Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 21, 2015

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Apparently, that’s Beyonce, singing a parody of her song, “Irreplaceable”

    The lyrics repeat the lines “To the left,To the left…Everything you own in a box to the left…”

    (She’s kicking out her boyfriend.)

    And these are pirates, see..?On a ship.And on a ship, they say “port” for “left”…. see?

    Ow. My head hurts.

    Thank you, Great Google, without Whom I wouldn’t have had a clue.

    (But… am I better off, knowing, or not knowing?)

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    PICTO  over 9 years ago

    Nice booty.

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    Godfreydaniel  over 9 years ago

    True enough that if ya gotta explain then ’tain’t funny, McGee. I think Peter would pan this gag.

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    MommaBee170  over 9 years ago

    And yet – I got it so fast I was singing it as I read it, and I’ll bet my entire music-diverse family did the same.

    As an added bonus – I will always remember port vs starboard now. :)

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    shipl14  over 9 years ago

    A starrrrrrr is born

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    sacldczoo  over 9 years ago

    This was a ‘pirated’ version.

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    Kamino Neko  over 9 years ago

    I will never understand pride in/aggressive defense of ignorance.

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    Kind&Kinder  over 9 years ago

    Why does Beyonce look more like Bitney Spears?

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    Varnes  over 9 years ago

    Susan, thank you. I know port and starboard, but I didn’t know the song. So I never would have gotten the joke….Which actually is a pretty good joke for the people who got it. Sometimes explaining a joke is educational.. Steve Martin used to do a routine about jokes that only a small number of people would get ….And then he did a joke about wrenches that only somebody who knew all there is to know about wrenches could possibly get…

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    zippykatz  over 9 years ago

    I see her name, I call her “Bouncy”.

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    finnygirl Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Thank you, Susan! You always explain things so nicely. I appreciate it, and I still enjoy jokes even if they have to be explained to me. Thanks again!

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    kernelcorny Premium Member over 9 years ago

    She speaks their language, no wonder the pirates dig her.When Townes Van Zandt sang “I’ve been everywhere”, he included a verse that just kept repeating the name of the city he happened to be in, playing to cheers of the local crowd.

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    Thehag  over 9 years ago

    Hah, I kept thinking ‘port’ as a place to you sail to or from, as in ‘any port in a storm’

    Didn’t get who the singer was supposed to be, out of touch with pop music.

    Thanks Susan for clearing it up for all of us.

    Bruno, sounds like a fun song.

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