tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777643.post224889276362194536..comments2024-02-15T07:46:25.761+00:00Comments on Zoomy's thing: Lent!Zoomyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753618617159805371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777643.post-45500973147303157782012-02-27T22:07:01.990+00:002012-02-27T22:07:01.990+00:00Memorising poetry used to be fun in memory competi...Memorising poetry used to be fun in memory competitions, but you can understand why they removed it - translating and keeping the difficulty the same across all languages is impossible.<br /><br />But again, it's only rewarding if the poem is a good one. The ones we had to memorise in the old days were of... varying quality.<br /><br />My first ever memory performance, incidentally, was memorising "Macavity the Mystery Cat" at a school thing when I was twelve. I was awesome.Zoomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753618617159805371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777643.post-70192999412225923572012-02-27T18:28:05.318+00:002012-02-27T18:28:05.318+00:00Poor yank sods, when reciting The Owl and the Puss...Poor yank sods, when reciting The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear they always must get off rhythm.<br />Anyway I digress again I went from preparing for memory championship to memorizing poetry, it is really easy and rewarding and not less interesting than memorizing 1000 binaries. You could write a bit on the topic of memory and poetry if got some interesting experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777643.post-53705822492337241172012-02-22T10:15:38.464+00:002012-02-22T10:15:38.464+00:00That is a great subject for a blog! I'll need ...That is a great subject for a blog! I'll need to research those phrases...<br /><br />"Puny Humans" is definitely a Hulk catchphrase, along with his reference to his alter-ego as "Puny Banner", but I think it had its origins in 1950s B-movies. Likewise, "Foolish Mortal" is very much the kind of thing Thor says in his Marvel comics, but I'm not sure where it came from originally.<br /><br />We have to thank Stan Lee (and maybe his much-put-upon younger brother Larry Lieber) for making these classic phrases part of popular culture, though...Zoomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753618617159805371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777643.post-63592141449676144462012-02-21T15:30:34.935+00:002012-02-21T15:30:34.935+00:00A bit off topic Ben ... but you know how people ca...A bit off topic Ben ... but you know how people can request you to blog about something...<br />Could you blog about the use of the phrase 'puny human(s)' in Marvel comics. <br /><br />I love that line(s).<br /><br />I am sure Hulk says it a lot but I doubt he penned it.<br /><br />Also 'foolish mortal' - that's a good one but I'm not sure if that is comic books or something else.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502434766622364187noreply@blogger.com