Try your hand at Tuning Spork's version of the iPod Name That Tune meme I made up last Saturday.

His versions are here and here.

I couldn't get any of them.

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Okay here's a fun idea I just came up with. I was inspired by Sheila's old "Guess the First Lines of Novels" game, which is a lot of fun to look at, even though the game is long over.

Then I thought about my Friday iPod post. How boring is it to just post the songs, hoping you'll think I'm cool and all eclectic and shit. Why not give my readers a chance to show how cool you are.

So here's the opening four lines from ten random songs off my iPod. Some of them should be easy, and some will probably be impossible. You could google the lyrics, but I don't know how you'd sleep at night if you did so. Anyways, if you do google, don't post the answer because someone else might want to guess.

There are no prizes in this game, just good karma.

Can you guess the title and the artist? Green means somebody got it. Good luck!

1. We took a walk that night, but it wasn't the same
   We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain
   She said she loved me, but she had somewhere to go
   She couldn't scream while I held her close


2. when a man is running from his boss
   Who holds a gun that fires Â’costÂ’
   And people die from being cold
   Or left alone because theyÂ’re old


3. Well they're still racing out at the trestles
   But that blood it never burned in her veins
   Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview
   And a style she's trying to maintain


4. If I listened long enough to you
   I'd find a way to believe that its all true
   Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
   Still I look to find a reason to believe


5. There is freedom within, there is freedom without
   Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
   ThereÂ’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost
   But youÂ’ll never see the end of the road while youÂ’re travelling with me


6. Love, look at the two of us
   Strangers in many ways
   WeÂ’ve got a lifetime to share
   So much to say and as we go on from day to day


7. Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah.
   Let me remember things I love,
   StoppinÂ’ at the log where catfish bite,
   WalkinÂ’ along the river road at night,


8. on a cobweb afternoon
   in a room full of emptiness
   by a freeway i confess
   i was lost in the pages


9. Oh I have been out searching with the black book in my hand
   And I've looked between the lines that lie on the pages that I tread
   I met the walking dude, religious, in his worn down cowboy boots
   He walked liked no man on earth I swear he had no name


10. he bought a sterilized hypo
    to shoot a sex machine drug
    he got 24 hours
    to shoot all paulenes between the legs

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Everybody knows I'm a Republican and therefore am good friends with Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. So with the recent unfortunate unpleasant verdicts, I thought I'd do what I could to ease the transition to their new lifestyle.

I consulted the Prison Bitch Name Generator.

Herafter Ken Lay shall be known as: "Queer Johnny," and Jeff Skilling shall be known as "Butt Blaster."

Nice monikers.

Just out of curiosity, I checked my own. It is "Ben Dover," which, coincidentally enough, is the name I used when I did that 5 year stretch for check kiting back in the '90s.

Update: A little more research on folks who are (or should be) in prison yields the following gems:

Michael Jackson = "Wannabe." As in wannabe startin' somethin?

Martha Stewart = "Backroom Baller." Sounds like an AC/DC song.

Ted Kennedy = "Fudge Packer." Thus the waistline.

Scott Peterson = "Man Hole."

O.J. Simpson = "Glory Hole."

Saddam Hussein = "Honey Hole."

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Feliz el Primero de Mayo.

El voto por el sombrero favorito por favor.

Alfonso Bedoya de la Treasura del Sierra Madre es en el picturo la izquierdo. Y señor Eli Wallach de el Bueno, el Malo y el Feo es en la derecha.

[Eli Wallach es un judio, pero no importa.]

El voto por la favorita pictura del hombre de sombrero.

Viva el sombrero. Viva el sombrero! Arriba, Arriba! Viva el Primero de Mayo! Dos burritos por favor, hold de mayo. Olé!

Need translation help? Click here.

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1 LMAO, "hold de mayo".

Posted by: Casca at May 01, 2006 10:07 PM (2gORp)

2 Sadly, the only Spanish I remember in my dotage is, "Lo ciento! No hablo Espanol, pero tenemos una persona que puede ayudarle! Una momento, por favor!" But I say it with a really good accent, which just confuses everybody. Anyway, is your quiz about hats? If it is, then it's Alfonso Bedoya all the way, baby. Muy something groovy.

Posted by: Cameron Wood at May 02, 2006 03:59 AM (ooMB/)

3 Espanol und Deutsch? Is this mix and match day at translator.com?

Posted by: Dave at May 02, 2006 05:16 AM (6GFTi)

4 Liebe Annika, Ich die Sombrero mit der Rand herausbeizen gemocht, aber die Juden, Herr Wallach, ist die bessere filmschauspieler und Er ist der favorit akteur auf der Fuhrer.

Posted by: Strawman at May 02, 2006 02:29 PM (o/gnC)

5 Another example of what keeps us coming back day after day.

Posted by: Mike C. at May 02, 2006 05:59 PM (wZLWV)

6 Eli Wallach es un judio... ...y puede hablar frances tambien. ...und er kann Französisch. ...et il peut parler français. And that does matter because he's getting his ass kicked in your poll. It's the whole John Kerry taint. Speak French in public, lose out in the polls. Kevin

Posted by: Kevin Kim at May 03, 2006 01:10 AM (TDwc6)

7 I saw a rusted, bondoed up '75 Cadillac parked in a field. Fucker had six mailboxes and a Mexi-skin flag!

Posted by: Radical Redneck at May 04, 2006 12:02 PM (7hqun)

8 I love it when Jewish actors play Mexican banditos.

Posted by: Barry at May 08, 2006 01:49 AM (kKjaJ)

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Via the Maximum Leader, this site purports to show what my life would have been like if I had lived in Edwardian England.

The result is a little disappointing:

You live alone and have a private income!
- A Snapshot of your life as it might have been in 1905

Education
Your parents will send you to a private school and despite the fact that you are bright and enjoy school you'll leave at 16.

Career Prospects
When you're young you'll do some household chores but won't do any work in the kitchen. When your mother dies you'll be left the house and a private income and your spinster friend will come to live with you. You'll believe strongly in the need to improve the quality of food and sanitation for the poor so you'll join a commission on public health and campaign for improvements.

Leisure Time
You'll eat your main meal - meat and vegetables - in the evening, except on Sundays. You'll support the church by sewing kneeler covers, arranging flowers and raising money for charity. You'll learn the piano and enjoy going to the theatre and musical concerts in the local town. Every week you'll make time to borrow books from the mobile library that will pass through your village.

Living Conditions
You'll employ two servants who live in your house but will be unimpressed with the quality of their work.

Marital Relations
You'll be engaged to a man from the parish but he'll be killed at war. You'll never marry which will set you apart from most of your contemporaries.

World War One
When World War One starts you'll join a women's auxiliary force and will survive to be awarded a 1914 Star and a bronze Victory Medal.

Hat tip: Naked Villainy.

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1 Sounds just like the Annie we all know and love...

Posted by: shelly at April 25, 2006 07:13 PM (BJYNn)

2 Annie, they meant he was killed in World War one, you see, just as in all those novels of the Edwardian period, engagements lasted many, many, years. Hell, it took five years just to get to second base.

Posted by: kyle8 at April 26, 2006 03:08 AM (FO/SX)

3 "You?ll receive a pension but will not live to enjoy it as you?ll be killed in the First World War." Awwww, crap... if, as many say, history repeats itself, then I'm done for. Least I get to marry the family friend who goes to the local church. Rwwwoowwrrrr!

Posted by: ElMondoHummus at April 26, 2006 06:40 AM (xHyDY)

4 Hey, I was engaged to "a man from the parish" who was "killed at war"! Could that have been you?!

Posted by: annika at April 26, 2006 07:12 AM (fxTDF)

5 Hehe... Rwwwoowwrrrr! Actually, to my deep regret, I'm afraid it couldn't have been me. Yours says "engaged"; mine told that I'd "...marry (my) wife when (I'm) 25; she is a friend of your family and goes to the local church." Ah, what could've been... Actually, I've been distracted by a different link my friend sent me: Which Colossal Death Robot Are You? rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/giantrobot Painfully geeky, I know, but temporarily entertaining, nonetheless, as well as an interesting take on the "what else might you be" topic. Apparently, I'm Megatron, even when I change some of the answers. Just gotta embrace the evil, I guess...

Posted by: ElMondoHummus at April 26, 2006 07:42 AM (xHyDY)

6 You must have missed my post from 2 years ago on that one.

Posted by: annika at April 26, 2006 07:47 AM (fxTDF)

7 Yow! Not only did I miss the fact that you knew about it, you knew about it 2 years ago. Thus, I am well shamed. Time to go hide in some obscure corner of the internet and see if I can find something that's actually current. Back on topic: See any of the other links on that site? Quote: "With divorce so unusual, particularly among the upper classes, a blind eye was often turned towards adultery. In a time when a husband and wife would not be expected to share a bedroom, extramarital affairs were commonplace. In fact, in the notorious 'Saturday to Monday' parties that took place in country houses like Manderston, they were expected. Name tags were put on guests doors specifically so that the male guests could find their mistresses rooms at night. A bell was often rung at 6am so that gentlemen could find their way back to their own bedrooms before the maids came round to make the fires." Huh... I never would've imagined.

Posted by: ElMondoHummus at April 26, 2006 11:10 AM (xHyDY)

8 You mentioned WWI, but demured on the Spanish Flu.

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Via the sexy Law Fairy.

[N.B. Go-quiz's code fucks up your template unless you add a </div> tag at the very end.]

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It's 50% Love and 50% Lust

You and your guy are hot for one another, but you've also got a bit of a love thing going on.

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1 Lust comes first, then either turns to love or disgust. But you gotta have the Lust factor or there is no basis for a relationship.

Posted by: kyle at November 18, 2005 03:36 PM (K4+hv)

2 Chuh! What's love got to do with it? 100% whoremoans and fuckin'.

Posted by: Casca at November 18, 2005 10:49 PM (qBTBH)

3 Annika, Nothing else to post eh?

Posted by: Mark at November 19, 2005 09:16 AM (Vg0tt)

4 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Hair...Pie!

Posted by: Radical Redneck at November 19, 2005 08:06 PM (7XTy8)

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"Intellectually" Intelligent You're 'Intellectually Intelligent.' That pretty much means that you're good with theoretical ideas and concepts - but this comes to you naturally. More or less, you're a natural brainiac. Good for you. 40% theoretical intelligence 40% natural intelligence

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

via Kitty.

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Via Bobo Blogger

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You are LaFawnduh. Why are you so sweaty?


Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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1 You have style, poise, know what you want in life, AND A PENIS. Looks like a pre-op tranny to me.

Posted by: Casca at October 09, 2005 09:19 AM (qBTBH)

2 I think he/she/it played cornerback for OSU on Saturday.

Posted by: shelly at October 09, 2005 03:56 PM (6mUkl)

3 I'm Kip.

Posted by: Matt at October 09, 2005 04:06 PM (BkVa4)

4 Nope, if it's a cornerback, then definitely a Trojan. Now if it is a QB, that's an entirely different story.

Posted by: Casca at October 09, 2005 04:40 PM (qBTBH)

5 I'm sorry, but who?? I'm 39; this pop culture reference doesn't make me old, does it? For me, this is like when someone asked President Bush about Leonardo Di Caprio.

Posted by: Bryan at October 09, 2005 09:06 PM (G5PGV)

6 Nah, but then, I couldn't tell if it wa a QB, since the offense was so well hidden that I never got a chance to see it. Boy, are they gonna surprise someone in a bowl game. Just by getting a bid. Use it or lose it.

Posted by: shelly at October 09, 2005 10:50 PM (6mUkl)

7 I'm Kip Dynamite and I love technology. Always and forever...always and forever...

Posted by: Amy Bo Bamy at October 10, 2005 09:01 AM (kxatG)

8 Who's LaFawnduh?

Posted by: Victor at October 10, 2005 11:11 AM (L3qPK)

9 I'm Trisha. Bo-ring. I really wanted to be Uncle Rico. Or Pedro. When I'm elected president, you can be my secretary or something.

Posted by: The Law Fairy at October 10, 2005 09:23 PM (bzLvk)

10 Hi Trisha: I think I remember you from the OSU-Michigan game. Didn't you play QB, or was it Middle Linebacker for OSU?

Posted by: GoodbyeColumbus at October 11, 2005 03:18 AM (6mUkl)

11 Dude, I too am LaFawnduh...

Posted by: King tesco at October 11, 2005 04:46 PM (c0E+O)

12 I actually saw the real LaFawnda on TV today. She's an "artist", well if making faces out of plastic food containers is art... she thinks it is. Hell, if you're happy covered with cowshit...

Posted by: Casca at October 11, 2005 09:45 PM (qBTBH)

13 If you vote for me (Pedro) I will make all of your dreams come true.

Posted by: Carhag at October 24, 2005 07:15 PM (bTAqk)

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You are a Social Conservative (30% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (71% permissive) You are best described as a: Republican Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Via Matt.

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i'm sorry for the delay. With the hurricane and all, i was unable to post before today.

Okay, so i'm in California. i knew that. Well the real reason is that i was in moving and had no electricity. i thought i'd be able to post via my telephone but then its battery went dead. So i was completely blog incommunicado for four days.

But i hope you'll find the long awaited Final Jeopardy round as exciting as i did. The category was "The Blogosphere," and the clue was

annika has almost all of his TV appearances on DVD, yet this blogger is not on her blogroll. Go figure.

Next is Ken, who said: "I bet my whole wad on Wil Wheaton." i'm sorry Ken, the judges cannot accept that answer. You lose your whole wad, $200.

Jasen and Skippy didn't play FJ, so i'm keeping their money.

Next is D-Rod, who responded: "Who is Victor David Hanson?" Nope. D-Rod wagered $399, so he now has $1.

Charlie had $400, but didn't submit a response, so i keep his money.

Phil had $500, and his response was "Who is Frank Sinatra?" Last i checked, Frank Sinatra was dead. Although his music lives on, i don't think Sinatra's music has a blog. Phil wagered "$0.00," so he's left with $500 and the lead.

Next is Shelly, who responded

Damn, I hate this game. I am compulsive by nature, and I have made this an addiction. I'm glad it is over an I can get back to my mundane life.

OK, at first, I thought it was gonna be Hugh Hewitt for sure, but I checked and he IS on your blogroll, so that fizzled out.

Then I said (to myself) 'Myself, who has been on TV enough to have Annie have taped him, and yet not so much that her house would be running over with discs, etc.?'.

Myself replied 'The only person I can come up with is a guy who's show was canceled for some inexplicable reason (well, he seems less offensive on the radio, I guess) from Northern California named Michael Savage.'

So, trusting Myself, and having no other thoughts . . . Who is Michael Savage?

Let's see what Shelly wagered. His entire $1000. Sorry Shelly, you're down to zero.

Next is Victor, who guessed "Who is Will Wheaton?" Ding. You are correct, Victor. Spelling does not count in Final Jeopardy. Victor bet all $1100, so he now has the lead with $2200.

Dave J was next with $1400, but this was his response:

Since I'm completely stumped, I'm not betting anything: I can't even think up a good guess, though I'm sure I'll be kicking myself about how obvious it was after this is over.

And now you've motivated me to try out again, and pester the hell out of the real show to call me back this time.

Casca started out with the second highest point total, at $1700. Ever confident, Casca responded with "Who is Hugh Hewitt?" aaaaaaa! Like Shelly said, Hugh Hewitt is indeed on my blogroll. Casca bet the whole thing, so he is now down to zero.

Finally, it's all up to Trevor, who starts out Final Jeopardy with the most points, $1900. His response was "Who is Wil Wheaton?" Nice job Trevor.

Now let's find out if Trevor wagered enough to beat Victor. more...

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Don't forget to email your Final Jeopardy responses by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, Thursday night.

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The category is "The Blogosphere."

The players are:

Trevor $1900
Casca $1700
Dave J $1400
Victor $1100
Shelly $1000
Phil $500
Charlie $400
D-Rod $400
Skippy $400
Jasen $300
Ken $200
Kyle $200

The time limit is until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time, Tuesday night. Rules are here. Don't forget your wager and to phrase the response correctly. No need to buzz in. Click here to send me your response. Good luck!

[Final Jeopardy music starts now.]

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It's now time for Final Jeopardy. Thanks to everyone who participated in this game, or just kept checking back over the last couple weeks. What started out as a joke, has become an excellent way for me to inflate my Sitemeter stats without a whole lot of effort or original content on my part. What blogger could ask for more?

Final Jeopardy will be open to anyone who has money in the game.

That would be:

Trevor $1900
Casca $1700
Dave J $1400
Victor $1100
Shelly $1000
Phil $500
Charlie $400
D-Rod $400
Skippy $400
Jasen $300
Ken $200
Kyle $200

Comments will be closed, and responses must be e-mailed to me with your wager. The correct response must have a wager, and be phrased in the form of a question.

There will also be a time limit, which will be long enough hopefully for everyone to see the clue. Since i know Casca and Victor are away, it wouldn't be fair to post it this weekend. So i will post it Monday morning and give everybody until Tuesday night to respond.

The Final Jeopardy category will be "The Blogosphere."

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The category is "Fash-ism," for $400. It's a Daily Double!

Trevor is in the lead with $1900, Casca has $1700, Victor has $1100, Shelly has $1000, Phil has $500, Charlie, Dave J, D-Rod and Skippy have $400 each, Jasen has $300, Ken and Kyle have $200 each.

Let's go over the Daily Double rules one more time.

The rules for Daily Double are almost the same as on tv, with an important exception. In my game everybody gets to play the Daily Double.

Every response must have a wager in it. The lowest you can wager is $50 and the highest you can wager is either $500 or however much money you have earned already, whichever is higher. Or you can wager any amount in between.

One caveat. Since Dave J picked the Daily Double, his response gets priority. So if you guess before him you run the risk of tipping him off to the correct response. If Dave J either guesses wrong or does not respond by the expiration of the time limit (10:00 p.m. Pacific time on Friday) the rest of the responses will count in order of their posting.

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The category is "Places That Suck," for $400.

Trevor is in the lead with $1900, Casca has $1700, Victor has $1100, Shelly has $1000, Phil has $500, Charlie, D-Rod and Skippy have $400 each, Jasen has $300, Ken and Kyle have $200 each. There is one Daily Double left.

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The category is "Profanity," for $300.

Trevor is in the lead with $1900, Casca has $1700, Victor has $1100, Shelly has $700, Phil has $500, Charlie, D-Rod and Skippy have $400 each, Jasen has $300, Ken and Kyle have $200 each. There is one Daily Double left.

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The category is "Places That Suck," for $300. It's a video clue.

Casca is in the lead with $1700, Trevor has $1600, Victor has $1100, Shelly has $700, Phil has $500, Charlie, D-Rod and Skippy have $400 each, Jasen has $300, Ken and Kyle have $200 each. There is one Daily Double left.

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The category is "Profanity," for $400.

Casca is in the lead with $1700, Trevor has $1600, Victor has $1100, Shelly has $700, Phil has $500, Skippy and D-Rod have $400 each, Jasen has $300, Ken and Kyle have $200 each. There is one Daily Double left.

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