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Date Posted: 03:51:01 10/28/04 Thu
Author: CCS
Subject: Re: Review today - stupid retort yesterday
In reply to: CCS 's message, "Review today - stupid retort yesterday" on 03:35:35 10/28/04 Thu

Just to showcase a bit more what I mean about ending on the funny with the song parody, I'm going to provide some examples from the very funny and oft-maligned Weird Al's "Fat".

Tell me which in each pairing is funnier:

<i>The word is out, better treat me right
'Cause I'm the king of cellulite

v.

I'm the king of cellulite
The words it out, better treat me right

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The pavement cracks when I fall down
I've got more chins than Chinatown

v.

I've got more chins than Chinatown
The pavement cracks when I fall down

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When I walk out to get my mail
It measures on the richter scale

v.

It measures on the richter scale
When I walk out to get my mail</i>

It should have been the first one each time. This is because it sets up for the odder portion of the rhyme to close it off. It's a tension thing.

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