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Imagine's lyrics are awful. 
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So the pun works (in a subliminal, sophisticated level) ?
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I will drop it, then.

It was meant to joke (in an antithetical way, from the Greek antithetikós)  with the irrelevance and absurdity of all this strife (from the Old French estrif) around BD & NP


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Good. Now we can go back to discussing how unworthy Bob Dylan is of an award for literary contributions to humanity. 

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Très désagréable cet endroit est.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Good. Now we can go back to discussing how unworthy Bob Dylan is of an award for literary contributions to humanity. 
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?  Ermm One should do it but I guess that could be open to conjecture depending upon how long the road is.
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand? Ermm One - doves aren't good sailors so they tend to follow migration paths that avoid large open bodies of water, should one hapless soul find itself in such a predicament then I fear the consequences are inevitable that its drowned body would eventually wash ashore to be consumed by sand. Sad really, but that's life, and death.
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned? Ermm One - but seriously by 1962 when you wrote this cannonballs hadn't been used in military capacity probably since the Boer War.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm Nope, pretty sure it's not.
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm actually it really isn't

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?  Ermm Pass - It depends on what the mountain is made from, how far it is from the sea and whether its erosion is due to the action of water acting upon it and whether that water drains into an appropriate sea and whether you mean the whole mountain or just some of it.
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free? Ermm Ah, trick question - then I'm going to take a punt and say "less than one" here
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?  Ermm One time should do it.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm is it really?
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm like do you really believe this in your heart of hearts?
Yes, and how many times must a man look up 
Before he can see the sky? Ermm One, unless he's indoors, then one needs more information before that can be answered, like the presence of one of those misogynistic glass ceiling we hear so much about which your hypothetical man can no doubt see through so again the answer would be one.
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry? Ermm One is sufficient as stereophonic hearing isn't required at this juncture.
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows
That too many people have died? Ermm One again - look mate, I'm going to have to stop you here because I know you were only 21 when you wrote this and hadn't been around long enough to work out this stuff for yourself but, seriously, none of this is difficult or mind-boggling...and I suspect that even the dimmest teenager toking a spliff in a darkened room listening to this would have worked out the answer to most of these questions is "one" and while some say the wind cries Mary or other such nonsense, I've never heard tell of a zephyr recount anything even that could be considered a cardinal number or resembles such even if the listener was drunk, stoned or simply away with the fairies. The wind is the result of air movement from an area of high atmospheric pressure to an area of low atmospheric pressure, it lacks the sentience necessary to answer specific pseudo-philosophical adolescent questions.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm Oh, alright, ignore me, here we go again...
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm ffs man, if you go around listening to atmospheric events and attributing them with magic oratorical properties then people will start crossing the street to avoid you and the next thing you'll know is you'll be wearing a silly hat and talking to imaginary "friends".


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Forgive me but some quarrelsome posts have been hidden. My sincere apologies. Unhappy

My sincere apologies for the role I played in it.
            
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Forgive me but some quarrelsome posts have been hidden. My sincere apologies. Unhappy

My sincere apologies for the role I played in it.

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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Good. Now we can go back to discussing how unworthy Bob Dylan is of an award for literary contributions to humanity. 
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?  Ermm One should do it but I guess that could be open to conjecture depending upon how long the road is.
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand? Ermm One - doves aren't good sailors so they tend to follow migration paths that avoid large open bodies of water, should one hapless soul find itself in such a predicament then I fear the consequences are inevitable that its drowned body would eventually wash ashore to be consumed by sand. Sad really, but that's life, and death.
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned? Ermm One - but seriously by 1962 when you wrote this cannonballs hadn't been used in military capacity probably since the Boer War.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm Nope, pretty sure it's not.
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm actually it really isn't

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?  Ermm Pass - It depends on what the mountain is made from, how far it is from the sea and whether its erosion is due to the action of water acting upon it and whether that water drains into an appropriate sea and whether you mean the whole mountain or just some of it.
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free? Ermm Ah, trick question - then I'm going to take a punt and say "less than one" here
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?  Ermm One time should do it.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm is it really?
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm like do you really believe this in your heart of hearts?
Yes, and how many times must a man look up 
Before he can see the sky? Ermm One, unless he's indoors, then one needs more information before that can be answered, like the presence of one of those misogynistic glass ceiling we hear so much about which your hypothetical man can no doubt see through so again the answer would be one.
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry? Ermm One is sufficient as stereophonic hearing isn't required at this juncture.
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows
That too many people have died? Ermm One again - look mate, I'm going to have to stop you here because I know you were only 21 when you wrote this and hadn't been around long enough to work out this stuff for yourself but, seriously, none of this is difficult or mind-boggling...and I suspect that even the dimmest teenager toking a spliff in a darkened room listening to this would have worked out the answer to most of these questions is "one" and while some say the wind cries Mary or other such nonsense, I've never heard tell of a zephyr recount anything even that could be considered a cardinal number or resembles such even if the listener was drunk, stoned or simply away with the fairies. The wind is the result of air movement from an area of high atmospheric pressure to an area of low atmospheric pressure, it lacks the sentience necessary to answer specific pseudo-philosophical adolescent questions.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind Ermm Oh, alright, ignore me, here we go again...
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm ffs man, if you go around listening to atmospheric events and attributing them with magic oratorical properties then people will start crossing the street to avoid you and the next thing you'll know is you'll be wearing a silly hat and talking to imaginary "friends".


Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

damn, I was aiming for a Pulitzer Ouch
I seriously think you deserve it more than Dylan.
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Bait that hook
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Bait that hook

He can't even bait a hook
He can't even skin a buck
He don't know who Jack Daniels is
He ain't ever drove a truck
Knows how to throw out a line,
But not the kind in a field and stream book
No darlin' I ain't even worried,
You'll come runnin' back
He can't even bait a hook

Justin Moore - future Nobel winner


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Maybe they should have given him the peace prize instead since that one was undeniably already a joke?
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Bait the hook
Set the trap
Your mouth is moving
Spouting off cr#p
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Ok, Blowing In The Wind? Not so good. Knocking On Heaven's Door? Classic.
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