LJ Daily Answers, 4 July 2005
Jul. 4th, 2005 09:14 amHappy Fourth of July, dear Quizlings! Even if you aren't American, you can still celebrate the Fourth of July, which has been preventing a horrible clash between the third & fifth of July since - well, since the establishment of the Julian calendar!! OK, maybe not, but it's still a darn fine day to drink & light off fireworks. So go ahead & indulge!
This week's theme bears a striking resemblance to last week's theme of double-word entries. You see, double (i.e., 2) plus double (2) - or double times double - or even double raised to the power of double - equals four, which obviously stands for the Fourth of July.
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In case you can't guess, I've already started the holiday-celebrating. While I go refresh my drink, I'll leave
Curses.
1. In a poem found in "Through The Looking Glass", Lewis Carroll tells us to beware of the Jabberwock and what other strange creature?
"Actually, there are two. The jubjub bird and the fruvious bandersnatch. Both of which I always thought sounded like candies." -
(A-ha! Someone wasn't reading the question correctly. Drop and give me five mome raths! -TL)
(Which is our way of saying that, other than the Jabberwock, there's only one specific creature you're supposed to "beware". -AL)
"Hmm, let me see if I can remember....
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son,
The jaws that something, the something that something
the something something something something
and the frumious Bandersnatch!"
Aha! A Bandersnatch! ...except I'm sure there was another one in the part I forgot. Drat." -
"The bandersnatch, because its claws go snicketysnack. Or possibly clicketyclack, or fricketyfrack. Some vaguely disturbing onomatopoeia, anyway." -
"You know.... thats just frightening. A childrens book with things like The Frumious Bandersnatch. Sounds like something youd find in an LJ slash post. Porn related too. I mean think about it. Band 'er Snatch. Ok, I'm moving on. You all contribute way too much to my derranged mind." -
(DRINK! -TL)
"El chupacabra. 'Twas brillig, and slivy goat-suckers, and all that." -
"The Jabberwock's cousin, Jabbathehutt" -
"My instincts are telling me it starts with an 'R', so I'm going to go with Donald Rumsfeld." -
(You are so not strong in the Force. -TL)
"'Twas brillig and the slimey toves... tothes... toes? Well, if you ask me, I think its fair enough that Carroll was warning us about slimey toes. Foot fungus is a serious problem in today's society, even though there's a plethora of anti-fungal treatments available." -
"I don't know; I've never had access to a large enough quantity of opium to make reading Carroll tolerable." -
"Oh, man, Lewis Carroll. When I first read that book I was all wide-eyed and innocent an I thought, 'oh, he must have been so imaginative to come up with things like that. I wish I could be that imaginative', but when I read it again, older and wiser, I thought 'oh, he must have been so high to come up with things like that. I wish I could be that high'." -
"Lewis Carroll was very, very dodgy! And is not redeemed by being a mathematician! After all, Omar Khayyam was a mathematician, and his poems still sucked." -
"I memorized that poem in high school, but can't remember anything between heeeeeeeeeeeeere's Jaberwocky and snicker snack. DOES ANYTHING HAPPEN BETWEEN EYES OF FLAME AND SNICKER SNACK?? I mean, c'mon, he's the jaberwock and he just *shows up and dies*? Did George Lucas write this?? Feh. Double Feh." -
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware that Jacko freak, and shun
The hand that young boys readily snatch!" -
"The psychotic ex girlfriend. Well, I'd beware if I were you." -
"Beware the Jub-Jub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch! But only beware the Jub-Jub bird. Only things beginning with J are worth bewaring. (Which perhaps I ought to have taken into consideration about some of my exes.)" -
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"The Jub-Jub Bird and the Frumious Bandersnatch. Well, really he says to shun the Frumious Bandersnatch, but it really sounds a lot more dangerous to me than any 'Jub-Jub Bird,' so I'd beware and shun it." -
(Best to err on the side of caution. -AL)
Correct Answer: Jub-jub bird.
"I always thought the jub-jub bird was the lesser cousin of the poem - I mean, the jabberwock and frumious bandersnatch? Those are frickin' scary. I picture this poor, pathetic bird wearing a mask and false teeth, trying to measure up." -
2. What former world leader said "Please allow me from time to time to differ publicly from US policy"?
"::blinks:: There were world leaders who stood up to the US? Where've they gone?" -
(Well, let's take a random sampling. Hitler = suicide, Qaddaffi = alive and still in power, Noriega = imprisoned, Bin Laden = at large. Half a loaf, folks... -TL)
"Fuck if I know. You think I know anything about world leaders? I'm American. We don't know that kind of stuff." -
"Also could be phrased as 'Who was the last world leader scheduled for elimination by the CIA'" -
"'Differing publicly from US policy' seems to be the favorite past time of world leaders. Heck, it seems to be favorite past time of some of our own." -
"I don't know, but I'm sure we shot him." -
(You sure it wasn't the deputy? -TL)
"'Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again Hans. Do you have any idea how fucking busy I am?" -
(+1, Team America: World Police -TL)
"Dogbert? Oh, wait, I don't think he would have said please...." -
"Rufus T. Firefly, President of Freedonia." -
(+1, The Marx Bros. -TL)
"I wish I could say some Canadian PM, but let's face it. Same-sex marriage bill aside, we seem to be sliding down that slippery slope that is Americanism." -
(+1 for the Canadian same-sex marriage bill. -TL&AL)
"I'm gonna go with one of the former Soviet Leaders, but then I decided to cheat ..." -
(NO WEB CHEATING. -AL&TL)
"Tony Blair. At least, he *ought* to say that, be a man, and oppose the fascist leader across the pond. Um, I hear footsteps, I think the Secret Service is coming for me...I leave all my wordly belongings to LJDQ if I suddenly disappear...they're not worth much, but if you sell them you should be able to buy a decent amount of pudding and gin." -
"Definitely not John Howard. That little bitch is more American than the 'World' Series." -
(There are Canadian teams that play Major League Baseball. -AL)
"That would be Boutros Boutros Ghali. Now, if there's one thing that the Star Wars novels have taught me, it's that clones have bits of their name repeated. Since he's genetically prepared to oppose US policy, the world would stay a step saner. Obviously, in a hundred years time we should have UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Ghali defending the sane folk of the world from US imperialism." -
(With Major Major Major Major by his side. -TL)
Correct Answer: Boutros Boutros-Gali.
3. What musical film, based on a novel by Ian Fleming and a screenplay by Roald Dahl, features the characters Lord Scrumptious and Baron Bomburst?
"The only musical film I can think of that fits the theme involves the phrase 'llama llama duck'. So, The Llama Song. They co-wrote with executive producer, writer and music director Burton Earny." -
"Oh, great, now I'm going to have 'You're My Little Choochie Face' stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks a lot, chaosvizier. I'm sending you my therapy bill." -
(DRINK! And you owe
(damn straight there's two mods out there,
"I wish my car could fly. My car can barely drive." -
"Again, I don't know, but now I really want some kind of fruity frozen dessert drink." -
(That's my kind of Quizling! -TL)
(My kind of Quizling would've specified alcohol in that drink. -AL)
"I don't know, but whatever it is don't let Tim Burton anywhere near it." -
"'Scrumptious Does Scranton'. And, frankly, I'm shocked that you mention it!!" -
"No idea, but if you happen to see this Lord Scrumptious, give him my number. I don't mind being a trophy wife, so long as I get a cool name with a title. I'm thinking 'Lady von Hotsalot' or 'Mistress Smexx0rs'." -
"I find it extremely amusing that this children's movie has a blonde young woman by the name 'Truly Scrumptious' in it, always dressed in virginal white. O.o" -
"This is messing with my head in so many ways. Didn't Ian Fleming write the James Bond novels? Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, etc. So now I'm seeing James Bond sneaking his way into Willy Wonka's factory, picking off Oompa-Loompas one by one. Hey, that could be kind of cool." -
"James Bond and the Chocolate Factory? *imagines Pierce Brosnan covered in chocolate* Oh my.... *blush*" -
(Hear, hear. -TL)
"James Bond and the Giant Peach. "What happened to your car this time, James?" "A bomburst it, Q." -
(Oh, I feel it... I feel something coming in the cosmos... yes, you get a +1 for punnery! -TL)
(Oooooh, I hate you. -AL)
"James Bond and the Giant Fruit! Follow 007 as he fights evil as part of the gay men's chorus!" -
"Ian Flemming wrote James Bond. I can't imagine that James Bond would be a musical. I want to see the Bond girls do the Shaken not stirred dance number." -
(It would involve a whole lot of shaking, and various body parts would be stirring... -TL)
"007: The Spy Who Served Me Crumpets" -
"Which is acknowledged to be among the best of the 'magic car' movies -- of course, the worst is the new Herbie, which was described as a "sh*tty sh*tty bad bad" movie by a friend of mine..."> -
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is still one of the coolest cars in all of film. I always wondered if Ian Fleming wanted to sneak a car like that into one of his other novels, but I doubt James Bond would have struck fear into Blofeld's heart when he showed up in a flying jalopy." -
Correct Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
(+1 to us for a double-double Answer. -AL&CV)
4. What tree produces a fruit sometimes called the "Poor Man's Banana"?
"There's a booze tree out there somewhere?!" -
(Don't we wish! -TL&AL)
"RING RING RING RING RING RING RING BANANA PHONE!" -
(Nice try, but we have the power of the Bangles with which to defeat mental song looping. -AL)
"Dammit, I have the Chiquita banana song in my head now. You can put them in a salad, you can put them in a pie-ah! Any way you want to eat them, it's impossible to beat them!" -
"Aren't bananas kind of the poor man's banana? At 59 cents a pound they're just about the cheapest fruit my grocery store carries. And unlike money they do indeed grow on trees." -
(Price check on bananas:)
"Bananas are $0.25 from any street vendor in NYC which is damn cheap (well, for NYC)." -
"Bananas only cost $0.33 a pound. You mean there's a cheaper fruit out there?" -
"Bananas are $.39 a pound. How poor do you have to be that you can't afford a banana?" -
"How much cheaper can you get? Bananas are $.39 a pound!" -
"Bananas=$0.65/lb" -
"The Welfare Tree? The IRS Tree? The Working Poor Tree? The Judas Priest, You Don't Need 80 Billion Dollars So Share the Wealth Tree?" -
"Down with the Banana Aristocracy! Bananas equally for all!" -
"Those snooty rich and their mansions and yachts and bananas. Their day will come. Oh yes, their day will come." -
(Excuse me, but are you people fruit Communists or something? -AL)
"Fruit Stamp Tree, grown specially by the government for those people unable to afford to by fruit for their kids." -
"I don't know but that's what my sister named her boyfriends genitals. So many penis jokes, so little time." -
(And we have a winner for the TMI Award. Give it up for
"Oh my dear goodness gracious. Is it actually physically possible for me to let 'The Poor Man's Banana' go by without making some kind of phallic joke? Um, no. No, it is not. And therefore my answer needs must be: Wilt Chamberlain. Hee hee. I said 'wilt.'" -
"the paw-paw. which, along with the prickly pear is completely misreferenced in the disney song 'the bear necessities' they don't grow in india! and the little mermaid doesn't end happily ever after! and pocahontas couldn't have banged john smith! walt disney-you unholy bastard." -
"Right. Bananas. How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. Now you, come at me with this banana. Catch! Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him helpless... erm I guess the same works if he is attacking you with a pawpaw." -
(+1, Monty Python's Flying Circus -TL)
"On one of the obligatory elementary-school visits to state parks, my class went on a nature walk focusing on edible and medicinal plants. In addition to learning about the pain-relieving properties of...uh...willow? and some laxative I'm not going to try to remember, our guide was kind enough to point out a tree with small disgusting, vaguely banana-tasting fruit. My first taste of a paw-paw was also my last." -
"PawPaw. I cheated again. Google is both a blessing and a curse" -
(Dammit, woman! No WEB CHEATING! For your punishment, I sentence you to a term of ONE MONTH as ... the LJDQ Mum. Listen up, Quizlings - if at any point this month, you need to whine to someone about anything, or want your allowance, or need to have bail posted - call
Correct Answer: Pawpaw tree.
"The Paw Paw, which is really fun to say. Paw Paw. Paw pa paw paw paw. Bubonic's fun to say. So is monkey. Hey, that bubonic monkey ate my paw paw. That makes me giggle." -
5. Who owns both a Venetian Montagnana made in 1733 and the Davidov Stradivarius?
"Um...the Stradivarius is a trumpet, right?" -
(Um........ no. -TL)
"Those are cigars, right?" -
(*facepalm* -AL)
"Oddly enough, they are both owned by Joseph 'Tone-Deaf' Jones, who also owns one of Liberace's original pianos, and the publishing rights to the only 3 Beatles songs not owned by Michael Jackson." -
"The Vatican, in that display exhibit right next to their fabled porn collection." -
(Featuring lots of ... you know, I don't want to go there. -AL)
"Richie Rich of course.. He also owns a robot maid, and employs Professor Keenbean.. and don't forget Cadbury.. who teams with Richie to fight crime as Crashman and Rippy! Anyone ever wonder why all the girls in Richie Rich comics were kinda built.. how should we say.. Husky?" -
"I think I have them in my attic. I seem to have everything else up there." -
"It's gotta be Bill Gates. They're in a room with the Leicester Codex, and he's not entirely sure where that room is." -
"Hmm...a keg of something and a violin. I wish it was me. A keg of...well, I've never tasted brandy or sherry, but that's what the rich people drink, right? And I'm not rich, but I like to pretend I am sometimes. Call me Baroness Von Vooter or I'll have you beheaded." -
"I don't know, but I do think Venetian Montagnana ought to have said 'You killed my father. Prepare to die.'" -
(MUUUUM! I'M HUUUUUUNGRY! MAKE ME SOME PEANUT BUTTER AND JEEEEELLY SAMMICHES! MUUUUMM!!!! -AL)
"I’m sure it’s a Yankee. We used to have a Stradivarius in my family before the Civil War when a marauding Yankee stole it. That’s what I hear, at least. It’s hard to trust my grandmother during her drinking spells. I suspect someone in my family just forgot where they buried it." -
(Is that where Great-Great Grandpa picked up his fiddle? Thanks, I've always wondered. -AL)
"A Venetian Montagnana - Venetian Montague - Romeo - Alfa - Alfie - Michael Caine - Horatio Caine - Calleigh DuQuesne - Jacqueline DuPre. The answer is Jacqueline DuPre. I love this stream of conciousness stuff!" -
(Jacqueline DuPre used to own the Davidov Stradivarius. She gave it to the current owner in her will. -AL)
"Yo Yo Ma's cello is so fat that when he plays at the concert, the orchestra skips." -
"Yo! Yo' mama so fat she walked in front of the TV and I missed three episodes." -
"Yo mama (dyslexics untie!)" -
"Yo Yo Ma! A musician whose name sounds alternately like an insult or a children's toy. And rearranged, like the abbreviated form of mayonnaise, but then I'd have a yo left over, and I have nothing to do with spare yo. Oy?" -
"Yo-Yo Ma, the only classical cellist who can't introduce himself to gang members for fear of being shot for talking bout their mother." -
Correct Answer: Yo-yo Ma.
6. What is the worst CGI character to have appeared in a major motion picture to date?
"http://www.msu.edu/~saveskis/(damn_nation)jar_jar_binks_must_die!.mp3" -
"I really want to know if you get any votes for anyone EXCEPT Jar Jar." -
(Actually, Tom Cruise was a surprisingly popular choice. -AL)
"Truly, that honor would have to go to a pair of glassware containers, of the style referred to as 'Mason', which are most commonly used for the canning of fruit preserves." -
"Richard Dawson strolls out. 'Out of one hundred people surveyed, who is the worst ever CGI character, survey says... JAR JAR BINKS, 100!'" -
Correct Answer: Yeah, it's Jar-Jar.
(Now we'll listen to the voices of dissent.)
"that...thing that was supposed to be a werewolf in Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban" -
"I'd toss it up between Scooby Doo, and Garfield myself. They weren't only lame CG in bad movies.. but they exposed our childhood memories of something beloved and made us realize they weren't all that funny/good to begin with.. Thats just a crime against humanity." -
"All the naked people in 'Eyes Wide Shut'. A film about an orgy and all we get to see are butts and Kidman's boobs? WTF, people. WTF." -
"I would say Gollum as well (because while he was played brilliantly, friends' imitations drove me absolutely batty), but I don't particularly want to see the outpouring of rage that would come from expressing that sentiment. So I remain safe. JarJar." -
"Hmm... Gollum or Dobby, Gollum or Dobby... it's so hard to choose... I know! I'll go for the freak amalgamation created by people who've seen neither movie and mix them up! Gobby." -
"Daredevil. That movie was ruined by piss-poor CGI. Not that the plot was great, mind you, but watching the horrible animation just made me want to cry." -
"anything in a bug's life, but especially that cutsey little ant girl...dot. shut up dot. i will squish you with my gigantic human foot." -
"the entire race of Gungans" -
(You have a point. -AL)
"It's completely obvious where you're going with this, and I couldn't agree more. Star Wars fans have been in a complete uproar and it's completely valid. The character was completely fake and not a single human emotion registered. I've never seen anything more plastic, unrealistic, and generally annoying. What was with all that hair brushing anyway? Yep, Padme has to be the worst CGI character ever." -
"I'd say Jessica Rabbit because the boys I know would rather lust over a cartoon character than me. Bitter, moi?" -
"I'm going to say CGI Spiderman. Man, people just can't move like that, bitten by a radioactive spider or not. Although, he wasn't that bad because his acting was far superior to Tobey Maguire's..." -
~~~~~~
Well, that went pretty well! I only had to endure a handful of puns. Thanks again to
Rock on,
AL&TL.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:26 am (UTC)Or get us all blasted. Either way, s'all good.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:31 am (UTC)aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:33 am (UTC)meesa no there.
Meesa gonna cry.
*bob marley runs up to jar jar stillwater*
Eh man, what being wrong here, eh?
LJDQ no loves meesa. Meesa gonna cry.
LJDQ? My Rastafarian brudda, remember, No LJDQ, no cry.
*chants*
No ljdq, no cry, no ljdq, no cry, no ljdq, no cry, no ljdq, no cry, no ljdq, no cry, noljdqnocrynoljdqnocrynoljdqnocrynoljdqnocrynoljdqnocry....
*moaning and groaning, followed by white liquid spurting everywhere*
--- and that is how Gungans commune with their deity Bob Marley in the act of sexual healing.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 09:35 am (UTC)+1, Catch-22.
Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:35 am (UTC)I'm willing to pour bleach directly into the skulls of anybody who reads this comment, just because it implies Jar-Jar orgasming and that is a sight more disturbing than the hypothetical crotchdropping of the Goatse man and Tubgirl.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 09:36 am (UTC)Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:37 am (UTC)hehehe... sorry for the nightmares. Heaven forbid there be any actual erotic stories between jar jar binks and bob marley. Though worse still would be the erotic threesome of Jar Jar Binks, Bob Marley AND Rick James.
Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:39 am (UTC)Think throwing up, but with your ass.
Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:43 am (UTC)*has nothing else to say*
So... g'bye.
*runs*
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:43 am (UTC)Get up, get up, get up, get up
Bleach your brain tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Those images aren't right
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 09:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 09:47 am (UTC)But yay! I got in for slagging off Carroll AND some Persian poet-guy!
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:48 am (UTC)Actually, I think i'd just kill myself, now that I think about it.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:51 am (UTC)Double Double is good.
And their milkshakes ROCK.
God, I wish i were in the states again.
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Date: 2005-07-04 09:55 am (UTC)Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 09:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 09:57 am (UTC)Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-04 10:12 am (UTC)Wah. I didn't get quoted once. I think the lack of intarweb at my hosue made me less funny. *SAD*
Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 10:14 am (UTC)I'm actually quite impressed at the shocking nature of the graphic. Mind you, my insomnia has gotten worse because of it.
Re: aww... meesa no in it.
Date: 2005-07-04 10:16 am (UTC)Tubgirl disturbs me five thousand times more than goatse. Goatse's like, "Huh. Open bum. Kinda gross." Tubgirl's like, "EWWW POO ON HER FAAAAAAAACE THAT'S SO GROSS I'M GONNA HAVE NIGHTMARES NOW *sob*"