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Greg Clow posted this earlier in the month. (I don't know if he made it up or heard it somewhere.)
Limerick
There was a composer named Glass
Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass
Philip Glass Philip Glass
Philip Glass Philip Glass
Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass
(I even prefer it to the knock-knock joke.)
And with that, good riddance to February.
The Writ | Posted by zoilus on Monday, February 28 at 9:11 PM | Linking Posts | Comments (5)
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Imagine a Comments thread from February Zoilus that kept getting new posts, through March and April, all the way into summer. February 28th into summer. That might give a little feeling of Philipian Glassian infinity.
Posted by Dixon on March 2, 2005 10:18 AM
this was originally posted on an ilx thread in response to my freaking out over getting to have lunch with philip glass:
Lunch in Ten Parts, by P. Glass
Course 1: Salad greens.
Course 2: Salad greens with shredded carrots.
Course 3: Salad greens with shredded carrots and shredded beets.
Course 4: Shredded carrots and shredded beets with shredded cabbage.
Course 5: Shredded carrots and shredded cabbage with mayonnaise.
Course 6: Mayonnaise and salad greens on a kaiser.
Course 7: Mayonnaise and salad greens and turkey on a kaiser.
Course 8: Coffee.
Course 9: Coffee with cream.
Course 10: Coffee with cream and sugar.
Posted by mark p. on March 2, 2005 12:16 AM
Philip Glass motif to be used in commercials for household items. Example:
(low, staccato voices)
Dir-ty dish-es dir-ty dish-es dir-ty dish-es
(repeat for several cycles)
(lone, shrill upper register voice, double-timed)
Lemon Iv'ry Lemon Iv'ry Lemon Iv'ry
LemonIv'ryLemonIv'ryLemonIv'ryLemonIv'ry
(repeat for 30 second spot)
fin
Posted by Gord Fynes on March 1, 2005 8:47 AM
Here's a variation:
He wanted to fill up his glass:
"Philip Glass, Philip Glass, Philip Glass,
Philip Glass, Philip Glass,
Philip Glass; Philip Glass;
Philip Glass! Philip Glass! Philip Glass!"
Posted by Sean on February 28, 2005 10:18 PM
I once spent an hour or so (I think it was the fall of '89, in a basement in Winnipeg) writing "Is Philip Glass popular? Why is Philip Glass so popular?" over and over in my notebook until I was satisfied. Making it a limerick would have saved me some time.
Posted by Sean on February 28, 2005 10:05 PM