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- From: fontana@teak.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana)
- Subject: Re: 999,999,999 Green bottles [END OF THREAD]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.223546.24207@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews )
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
- References: <19934.2b07c212@ul.ie> <1992Nov17.174010.21857@spock.UUCP> <1992Nov19.214734.120505@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:35:46 GMT
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- gbloom@zeus.calpoly.edu (Wesley) and numerous others wrote:
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- >>>>>>>999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>>>>999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>>>>and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
- >>>>>>>they'd be....
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- People- this is ridiculous. Read those lines to yourself. Try singing them.
- There's some minimal rhyming, but is there any rhythm/meter? No!
- Is it worth continuing this silliness? No!
- For the record, the song (?) goes like this: (two variations)
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- 99 bottles of beer on the wall
- 99 bottles of beer
- Take one down, pass it around || If one of those bottles should happen to fall
- 98 bottles of beer on the wall
- ...
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- But "999,999,999 green bottles hanging on the wall"???? Pfff-bwah hahaha!
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- OB-humor (obligatory bad humor)
- Russian beer ads: "Tastes of greatness, less of filling"
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