Is John Bear inane? Your chance to vote!

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Is John Bear inane?

Poll closed May 31, 2005.
  1. "You may be right." --E. B. White

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
  2. Whatever.

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  3. It's crackers to dip a rozzy the dropsy in snide.

    4 vote(s)
    16.7%
  4. Neil Hayes in the library with a duck.

    9 vote(s)
    37.5%
  5. Now that I've seen this poll, perhaps 'yes' after all.

    8 vote(s)
    33.3%
  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    John Bear:
    Neil Hynd:Century = Neil Hayes:Knightsbridge = Neil Young:Landing on Water

    Neil Hayes:
    John, Can you please explain this inane comment further?

    John Bear:
    With pleasure. It occurred to me that two of the most vigorous and persistent defenders of alma maters that many people criticize are Neil Hynd (for Century) and Neil Hayes (for Knightsbridge and Trinity). So I put that wee bit of data into a standard mathematical formula, stating that Neil Hynd is to Century as Neil Hayes is to Knightsbridge. And then, to wildly flaunt my knowledge of early rock matters, I added the equivalency of Neil Young, since he, too, spent a lot of time explaining and defending that controversial album.

    Now, my Dashboard dictionary (I love Dashboard in Mac 10.4) defines "inane" as "silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, senseless, asinine, frivolous, vapid, childish, puerile, dumb, moronic, ditzy, daft."

    Oh, dear. "Ditzy" is fine, but the rest is really quite offensive.

    Neil Hynd:Century =
    Neil Hayes:Knightsbridge =
    Neil Young:Landing on Water =
    Neil Innes:
     

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  2. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    I misread as "insane."

    Oh well. Answer is the same.
     
  3. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Who in tartary is Neil Innes?
     
  4. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    in: good standing

    ane: one

    Sounds right.
     
  5. Jack Tracey

    Jack Tracey New Member

    In any case, I'm more of an After the Goldrush kind of guy.
    Jack
     
  6. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    ...and Mother Nature is still on the run.

    Mr. Young was actually in our house in 1972, along with Graham Nash. We were selling some of our original Eschers, and they were collecting.
     
  7. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    John von Neumann: computer science
    John Lennon: popular music
    John Bear: distance education
     
  8. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    Actor/musician who has been seen with various members of Monty Python's Flying Circus from time to time.

    Neil played the John Lennon-like character (opposite Eric Idle's Paul McCartney-spoof character) in the brilliant satire "The Rutles".

    My vote regarding John Bear: Generally delightful.


    Tony (both a Beatles and Rutles fan)
     
  9. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Best song by Neil Young is "Heart of Gold."
     
  10. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    My bands always used to play "Cinnamon Girl", one of my favorite songs with the world's easiest (but effective) guitar solo.

    Tony
     
  11. Jake_A

    Jake_A New Member

    Awww!

    Dr. Piña/Jimmy Clifton:

    It must be (or have been) wonderful to fall head over heels for a "Cinnamon Girl" with a "Heart of Gold!"

    No saying what happens when the gold melts, though ........

    BTW: Dr. Bear:

    You rock!

    ;)

    Thanks.
     
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  12. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Apologies. Choice number three in the poll was wrong. The correct one:
    "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide."

    Of the first five searches done, three attribute it to Harvey Kurtzman and two (correctly, I believe) to Roger Price, both 1954 in any event.
     
  13. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    His water blizzard flitsum purry for neither.

    Huffman 2005
     
  14. Steve Levicoff

    Steve Levicoff Well-Known Member

    "The bouquet is subtlely demure, while the flavor is playfully articulate - Esquire Magazine."

    - Woody Allen, in Don't Drink the Water"

    P.S. Who's John Bear?
     

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