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Beatles did nothing in particular 50 years ago today
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Or is it an anti-joke, where all the fun is to be had in the fact that it's not funny?
I could never really get into those. I could quote a couple, but I don't want to seem like I'm being mean to Oxbridge, who seems like quite a promising writer and should be encouraged, not scorned.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Anonymous
offlineUnregisteredI still got it
Posted 7 years ago # -
Anonymous
offlineUnregisteredOnly joking. I haven't got a fucking clue either...
Posted 7 years ago # -
As you may know I love a good ticker, but I agree this one has flown past me. I know there was fuss over Please Please Me about 6 weeks ago, but I don't think it can be that.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Ok this is how it works.
A lot of newspapers and other media, like to tell you what happened on this day in a past year, they tend to focus on round numbers of years ago like 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 (as in this case). If you are old it makes you feel even older, if you are young you haven't a fucking clue what they are on about, but it fills a page.
So, for example, 'A hard day's night was released 50 years ago today' would be typical, but 'Beatles did nothing 50 years ago today' is an example of what I call irony.
Not particularly funny I agree, but hardly much poorer than "Infallibility ‘more of a curse than a blessing’, says Pope" to take one example at random.
Posted 7 years ago # -
I thought it was based on this
It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Hence my word play on Eleanor Rigby as English Rugby.
Now I feel like the Fool on the Hill ;0(
Posted 7 years ago #
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