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Aerlinn
Lorien
Feb 18 2007, 12:24am
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How about a parody challenge to get the non-visual ball rolling?
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I was going to just do this myself - but where's the fun in that? Talking to dernwyn I used the title of this song (from Flower Drum Song), which led to the inevitable idea of a parody. Give it a shot - why do you (or don't you!) think you're Going To Like It Here? I am Going to Like it Here I'm going to like it here. There is something about the place, An encouraging atmosphere, Like a smile on a friendly face. There is something about the place, So caressing and warm it is. Like a smile on a friendly face, Like a port in a storm it is. So caressing and warm it is. All the people are so sincere. Like a port in a storm it is. I am going to like here. All the people are so sincere. There's especially one I like. I am going to like here. It's the father's first son I like. There's especially one I like. There is something about his face. It's the father's first son I like. He's the reason I love the place. There is something about his face. I would follow him anywhere. If he goes to another place, I am going to like it there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, clearly "[ ]" doesn't work. TORn – where everybody knows your name! And J.R.R. Tolkien’s middle names… and the name of his publisher’s son … and the name of Aragorn’s great-great-great- grandfather on his mother’s side… and what Frodo’s name almost was…
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diedye
Grey Havens
Feb 18 2007, 5:03am
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Just what the heck are you doing and who are you doing it with?! *whispers* Can I join in?
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Aerlinn
Lorien
Feb 18 2007, 5:11am
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er... never mind. Nothing to see here. Go write a parody.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay, clearly "[ ]" doesn't work. TORn – where everybody knows your name! And J.R.R. Tolkien’s middle names… and the name of his publisher’s son … and the name of Aragorn’s great-great-great- grandfather on his mother’s side… and what Frodo’s name almost was…
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dernwyn
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Feb 19 2007, 12:43am
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I'm "Getting to Know" these boards!
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*applause* "father's first son", eh? How appropriate for a B-girl! I noticed a little picture-posting going on, elsewhere - these new boards are getting quite a "christening"! Now, here's one I worked up while out shopping this afternoon (BJ's Warehouse, of course, where else does one find enough food to keep two teens plus pets satisfied ). A little take from "The King and I": Getting to Know Them It's a rather modern saying, But a true and honest thought, That if you want to be posting These Board formats, you must be taught! As a TORnsib I've been learning - And testing as I post - And I'm trying to be an expert On the Boards that I love most: (spoken) The new One Ring message boards! Getting to know them, Getting to know all about them, Getting to like them, Getting to hope they like me... Getting to know them, Putting it my way, so nicely, They are precisely Lembas to me! Getting to know them, Getting to feel free and easy When I am posting Getting to know this new way Haven't you noticed We are all still wild and crazy While loving all the beautiful and new Things we're learning we can do Day by day!
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JPB
The Shire
Feb 19 2007, 2:37am
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To Foreigner's Hot Blooded Well, I've just posted, check it and see I've got a post count of a hundred and three Come on user, do you edit advanced? I've just posted, just posted You don't have to read my sig... to know what things I dig User, you outa know You reply so fine... go read my signature line Please don't boot... what you doin, after the Moot? Now it's up to you, we can send a PM or two Just me and you, I'll translate Quenya like you never knew That's why I've just posted, check it and see I've got a post count of a hundred and three Come on user, do you edit advanced? I've just posted, just posted If my prose is alright, maybe you can reply just right Shall I leave you a link? But you've got to ping my pong, please use a kind emoticon Tell me, have you made it to Bree? You sure look that way to me! Now it's up to you, we can send a PM or two Just me and you, I'll translate Quenya like you never knew Well, I've just posted, check it and see I've got a post count of a hundred and three Come on user, do you edit advanced? I've just posted, just posted Just posted, five times tonight Just posted, my fonts look alright Just posted, edit window's gone Just posted, it's ten minutes long ..etc...
(This post was edited by JPB on Feb 19 2007, 2:38am)
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Lalaith22
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Feb 19 2007, 4:00am
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Fabulous, wonderful, amazing, etc etc etc...
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Aerlinn
Lorien
Feb 19 2007, 4:16am
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Here's my farewell to the old boards, for what it's worth:
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We Are The One Ring Strangers have come Time after time Critiquing the format More annoying than mime Crashes and stalls We've had a few We've had our share of stats beamed into space To make us blue chorus of TORnadoes: But we mean to post on and on and on and ooonnn... We are The One Ring, my friends And we'll keep on posting Past the end We are The One Ring We are The One Ring Calling all users Back to The One Ring dot net On the seventeenth The fat lady sings We'll trade RPG For Gossamer wings It won't be easy Saying goodbye But a new era's about to begin Prepared on the sly We are The One Ring, my friends And we'll keep on posting Past the end We are The One Ring We are The One Ring Calling all users Back to The One Ring dot net It's taking its bow Its curtain call To you who bring us "edit", "search", off-topic and moot boards - We thank you all Through eel-infested waters It's no pleasure cruise Though some of us may be nervous about leaving this place Still, how can we lose - ? chorus of TORnadoes: For we mean to post on and on and on and oooonnnn... We are The One Ring, my friends And we'll keep on posting Past the end We are The One Ring We are The One Ring Calling all users Back to The One Ring dot net We are The One Ring, my friends And we'll keep on posting Past the end We are The One Ring We are The One Ring Calling all users Back to The One Ring ... Based on Queen's "We Are the Champions", with a verse added.
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Loresilme
Valinor
Feb 19 2007, 5:51am
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Brava!! Love it :-) <---- retro smiley face *nt*
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dernwyn
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Feb 19 2007, 2:45pm
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But...but...wouldn't you talk to Treebeard?
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dernwyn
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Feb 19 2007, 2:53pm
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*applause* Brava! A poster's theme! (nt)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still 'round the corner there may wait A new road, or a secret gate...
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Feb 20 2007, 4:23pm
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Well, I've been feeling like an immigrant
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so I based my little parody on the old immigrant song "Green Grow the Lilacs". Green grow the mallorns all sparkling with dew. I'm lonely, old TORn boards since parting from you. But by next Fiesta I hope to prove true And change creaky old boards for the shiny and new.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chance Meeting at Rivendell: a Tolkien Fanfic and some other stuff I wrote... leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Foe
Lorien
Feb 24 2007, 2:19pm
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I'll give it a go since I've not written a parody in quite a while.
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I'm rusty, but here goes nothing... Sing to: "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt "Old boards were brilliant. Some thought them brilliant Some thought them poor. I saw an admin. Her posts obscure. She posted 'bout switchovers. She seemed that she was mad. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'Cause she's got a plan. There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards, it's true. OT I adore, modding's no more Let us all ring in the new, And bid the old boards adieu.. When we say good-bye, No one can deny. There's a really good chance that we might, F'n cry, And I know that we won't see her again, But we shared a forum that will last 'till the end. There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards, it's true. OT I adore, modding's no more Let us all ring in the new, And bid the old boards adieu There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards. There's new TORn boards, it's true. There must be an admin with a smile on her face, When she decided that an update was due. But it's time to face the truth, You deserve a big thank you." THANKS ALTAIRA (AND MR.A!)
Email Foe! Foe's LiveJournal! Foe's Myspace! YIM, AIM, MSN= foehelm
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Magpie
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Feb 24 2007, 3:24pm
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especially cause I love Weird Al's parody as well. I want to hear it sung now.
no longer just aMagpie... I'm now *the* Magpie
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linkin-artelf
Lorien
Feb 24 2007, 5:41pm
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Now I'll never here that song the same way again.
"I walk along the shore and I gaze At the light that radiates down Will it travel forth to you Far across this shimmering sea?" formerly linkinparkelf
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Kimi
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Feb 24 2007, 10:48pm
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Both as a farewell to the old boards, and a wish for the new ones. To the tune of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from "My Fair Lady" I've grown accustomed to this place. It almost makes the day begin. I've grown used to signing in Morning, night and noon. The smiles, the frowns, Its ups, its downs Are second nature to me now; Like breathing out and breathing in. I was serenely independent and content before we met; Surely I could always be that way again- And yet I've grown accustomed to its look; Accustomed to its folk; Accustomed to this place.
Promises to Keep: a novel set in 19th Century New Zealand. The Passing of Mistress Rose Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there? - A Room With a View
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