An ode to beast and Mini
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An ode to beast and Mini
I can't believe the thought to post this didn't come earlier -
Build Another Pyramid from "AIDA"
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minuscular
That he'll come back from the brink
Not to beat around the bush
He looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks
According to the Hawk God Horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
build it, build it
Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It'll soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead
With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion, bets are off
Soon our monarch will have filled the tomb
Just like his fathers did
Summon Egypt's greatest builder
Re: another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should scrub his next vacation
Even put tonight on hold
This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud
He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards floor to lid
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid
Build Another Pyramid from "AIDA"
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
Hopes could not be minuscular
That he'll come back from the brink
Not to beat around the bush
He looks like heading for his box
At the risk of seeming pushy
We must plan for future shocks
According to the Hawk God Horus
Our most regal invalid
Is not that much longer for us
Build another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
build it, build it
Though all doctors and physicians
Have been summoned to his bed
It'll soon be top morticians
We'll be calling for instead
With each wheeze the nation's humming
Egypt shakes with every cough
No two ways about what's coming
No discussion, bets are off
Soon our monarch will have filled the tomb
Just like his fathers did
Summon Egypt's greatest builder
Re: another pyramid
Build it, build it
Another pyramid
Build it, build it
We hate to depress the nation
But our leader has been told
He should scrub his next vacation
Even put tonight on hold
This is where his loyal priesthood
Has the chance to do him proud
Holy leaders at the least should
See him happy to his shroud
He must have a vault that's grand by
Any standards floor to lid
Put five thousand slaves on standby
Build another pyramid
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Ha! I'm not familiar with this so, when I read those first two lines, I thought you'd adapted the lines to reflect their ongoing HK feud.gotribego26 wrote:I can't believe the thought to post this didn't come earlier -
Build Another Pyramid from "AIDA"
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
WheresFanny wrote:Ha! I'm not familiar with this so, when I read those first two lines, I thought you'd adapted the lines to reflect their ongoing HK feud.gotribego26 wrote:I can't believe the thought to post this didn't come earlier -
Build Another Pyramid from "AIDA"
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
If it's a pyramid Tribe wants, then we'll give him one!
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
And how would one go about doing that?kayrharris wrote:WheresFanny wrote:Ha! I'm not familiar with this so, when I read those first two lines, I thought you'd adapted the lines to reflect their ongoing HK feud.gotribego26 wrote:I can't believe the thought to post this didn't come earlier -
Build Another Pyramid from "AIDA"
Sad to say our mighty ruler
Is not really in the pink
If it's a pyramid Tribe wants, then we'll give him one!![]()
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Pick up this brick and climb those stairs!!!!WheresFanny wrote:And how would one go about doing that?kayrharris wrote:WheresFanny wrote: Ha! I'm not familiar with this so, when I read those first two lines, I thought you'd adapted the lines to reflect their ongoing HK feud.
If it's a pyramid Tribe wants, then we'll give him one!![]()
NOW, my slave!!!!!
Keep building, you slaves!
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Y'know, the notion that the pyramids were built by slaves was pretty much a Hollywood invention that has been pretty throughly debunked by now...Pharaoh For Life wrote:Pick up this brick and climb those stairs!!!!WheresFanny wrote:And how would one go about doing that?kayrharris wrote:
If it's a pyramid Tribe wants, then we'll give him one!![]()
NOW, my slave!!!!!
Another brick in the wall...
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
mrkelley23 wrote:Y'know, the notion that the pyramids were built by slaves was pretty much a Hollywood invention that has been pretty throughly debunked by now...Pharaoh For Life wrote:Pick up this brick and climb those stairs!!!!WheresFanny wrote: And how would one go about doing that?
NOW, my slave!!!!!
Another brick in the wall...
Well, I certainly need an excuse to post something. Why not add a brick?
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
No one NEEDS an excuse to post! But thanks to my fellow 26ophile for a REASON to!kayrharris wrote:mrkelley23 wrote:Y'know, the notion that the pyramids were built by slaves was pretty much a Hollywood invention that has been pretty throughly debunked by now...Pharaoh For Life wrote: Pick up this brick and climb those stairs!!!!
NOW, my slave!!!!!
Another brick in the wall...
Well, I certainly need an excuse to post something. Why not add a brick?
One more brick...
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Just keep piling them on. It'll keep you from hurling one at me....minimetoo26 wrote:No one NEEDS an excuse to post! But thanks to my fellow 26ophile for a REASON to!kayrharris wrote:mrkelley23 wrote: Y'know, the notion that the pyramids were built by slaves was pretty much a Hollywood invention that has been pretty throughly debunked by now...
Another brick in the wall...
Well, I certainly need an excuse to post something. Why not add a brick?
One more brick...
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
We don't need no educationlittlebeast13 wrote:Just keep piling them on. It'll keep you from hurling one at me....minimetoo26 wrote:No one NEEDS an excuse to post! But thanks to my fellow 26ophile for a REASON to!kayrharris wrote:
Well, I certainly need an excuse to post something. Why not add a brick?
One more brick...![]()
lb13
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!!!gotribego26 wrote:We don't need no educationlittlebeast13 wrote:Just keep piling them on. It'll keep you from hurling one at me....minimetoo26 wrote: No one NEEDS an excuse to post! But thanks to my fellow 26ophile for a REASON to!
One more brick...![]()
lb13
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
lb13
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!?littlebeast13 wrote:If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!!!gotribego26 wrote:We don't need no educationlittlebeast13 wrote: Just keep piling them on. It'll keep you from hurling one at me....![]()
lb13
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
lb13
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Okay, I can't go back to the proper quote for obvious reasons, but.....minimetoo26 wrote:How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!?littlebeast13 wrote:If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!!!gotribego26 wrote: We don't need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
lb13
Slaves didn't build the pyramids? Really? You mean it really was engineering experts from advanced alien life forms?
The last line notwithstanding, this really is a serious question (I know!), I'm very interested.
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Have we figured out when the pyramid is no longer a pyramid?WheresFanny wrote:Okay, I can't go back to the proper quote for obvious reasons, but.....minimetoo26 wrote:How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!?littlebeast13 wrote: If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!!!
lb13
Slaves didn't build the pyramids? Really? You mean it really was engineering experts from advanced alien life forms?
The last line notwithstanding, this really is a serious question (I know!), I'm very interested.
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For Fanny:kayrharris wrote:Have we figured out when the pyramid is no longer a pyramid?WheresFanny wrote:Okay, I can't go back to the proper quote for obvious reasons, but.....minimetoo26 wrote: How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!?
Slaves didn't build the pyramids? Really? You mean it really was engineering experts from advanced alien life forms?
The last line notwithstanding, this really is a serious question (I know!), I'm very interested.
Recent archaeological research indicates that the pyramids were built by teams of rotating labor forces, made up not of slaves, but of teams of young men from the whole spectrum of Egyptian society. Sort of like compulsory national service. Here's a pretty good link -- the stuff you're interested in is at the very end of the article:
http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who- ... amids.html
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
Interesting article, Mr. K! Thanks for linking that.
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
I'm not disputing the archeological evidence, but I think that tale in Exodus might predate Hollywood by a few years.mrkelley23 wrote:Y'know, the notion that the pyramids were built by slaves was pretty much a Hollywood invention that has been pretty throughly debunked by now...
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Sidestepping the whole issue of biblical literacy, I will only say that I can find nowhere in the Bible that it says that Hebrew slaves worked at all on the pyramids.
I"m sad that Exodus has just become another opportunity for the snarky on each side to fire across the battlements again.
I"m sad that Exodus has just become another opportunity for the snarky on each side to fire across the battlements again.
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Not fair, Mr. K.mrkelley23 wrote:Sidestepping the whole issue of biblical literacy, I will only say that I can find nowhere in the Bible that it says that Hebrew slaves worked at all on the pyramids.
I"m sad that Exodus has just become another opportunity for the snarky on each side to fire across the battlements again.
Marley has never been among the snarky. He has made efforts to dampen that sort of thing.
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Yikes!
Didn't mean that to come across that way. My apologies, Marley, that at least one wise one read it that way.
No, I was referring to the websites I looked at to try to answer Marley's question in full, including infidels.org and answersingenesis. They reaaaally don't like each other, y'know?
Didn't mean that to come across that way. My apologies, Marley, that at least one wise one read it that way.
No, I was referring to the websites I looked at to try to answer Marley's question in full, including infidels.org and answersingenesis. They reaaaally don't like each other, y'know?
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I withdraw my comment. I believe you're correct that the word "pyramid" does not appear in the text, and the passages regarding bricks and straw are not relevant to the stone blocks used in the construction of the pyramids. Hollywood it is, then!mrkelley23 wrote:Sidestepping the whole issue of biblical literacy, I will only say that I can find nowhere in the Bible that it says that Hebrew slaves worked at all on the pyramids.
I did not intend to appear on the side of the literal-minded. I may have intended snarkiness.mrkelley23 wrote:I"m sad that Exodus has just become another opportunity for the snarky on each side to fire across the battlements again.
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Re: An ode to beast and Mini
No fights here but I do think Mr. K is technically correct. Exodus talks about the rebuilding of two cities: Pithom and Ramses. Whether or not they built the pyramids in those cities is up for interpretation.
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An interesting speculation, for which I don't think evidence is even possible, let alone in existence, is that perhaps Hebrew slaves (if there were any) built the "worker cities" that the labor gangs that built the pyramids lived in.
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Thanks for the follow up and article, mrk.mrkelley23 wrote:For Fanny:kayrharris wrote:Have we figured out when the pyramid is no longer a pyramid?WheresFanny wrote: Okay, I can't go back to the proper quote for obvious reasons, but.....
Slaves didn't build the pyramids? Really? You mean it really was engineering experts from advanced alien life forms?
The last line notwithstanding, this really is a serious question (I know!), I'm very interested.
Recent archaeological research indicates that the pyramids were built by teams of rotating labor forces, made up not of slaves, but of teams of young men from the whole spectrum of Egyptian society. Sort of like compulsory national service. Here's a pretty good link -- the stuff you're interested in is at the very end of the article:
http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who- ... amids.html
We, the HK Brigade, do hereby salute you, Marley, for your steadfast devotion to ontopicosity. Well done, sir!