Sep. 10th, 2003

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Sep. 10th, 2003 04:13 am
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[livejournal.com profile] bswan asks about the origin of subj.
Along with the well-known explanation in The Jargon File, an earlier quotation might be supplied:
Owd Pinder were a rackless foo,
   An’ spent his days i’ spreein’;
At th’ end ov every drinkin’-do,
   He ’re sure to crack o’ deein’;
“Go, sell my rags, an’ sell my shoon;
   Aw ’s never live to trail ’em;
My ballis-pipes are eawt o’ tune,
   An’ th’ wynt begins to fail ’em! [...]

The full text by some Edwin Waugh (1818-1890) is here. It's written in South Lancashire dialect, as I recently read elsewhere.

RIP

Sep. 10th, 2003 04:49 am
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Leni Riefenstahl.
Мне пры гэтым імені згадваецца не "Трыюмф волі" (ці гэта была "Алімпія?"), што я некалі пабачыў на відэа, а найперш вершык К.І.Галчынскага. 1939 год на дварэ, а ён піша:
Jedni mówią: - On jest nasz!
Drudzy mówią: - On jest nasz!
A ja jestem tylko twój, jedyna.

Jedni mnie kuszą na Wschód,
drudzy ciągną mnie na Zachód,
a ja wolę, po wypłacie, z tobą iść do kina.

Jednych mi i drugich źal,
na film Leni Riefenstahl
ileż milej niż do czyśćca lub do piekła!


Od lat ośmiu przytuleni,
dobrze nam na filmie Leni,
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