If I'm not paying attention, I'll even forget that I don't like popcorn because it shreds my mouth.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 11, 2007 10:13:35 am PST #2050 of 10001
JZ - Jan 11, 2007 10:15:30 am PST #2051 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Totally random hivemind (traditional music department, division of folk son lyrics) question:
Many, many years ago in my long-gone preteenhood, I saw an episode of M*A*S*H shelters a busload of war orphans. In it, there's a brief scene of Radar singing a lullaby to a restless wee one. It's haunted me ever since, and I've been using the tune for Matilda lullabyes since she was born. Last night I decided to hunt down all the lyrics so I could sing her the whole original song if I felt like it, not just the chorus and single verse sung by Radar.
Except I can't find the damn thing anywhere. The lyrics as sung on the show are:
By lo, baby,
by lo baby,
by lo baby,
by lo baby, by.
Daddy still loves you,
Daddy still loves you,
Daddy still loves you,
Though he's gone to war.
I feel like a Google idiot. Every possible spelling variation of by and lo (except for "buy low, baby," which seems unlikely) comes up with nothing much: eBay auctions for a doll called a By-Lo Baby or for sheet music to a minstrel-era song that's (a) kinda racist and (b) metrically all wrong anyway. Spelling variations with "lullaby," "song" or "lyrics" turn up the creepy minstrel song.
Googling the second verse brings up a Simpsons message board post by a guy who uses that as his tagline, and a Songs Sung On M*A*S*H Episodes website (also a couple of children's music CDs with a "By-Lo Baby" on the playlist, but on account of the creepy minstrel song I'm leery of shelling out money for a CD sight, or lyrics, unseen).
Am I blindly forgetting to Google something really obvious, or is it just a haunting little faux-old-timey song that in fact only dates back to whenever that M*A*S*H episode was written?
Pix - Jan 11, 2007 10:15:57 am PST #2052 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Generally, I don't like popcorn. Yes, I know that this makes me (even more of) a freak.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2007 10:16:03 am PST #2053 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Zenkitty - Jan 11, 2007 10:16:38 am PST #2054 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't like popcorn unless it's at the movies, with a lot of butter-flavored topping. It always gets stuck in my teeth. So sexy.
(For the record, I did know it wasn't the State of the Union address last night. However, I was sleepy.)
Lee - Jan 11, 2007 10:16:39 am PST #2055 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I was craving popcorn last night, and then I stopped, which was good, since I didn't have any and aren't really supposed to eat it anyway and now I hate you people.
Vortex - Jan 11, 2007 10:17:00 am PST #2056 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
brenda m - Jan 11, 2007 10:17:54 am PST #2057 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Umm, popcorn. With brewer's yeast is best.
Amy - Jan 11, 2007 10:18:22 am PST #2058 of 10001
Because books.
I'm craving a bag of SmartFood now like whoa.
Laga - Jan 11, 2007 10:18:28 am PST #2059 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
One thing about popcorn (or any food with a lot of air in it) is that it makes you feel more full than the equivalent weight of non air-filled food. I work in a movie theatre. I can have free popcorn any time I want. Still sometimes I get the craving to pop some Orville Redenbacher on the stove in olive oil and top it with salt & pepper. Dang now I gotta go buy some Orville Redenbacher.