# The dread Literati Rock game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264 "2004-07-09T10:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/81 "2004-07-10T15:33:58Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > _AN3 Among my possessions is an adult male whose presence evinces a desire for random termination of routine bodily functions._ > > “I got a man who makes me want to die,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs (?) Close enough. Actually, it’s “want to kill.” It’s a song so edgy, my wife refuses to listen to the YYY’s. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/82 "2004-07-10T15:45:18Z")
That just leaves one of mine: AN2 Now that I possess a recently manufactured electronic device, there exists an optimistic prognosis for my career among the minions of the marketing department. I agree with this prognosis. It’s fairly recent. Am I gonna have to give you a hint? 🆒 (No, the smiley is not a hint.) The first two words of the clue don’t really count. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/83 "2004-07-10T16:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] GB2: If one wishes to acheive the pinnacle of success in the world of popular music, one must expend a significant amount of time and energy. [QUOTE] It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n’ roll - AC/DC and **CSoup**? Here are my two unsolved ones: WM5: Therefore I perambulate by hugging tightly to terra firma, and please maintain secrecy, because it must be clandestine WM7: I have little save an affection for the concept of emotional and psychological attraction to another, but that, in and of itself, is not the act whereof I speak and here are the answers in spoiler-mode: WM5: And so I creep, but keep it on the down low 'cuz nobody’s supposed to know - TLC WM7: All I have is my love of love, but love is not loving - David Bowie, Soul Love off of Ziggy Stardust how about: WM12: When I hear a disconcerting update and want to cease feelings of depression, I turn to an illegal herbal derivative WM13: The young man would convey his balladeer instrument via a burlap bag normally used for rough implements or clothing and recline under a large deciduous growth situated near a once-dominant form of logistics transportation’s means of conveyance. WM14: Gracious, ma’am, you certainly enjoy engaging in sexual acts. I repeat - Gracious, ma’am, you certainly enjoy engaging in sexual acts; in fact, when you are in the midst of copulation, you are not able to hear one of your parents beckon. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/84 "2004-07-10T18:20:53Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] > [@Green Bean](#): > > WM13: The young man would convey his balladeer instrument via a burlap bag normally used for rough implements or clothing and recline under a large deciduous growth situated near a once-dominant form of logistics transportation’s means of conveyance. He’d carry his guitar in a gunny sack And sit beneath a tree by the railroad tracks — “Johnny B. Good” ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/85 "2004-07-10T18:30:50Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > WM14: Gracious, ma’am, you certainly enjoy engaging in sexual acts. I repeat - Gracious, ma’am, you certainly enjoy engaging in sexual acts; in fact, when you are in the midst of copulation, you are not able to hear one of your parents beckon. Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball. Good golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball. When you’re rockin’ and a rollin’, can’t hear your mama call. I’ll repost my unsolved one: **LotV1** : Thus, our globe rotates in repeated circles accompanied by the totality of your lifetime’s knowledge. Others proclaim that the atmosphere many miles up is the color of a sea in the Western Hemisphere. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/86 "2004-07-11T04:21:42Z")
Here are my unsolved ones… **NT2** : I resolve to utilize my legs for rapid locomotion in the falling precipitation until my lungs are unable to function efficiently enough for respiration. **NT3** : Tune your aural receptors to the words of the botanical Homo sapiens; hark! they are gaining in volume with every rotation of the earth. Hints: NT2: Sounds like a foolish thing to do, eh? NT3: It’s from a movie; it’s not a “real” song. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/87 "2004-07-11T06:20:56Z")
Okay, then. Here’s the answer. I’ve got a new computer and great future in sales, yeah,yeah. --Fountains of Wayne :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/88 "2004-07-11T06:49:48Z")
The previous state shall be restored again, and through the process of natural change the course of a river may be altered though it still terminates in the ocean. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SpasmicChaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SpasmicChaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasmicChaos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/89 "2004-07-11T07:47:16Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > WM12: When I hear a disconcerting update and want to cease feelings of depression, I turn to an illegal herbal derivative If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine. - Eric Clapton, _Cocaine_ Guess I’ll try one: SC1: Woman child, do you desire sugary foods? Approach nearer to my location. In the evening of this day, I will bestow upon you, a vision of a celestial body in it’s latest form. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/90 "2004-07-11T08:05:38Z")
Can we get a prize for the greatest ratio of new words to old words, i.e. for being as verbose as possible? TJD1: Move that object quickly in rapidly alternating directions, in a manner not dissimilar to the motion one uses to develop the color pigments in an image that comes from an instant-film photographic recording device. TJD2: It is possible that you would make claims about my natural desire to gaze upon mental images that are quite different from those we observe empirically. To be sure, such claims would be well justified, although I would like to point out that I am not the sole person who possesses this natural desire. Apologies if these have been done. ---
**Author:** ![IKinSpelGud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@IKinSpelGud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IKinSpelGud)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/91 "2004-07-11T08:23:49Z")
**TJD1** : Sh-sh-sh-shake it like a poloroid pi’cha’. **IKSPG1** : One must not always participate in carnal activities in a rough and vigorous manner; indubidably, on occaison, to proceed thusly would be the wrong course of action. One must, from time to time, copulate in a tender manner and use one’s lips to touch or caress as an expression of affection. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/92 "2004-07-11T09:46:39Z")
[spoiler]IKSPG1: You don’t always have to f\*\*\* her hard In fact sometimes that’s not right to do Sometimes you’ve got to make some love And \*\*\*in’ give her some smoochies too “F\*\*\* Her Gently” by Tenacious D[/spoiler] I had to google a little bit for it, but I recognized the song. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/93 "2004-07-11T11:36:54Z")
> [@](#): > > It is possible that you would make claims about my natural desire to gaze upon mental images that are quite different from those we observe empirically. To be sure, such claims would be well justified, although I would like to point out that I am not the sole person who possesses this natural desire. You may say i’m a dreamer, but i’m not the only one - John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![alison\_ashley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@alison\_ashley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alison_ashley)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/94 "2004-07-11T13:55:06Z")
> [@](#): > > NT3: Tune your aural receptors to the words of the botanical Homo sapiens; hark! they are gaining in volume with every rotation of the earth. Listen to what the flower people say; listen, it’s getting louder every day - Spinal Tap Now, how about this… AA1 - The vigorously shaken, lactose laden, bovine derivated flavored liquid food product of the first person draws the young males to the outdoor area utilised in recreational activity. These XY chromosome-bearing juniors opine that my vigorously shaken, lactose laden, bovine derivated flavored liquid food product is superior in quality to the one possessed by you. That is absolutely correct; the product in question belonging to me is preferable to the one belonging to you. There is the possibility of me engaging in pedagogy to better your vigorously shaken, lactose laden, bovine derivated flavored liquid food product, but that would require an exchange of currency in compensation for my service. La la, la la la. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/95 "2004-07-11T14:16:55Z")
**Dpap1** Goodness, gracious me! My initial diagnosis Rules out measles and thrombosis, Sleeping sickness and, as far as I can tell, Influenza, inflammation, Whooping cough and night starvation, And you’ll be so glad to hear That both your eyeballs are so clear That I can positively swear that you are well, ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/96 "2004-07-11T15:13:03Z")
AA1: My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…I could teach you, but I’d have to charge. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/97 "2004-07-11T16:56:04Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > Can we get a prize for the greatest ratio of new words to old words, i.e. for being as verbose as possible? 😛 EK2. Young person, whose parents did not wait until they were legally joined to engage in procreation, you were not a result they anticipated and at least one parent objected to your birth. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/98 "2004-07-11T17:25:02Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > AA1: My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…I could teach you, but I’d have to charge. Nitpick: My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they’re like, “It’s better than yours.” That’s right, it’s better than yours. I could teach you, but I’d have to charge. BTW, is “milkshake” some sort of euphemism there? ---
**Author:** ![Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ersatz_Shmoe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/99 "2004-07-12T06:56:27Z")
LG1: “Then as it was, then again it will be. An’ though the course may change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea.” - Led Zep, “Ten Years Gone” ES1: I shall continue to occupy the space upon which I am currently erected. My orientation in this regard will not be successfully altered. I will prevent the forces of the celestial sphere upon which I am stationed from comporting with a declining proclivity. In addition, I shall not acquiesce. ES2: Sir, I request your assistance in aiding my diminutive equine. He is in a prone position and is unable to return to a state perpendicular to the surface. The equine has forceably excreted mucus while positioned in the vehicular path. The effectiveness of said equine’s pulmonary system has, in my estimation, been compromised. ---
**Author:** ![Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ersatz_Shmoe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264/100 "2004-07-12T06:57:46Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > BTW, is “milkshake” some sort of euphemism there? Nope. Just a quality milkshake. What more do you need? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dread-literati-rock-game/254264.md?page=6)