Entries tagged with "hms pinafore"

I started life as an orphan, a child of the streets

posted by srah on November 7, 2007 7:15 PM

Tags: annie, gilbert and sullivan, hms pinafore, imagination, musicals, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, oliver, the pirates of penzance

Every one we capture says he's an orphan. The last three ships we took proved to be manned entirely by orphans, and so we had to let them go. One would think that Great Britain's mercantile navy was recruited solely from her orphan asylums - which we know is not the case.-Frederic, The Pirates of Penzance But what if it were the case? I like to imagine the Pirates of Penzance capturing the HMS Pinafore, only to find that it is crewed by orphans from the workhouse in Oliver!, all barely able to dance a proper hornpipe because they're suffering...

... I am the slave of doody.

posted by srah on July 15, 2007 9:18 PM

Tags: gilbert and sullivan, hms pinafore, lists, lists(dq), lyrics, ruddigore, the gondoliers, the pirates of penzance

You may be interested - nay, fascinated - to learn that I have just been granted posting privileges at the humorous list-based blog lists(dq). You can all rush over there immediately to read my hilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarious first post: Lines from The Pirates of Penzance That Would Be Funnier If The Word “duty” Were Changed to “doody” It is a very mature and thought-provoking topic, and unfortunately I am also pretty sure that it marks the apex of my career as a humorous list-maker. It will all be downhill from here, folks! Many thanks to Alfie, who laughed with me in the...