From: tez@pierrot.co.uk (Terrance Richard Boyes)
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [demon.local] Re: Leprechauns
Date: 31 Jan 1999 17:10:25 -0000

Subject: Re: Leprechauns
From: david@dhadley.demon.co.uk (David Hadley)
Newsgroups: demon.local

j_hutcheon@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>A good tip if you're interested in a particular play is to buy a text with
>notes - the Arden series was the regarded as the best when I were a lad.  You
>can, of course, enjoy the plays whilst not understanding a lot of what's being
>said, in the same way that some people (though not me) enjoy German or Italian
>opera without knowing either language.
>

Well opera is, usually, not really that inspiring lyrically. For
example something like:

Fat Bloke: Colombi selvatici coi piselli

Fat Bird: Pollo al mattone!

Fat Bloke: Bucatini all'amatriciana

Chorus: Abbacchio brodettato! Abbacchio brodettato! Abbacchio
brodettato!

can sound quite interesting, even impressive, when you haven't a clue
what they are warbling on about. But translate it into English and
your typical opera sounds like:

Fat Bloke: I have a bum. I keep it in my pants!

Fat Bird: Do you have a bum?

Fat Bloke: I have a bum.

Chorus: He has a bum! He keeps it in his pants! He has a bum! He keeps
it in his pants! He has a bum! He keeps it in his pants!

Fat bird: You have a bum.

Fat Bloke: I have a bum. 

Fat Bird: You keep it in your pants!

Fat bloke: I keep it in my pants!

Chorus: He has a bum! He keeps it in his pants! 

Fat Bloke: Bum

Fat Bird: Bum!

Fat Bloke: Pants!

Fat Bird: Pants!

Chorus: Bum. Pants. Bum. Pants. Bum, bum, bum, pants, pants. Bum,
pants, bum. Pants! Bum! Pants! He has a bum! He keeps it in his pants!
He has a bum! He keeps it in his pants!

Fat Bloke: I have a bum, I keep it in my pants!