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Posted: October 17 2016 at 12:20

Imagine's lyrics are awful.

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Posted: October 17 2016 at 12:41

So the pun works (in a subliminal, sophisticated level) ?

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Posted: October 17 2016 at 12:48

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Posted: October 17 2016 at 15:51

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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Posted: October 17 2016 at 15:55

haha

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Posted: October 17 2016 at 23:51

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

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 08:53

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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Posted: October 18 2016 at 09:17

Très désagréable cet endroit est.

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 09:50

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".

Edited by Dean - October 18 2016 at 09:58

What?

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:00

http://www.symbolmeanings.net/symbolism-in-blowin-in-the-wind-by-bob-dylan/

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:09

What?

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:28

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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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:38

My sincere apologies to myself for apologizing for in my case not doing anything wrong.

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:40

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

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.

Seconded

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:42

Dean wrote:

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 - 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

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 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

Oh, alright, ignore me, here we go again...
The answer is blowin' in the wind Ermm

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Dean wrote:

damn, I was aiming for a Pulitzer Ouch

I seriously think you deserve it more than Dylan.

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:44

Bait that hook

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Posted: October 18 2016 at 10:58

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

Edited by The T - October 18 2016 at 10:59