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roachboy · 02-18-2009, 10:42 AM

shakran:

i don't think it was intentional. to think that you'd have to subscribe to a version of the theory advanced by jamie brockett in that old strange song "the ballad of the uss titanic" to explain that collision. , if memory serves, ithe theory involved433 1/2 feet of rope made from hemp. while i expect that you can derive the rest of the theory, here's what i remember of it: at the critical moment, the captain of the titanic, who has just previously been passed out after smoking a length of that rope, woke up, saw the iceberg and bellowed: "I'M GONNA MOVE YOU BABY."

i think the song ends just after that. what more is there to say really?
but i haven't heard it since high school and am surprised that i remember as much of it as (apparently) i do.

more realistically, who knows?
maybe there are particular corridors where submarines like to hang out, like puppy parks for submariners where they go to frolic about and chase each other and something went awry.

02-18-2009, 10:42 AM	#17 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	shakran: i don't think it was intentional. to think that you'd have to subscribe to a version of the theory advanced by jamie brockett in that old strange song "the ballad of the uss titanic" to explain that collision. , if memory serves, ithe theory involved433 1/2 feet of rope made from hemp. while i expect that you can derive the rest of the theory, here's what i remember of it: at the critical moment, the captain of the titanic, who has just previously been passed out after smoking a length of that rope, woke up, saw the iceberg and bellowed: "I'M GONNA MOVE YOU BABY." i think the song ends just after that. what more is there to say really? but i haven't heard it since high school and am surprised that i remember as much of it as (apparently) i do. more realistically, who knows? maybe there are particular corridors where submarines like to hang out, like puppy parks for submariners where they go to frolic about and chase each other and something went awry. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 02-18-2009 at 10:45 AM..