HAMMER
But you don't have the hammer!
> TAKE HAMMER. HAMMER
Taken.
You hammer in the morning.
> Z. Z. Z. Z. Z
Time passes...
Time passes...
Time passes...
Time passes...
Time passes...
The sun slowly travels across the sky, stopping on the west side.
> T
It is evening.
> HAMMER
You hammer in the evening.
> W
West side of land
You are standing on the western shore of this land. The sun is going down
in front of you.
> HAMMER
You hammer in the evening.
Congratulations! You have hammered all over this land. [10 points]
> E. SLEEP
East side of land
You go to sleep, waking up as the sun begins to rise.
> L
East side of land
You are standing on the eastern shore of this land. The sun is coming up
behind you.
You can see a bell.
John Ruschmeyer
Spring is here, preparing to leave.
> SPRING, WAIT
Spring leaves to the west.
Spring was never waiting for you. It ran one step ahead.
> W
Dark
You are in a dark clearing. Sheets of rain fall relentlessly.
There is a cake here.
> X CAKE
The cake is a confectionary representation of MacArthur Park. With
horror you realize that this is, in fact, a cake which you yourself made
recently baked (no small feat).
Unfortunately, someone has left your cake out in the rain, much to its
detriment. In particular, the icing has been mostly washed away.
> X ICING
All the sweet, green icing is flowing down.
> TAKE CAKE
I don't think that you can take it.
> BAKE NEW CAKE
The recipe was your dead aunt's and you lost it just after baking the
ruined cake. It is unlikely that you will ever have that recipe again.
--
<<<John>>>
Julie Brandon
All the leaves are brown.
> EXAMINE SKY
The sky is grey.
> WALK
You walk around for while, on this bitterly cold Winter's day,
dreaming of L.A. where you know you'd have been safe and warm.
--
Julie Brandon
jfpbo...@my-dejanews.com
There is a calendar, a wireless radio, some credits, and a bed here.
>LISTEN
You hear someone on the wireless.
>X CALENDAR
You're back in '52.
>GET IN BED
You lie awake.
>LISTEN TO RADIO
You intently tune in.
>X ME
You're young, but that doesn't stop the star on the wireless from coming
through.
>X CREDITS
They're credits for various symphonies.
>TAKE CREDIT
You'll have to get out of bed first.
>GET OUT OF BED
Done.
>TAKE CREDIT
Which credit do you want to take: the credit for the first symphony, the
credit for the second symphony, or the credit for the third symphony?
>TAKE CREDIT FOR SECOND SYMPHONY
Taken.
>REWRITE SYMPHONY
What would you like to rewrite the symphony on?
>COMPUTER
(Turning on the computer first)
Rewritten by machine on new technology.
>EXIT
Abandoned Studio
There is a tape player, and a VCR and a singer here.
Inside the tape player you see a cassette tape.
>PLAY TAPE
You hear the playback, and it seems so long ago.
>REMEMBER
The jingle used to go "oh, oh oh."
>X SINGER
He was a big star on the radio, but then pictures came and broke his heart.
>X VCR
It's a new voice-activated Video 2000 model.
>VIDEO, KILL THE RADIO STAR
The VCR forcefully ejects a tape, hitting the singer in the head. He crumples
to the floor.
>X TAPE
Which tape do you mean, the cassette tape or the video tape?
>X VIDEO TAPE
It's a music video from a band called the Buggles.
>WHAT IS A BUGGLE
The buggle is a sinister, lurking presence in the video archives of MTV. Its
favorite diet is radio stars, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its
lack of musical success. No buggle has ever been seen in concert; few have
survived its irksome video to tell the tale.
William Rice
>GET HAMMER
You can't touch that.
John Ruschmeyer
You are in the libing room of your shabby home. From the looks of it,
the maid has not been in for several eons.
On a table you see a photograph, a ring, a key, a dog leash, and a
letter. An empty bottle sits in a nearby wastebasket.
In the distance, you hear the lonesome whistle of a distant train.
> X PHOTO
It is a worn photograph of a sad-looking woman in old-style clothing,
your mother. This particular photo was taken soon after your father left
her. Unfortunately, it is also your only photo of her.
> X RING
This was the wedding ring worn by your wife until she left you for your
best friend.
> X KEY
The key to your battered Ford pickup truck, the one your wife drove off
in on the day she left you.
> X LEASH
Spot was a good, loyal dog... until he was killed by that bear. Somehow,
though, you can't bring yourself to throw away his old leash.
> X LETTER
This is a reminder from your parole officer, not to miss your next
appointment.
> QUIT
You can't... you have been out of work since the plant closed.
> DIAGNOSE
You are depressed.
You are potentially violent.
You are somewhat hung over.
You are trapped in the archetypical Country song.
--
<<<John>>>
John Ruschmeyer
>LOOK
Rain
You are standing on a city street in the rain. You are wet and unhappy.
>SMILE
You let a smile be your umbrella.
>SING
You're singing in the rain.
>G.
You're singing in the rain.
A glorious feeling comes upon you.
[Your score has just gone up by one point.]
> X ME
You are happy again.
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>LOOK
Car
You are in the front seat of your car. A girl is stiing next to you.
Outside is darkness and desolation. The car's radio is playing.
>X ME
You are a strapping male of 17 years and a few days. Despite the chll of
the evening, you are wearing little clothing.
>X GIRL
The girl is barely 17 herself and, like you, is barely dressed.
>X OUTSIDE
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep, dark night, you can see
paradise by the dashboard light.
>KISS GIRL
You and the girl begin to kiss each other passionately.
Somewhare, in the back of your mind, you notice that the radio's tuning
has drifted and the broadcast of a N.Y. Yankees baseball game can now be
heard. The unmistakable voice of Phil Rizzuto is calling the
play-by-play.
>MAKE OUT
Are you more interested in the game or the girl?
>GO ALL THE WAY
Before you can go any further, the girl stops you. She demands a pledge
of your devotion before she will proceed.
>TELL GIRL IN THE MORNING
The girl says the she needs to know right now.
>G.
The girl says that she needs to know right now.
A feeling like a tidal wave comes upon you.
>SWEAR LOVE
On what do you want to swear your love?
>GOD
You swear on your deity that your will love the girl.
The girl considers this, but is not totally convinced.
>SWEAR ON MOTHER'S GRAVE
Your swear on your mother's grave that you will love her until the end
of time.
The girl is convinced and allows you to consumate your union.
>WAIT
Time passes...
>X ME
You find you are no long able to tolerate the girl. In fact, it seems
unlikely you will be able to surive another minute with her.
>PRAY FOR THE END OF TIME
You pray for the end of time.
Nothing happens.
>BREAK PROMISE
You are unable to.
>FORGET VOW
You are unable to.
>HINT
God only knows what you can do right now.
>PRAY FOR END OF TIME
It's all that you can do.
--
<<<John>>>
tv's Spatch
> I
You are carrying a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel (for your
face), pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes, and a case.
> X REFLECTION
As handsome as ever, if slightly reversed.
> REFLECTION, LET'S GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
Your reflection mouths the words silently back at you, as if in
agreement.
> GO OUT
You pass the church and the steeple as well as the laundry on the
hill.
(petering out here)
--
der spatchel reading, mass 01867
resident cranky fovea.retina.net 4000
"i just wanted to carve a little z on your forehead -- nothing serious."