In they tune of “if you’re happy and you know it clap your hands”

  • zeet@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed

    if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed

    if someone posts a joke

    and all that guy does is poke at it for not having perfect meter when the history of comedic music from Gilbert & Sullivan to Weird Al is rife with elongations and contractions to make a joke fit a melody

    if he’s got no sense of humor he’s a fed

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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      29 days ago

      If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
      If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
      If he really seems to mind
      That your lines don’t really rhyme
      If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed

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      29 days ago

      If he’s got no sense of rythm he’s a fed.

      if someone posts a joke

      Do you really suggest I stress that on “one” and… what, the emptiness at the end of the line? A stressed pause? Courageous.

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      29 days ago

      Good idea, but change the “someone” to “somebody”. Breaking rules on purpose doesn’t work if you also break them on accident.