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I Am Officially Insane

 
 
Persephone
17:02 / 03.02.04
I am trying to write a song about Barbelith moderators to the tune of "I Am The Very Model Of A Major General."

Don't pass judgment, just help me. I can't figure out how the second line scans:

I am the very model of a Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral


There's lyrics and MIDI file here
 
 
LDones
17:23 / 03.02.04
I Am The Ve-ry Model Of A Modern Major Gen-er-al
I've information, ve-ge-tuh-ble, an-i-mal and min-er-al

16 syllables per line sung.
 
 
Cat Chant
18:13 / 03.02.04
I think it scans the same as the first line:

(der) DAH-der-der-der DAH-der-der-der DAH-der-der-der DAH-der-der

(i've) IN-for-ma-tion VEG-e-ta-ble, AN-i-mal-and MIN-er-al

And I would never pass judgement on anyone's decision to filk.
 
 
Saint Keggers
18:16 / 03.02.04
Thats not insane...this is insane:
(based on my character from the starwars galaxies videogame)

I am the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal
Im the biggest furball especially when au naturel...
I know ten ways to Anchorhead, all time-wise economical
From Degobah to Tatooine, in order to avoid Darth Maul;
Im very well aquainted, too, with matters all Shyriiwookian,
I understand the languages, both Bothan and Twi-lakian,
About the first three episodes, Im filled with a lot o'news
With all the fans who now think watching them is child abuse.

With all the fans who now think watching them is child abuse.
With all the fans who now think watching them is child abuse.
With all the fans who now think watching them is child abuse.

I'm very good at interstellar and hyperspatial calculus
I know the secret names of bases most rebellious
In short in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
I am the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal

In short in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
He is the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal


I know your planet's history, like Alderaan and Mr.Spock,
I always hate robotics, I've a pretty taste for fried Mynocks,
I roar like a maniac all the times im not quite fabulous,
In starships I can floor it and Cor-Sec cops can't handle us!

I can tell undoubted Rebels from Grand Admiral hypocrasies
I know the chocking force from the hands of great bureaucracies!
Then I can hunt down fools and things which others aint got the stomach for
And whistle all the time 'cause murder most infernal is not a chore!

And whistle all the time 'cause murder most infernal's not a chore!
And whistle all the time 'cause murder most infernal's not a chore!
And whistle all the time 'cause murder most infernal's not a chore!

Then I can slice a tauntaun in an attempt to keep you warm,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Darth Vader's fancy uniform.
In short in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
I am the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal.

In short in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
He is the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal

In fact, when I know what is meant by "midiclorian " and "time-travellin'"
When I can tell at sight a mouse-bot from a garbage bin,
When such affairs as R2's and C3's im more wary at,
And when I know precisely where the Emperor is buried at.
When I have stole what progress has been made in madalorean amoury
When I know more trandoshian then you might as well join a nunnery
In short, 'cause I've been mastering the force and its energy
You'll bow before your betters or from my fingers taste electricity!

You'll bow before your betters or from his fingers taste electricity!
You'll bow before your betters or from his fingers taste electricity!
You'll bow before your betters or from his fingers taste electricity!

Of Warcries I have knowledge, so you'll cower when I go frenzy,
the largest of the Rancors I have brought down without ruinning all my fineries,
But still,in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
I am the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal

But still,in matters criminal, rebellion and imperial
He is the hairy model of a walking wookie arsenal

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I am the very model of a moderating barbelite...
 
 
Persephone
18:54 / 03.02.04
Why can't I get this??

I am the very model of a modern major general

So far so good, right?

I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral

Oh, I've got it!! Vegetable has four syllables!
 
 
Persephone
18:56 / 03.02.04
Ha ha ha, now I will be unstoppable!!
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
19:57 / 03.02.04
I fear you.
 
 
gingerbop
23:02 / 03.02.04
Does anyone really say vegetable with 4 syllables?
 
 
Mazarine
23:06 / 03.02.04
They do if they're the very model of a modern major general.
 
 
Red Cross Iodized Salt
03:02 / 04.02.04
I am the very model of a moderating barbeloid
I moderate for hours and I very rarely get annoyed
I know Tom Coates and often quote the things he writes on plasticbag
If you forget your topic's abstract better be prepared to hear me nag
 
 
Tezcatlipoca
07:02 / 04.02.04
This one's dedicated to our fluffy little gimp, Andrew:

I am the very model of a moderating barbeloid
I moderate from noon to night and make poor posters paranoid
I move the theads around the board whenever that it pleases me
And wipe out people's posts and threads, largely indiscriminatly
I'm very good at spotting trolls and making people 'disappear'
I stalk the halls of Barbelith, and everywhere I go they fear
I'm part of a Masonic clique (and Illuminatus probably)
And growl at those forgetting they should write an abstract properly

And growl at those forgetting they should write an abstract properly
And growl at those forgetting they should write an abstract properly
And growl at those forgetting they should write an abstract properly

I work for Tom (a vicious man who bites heads off baby cats)
And together we have one last thing to say to all of you, and that's-
We moderate from noon to night and make poor posters paranoid
We are the very models of those moderating barbeloids

They moderate from noon to night and make poor posters paranoid
They are the very models of those moderating barbeloids
 
 
Captain Zoom
21:39 / 04.02.04
I suggest starting with the line: "I am the very model of a modern intellectual"

It pretty much writes itself after that, dontcha think?

Zoom.
 
  
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