Friday
While I'm linking to what is probably common knowledge here at Samizdata, let me throw in a link to Iowahawk's new Canterbury Tale for Bishop Rowan. In the unlikely event you haven't seen this already, you really, really owe it to yourself to click through.
Just a little taste:
41 Sayth the libertine, "'tis well and goode42 But sharia goes now where nae it should;
43 I liketh bigge buttes and I cannot lye,
44 You othere faelows can't denye,
45 But the council closed my wenching pub,
46 To please the Imams, aye thaere's the rub."
T'is well humorous, oh one and all
Sir Iowahawk, hys on the ball
Posted by WalterBoswell at February 15, 2008 02:33 PM
I read the whole thing, and 'twas fine. But to be properly multi-culti, line 101 should say "Myanmar".
Posted by Dr. Ellen at February 15, 2008 02:49 PM
Brilliant.
Iowahawk is American?
Hats off to him because he seems to know the British vernacular (both C21st and Medieval) rather well.
Posted by Nick M at February 15, 2008 03:02 PM
Iowahawk is American?Hats off to him because he seems to know the British vernacular (both C21st and Medieval) rather well.
Certainly looks that way ...
Posted by YogSothoth at February 15, 2008 03:37 PM
Yep - read that very piece earlier this afternoon - if only the Archbishop himself could read it - ha! what a laugh that would be!
Posted by mike at February 15, 2008 03:41 PM
Dr. Ellen,
OK, so to what address do I send you the bill for a thorough monitor-cleaning? :-)
Posted by Kirk Parker at February 15, 2008 04:08 PM
Iowahawk is American?
About as American as they come (lives in Iowa, obsessed by vintage hot rods) and probably the premier humorist currently practicing on this side of the pond.
Posted by R C Dean at February 15, 2008 04:55 PM
Mr Burge has outdone himself. This had me laughing out loud in my cubicle.
Posted by David at February 15, 2008 05:09 PM
"You are old, father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head--
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
"In my youth," father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again."
-- Lewis Carroll
Posted by Cthulhu at February 16, 2008 02:58 AM
I guess this was written when Sir Mix-a-Lot was Squire Mix-a-lot?
Posted by Sunfish at February 17, 2008 12:09 PM
