"Prepare to be f***ed by the long d**k of the law"
This quote essentially makes the movie Super Bad. Or at least it think it does. I love how it is a completely obscene parody of "the long arm of the law", and the delivery right after the "I assume you all have GUNS and CRACK" line is simply perfect. Both verbal vulgarities follow what is called a comedy beat, which is the rhythm that jokes or punch lines are delivered which make them funny.
Fleas. by Ogden Nash
Adam
Had'm
You may think it a joke to put this silly poem into my common place, but there is quite the many things that could be said about it.
First look at the structure. it consists of two feet, two lines two stanzas and, most notably, two words. It is also written in iambic DIameter. The poem is also neatly rhymed, so in two words, Nash has constructed the perfect poem. It is short, it easily rolls off the tongue, and it conveys a deep and ponderous message. That Adam (who soever he is) had fleas.
This may be seen as a slight on the story of Genesis. Perhaps Nash is attacking the Bible by saying that the "first of all men" had fleas. Seeing as how Nash is a poet for children, and most of his works are of no deep consequence, I am to disregard this angle, I think the name Adam was used because it so conveniently rhymes with had'm. George had'm would not work at all, neither would Jack had'm. No other name but Adam would fit into this scheme. Take for instance a girl's name like Mary. Mary had'm fist just as well as Jack and George. Not only that but it is unpleasant to think of a girl having fleas, it simply won't do.
Thus I conclude that this is the greatest poem ever written by a human being and that one would have to be a sheer nincompoop to think contrarily.
"He had not only a dislike, but a sort of moral mistrust, of uncomfortable thoughts, and it was both uncomfortable and slightly contemptible to feel obliged to square with a standard. "
The American Chapter Five
by Henry James
The character of Henry James' Christopher Newman is an excellent one. He is a devout capitalist, and a self made man. Not only that, he is a compulsive thinker, traveler, and optimist. He demands the best for himself, yet he is not uppity or hard to get along with; he just fails to see why anyone should agree to second rate.
The above quote, I think, embodies a lot of his ideals, along with a lot of mine, the most important one being non conformism. I vehemently despise the popped collar Abecrombie ideals of today's pop culture. It is far better to be known for your own tastes then how good you look in others.
The video isn't the original, but I like it a lot better. It is very symbolic and very subtle (notice how the pieces of head being dug away are hearts). The artist does a very good job portraying emotion as well in the faces of his characters.
"Dig"
We all have a weakness
But some of ours are easier to identify.
Look me in the eye
And ask for forgiveness;
We'll make a pact to never speak that word again
Yes you are my friend.
We all have something that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when weakness turns my ego up
I know you'll count on the me from yesterday
If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me
Sing this song
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.
We all have a sickness
That cleverly attaches and multiplies
No matter how hard we try.
We all have someone that digs at us,
At least we dig each other
So when sickness turns my ego up
I know you'll act as a clever medicine.
If I turn into another
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me.
Sing this song!
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone.
Oh each other....
When everything
Else is gone.
This is a great song, and I am sure you can tell why. I love how moving the lyrics are, as they deal with apology and how the singer is so dependent on his friend to help him when he does something stupid, or at least be understanding. I feel very attached to this song. there have been times when i get ahead of myself and do or say things that i don't mean, but my friends are still there to help me get back on track, and they remain close to me just the same.
I'm the ORIGINAL iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of Arkansas! Look at me! I'm the man they call Sudden Death and General Desolation! Sired by a hurricane, dam'd by an earthquake, half brother to the cholera, nearly related to the small-pox on the mother's side! Look at me! I take 19 alligators and a bar'll of whiskey when I'm in robust health , and a bushel of rattlesnakes and a dead body when I'm ailing! I split the everlasting rocks with my glance, and I quench the thunder when I speak. Stand back and give me room according to my strength! Blood's my natural drink, and the wails of the dying is music to my ears! Cast your eyes on me gentlemen- and lay low and hold your breath, for I'm 'bout to turn myself loose!!!
This text is possibly the most bad-a** thing i have ever read. It appears in chapter XVI of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain (Sam Clemens). This part of the chapter never actually appeared in the book until after Twain's death, when editors decided the passage was important. the whole scene barely includes Huck and Jim, but deals heavily with life as a raftsman on the Mississippi river.
The above quote is a preamble to a fight which is contested with an even more long winded, but not nearly as powerful, retort by a character who calls himself "the child of calamity"
I love how powerful the threat is yet it has no swearing, just well selected verbiage.
