Weird Al's Newest Parody - Word Crimes (Blurred Lines) hits the Tea Party where it hurts....

[ehrnst]

Watch for the Moran...

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[Electric Monk]

1. Awesome! "Never use quotation marks for emphasis" indeed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025186935#post15

[geardaddy]

11. You would love this site:

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

[Jackpine Radical]

23. Maybe they're not really eggs.

Like, maybe they're little brown turds or something.

[Warren DeMontague]

59. Oh, you noticed that too?

[onehandle]

2. 2funny

Oops...

[Scuba]

3. Al's a freakin' genius.

[riverwalker]

4. don't forget the sick eagles!

[geardaddy]

10. +1

[Moostache]

28. That takes me back to my HS Geometry teacher...

His favorite expression when teaching what was permissible in geometric proofs and what was not was to call anything not allowed "Sick Bird" (an alliteration on 'Ill Eagle' or illegal). He was a bizarre man in many ways, but an outstanding teacher. He had dozens of little sayings and ways to make things memorable. I miss him and wish their were more like him ...

[lunasun]

40. you 'd think most people would want to help ill eagles. It's our national bird.

[Xyzse]

41. My first thought reading that as well.

[Warpy]

5. I love Weird Al.

However, viciously splitting my infinitives and then dangling my participles enticingly before the crowd are about the only pleasures I have left.

[JHB]

34. Try mixing your metaphors...

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That way you don't put all your eggs on one camel's back.

[Warpy]

35. Metaphor hash is great

after a long day of viciously splitting infinitives and dangling one's participles enticingly.

[pa28]

6. Weird Al just immortalized the moran guy.

I wonder if he knows he's famous.

[Initech]

13. This really makes me want to but some video editing software.

I could seriously see this video completely redone with nothing but misspelled tea party protest signs.

[stevenleser]

14. Oh yes, he knows

http://www.baseballnation.com/2011/7/17/2279239/get-a-brain-morans

Guy's name is Josh "Randy" Sullivan

[Ahpook]

20. Haha :)

Is he going to sue the internet?

Too fucking funny

[mattclearing]

37. That interview is unbelieveable.

That's something I came up with a while back, "the little things."

[hueymahl]

43. Oh my god - that is too funny

I hope it is real. Doesn't matter, comic gold!

[WinstonSmith4740]

27. I wonder if he ever figured out he spelled it wrong.

n/t

[peabody]

7. This is great!

The best laugh I had in a long time.

[NewJeffCT]

8. gotta love the "Get a brain, moran" guy being immortalized

like that

[valerief]

9. I like that it started with less/fewer, but I'll never give up my Oxford comma! nt

[Leith]

15. Neither Will I!

When people leave it out, I just refer them to this site.

As for the your - you're confusion, try this message.

[MirrorAshes]

21. Those are fantastic!

Bookmarked!

[msanthrope]

18. They can pry my Oxford comma out of my cold, dead hands....nt

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

29. It's good, proper, and right.

The animator doesn't play enough Minesweeper, though.

[sakabatou]

48. You know, I don't really understand the Oxford comma.

[msanthrope]

50. It is a symbol of education, style, and symmetry.

It forces a pacing on the reader that brings beauty to the line.

[dawg]

45. Who gives a f*ck about an Oxford comma?

[RedSpartan]

12. If you don't like Al.

I don't want to know you.

[myrna minx]

16. K&R. I nearly did a spit take with the "moran" sign.

[msanthrope]

17. Weird Al must be a DUer. nt

[Whiskeytide]

19. "Weird Al has a big...

...Dictionary". You gotta - I mean you've got to - love that!

[LynneSin]

22. Not sure if he hit the Tea Party where it hurts

'Moran' guy came out way before the Tea Party existed.

and I put 'Moran' in quotes so people reading my reply do not think I cannot spell.

[lovemydog]

24. I never knew that!

What's the backstory?

Oh and K & R for Weird Al. I love his parodies more than original songs.

[ProfessorPlum]

46. Get A Brain, Morans

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-a-brain-morans

[Blanks]

25. Now if he had a sign...

About not wanting his medicare to become a government program, that'd be an attack on the tea party, but I think the spelling and grammar in that sign was ok.

The sign holder was just clueless.

[japple]

26. I LOVE this. "Go back to preschool, get out of the gene pool!"

Great, greater, greatest!!

[Dustlawyer]

30. Sent to my son who has a Rhetorical Writing Degree and going for his Masters.

[allan01]

31. this.

loved wierd als song. heard him on my dr. demento days.

[NightWatcher]

32. DU needs a button that automatically puts this in a post

When someone uses Your instead of You're There instead of Their....

[smirkymonkey]

33. Big Al's batting a thousand lately!

He's really come back strong. I am very entertained!

[mucifer]

36. That was a lot of fun and really enticing visually.

[libodem]

38. To protect and serve

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[TxDemChem]

39. Hilarious!!!

[libodem]

42. I also ran across this guy on face book

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[lovemydog]

44. Get a Brain, Morans! A Pictoral Essay

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3971375

[maddiemom]

47. Weird Al! Surely the most under-rated genious of our time! Riffing off so briliantly on such

silly take-offs and parodies time after time and never missing---this takes some really special talent.

[bullwinkle428]

49. Anyone catch the subtle little dig at Alanis Morrisette's "Isn't it Ironic"?

Side-by-side animation featuring a fire truck on fire with "IRONY" above the image, vs. a couple getting married with raindrops coming down and "WEATHER" above that image. Hilarious!

[cp]

51. Absolutely delightful!

Thank you for posting.

[pansypoo53219]

52. i always check old dictionaries at estate sales. i have a most pitiful one from early 1900,

but it had lovely color illustrations. i am always grabbing thesauruses. AND OLD ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICAS ARE AWESOME. and any old bartlett's.

[AlbertCat]

53. Jesus!

Did Richard Wilbur write the lyrics?

Too good.

[Initech]

54. The video for "Foil" is awesome as well:

[Lars39]

56. That was great!

[Initech]

58. Only Weird Al...

Can take a song about food and turn it into a song about alien conspiracy theories!

[Lars39]

60. And pretty much cover it all, too. :-)

[seabeyond]

55. i thought that "fuggin" funny, lol lol. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

57. Oh hell "yes"

Don't use quotation marks for emphasis