# Verbose song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244 "2010-11-19T18:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/541 "2010-12-03T13:40:15Z")
It would have been a fine thing for you to witness my association with the gent who is adept at such games as five-card draw. The assortment of cards I had been dealt was so auspicious it could be compared to the sugary secretions of _Apis mellifera_, so I wagered extravagantly: a thousand currency units! With not a moment to lose, I cheated by peeking at my opponent’s cards. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/542 "2010-12-03T14:07:20Z")
I request the identity of that African-American investigative professional whose ability in matters carnal recalls the tirelessness of an automaton, something experienced universally among the distaff gender. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/543 "2010-12-03T14:31:05Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I request the identity of that African-American investigative professional whose ability in matters carnal recalls the tirelessness of an automaton, something experienced universally among the distaff gender. You’re talking ‘bout _Shaft_ by [del]Chef[/del] Isaac Hayes. Shut yo’ mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/544 "2010-12-03T16:37:15Z")
a. It is a requisite to be aware of the temporal appropriateness of manual retention, of origami, of ambulatory departure, and of sprinting. At no time is it advisable to verify your cash balance while seated antemensally; an adequate period for doing so is scheduled following the conclusion of transactions. b. The oldest of British coins located in a small fluvial body, the discarded photosynthetic organs of _Platanus occidentalis_, that portion of solar glare reflected onto the Green Mountain State by the lunar albedo. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/545 "2010-12-03T17:45:24Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I have just completed my secondary education in its entirety > It would seem that I am very, very popular > I am compelled to move to rythyms not unlike a harlequin > There is a communiqué stating > That my desires include being an uncontrolled individual > Affirmative, I am an uncontrolled individual It is imperitive that I fracture an object to disengage its tightness It is imperitive that I continue uncontolled locomotion It is imperitive that I continue moving an object to and fro, infant It is true that I am an uncontrolled preteen ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/546 "2010-12-03T17:47:02Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > a. It is a requisite to be aware of the temporal appropriateness of manual retention. . . > > b. The oldest of British coins located in a small fluvial body. . . a. _The Gambler_ b. _Moonlight in Vermont_ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/547 "2010-12-03T17:47:54Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > b. The oldest of British coins located in a small fluvial body, the discarded photosynthetic organs of _Platanus occidentalis_, that portion of solar glare reflected onto the Green Mountain State by the lunar albedo. I had to look this up a bit. Pennies in a stream, falling leaves, a sycamore tree. Moonlight in Vermont ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/548 "2010-12-03T18:56:25Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Let’s try some short, but familiar, lyrics: > > (a) That is not employment; that is the manner in which you are employed… It Ain’t What You Do, It’s The Way That You Do It. - By, well, [various artists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27ain%27t_What_You_Do_%28It%27s_the_Way_That_You_Do_It%29), but the version I most remember is by _The Fun Boy Three With Bananarama_. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/549 "2010-12-03T19:01:31Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > a. _The Gambler_ > > b. _Moonlight in Vermont_ > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I had to look this up a bit. > Pennies in a stream, falling leaves, a sycamore tree. Moonlight in Vermont Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/550 "2010-12-03T19:02:30Z")
Still outstanding (In several ways if I do say so myself ;)) > [@](#): > > Shift the focus of your organs of ocular perception toward the organs used for percieving photons of a specific wavelength band belonging to your interlocutor. After you have accomplished this, you will be able to percieve which specific ontological entity is effected in said interlocutor. For when people wish to refer to the entity with whom you are speaking, they use a word derived, appropriately enough, from an ancient word used to denote an entity who customarily transports a device used for emanating such photons. If the person to whom I am speaking shall grant my request, that person shall maneouvre their appendage commonly used in the great apes and their close relatives for finely manipulating objects so that it may touch that same appendage which can be found on their interlocutor. Hint: early heavy metal ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/551 "2010-12-04T05:53:13Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > c. O namesake of Mrs. C.S. Lewis whose native land is that portion of the underworld reserved for the heroic and virtuous: drunkenly we enter the conflagration, your celestial chancel! Noting that this one remains unsolved. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/552 "2010-12-04T09:10:38Z")
_An die Freude_ (Ode to Joy) - Friedrich Schiller I believe these are also outstanding: > [@Enginerd](#): > > These days, numerous dimestore criminals engage in negotiations and finalize an agreement with their surroundings, ultimately remunerating somebody in installments for either a settee or a young woman. With invocations of strong human emotions inked into the dermis of his phalanges, he must abuse his own children due to their lack of comprehension that the motto of the Queen’s Royal Lancers loses its significance and fades into obscurity with a host of other slogans. > > The man who copulates with the cloistered ascetic woman later voluntarily engages in the congregation she purports to serve. > [@Enginerd](#): > > b) Overhead vistas created by Rayleigh scattering of solar radiation in the atmosphere seem to be expressing their approval of my current situation. > > d) Having exchanged all my gambling chits for actual money, I’m continuing down the road. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/553 "2010-12-04T10:49:16Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Still outstanding (In several ways if I do say so myself ;)) > > > [@](#): > > > > Shift the focus of your organs of ocular perception toward the organs used for percieving photons of a specific wavelength band belonging to your interlocutor. After you have accomplished this, you will be able to percieve which specific ontological entity is effected in said interlocutor. For when people wish to refer to the entity with whom you are speaking, they use a word derived, appropriately enough, from an ancient word used to denote an entity who customarily transports a device used for emanating such photons. If the person to whom I am speaking shall grant my request, that person shall maneouvre their appendage commonly used in the great apes and their close relatives for finely manipulating objects so that it may touch that same appendage which can be found on their interlocutor. > > Hint: > > early heavy metal Wild guess: “Remember Tomorrow” by…Opeth 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/554 "2010-12-04T16:01:20Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I believe these are also outstanding: The first is “Death or Glory” by the Clash; the second is “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/555 "2010-12-04T20:46:09Z")
Both correct. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/556 "2010-12-04T23:56:59Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > _An die Freude_ (Ode to Joy) - Friedrich Schiller …with accompaniment by that deaf guy. Right. ---
**Author:** ![MAK\_883\_IRON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@MAK\_883\_IRON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MAK_883_IRON)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/557 "2010-12-06T20:08:17Z")
You are only a canine of the type used for tracking other beasts, constantly lacrimose, you are only a canine of the type used for tracking other beasts, constantly lacrimose, Your skills at capturing certain rodents are as yet unproven, also I do not count you amongst my prefered aquaintances. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/558 "2010-12-06T20:12:43Z")
> [@MAK\_883\_IRON](#): > > You are only a canine of the type used for tracking other beasts, constantly lacrimose, > you are only a canine of the type used for tracking other beasts, constantly lacrimose, > Your skills at capturing certain rodents are as yet unproven, also I do not count you amongst my prefered aquaintances. “Hound Dog,” by Elvis Presley. ---
**Author:** ![MAK\_883\_IRON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@MAK\_883\_IRON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MAK_883_IRON)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/559 "2010-12-06T20:26:28Z")
Correct, that was my first attempt, too easy wasn’t it ? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/560 "2010-12-06T21:02:38Z")
I have just completed my secondary education in its entirety It would seem that I am very, very popular I am compelled to move to rythyms not unlike a harlequin There is a communiqué stating That my desires include being an uncontrolled individual Affirmative, I am an uncontrolled individual It is imperitive that I fracture an object to disengage its tightness It is imperitive that I continue uncontolled locomotion It is imperitive that I continue moving an object to and fro, infant It is true that I am an uncontrolled preteen > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > It is imperitive that I fracture an object to disengage its tightness > It is imperitive that I continue uncontolled locomotion > It is imperitive that I continue moving an object to and fro, infant > It is true that I am an uncontrolled preteen This one’s still unsolved. Anyone want a hint? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244.md?page=29)