The Insane Asylum II

Spanish, you may not realize HOW close that is to reality--because dancer-actor Gene Kelly actually starred as D'Artagnan in an essentially straightfaced movie of "The Three Musketeers," and did quite well.

As for me, when it comes to fencing, I have a complaint of sexism that was directed against BOYS. When I was in college, they offered a fencing course; but ONLY GIRLS were allowed to take it, or else I would have joined. As it is, my only weapon skills worth mentioning are fairly good pistol marksmanship (courtesy of the Navy) and some ability with a staff (courtesy of using one on a number of occasions to drive off mean dogs).
 
Gene Kelly is D'arty? EWWWW. I don't...like Gene Kelly. 'Course, I didn't like D'arty, either. Athos was the best. :cool: (Note to self: read the last two books in that series, already!)

I'm not good at fencing. But it's awesomely fun, so I do it anyway. And besides, I get to play with weapons. Which is cool...

I feel like bursting into song. Ooh, I'lll write my own!

There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and it's filled with people who will not be slaves again, when the world has passed him by...

I'll call it.. Epingive. You get a cookie if you know what three songs I mixed together...
 
The black-pit thing has to be the song about London which has been quoted on-forum; the middle excerpt is from Enjolras' revolutionary song; the third, I can't say. Give the cookie to whoever supplies the third; I have to limit my intake of complex carbohydrates.
 
Copperfox said:
The black-pit thing has to be the song about London which has been quoted on-forum; the middle excerpt is from Enjolras' revolutionary song; the third, I can't say. Give the cookie to whoever supplies the third; I have to limit my intake of complex carbohydrates.
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What if it's a flour-free cookie? Of course, that'd be sort of nasty....hmm.

First two are right..

On a barely-related note...How is "Enjolras" pronouced?
 
As a French name, it should be pronounced something like "AWN-ZHOL-RAH."

And actually, I could safely eat ONE cookie if you chose to give me one. I don't have to cut off carbs completely.
 
Copperfox said:
As a French name, it should be pronounced something like "AWN-ZHOL-RAH."

And actually, I could safely eat ONE cookie if you chose to give me one. I don't have to cut off carbs completely.
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Wow. It doesn't look like that at all....

Ok, how is Thenardier pronounced? Isn't it something like Tay-nah-deur?

Or something...I don't really know.
 
Copperfox said:
Thenardier would be pronounced "TEN-ARD-YAY." The French just LOVE unpronounced consonants at the end of words.
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Hmm. There's far to many letters in his name. :rolleyes: When reading it, I didn't even bother prononcing it. I just recognized it as a string of letters....

At least Jean Valjean is an easy one....*sigh*

I'm STILL bored. Entertain me! *snaps fingers*
 
Entertain you? Okay, here's a poem I once wrote about the narcissistic self-centeredness which really lies at the root of much so-called mental illness.


Tom Trendy felt a passion for himself;
The magazines all told him he was right
To live for his own happiness and health--
And he, of course, believed in Crystal Light.

"I'll be no good for others," went his line,
"If I'm not good for ME!"--but at each test,
Just serving Number One took ALL his time,
With not one minute for unselfishness.

He cheated on his income tax, then said,
"Now, why do I do such dishonest stuff?
The answer's clear if I just use my head:
I've simply never loved myself ENOUGH!"

So Tom went to a pop psychologist,
Who told him what he wanted to be told:
"All sense of guilt and sin must be dismissed,
For your self-love to take a firmer hold."

This sounded good to Tom, who promptly dumped
The five girlfriends he'd long been juggling,
Then with embezzled money, quickly jumped
On board a cruise ship, where he played the king.

Girl passengers hung on his every word
Of living only for the here and now;
He had one in his room when there occurred
Catastrophe: an iceberg struck the bow.

Now Tom could show how his enlightenment
Affected others in the human race:
He sprinted from the room, and as he went,
He left a footprint on his new girl's face.

A blind man, three grandmothers, and a child,
Got in his way, and so were trampled flat;
Propelled by purest love of self, Tom piled
Into a half-filled boat, and yelled, "Now scat!"

From safety, Tom heard every horrid sound,
And watched the ship sink in the ocean swells;
Then, for the dead, he spoke these words profound:
"I hope those poor souls died loving themselves!"


(c) 1991 Joseph R. Ravitts
 
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