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[Thufir]

I know a good World War I poem.

It goes something like this:

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'The German Guns' by S. O. Baldrick

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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

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Hear this song I sing,
War's a horrid thing,
So I sing sing sing,
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.

[KuReshtin]

I like the one I posted better.

[Phase]

And I couldn't help but notice that there were only Thirds and 2:2s in the room.

Ya know, Thirds and 2:2s...
In a room...
With my First.

This is not a sentence in any sort of human language. By my reckoning, at least.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

This is not a sentence in any sort of human language. By my reckoning, at least.

I was confused as to what a third and a 2:2 is as well.

[Jibar]

This is not a sentence in any sort of human language. By my reckoning, at least.

English Uni grading.

0-39 FAIL
40-49 Third
50-59 2:2
60-69 2:1
70+ First

Basically, yeah, best grades. Best.

I know a good World War I poem.

It goes something like this:

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'The German Guns' by S. O. Baldrick

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

How about this little song that was sung?

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Oh my Tuesdays are meatless
My coffee is sweetless
Each day I get poorer and wiser
My home it is heatless
My trousers are seatless
By God but I do hate the Kaiser!

[CurlyKitGirl]

No, Iolanthe is with a different society. NUGSS are doing The Grand Duke. Yet another society, which I will be ioining in iust under an hour (4/5 local G&S societies ioined...), are doing Yeomen of the Guard.
NUGSS audition was good. I didn't get particularly nervous about it, since I know all the relevant people, and my cold or whatever it is hadn't hit me in full force yet.
Although the revelations of what parts people actually want and auditioned for has totally thrown off my hypothetical male casting, so I'm really uncertain who will be who.

I was close? You really are getting around your area with all those G&S shows. One of these days you'll end up in five plays all at once and you'll wind up singing the patter song from The Mikado when you should be doing the patter song of Pirates.

*Hi-fives back*

Personally, under those circumstances I would probably go, but only sing very quietly. So you get the benefit of rehearsing the music without aggravating your throat.

I did go in the end. Great fun, the conductor's a bit odd though. But he's new, so he's not had time to get used to it, and neither have we to him.

English student high five.

Finally had a lecturer use the word 'trope', the other day. Made the depressing World War 1 poetry acceptable.

And making today's boring seminar was everyone getting back their portfolio's from last year; a collection of short stories with some link between them all.
And I couldn't help but notice that there were only Thirds and 2:2s in the room.

Ya know, Thirds and 2:2s...
In a room...
With my First.

Only my politeness is what stopped me from standing upon my table and performing a great and mighty gloating dance.

Double ENglish student high five. One for the portfolio, one for general English student-y goodness.

Hey, depressing World War I poetry is good.

Give me "Goodbyeeeee" from Blackadder Goes Forth any day. Or any epsiode from that series.
*tears up a little*

I know a good World War I poem.

It goes something like this:

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'The German Guns' by S. O. Baldrick

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

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Hear this song I sing,
War's a horrid thing,
So I sing sing sing,
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.

I have to admit it.
I laughed out loud at both of these.

I was confused as to what a third and a 2:2 is as well.

For those among you who don't know Britlander university qualifications:

An undergraduate degree is called a Bachelors. It comes in BA, BSc and some other weird ones.
All undergraduate degrees comes in levels. From worst to best:
Pass
Third Class
2:2
2:1
First Class
Getting a first is really good. A third is okay. generally if one wants to go on to do a Master's degree the applicant must have a 2:1. I think some palces might admit a 2:2.

EDIT:
Ninia'd by a muffin!

[Rawhide]

I still think this is one of the best poems:

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Ladies and gentlemen,
take my advice:
Pull down your pants
and slide on the ice.

It still keeps the military theme too.

[Cleverdan22]

So, I should be doing a huge project, but instead I'm simultaneously here, and stumbling. Hmm, guess its an all-nighter for me.

[Thufir]

I was close? You really are getting around your area with all those G&S shows. One of these days you'll end up in five plays all at once and you'll wind up singing the patter song from The Mikado when you should be doing the patter song of Pirates.

Nah, I can at most be rehearsing 3 shows at a time due to differing schedules of the societies.
Besides, those aren't two I get mixed up. Patter songs from Pirates and Ruddigore, those I might mix up.

I have to admit it.
I laughed out loud at both of these.

Well, I should hope so.

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So, I should be doing a huge project, but instead I'm simultaneously here, and stumbling. Hmm, guess its an all-nighter for me.

Oh, this sounds so familiar to me...

[CynicalAvocado]

this is my life right now. i regret nothing okay, maybe i regret a little bit

[Haruki-kun]

Windows Live Messenger has now decided it no longer wants to work and refuses to let me log in. I get a certain error code, but none of the solutions work.

I don't know what to do now. Anyone got any clue at all?

[Gullara]

this is my life right now. i regret nothing okay, maybe i regret a little bit

My life is similar.



I just got shipping confirmation for Fallout: New Vegas, and I am not a patient person.

[Haruki-kun]

Mine looks something like this.

So... can anyone help? I'm pretty desperate....

[Amiel]

I know a good World War I poem.

It goes something like this:

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'The German Guns' by S. O. Baldrick

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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
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Ring around the rosey,
A pocketful of posies.
ashes, ashes.
We all fall down.

[Gullara]

^ That's the Bubonic Plague. Nothing to do with any war.

Mine looks something like this.

So... can anyone help? I'm pretty desperate....

Sorry can't help now. My package will be out of Memphis any second.

But in all seriousness I would recommend making a thread. That has seemed to work for many, MANY other people. I don't think the people that usually answer the tech questions post here.

I could be wrong though. Short term memory loss.


Amazing how xkcd can apply to anyone's life.

[Amiel]

^ That's the Bubonic Plague. Nothing to do with any war.

There seems to be several schools of thought regarding this interpretation. Some believe the rhyme has implications to the bubonic plague. However, interpreters of the rhyme before World War II make no mention of this. The symptoms also do not fit especially well with the bubonic plague.
It is an incredibly ancient rhyme, with many iterations, and is suitable for all occasions where mass death has been wrecked upon humanity and the land.

[Gullara]

Ring around the rosey,
Black marks on neck from plague
A pocketful of posies.
Posies kept in pockets to ward off plague
ashes, ashes.
Burn the bodies
We all fall down.
Death

That's just the interpretation I heard. You seem more knowledgeable on the subject that I am though.

[Amiel]

I think that interpretation might actually be an urban legend; however, I also think it will undoubtedly have some association with the black death; though the association would be coincidental only.


Ring around the rosies may also be referring to an actual ring of posies, or may even have no hidden meaning.

We can only conclude children's nursery rhymes are creepy.

[Rawhide]

You seem more knowledgeable on the subject that I am though.

Yeah, he checked Wikipedia.

[Amiel]

Yeah, he checked Wikipedia.

It's a totally legitimate source

[Rawhide]

It's a totally legitimate source

Yes, but please cite your sources, it's good form.

[Amiel]

It's pretty common knowledge, and there are only so many ways you can phrase a sentence.

[Gullara]

You sneaky little...

[Rawhide]

It's pretty common knowledge, and there are only so many ways you can phrase a sentence.

Simply stating "According to Wikipedia" or providing a link would suffice. Citing is good for two reasons, it allows a person to trace the source themselves to do further research or verify the validity of the statement for themselves, and it gives credit to the source.

You provided a near word for word copy of the Wikipedia article, even if you had put it entirely in your own words, you really should have cited where you got your information from.

[Amiel]

Will you be encompassing many people in your request? Surely a lot of people, perhaps even the majority, will be citing sans source.

Should I be citing the rhyme too?
Should you be citing when you also "copy" from the original source?

[Rawhide]

Should I be citing the rhyme too?

Are you claiming that you wrote the rhyme? And yes, if the author is known, it is good form.

Should you be citing when you also "copy" from the original source?

If you're copying something verbatim, you need to be careful not to violate copyright, but should cite your sources if known (especially when you only just looked it up). This is easy if you have only just looked it up, but harder if it is something you learned ages ago. In academia, it is not suitable to state "I heard this years ago", but in casual conversation, you sometimes do not remember where you gained that knowledge.

[Amiel]

Provided links in my post.

I hope you enforce this request to all posters.

apron is a misspelling and bastardisation.

Source please?

If you're copying something verbatim, you need to be careful not to violate copyright, but should cite your sources if known (especially when you only just looked it up).

Remember that I regularly use citations.

[Rawhide]

Source please?

I was not quoting a source in that post. However I can find you a reference to verify the validity of that statement:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apron

Origin:
1275–1325; 1925–30 for def. 6; 1900–05 for def. 8; ME napron (by later misconstruing a napron as an apron ) < MF naperon, equiv. to nape tablecloth (< L mappa napkin; cf. map) + -ron dim. suffix

Dictionary.com Unabridged (Based on the Random House Dictionary)
and

[C16: mistaken division (as if an apron ) of earlier a napron, from Old French naperon a little cloth, from nape cloth, from Latin mappa napkin]

(Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition)

[Amiel]

My point was that you didn't include it (a citation/link/acknowledgment et al) in your original post, there are also other posts which you and others have not provided citations for.

[Rawhide]

My point was that you didn't include it (a citation/link/acknowledgment et al) in your original post, there are also other posts which you and others have not provided citations for.

No citation was necessary because I was not citing an article.