quote:Originally posted by cleome: We should just split the difference and sing our own national anthem in French. Not that my French is so great (I think "B+" was my peak in that regard), but think of the scandal it would cause with the punditocracy!
Belive it or not, Cleome, it's already been translated:
La Bannière Étoilée, l'hymne national américain (The Star Spangled Banner) (Trad., P.D., French words David Émile Marcantel)
O dites, voyez-vous Dans la lumière du jour Le drapeau qu'on saluait À la tombée de la nuit ? Dont les trois couleurs vives Pendant la dure bataille Au-dessus des remparts Inspiraient notre pays. Et l'éclair des fusées, Des bombes qui explosaient, Démontraient toute la nuit Que le drapeau demeurait. Est-ce que la bannière étoilée Continue toujours à flotter Au-dessus d'une nation brave, Terre de la liberté ?
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From: The Pyngwyn Colonies of Planet Hyustyn | Registered: Aug 2005
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cleome46
or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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Tsk. And posting this sort of thing while on the public payroll, too. Those anti-library zealots were right all along.
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Actually, I posted that during my lunch break!
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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That won't matter to the punditocracy, though. They care not for things like facts.
Also, they need to inspect your lunch to make sure you're not dining too lavishly on the public dime. Did you really need to buy imported cheese for that sandwich?
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Public dime is about right. When you divide when the citizens of my fair city pay in taxes per year and then take the small part that goes to support the Library and then take the part of that which actually goes toward my salary, I'd actually give them change from a dime.
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We need to appoint a special commission to investigate corruption amongst librarians. I suspect they have been manipulating the Holds and Interbranch Loans systems for personal gain.
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I used Gain Detergent for many years, but lately I've been using Arm and Hammer liquid.
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-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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I'm actually supposed to re-draw a chalkboard that hangs over the cooler at the co-op where I volunteer. They try and change them over when the seasons are about to change.
Since the cooler has cheese, wine, and fruit in it, I was thinking of drawing a big wheel of cheese floating in the sky-- a la' that song by Journey. What do you guys think?
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Now I've got Steve Perry crooning "cheese in the sky keeps on churning" going through my head.
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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Then my work here is done!
[Rody the Super-rat smilie goes here]
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