Nicer legs than Hitler

[kmortis]

So, Kissinger's back? (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/foreigndesk/detail?blogid=16&entry_id=9341) Who's next? Gordo? Erlichman? Checkers?

[Darat]

I think there has already been a thread about this...

[Marquis de Carabas]

Hehehehe greatest thread title ever.

[kmortis]

I think there has already been a thread about this...
Ahh...but none had the forethought to have a cleverly disguised [Rule 8] reference in it? Huh?

[Darth Rotor]

Who's next? Gordo? Erlichman? Checkers?
Gonna have to be, since we don't "have Nixon to kick around anymore." :D

DR

[Darat]

Ahh...but none had the forethought to have a cleverly disguised [Rule 8] reference in it? Huh?

Too clever for me.

[kmortis]

Too clever for me.

I understand. It's the biomechanical brain. I think faster than you puny humans.

[Mephisto]

I understand. It's the biomechanical brain. I think faster than you puny humans.

And as an old time friend, I can attest to your biomechanicalness (or is that biomechanosity?). Good to see you, and no . . . no one died over the recent incident I wrote you about. Apparently it was all BS.

I vote for your subject title as the BEST EVER. :)

[Marquis de Carabas]

Hmph. [random muttering]

[kmortis]

But the real question is...how was the enchalida?

[Mephisto]

But the real question is...how was the enchalida?

30 ft. in diameter, but I didn't attend . . . afraid of getting shot and all that. ;)

[kmortis]

But Claus was in Denmark at the time....




Ok, even I thought that was a cheap shot. I apologize.

[AmateurScientist]

I admit that your "clever" thread title is way too clever for me, as in it's not decipherable by anyone not already in on your little in-joke. Sorry, but it's true.

AS

[brodski]

I admit that your "clever" thread title is way too clever for me, as in it's not decipherable by anyone not already in on your little in-joke. Sorry, but it's true.

AS
It took me a while too
The Henry Kissinger Song
Henry Kissinger, how I'm missing ya,
You're the doctor of my dreams,
With your crinkly hair and your glassy stare
And your Machiavellian schemes
I know they say that you are very vain
And short and fat and pushy, but at least you're not insane
Henry Kissinger, how I'm missing ya,
And wishing you were here.

Henry Kissinger, how I'm missing ya,
You're so chubby, and so neat,
With your funny clothes, and your squishy nose
You're like a German parakeet,
All right, so people say that you don't care,
But you've got nicer legs than Hitler, and bigger tits than Cher,
Henry Kissinger, how I'm missing ya,
And wishing you were here.

[AmateurScientist]

It took me a while too


Thanks, but I have never heard that one and haven't watched the original MP series in years. There is no way I would have ever gotten that in a million years.

It's "clever" in the sense that it is in fact an in-joke. It's not decipherable by using cleverness alone, as it's not a play on words or a reference to some obscure fact (other than the song itself). Once you're in on the joke, it's funny I guess, but then, not really. Know what I mean?

AS

[kmortis]

AS,
I know what you mean. And it's ok, I don't think any less of you if you didn't get it. The important part is that the troves are still slithy.

[AmateurScientist]

AS,
I know what you mean. And it's ok, I don't think any less of you if you didn't get it. The important part is that the troves are still slithy.

Of course, and as everyone knows, pickerel tastes better than Arctic Char.

AS

[BPSCG]

AS,
I know what you mean. And it's ok, I don't think any less of you if you didn't get it. The important part is that the troves are still slithy.They're "toves," not "troves." Gonna have to sic LibraryLady on you.

[JamesDillon]

AS's sour grapes notwithstanding, I also say best title ever, or at least in a while. I was going to add "... and bigger tits than Cher," but Brodski beat me to it.

Perhaps a bit too clever, though, since the thread has derailed into a discussion of the title rather than of Mr. Kissinger's current exploits.

(P.S. To anyone who doesn't own the Monty Python Sings album, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Henry Kissinger is just one of many timeless classics to be found therein.)

[AmateurScientist]

AS's sour grapes notwithstanding, I also say best title ever, or at least in a while. I was going to add "... and bigger tits than Cher," but Brodski beat me to it.

Perhaps a bit too clever, though, since the thread has derailed into a discussion of the title rather than of Mr. Kissinger's current exploits.

(P.S. To anyone who doesn't own the Monty Python Sings album, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Henry Kissinger is just one of many timeless classics to be found therein.)

Not sour grapes. I just take issue with "cleverest thread title ever" when it's only a few who will get the in-joke. Like I said, without being familiar with the song, it's not clever at all because there is no way in hell anyone could reason it out.

I'll reserve clever for something less obscure. For instance, did you get my "pickerel is better than Arctic Char" reference? Go ahead, I'll wait to see how cool you are....


No? Of course not, because it's an in-joke between exactly two people -- a buddy of mine and me. To us, it's hysterical. To anyone else, it is devoid of context and thus not so clever. You had to be there. Same with Hitler's legs.

AS

[kmortis]

Well, the big difference there is that the title reference is available to any Monty Python fan (which are legion) who has bought/listened to the album that it's on.

Look, I never meant this thread to be too serious. I mean, other than saying that Nixon's cabinet is slowly coming back into power, 30 years later, what else is there to say?

Oh and BPSCG, my regular fingers are at the shop, I'm using rental ones and they sometimres insert "r"s where they don'rt belong. I think they're from Missouri. Could be worse, the last set I had were from Brooklyn. Rule 8 forbrids me from saying what THEY inserted....

[treble_head]

My vote is that the title IS clever. Just because someone who is unfamiliar with the song might not get it makes it no less clever. People whose first language isn't english might not get a good play on words, but that's the kind of thing that makes something clever, as opposed to obvious.

Besides, it's not like Monty Python is an in-joke amongst a select 5 people or anything. Admittedly, I was one of the people who shunned Monty Python for a long time, as I got sick of the theatre majors in school making something funny terribly unfunny via repetition, sh**ty comic timing and a complete inability for English accents.

I myself had to google the thread title and immediately went "Ohhhhh... Right."

You do know how to google, don't you AS? You just put your search together and go.

[treble_head]

Go ahead, I'll wait to see how cool you are....

oh, and by the way, that phrase sounded terribly sour grapes-ish.

sort of a "vague reference??? I'll show you vague reference, you whippersnapper!"-type dealie.

[Dustin Kesselberg]

No pictures of Hitler in Lederhosen?

[AmateurScientist]

Besides, it's not like Monty Python is an in-joke amongst a select 5 people or anything. Admittedly, I was one of the people who shunned Monty Python for a long time, as I got sick of the theatre majors in school making something funny terribly unfunny via repetition, sh**ty comic timing and a complete inability for English accents.

I myself had to google the thread title and immediately went "Ohhhhh... Right."

You do know how to google, don't you AS? You just put your search together and go.

You mistakenly assume I'm not a fan of Monty Python. I have seen four of their movies, own three of them on DVD, and have seen probably most of their TV episodes from the late 60s and 70s. I even listened several times to my friend's LP of one of their comedy albums in high school and laughed my butt off at it.

That doesn't mean I'm familiar with the Henry Kissinger song. Admittedly, you weren't either.

I think a clever title is one capable of being enjoyed and deciphered by most readers, not just a select few, deciphering by Googling notwithstanding. That was my point in bringing up an obscure in-joke capable of being understood by two persons. Without a context, an obscure reference isn't really clever, if by clever you mean witty; it's simply an obscure reference.

AS