Free association thread 2

[Tio_Narratore]

Gathering no moss...

'Twas the gathering of the clans,
And all the lads were there,
Searchin' for the lassies
Amid the pubic hair.

Singin' wha' did ye las' nicht?
Wha' de ye now?
Ye couldna do it las' nicht,
Ye canna do it now.

 

[MichaelinChina]

'Twas the gathering of the clans,
And all the lads were there,
Searchin' for the lassies
Amid the pubic hair.

Singin' wha' did ye las' nicht?
Wha' de ye now?
Ye couldna do it las' nicht,
Ye canna do it now.

Nirvana did a version of the old Huddy Ledbetter song

My girl. my girl. Don't lie to me!
Where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
where the sun never shines
I shivered the whole night through..

the next verse is a killer! literally!!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Nirvana did a version of the old Huddy Ledbetter song

My girl. my girl. Don't lie to me!
Where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
where the sun never shines
I shivered the whole night through..

the next verse is a killer! literally!!

Corina, Corina,
Where'd you sleep last night?
Corina, Corina,
Where'd you sleep last night?
Your dress ain't buttoned, girl,
Don't fit you right.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Corina, Corina,
Where'd you sleep last night?
Corina, Corina,
Where'd you sleep last night?
Your dress ain't buttoned, girl,
Don't fit you right.

Buttons and bows...now give me a handy quick acting zipper anyday

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Buttons and bows...now give me a handy quick acting zipper anyday

A Zipless Fuck

(See Erica Jong, Fear of Flying)

 

[MichaelinChina]

A Zipless Fuck

(See Erica Jong, Fear of Flying)

Jiang Rong - 'Wolf Totem' - On Mongolian grasslands the dead are left out for the wolves and their souls fly up to heaven.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Jiang Rong - 'Wolf Totem' - On Mongolian grasslands the dead are left out for the wolves and their souls fly up to heaven.

Jainism

(The dead are placed on towers for vultures to devour the flesh and free the soul. Cf, the Tower at Jericho and its plastered skulls).

 

[SamScribble]

Jainism

(The dead are placed on towers for vultures to devour the flesh and free the soul. Cf, the Tower at Jericho and its plastered skulls).

You're the one that makes me feel on top of the world (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

You're the one that makes me feel on top of the world (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers)

"Made it, Ma! Top of the World!"

-James Cagney, White Heat

 

[SamScribble]

"Made it, Ma! Top of the World!"

-James Cagney, White Heat

'Top o' the mornin' to ya' - some bloke named Seamus

 

[Tio_Narratore]

'Top o' the mornin' to ya' - some bloke named Seamus

T'annam an diol! - some bloke named uncail seanhcaithe

 

[oggbashan]

L'absence est a l'amour ce qu'est au feu de vent: il éteint le petit, il allume le grand.

Comte De Bussy-Rabutin 1618-1693

Absence is to love what wind is to fire: it extinguishes the small, it enflames the great.

 

[MichaelinChina]

000 - Fire Brigade please! Now!

 

[Handley_Page]

000 - Fire Brigade please! Now!

The Move:

 

[MichaelinChina]

The Move:

Movin' to Montana (yippee eye oh kai eh)...Frank Zappa

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Movin' to Montana (yippee eye oh kai eh)...Frank Zappa

Didn't work out too well for Custer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Xmn954tVQ

 

[MichaelinChina]

Didn't work out too well for Custer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Xmn954tVQ

Little Big Horn (always wondered about that name...)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Little Big Horn (always wondered about that name...)

It's a tributary of the Big Horn River. Custer's last attempt at killing women and children was there, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency, some 11 years later. A bit earlier...

Sand Creek Massacre

http://www.nps.gov/sand/index.htm

 

[MichaelinChina]

It's a tributary of the Big Horn River. Custer's last attempt at killing women and children was there, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency, some 11 years later. A bit earlier...

Sand Creek Massacre

http://www.nps.gov/sand/index.htm

I've heard there are hundreds (or dozens anyway) of creeks called Sandy Creek in Australia...just sayin'

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I've heard there are hundreds (or dozens anyway) of creeks called Sandy Creek in Australia...just sayin'

Yeah, but not the same import as Sand Creek...though I will grant Australia did it's best at genocide as well.

Woomera

 

[MichaelinChina]

Yeah, but not the same import as Sand Creek...though I will grant Australia did it's best at genocide as well.

Woomera

Woomera is a tool to help a spear thrower throw a spear further..Coincidentally it's also the name of a rocket range.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Woomera is a tool to help a spear thrower throw a spear further..Coincidentally it's also the name of a rocket range.

yes, it's called an atlatl in Nahuatl, and that's the basic term for it in American archaeology. And I offered it as an association for the idea of the expropriation that goes with colonialism - take their words, too, after their land - add insult to injury, if you will.

I'll try getting more pleasant. You know English has adopted over 400 words from Nahuatl, including one favourite of many...

Xocolotl

 

[MichaelinChina]

yes, it's called an atlatl in Nahuatl, and that's the basic term for it in American archaeology. And I offered it as an association for the idea of the expropriation that goes with colonialism - take their words, too, after their land - add insult to injury, if you will.

I'll try getting more pleasant. You know English has adopted over 400 words from Nahuatl, including one favourite of many...

Xocolotl

do you mean the same technology is used in disparate cultures to do the same job - spear thowing? I marvel at the boomerang. no other culture has similar??

ok

Xolotl is from that language too? and chocolate? (chocolotl lol lol)

 

[oggbashan]

do you mean the same technology is used in disparate cultures to do the same job - spear thowing? I marvel at the boomerang. no other culture has similar??

...

Woomera etc, a device to extend the length of the throwing arm, were developed by most civilisations, including the Chinese.

Variations were the sling, and several siege engines used by the Romans and later in Europe.

Most boomerangs were just throwing sticks. The boomerang that returned to the user was a specialised development mainly for hunting birds, and was unique to Australia.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Woomera etc, a device to extend the length of the throwing arm, were developed by most civilisations, including the Chinese.

Variations were the sling, and several siege engines used by the Romans and later in Europe.

Most boomerangs were just throwing sticks. The boomerang that returned to the user was a specialised development mainly for hunting birds, and was unique to Australia.

but what I am marvelling at is that while most throwing sticks didn't come back when thrown, boomerangs did.