Geoffry Chaucer, political analyst

[ashling]

Whan that Aprille with its shours soote;
The drought of Genarale Discushune - Pimarye hathe
peirced to the roote ,
And bathed everie campayne surugot in suich liqour:
Hillarye hath her shotes took -
Crowne Royale wythe gude Beeir to chaise;
And dronke fallen downe inne such disgrayse.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. LOL. K&R

[boobooday]

2. You elitist!

You've obviously been reading books!

:rofl:

[reflection]

3. Oh man, pure genius.

I haven't picked up Canterbury Tales in years but I think I'll go fish it off the shelf now.

:applause:

[ashling]

21. Thanke you

Makes me want to see a knights tale again

[JimGinPA]

4. You Tawk Purty!

:rofl:

[rolleitreks]

5. LOL. Brilliant! n/t

[Occam Bandage]

6. Whan Obama eek with his swete speeche

Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The eggy-hedes and the yonge elytes
Watche this the primaryes fulle cours y-ronne,
And Wille-I-Am maken melodye,
That playeth on the ye-tubes to open eyse
And emayles sent oute dayly clayming payne
Than longen folk to donayte to campaynes.

[reflection]

8. "ye-tubes." Love it. n/t

[Aloha Spirit]

12. +1

[Coexist]

13. !

nice

[ashling]

15. That's Great!

Any more contributions to Campaign Bury Tailes?

[truebrit71]

7. Absolutely brilliant!!! ROFL!!

Well done!

[ashling]

24. Thankes be to you

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Nicely done

clever.

[tishaLA]

10. The Wife of Bill's Prologue

"Experience, though noon auctoritee
Were in this world, were right ynogh to me
To speke of wo that is in mariage;
For, lordynges, sith Bill dalleed with the page,
Thonked be God, that is eterne on lyve,
Victor at primaree I have been fyve -
For I so ofte have ylected bee -
And alle were victoree in great degree.

[Aloha Spirit]

11. What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow

Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,
And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

[XemaSab]

36. You're a bit late

:eyes:

(Sorta like a certain candidate :eyes: :eyes:)

[Aloha Spirit]

37. three eye rolls? if you are experiencing dizziness and slurred speech, please seek immediate medical

attention.
You probably have a concussion.

[XemaSab]

38. Sorry for the lack of clarity

I'm as big a TS Eliot fan as the next person, but Chaucer is what? 400 years earlier? 500? :P

/jerking your chain :P

[Aloha Spirit]

39. Haha, thanks. The thread did need something grim yet Chauceresque to balance out the fun-making.

Some may prefer to laugh at the insanity, I stand armed with TS Eliot to scold the insanity with words of mortality and emptiness.

Just kidding!
:grouphug:

Srsly tho, what would Eliot make of this "democratic process," I wonder.

[Coexist]

14. I am right sorry for your delegatelessnesse

[CreekDog]

16. I personally never understood the appeal

of Chaucer. :evilgrin:

[ashling]

17. I am afraid you are just not elite enough to appreciate it

get away from our thread before we become bitter!:evilgrin:
:rofl:

[EFerrari]

19. He was Drudge on skates with a day job and a wicked sense of humor.

But, that may only be true after a few lattes too many. lol

[EFerrari]

18. LOL!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

20. kicke

[CitizenLeft]

22. LOLOL!

Damned clever! :applause:

[ashling]

25. Thy prayse eyn wylcomme

[ashling]

23. Cume wone and all into our veyrse

to maken melodye or to conveyrse;
wythe anlyste and polle takers -
thowe moste be only elyte fakers;
to heare the prayre of our pundyt;
The faire dame Hillarye to quit.

[CitizenLeft]

27. heeeeeeeeeeey.... I would've been on Harold's side!

NORMAN PROPAGANDA, I say!

[windbreeze]

26. took me a few....but LOL....n/t

[ashling]

28. Ere then caym Obama into the lystes

Ayn noble Knighte suich fayme is his:
The Evyle Knighte McCain un-sattled;
Thowe brayv e'mayke, hys brayne is addled.
Republicaynes shalle roux the daye
The Brayve Barak cayme in thuir waye.

[ashling]

29. Kicke once more unto the breache

And recommende: more soules to reache

[Leopolds Ghost]

30. Kiccke et recce.

[Hardrada]

31. And from across the Channel:

Ou sont les campagnes d'antan?

[ashling]

34. Would that this veyrse the cours y run

Ouwer prymarees be almoust dunne.
Aynd soone weel hyav a nomynee:
Thyn fayce Republlicaynes in yoonitee.
And wheyn th' vots be justly in
Sh'll Happye dayes be here agyn.*




*The last line of this stanza may seem like a question to the ear unfamiliar with the
13th century polytical bardic tradition. But that's just the way they tawked.

[Leopolds Ghost]

32. Hwæt! We Obama / in geard04um,

Quiet!

Our story speaks of the Spear-Democrats
their greatest king's accomplishments

how in tax-free times lived fearless men.
oft Shill Shrieking shook the networks

cleared mead-seats of many a beer-drinker
made Rush stammer. —he who started out

penniless, a foundling. But not for long!

He waxed under clouds climbed in men's eyes

till all neighboring superdelegates sent tribute to him

upon the You's tube and his word was law

to all who heard. He was a good king!

Hwæt! We Obama ....... in geard04um,
þeodclyntonga, .......... þrym gefrunon,

hu ða æþoel in'gas .... taxen hāligdæg.
Oft Scyll Scrieking ... scnetþwerka þratingum,

monegum mægþum, ...... eobostonlager ofteah,
egsode eorrush. ...... Syððan ærrest rwecearð

feasceanternet funden, he þæs frufrue gelatte!

weox under wolcnum, .. weorðmyndum þahvahd,

oðþæt him æghwylc .... þara ymbrichardasondra

ofer hrontubes ....... whyt wifmen scolde,

gombaman gyldan. ..... þæt wæs god cynidating!

[Leopolds Ghost]

33. Should be 08um -- not 04um

My mind is stuck in the past.

[XemaSab]

35. Myn own eyes do seek suche succor!

To rede suche wordes in GDP, yt is as if myn own deare Jesu were whysperinge in mine eer! :o

[NatBurner]

40. i bet she had a summer cabin in canterbury

i'd have loved to have been regaled with tales of yore over a tankard of mead

[knitter4democracy]

41. Freakin' awesome!!

I had to memorize the first 20 lines in the original in high school. Great parody!

[ashling]

42. Thanks be to thee

:)