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2012-11-16

by shaenon on November 16, 2012 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Railway Children
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  1. Manifesta
    November 16, 2012, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    tune: “I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter,” Fred E. Ahlert & Joe Young, 1935, first recorded by Fats Waller
    Shaenon, I put in an Oxford comma, just for you (she said with a shudder).

    I plan on sitting in this chair and doing nothin’
    I’ll see is Sweetheart takes the bait

    A count of four and she’ll be through
    There’s some la-bor she needs to do
    Angles—she’s parti’lar—
    Must be perpendic’lar

    When you’re Canadian, like Sweetheart, Peach, and Muffin
    You cannot let a chore just wait

    I plan on sitting in this chair and doing nothin’
    I’ll see is Sweetheart takes the bait

    • Eddurd
      November 16, 2012, 3:06 am | # | Reply

      Dear Manifesta
      Makes me smile,
      This is the best a
      Filk can style!

      The biggest grin,
      That you can get …
      Today, you win
      The Internet.

      • Manifesta
        November 16, 2012, 7:01 am | # | Reply

        Praise from the master
        Who brings us joy each morning,
        Eddurd, King of Filk!

  2. Andrew
    November 16, 2012, 1:22 am | # | Reply

    So are Canadians really that OCD compulsive neat freaks?

    • extremist343
      June 24, 2018, 3:38 am | # | Reply

      No, some of us have Autism or ADD and are messy and/or have our own organizational system which they don’t understand, which freaks them out.

      • awgiedawgie
        June 24, 2018, 12:53 pm | # | Reply

        Besides… how does the fact that ONE Canadian really IS that obsessive (because yes, Sweetheart really is) translate to ANY other Canadians?

  3. War
    November 16, 2012, 1:29 am | # | Reply

    How does he do it? He’s a Commissioned Officer. XD

  4. Eddurd
    November 16, 2012, 3:31 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Earth Angel”, The Penguins)

    Right angle, right angle,
    Good use of space!
    I’ll make it neat,
    Put stuff in its place!
    It’s just a rule,
    A rule I think is great …

    Right angle, right angle,
    That I adore!
    Tip knows I’ll go
    On the count of four!
    I think it’s cool,
    It’s cool to make thing straight!

     When things align,
     Then I feel fine!
     I’m just as happy as can be!
     When they’re oblique,
     It makes me shriek!
     It aggravates my O.C.D.!
      (eee-eee-eee …)

    Right angle, right angle!
    I heed your call!
    Ninety degrees,
    You’re orthogonal!
    I’m just a fool,
    A fool who thinks you’re great!

  5. jdreyfuss
    November 16, 2012, 4:16 am | # | Reply

    Anyone who’s read Catch-22 knows captains (or O3 equivalents), because of where they are in the chain of command, are experts in manipulating both higher- and lower-ranked officers into doing exactly what they want through subtle manipulation and use of situational psychology.

    • Dewy
      November 16, 2012, 6:45 am | # | Reply

      You just described a good sargeant, too. Always make those under you think all bad decisions come from above and all good ones from you. Always make those above you think your ideas are thier ideas. It’s a fine line to walk but the good ones do it without even thinking.

    • Manifesta
      November 16, 2012, 6:57 am | # | Reply

      I don’t know about captains, but you both sound like you’re describing Sergeant Bilko.

  6. Classic Steve
    November 16, 2012, 9:23 am | # | Reply

    I confess: While viewing this page, I set some paper on my desk parallel with the edge. I’m not even diagnosed with OCD and I relate to Sweetheart.

  7. Jack
    November 16, 2012, 9:28 am | # | Reply

    With science!

  8. Tetra Valent
    November 16, 2012, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

    Sweetheart is a charter member of The Society For Putting Things At Right Angles To Other Things.

    • Sparks
      November 16, 2012, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

      I have my own membership card to that, plus a bonus membership in the “…Or Occasionally At Angles Evenly Divisible By The Number of Things Being Aligned” Auxiliary.

  9. Saberbeam
    November 16, 2012, 3:38 pm | # | Reply

    Unity has much to learn about the art of doing nothing, whereas Tip provides an excellent example of proper inaction technique by bringing a chair. After all, soreness from sitting on the floor may break one’s concentration on their endeavour to avoid endeavours.

    • Shadowmehr
      November 16, 2012, 4:04 pm | # | Reply

      Zen and the art of laziness?

      • Saberbeam
        November 16, 2012, 5:32 pm | # | Reply

        Yep. As Sweetheart demonstrates, lazing without the proper state of mind can be tricky.

  10. sford
    November 18, 2012, 4:01 pm | # | Reply

    Hey, is that the exact same chair Tip used at the start of the very first story arc? He sure likes those folding chairs.

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