Oolite Bulletins

Redspear wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:00 pm

Spread 'em Cheesemonger!..

.. lol. I'm a sucker for this sort of villainy.

-"See you in Limburger, copper!, prepare to meet your feta!"
-"But but, I thought you were my burrata.."
-"Well you were wrong, I won’t cheddar tear."
-"You, you muenster!"

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:49 pm

-"See you in Limburger, copper!, prepare to meet your feta!"
-"But but, I thought you were my burrata.."
-"Well you were wrong, I won’t cheddar tear."
-"You, you muenster!"

For 'tis in rhyme, much of the time
I'll pen a line, not all sublime
But some opine, I do just fine
Should you incline, then these are mine *

-"Well you were wrong, I won’t cheddar tear."

So bad it's good glorious


* most of them anyway

Redspear wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:14 am

But some opine, I do just fine
Should you incline, then these are mine *

So many hilarious songs. I hadn't seen this thread, all these gems. An unknown deep dimension of Oolite! Extra effective when the songs are actually from *then*.
Cameo! You even made Bonnie Tyler fun. I want a recording of the ZeePeeGees!
"Giles knows!" should really be common ooniverse parlance. They say that all the time.

Thanks

I've posted some others as well, starting with Black Sabbath (and two more in that thread I think). And then there was Oh Lord it's hard to be humble by Mac Davis too...

I'm not the only one of course: see here

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:02 am

Cameo! You even made Bonnie Tyler fun. I want a recording of the ZeePeeGees!

Bonnie Tyler I know someone for whom that's their favourite song.

The ZeePeeGees might be one of my better ones but if you want a recording then you're gonna need another singer ...Maybe they wore those tight trousers all the time

Redspear wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:28 pm

see here

Some more good ones. You've had fun all these years. Cracked up around the lament Or-bi-tal ("You've yet to dock, another hour?")

Redspear wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:28 pm

The ZeePeeGees might be one of my better ones but if you want a recording then you're gonna need another singer ...Maybe they wore those tight trousers all the time

Yes, they don't do squeaky swagger anymore. I miss it.

But endlessly rewarding when molded like you do. My mind drifted to another of their hits, words along a seemingly well-explored theme started to come forth, but then dwindled into nothing. I certainly don't have your gift for this, but I'm certain the ZeePeeGees has an album's worth of greats.
I´m cruising to the station
But a queue is up ahead
my number’s getting higher
I want somebody dead
Watcha waiting for, a chalet? Yeah
Get that crap Worm outta the way! Yeah
I should be docking, Yeah

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:14 pm

Yes, they don't do squeaky swagger anymore. I miss it.

In space it's always mid-night,
We ain't growin' Ma corn
My lasers light a fire,
My enemies they warn

Got injectors on my back,
Got injectors on my back,
I'm Fer de Lancin', yeah!
Lancin', yeah!

I'm lookin' for some trouble,
Shield boosters are real good
This unit gives me power,
It's all under the hood

Got injectors on my back,
Got injectors on my back,
I'm Fer de Lancin', yeah!
Lancin', yeah!

See a pi-rate I attack,
Then mar-ti-nis in the back,
I'm Fer de Lancin', yeah!
Lancin', yeah!

I cruise on through the mid-night,
Watch those pirates scorn
My maintenance is higher
But walnut dash is norm

Got injectors on my back,
Got injectors on my back,
I'm Fer de Lancin', yeah!
Lancin', yeah!

Redspear wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:28 pm

Lancin', yeah!

Of course! you should be lancin' !
It's brilliant. On my inner jukebox, Barry Gibb piping your words, it sounds amazing. It will be in my head for quite some time.
Disco is of course made for space.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:52 am

It's brilliant. On my inner jukebox, Barry Gibb piping your words

Thank you. Of all the things I never expected would happen when I was a kid...

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:14 pm

I´m cruising to the station
But a queue is up ahead
my number’s getting higher
I want somebody dead

Not much wrong there BTW, I'm just a stickler for syllable count and trying to rhyme with the original.

Redspear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:23 am

Not much wrong there BTW, I'm just a stickler for syllable count and trying to rhyme with the original.

I do recognise that both you and the Gibbses have a much better touch with finding the words that flow. Part of the art.
Now if you excuse me, I should be lancin’.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:46 pm

Now if you excuse me, I should be lancin’.

... Yeah!

Putatively educational GNN Press Releases (one is colour text)

• Interview Chap reaching Elite status and giving manouever he used
Usge Ceanal has just attained Elite status according to a press release from the Elite Federation. In an interview, Ceanal said that he was an advocate of the Barkanion Bounce (named after the renowned Lave Academician) - swirling in loops towards his opposition whilst varying his speed. This tactic enables a trouble-free approach to one’s targets, and accounted for many hundreds of his kills.

• Rock hermit destroyed in anarchy (a Pirate Cove)
A pirate-infested Rock Hermit has just been destroyed by a police viper-squad in the rodent-ridden anarchy of Riedquat. A centre for the local slave and narcotics trade, it has finally been shut down, allowing much safer travel in the Old Worlds sector! “The pirate plague has finally been eliminated” claimed the courageous Commander Reed Spar of GalCop, "the Old Worlds are now as safe as a parentally-patrolled paddling pool!".

• Pirates nab chap on milk run Ensoreus-Ararus Furs-Computers: turns out to be a millionaire
Reports are just coming in about Orit Ceedthse, an Ensorean trader was murdered at Ararus yesterday by marauding pirates. It turns out that the feline was phenomenally rich, due to trading in furs and computers between Ensoreus and Ararus. Was he killed for his cargo, his money or for more murky misdemeanours? Truth is, we don’t know!

• Quirium Cascade mishap
A quirium cascade bomb has been detonated at Qubeen. It caught some 27 ships and a rock hermit as well as the launcher of the bomb, a rodent from nearby Maesin. Inquiries are ongoing into the exact cause of the incident.

• Murgh the Munificent, the Metropolitan of Maduro, in the Middle Oceans of Aronar, has been promoted to be the Sectoral Sacerdote for the Church of Giles the Creator. A devotee of fine wines, he is rumoured to have crepuscular connections in the ship-building industry as well as having links to the "Cuban Cohort", a mysterious group of musical mayhem-makers. He has for some time been threatening to lead a crusade against the Witchspace Lobster Worshippers. Watch this space!

• Chap who lost massive contract due to taking fewer jumps
Arquebus the Audacious, the master trader, has finally come a cropper! After years of amassing a fortune trading in furs and computers, he took a time-sensitive contract to deliver wodgets to Ceesxe. Forgetting that fewer long jumps take much more time than many more smaller jumps, he arrived several days too late - and lost well over thirty thousand credits as a result!

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 1:30 am

Putatively educational GNN Press Releases (one is colour text)

Yes, useful lessons to be learned, save for one.
I'm honoured. There is some character complexity going on here with this perceived attribute of munificence while religious zeal apparently bubbles underneath. Who knew the only good lobster was the one on a plate?

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:38 am

Who knew the only good lobster was the one on a plate?

You like to live dangerously, señor!

Cody wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:32 pm

?You like to live dangerously, señor!

I didn’t think so but it seems I have a deplorable character flaw.

[Release] Hints OXZ

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:32 pm

This is now available for download here: https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/File: ... .0.092.oxz

Wiki Page is here: https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Hints

New thread is here: https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21199