This sounds like what happened when I put my Chicken Breeder Reactor over the Lava Storage Pond when building my mad-science themed lair in Minecraft…..and forgot to check the dimensions before digging.
But, but, but…
That just PROVES that U.N.I.T.Y. is the princess.
She could easily bond with a dead bird.
Remember her fox? And her spare hand? (what WAS his name?)
Heh. That reminds me of the true explanation for the unexpectedly-coloured hand on the cover of Volume 3.
The hand is, of course, a character from the (sadly cancelled) spin-off series for kids, “Brian and Friends.”
tune: “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” They Might Be Giants
We are Whimsy Corp.
We’re not a flimsy Corp.
But we’re a mincing, mimsy Corp.
And we’re a Mary Blair-y sort of Corp.
But we are
Dead canary in the cage under the cover
No one can bond with you
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
Both Corvida and Passerida
Pass away with indecent speed-a
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
There is a task you must do
Before your training is through
Though you’re passing all the tests
We’re still not sure the Princess is you
You must bond with this songbird here
So she’ll flit and twit in your ear
Ever since Snow White we’ve found
That stereotype endearingly dear
But the bird’s deceased, I see
So we’ll move on to Plan B
Forced hike in spikes!
Dead canary in the cage under the cover
No one can bond with you
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
Both Corvida and Passerida
Pass away with indecent speed-a
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
That last line just screams for the following, though I don’t have time to do the rest of the song.
(tune: “MacArthur Park”, Jimmy Webb)
The Little House is melting in the dark;
All the black polluted water flowing down.
Someone left the songbird by the rods.
I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took too long to make it
And I’ll never have that DNA again.
Oh, nooo!
Ah, but they did. Ex-Parrot in Norman’s post, rendered as Ex-Songbird. “Pining for the fjords” is from the same python skit – as is the rebuttal in the third layer.
Well if you’re the princess of an evil dictatorship, obviously you need to know necromancy. It’s almost as important a skill as seduction/counter-seduction techniques (I’m sure Tip excels in this already).
Necromancy is actually a necessity in several areas. Just off the top of my head; Barovia, Transylvania, Uberwald, and Ustalav all require some knowledge of the art just to keep alive, never mind hold power. I would not be surprised if you need it in the radioactive lair of a mad scientist populated by his robotic cast-offs.
Which brings up the question, can Tip mince in a lead-lined suit?
This sounds like what happened when I put my Chicken Breeder Reactor over the Lava Storage Pond when building my mad-science themed lair in Minecraft…..and forgot to check the dimensions before digging.
(TUNE: “Blackbird”, The Beatles)
Dead bird sitting in a blackened cage!
Doesn’t sing or dance or move about!
Can’t engage …
Did we wait a bit too long before we took it out?
Dead bird lying on its little back!
To the gamma rays, it did succumb!
Woe, alack …
Shouldn’t keep the songbirds next to live uranium!
Dead bird died … dead bird died …
Too many rems and the poor thing fried!
Dead bird shriveled and it isn’t cute!
How will Princess Tip now show his stuff?
Substitute …
If he bonds with mutant gerbils, will that be enough?
THIS… is an Ex- Songbird!
As opposed to Eddurd, who seems to be a FILKING song-writing machine…
I’m sure he’s just pining for the fjords.
He’s not pining, he’s PASSED ON!
You stunned him, just as he was wakin’ up.
WHY CAN’T I UPVOTE YOU PEOPLE?!
….but on the plus side, they now have some glow-in-the-dark feathered night-lights
I’m mildly surprised the radiation did the sensible thing and killed the poor thing, rather than turning it Spanish or something.
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH…parrot…err…I’m gonna go lie down.
But, but, but…
That just PROVES that U.N.I.T.Y. is the princess.
She could easily bond with a dead bird.
Remember her fox? And her spare hand? (what WAS his name?)
Brian the Kiss Hand
Heh. That reminds me of the true explanation for the unexpectedly-coloured hand on the cover of Volume 3.
The hand is, of course, a character from the (sadly cancelled) spin-off series for kids, “Brian and Friends.”
Necromancy? All Tip needs to do is make a little birdhouse in his soul.
tune: “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” They Might Be Giants
We are Whimsy Corp.
We’re not a flimsy Corp.
But we’re a mincing, mimsy Corp.
And we’re a Mary Blair-y sort of Corp.
But we are
Dead canary in the cage under the cover
No one can bond with you
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
Both Corvida and Passerida
Pass away with indecent speed-a
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
There is a task you must do
Before your training is through
Though you’re passing all the tests
We’re still not sure the Princess is you
You must bond with this songbird here
So she’ll flit and twit in your ear
Ever since Snow White we’ve found
That stereotype endearingly dear
But the bird’s deceased, I see
So we’ll move on to Plan B
Forced hike in spikes!
Dead canary in the cage under the cover
No one can bond with you
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
Both Corvida and Passerida
Pass away with indecent speed-a
Mustn’t put the birdhouse by the rods
Excellent!
That last line just screams for the following, though I don’t have time to do the rest of the song.
(tune: “MacArthur Park”, Jimmy Webb)
The Little House is melting in the dark;
All the black polluted water flowing down.
Someone left the songbird by the rods.
I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took too long to make it
And I’ll never have that DNA again.
Oh, nooo!
oh WOW.
Brava!
I’m really surprised that no one brought up Dead Parrot.
It’s not dead. It’s only resting!
Ah, but they did. Ex-Parrot in Norman’s post, rendered as Ex-Songbird. “Pining for the fjords” is from the same python skit – as is the rebuttal in the third layer.
Well if you’re the princess of an evil dictatorship, obviously you need to know necromancy. It’s almost as important a skill as seduction/counter-seduction techniques (I’m sure Tip excels in this already).
Necromancy is actually a necessity in several areas. Just off the top of my head; Barovia, Transylvania, Uberwald, and Ustalav all require some knowledge of the art just to keep alive, never mind hold power. I would not be surprised if you need it in the radioactive lair of a mad scientist populated by his robotic cast-offs.
Which brings up the question, can Tip mince in a lead-lined suit?
(What am I talking about, of course he can.)
Well, at least the bird was saved from having to blow up à la Shrek