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Rich Brown

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Feb 19, 2022, 3:47:18 AM2/19/22
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Everyone does "Hallelujah" sooner or later...
https://xkcd.com/2583/

Gary McGath

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Feb 19, 2022, 5:45:13 AM2/19/22
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On 2/19/22 3:47 AM, Rich Brown wrote:
> Everyone does "Hallelujah" sooner or later...
> https://xkcd.com/2583/

Or quoting an Arthur Sullivan song that was once a top hit but is mostly
forgotten today:

I have sought but I seek it vainly,
That one lost chord divine.

--
Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

Arthur T.

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Feb 19, 2022, 4:40:25 PM2/19/22
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In Message-ID:<suqaql$6b5$1...@dont-email.me>,
Rich Brown <rab...@freemars.org> wrote:

>Everyone does "Hallelujah" sooner or later...
>https://xkcd.com/2583/

He did "Modern Major General" a while back (2012?). You can find
someone singing his "Every Major's Terrible" on Youtube, but I don't
have the URL. The video credits XKCD #1052.

--
Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

Gary McGath

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Feb 19, 2022, 7:17:44 PM2/19/22
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On 2/19/22 4:40 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
> In Message-ID:<suqaql$6b5$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Rich Brown <rab...@freemars.org> wrote:
>
>> Everyone does "Hallelujah" sooner or later...
>> https://xkcd.com/2583/
>
> He did "Modern Major General" a while back (2012?). You can find
> someone singing his "Every Major's Terrible" on Youtube, but I don't
> have the URL. The video credits XKCD #1052.
>

It was Error Elumir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyoGruec88

Arthur T.

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Feb 28, 2022, 2:23:16 AM2/28/22
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In Message-ID:<sus1b6$2d4$1...@dont-email.me>,
Gary McGath <ga...@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

>> He did "Modern Major General" a while back (2012?). You can find
>> someone singing his "Every Major's Terrible" on Youtube, but I don't
>> have the URL. The video credits XKCD #1052.
>>
>
>It was Error Elumir.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyoGruec88
>

Thanks for the URL so I can find it again.

And *Errol.
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