Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 02, 2019
January 01, 2019
January 03, 2019
Transcript:
richard's poor almanac official preview of the 2000 olympics by richard thompson rats opening ceremony - the ioc ceremoniously takes a break from fighting various inctments to declare these games open and - hey! who wrote that there? dodgeball - a u.s. vs. norway grudgematch! watch out! it's "contusion city!" or as they say in norway, it's "oofaborg!" men's synchronized team urinalysis - points for urine color, uniformity of volume & overall lack of bovine growth hormone. dog grooming - switched channel to animal planet by mistake. sorry. guy: be-ah doughy pink guy drinking beer in the outback - might be a commercial instead of an actual sport. closing ceremony - trio of mascots (syd the platypus, millie the spiny ant-eater & olly the kookaburra) ceremon-iously carried off & eaten by dingoes.
Ratbrat almost 6 years ago
“Oofaborg” shall become my go to exclamation when I stub my toe.
aerilim almost 6 years ago
Kookaburra sounds like let’s cook donkey…
AndrewSihler almost 6 years ago
Not quite. In High Aussie, beer is pronounced “bee” with a tense high front long vowel, not a trace of offglide. “Bee” (the insect) is [bɯ̯i:].
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
But, but…the dog grooming looked more interesting!