Comments on: EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

By: THE RESISTANCE

THE RESISTANCE — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:31:15 +0000

Ok…How much has it escalated so far?

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:45:26 +0000

The teenage death girls and the teenage death boys…
and everyone was kung-fu fighting.
No one could see us then
No one could hurt us then
And everyone was kung-fu fighting.

By: Laurie Taylor

Laurie Taylor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:09:20 +0000

According to some college essay"that kung fu is Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially those forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:05:49 +0000

Captain Falcon becomes a riot cop. He learened that from Chuck Norris

By: JCR

JCR — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:51:25 +0000

Dunno why he’s doing such a karate move, but these are Berlin police officers, and since the other guys look like punks, I suppose it was during the “customary” May Day riots this year.

By: James the Conquerer

James the Conquerer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:31:27 +0000

Everyone does it. They’re called “mondegreens” and there’re whole websites devoted to these misheard lyrics.

At the link.

Personal favorite:

“Might as well face it you’re a dick with a glove.”

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:52 +0000

Thanks, Tyler. Like I said, I just wish I’d thought of it myself.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:53 +0000

Diss, you are full of win.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:26 +0000

On the bright side, you didn’t cling to your interpretation and had an open mind, unlike what I (most likely) would have done

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:09:02 +0000

No, it doesn’t. The lyrics are clearly listed as “cats”, as they were originally listed and printed as on the record. Those guys were fast as lightning also makes more sense because it implies the writer doesn’t know their opponent and means to say that they are fast. Kicks is unlikely because I can’t think of a situation where they would say “those kicks” without having specified who was giving the kicks. “Our kicks” or “the kicks” maybe. Also, Merkin states that cats makes more sense below.

By: keegan

keegan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:01:21 +0000

but what is more sensible; kicks or guys?
I think “those kicks were fast as lightning” is a lot more realistic than “those guys were fast as lightning”

By: BlueMast

BlueMast — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:00:23 +0000

Ahh…thank you for posting that. It was bugging me.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:39:07 +0000

>.> I know THAT much, dissim
It was on PK, which surprised me.
I hate it when my comments get eaten. It’s horrid.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:38:18 +0000

I think (and I can’t take credit for this, I think a comedian said it first) we should consider making “We Will Rock You” the national anthem. At least we can all sing it, and those who can’t can clap. Way more fun than the Star Spangled Banner.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:35:32 +0000

Awaiting moderation? Was that on PK or over on Failblog or one of the other ICHCs? I’ve seen that on some of the other sites, but not here. And, yeah, sometimes they post; and I don’t know why. Like I said, most of the time putting the link in the “website” box works, except, um, when it doesn’t. It’s worth a first try, anyway, and then if it gets eaten you can geek an alternate method of getting people the link. Oh, and when we’re linking to something specific in the “website” box, we normally add [link] to the post so people know something connected is linked to your name.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:32:34 +0000

That song was terrific for clapping to. People today do it a lot too, but if I ever sing the lyrics to myself, they just look at me like they don’t have any idea what I’m talking about.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:30:46 +0000

But diss, mine was posted and had in italics “Your post is awaiting moderation.” Is it weird that fail commenting machine ate THAT up, just cause it had nice squeaky-clean links in it?
Also, OwenKellog got a link in on the Sotomayor discussion. Lucky bast*rd?

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:29:56 +0000

My roller-rink song is “Roam” by the B-52′s. It’s an all-skate, ladies and gentlemen!

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:29:24 +0000

Ooh, and a few years later “We Will Rock You.” 75 teenagers doing the stomp-stomp-clap beat to that on a hardwood rink floor in skates? Deafening. And awesome.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:28:11 +0000

PM, did your pre(or early)-adolescence also involve roller skating to “Fly Like an Eagle”? One of those songs that always takes me right back to the roller rink when I hear it.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:26:47 +0000

I think it's just a programming glitch in wordpress. Of course I don't actually know that, but it's the most likely solution. Last fall, for a while, it was eating posts with smileys.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:24:53 +0000

Why do they hate links here? Couldn’t they at least check them and if they’re clean, secure sites then let the link stand? It’s a political website- letting us site our sources would be a big help.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:21:17 +0000

You can also bracket it: {http://www.google.com/} For some reason the bracketing confuses it. Of course it’s not actually a link, but it’s easily copied & pasted. I’ve had PK eat posts with links in the website box (other than the one I normally have) which is weird; but normally they post ok.

By: Eric-in-STL

Eric-in-STL — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:14:19 +0000

You can’t put links in your post unless you stick in the website portion of the reply, or separate it with spaces so the site doesn’t pick it up.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:31:41 +0000

Uhm Death >.>
You had me really, really confused there… Try rereading your original post i was talking about, with the whole first husband thing >.> “Lynn’s mother’s first husband was a piece of idiot shit. He was a control freak who beat her and banged her whenever he felt the urge.”
I TOTALLY thought that you meant he raped your fiancee as a child. Still a horrible thing to have happen, but wow do I feel relieved that wasn’t what I thought it was.

By: purple switch

purple switch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:40 +0000

Too many buttons and lights. It confuses me.

Besides, I’ve always like deserts.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:28:31 +0000

There is a reason that you are my Attorney General.

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:56 +0000

Yeah, public domain is only constituted by 70 years after the author dies here in the US. MLibby, I’m proud someone else knows that.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:25:33 +0000

I had the occasional run-in with Mr. Heath…our biggest issue was his tendency to issue new rules without considering the results and my tendency to think I was smarter than him. The biggest trouble I got in was when they notified us (in January) that as they’d waxed the gym floor over winter break, everyone had to take their shoes off OUTSIDE. Yes, in January. I started a petition to change the rule for health and safety reasons. I wasn’t even passing it around in class, but I got sent to the office anyway. He called me “subversive and defiant.” I considered it a great compliment.

By: purple switch

purple switch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:24:51 +0000

I was thinking AC/DC… now I’m kinda worried that Angus Young is a Liono substitute.

SG of Rock, give me Riffs beyond Riffs!

By: James the Conquerer

James the Conquerer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:20:13 +0000

If you want people to see your fish avatar you just need to go to gravatar.com and register your email address, you know.

By: purple switch

purple switch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:17:35 +0000

There’s no mandatory /geek on PK that I know of.
Let your Geek Freak Flag fly high and proud, ner vod!

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:13:58 +0000

Ya, I definitely lucked out with principals with Mr. Duke. He had a calm conversation with me about what I had done, we talked a while, and he asked if I was ready to accept responsibility for my actions.

I said yes, we got it over with, and that was that.

Sadly, I can’t remember what I did. I do remember him being level with me. Good, good man.

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:06:54 +0000

Ah, yes…my middle school principal called his “The Board of Education.” He thought he was a funny, funny guy.

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:47 +0000

THUNDERCATS!

/dork.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:21:42 +0000

Ya, I has a sad and his wandering is over. T_T

By: pittypat

pittypat — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:05:04 +0000

@HST: sad news today. RIP grasshopper.

By: Maren

Maren — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:08:16 +0000

This picture must have been taken in Berlin, Germany, because the sign says “Berliner Bank”, and they only have branches in Berlin. Looks like a place called “Kottbusser Tor”. Should be one of the riots that take place in Berlin-Kreuzberg every year on May 1st!

By: LurkinMerkin

LurkinMerkin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:23:55 +0000

Well, I was sixteen when it came out, but my friends and I all sang it wrong, because we would kick on that line. Cats, as in guys, (or funky Chinamen from funky Chinatown) does make more grammatical sense when you consider the rest of the song. Stupid.

By: brak

brak — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:17:18 +0000

OMG….link works now. Wish it didn’t. Or maybe I’m just trying to forget how really, really silly parts of the 60s were. But still….it has a certain kind of dumbass charm, like the Shatner Horrors….and Tommy James and the Shondells. But Kung Fu Fighting-just plain awful. McArthur Park awful.

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:49:04 +0000

Naw, I’m good.

By: lambo472

lambo472 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:03:40 +0000

it should be so obvious, riot police……

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:04:24 +0000

wtf? they moderated my comment? cause it had links in it? i was just discussing the possibilities of cats vs kids

By: purple switch

purple switch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:28:52 +0000

I was quakin’ at the knees
Would she post again please?
The ladies here are too kind
You’ve been… PKstruck

By: Markus

Markus — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:22:15 +0000

YOU BEEN……………………………THUNDERSTRUCK!!!!!!

By: MLibby

MLibby — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:17:33 +0000

\Geek
Well actually, it’s the life of the author + 70 years in the US. So…not so much….
/Geek

By: Jocasta

Jocasta — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:26:36 +0000

Thank you! I figured out the country, but not the exact location.

By: tyler

tyler — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:16:44 +0000

the fact that he is full of LIES?

By: WhoNose

WhoNose — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:13:48 +0000

Now you can have the video without that excruciating music! (Click me!)

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:11:00 +0000

Waitaminute! Pinball machines don’t give five balls any more!