For Whom the Cow Moos

[Go Down, Moses]

Do not ask for whom the cow moos
Or why he stands and chews and chews
He is sturdy, strong and stable
Eating all the grass a cow is able
But never you mind, his destiny is clear:
To become your barbecue early next year!

[Violet]

Do not ask for whom the cow moos
Or why he stands and chews and chews
He is sturdy, strong and stable
Eating all the grass a cow is able
But never you mind, his destiny is clear:
To become your barbecue early next year!

.. have you been reading Sartre again?

[Violet]

.. you know, something's been bugging me about your avatar name, and I believe I've kept this matter to myself long enough.

.. now, don't you think that going down on Moses is just a bit, uh..

actually, never mind.

oh, so, carry on.

[still, you have to admit--you are bordering on blasphemy, it seems like] [just saying]

[Cate]

Do not ask for whom the cow moos
Or why he stands and chews and chews
He is sturdy, strong and stable
Eating all the grass a cow is able
But never you mind, his destiny is clear:
To become your barbecue early next year!

thank you to the noble cow

[nonnymonster]

.. now, don't you think that going down on Moses is just a bit, uh..

actually, never mind.

oh, so, carry on.

][/size]

[Moves as if uncomfortably high Victorian collar is suddenly itching her]
...well, I used to think that carpenter's son had a hot body, but I am so over it.

[Violet]

[Moves as if uncomfortably high Victorian collar is suddenly itching her]
...well, I used to think that carpenter's son had a hot body, but I am so over it.

I have to admit, Charlton Heston is pretty hard to beat, as far as blasphem--uh, biblical personati goes, especially in this youtube bit when he throws down the stone tablet in a rage. [now, while the actor himself never really did do it for me, this gesture actually gets me a bit itchy under my own, overly high Victorian collar].. [which Violet now tears off in a fit of purple passion over Paraguay]

[yeah, I'm mixing my Nonny-thread references now]

I did want to point out, however [as I'm a stickler for historical inaccuracy], Mel Brooks' apparently defor--uh, informed opinion that there were, in fact, fifteen commandments [as opposed to the standard Big Ten], but that given Moses dropped and tragically broke into itty bitty pieces one of the three stone tablets, we may never know what the last five commandments were.. although I'm thinking "thou shalt not go down on Moses" is likely to be one of them. [in fact, it's Freud's preferred theory on this, as it explains why it was that tablet in particular that Moses just "happened" to drop] [banana peel aside, I mean]

.. [actually, having never bothered to study the matter, I'd add that the bible is just riddled with prime examples of just the very best slapstick, as surely Cecil B. was well aware]..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKEp7WYrMmY
FULL SCREEN..

[Go Down, Moses]

.. you know, something's been bugging me about your avatar name, and I believe I've kept this matter to myself long enough.

.. now, don't you think that going down on Moses is just a bit, uh..

actually, never mind.

oh, so, carry on.

[still, you have to admit--you are bordering on blasphemy, it seems like] [just saying]

Uh ... my avatar name is not "Going Down ON Moses," but rather "Go Down, Moses."

"Go Down, Moses" is the name of my favorite William Faulkner novel. Actually, it isn't really a novel so much as an interconnected series of short stories. I happened to be reading it for about the seventh time when I signed up for this BBS, which is why I chose that name. In my humble opinion, it's the most unjustly overlooked work in the whole Faulkner canon.

I had never considered that anybody would ever even BEGIN to think of "Go Down ON Moses," particularly somebody from a forum as educated as I had (naively, it would appear) supposed this one to be. I'm surprised that anybody did made that association, since it would never have occurred to me.

[Violet]

.. gosh, unfortunately, I managed to delete the majority of my last post, save this part [below] that I'd quoted for this new one. [don't ask me how I do these things, and too bad too, since I rather liked it] Actually, I believe, after what's quoted below, that I went on to say that we should thank our lucky stars for Dr. Freud since he makes even idiots look good, although I no longer recollect how I arrived at that conclusion.

.. anyway.. continuing with this nonsense.. [oh, and in response to the above post]..

.. okay, I hate to be the one to have to point these types of things out, since I myself rather wish the world were a bit different than it's obviously turned out to be, but it seems quite evident [now that you bring this up], that had Faulkner included that vital little "On" in his title, his "unjustly overlooked" work would surely have been pored over.

.. now, as concerns the above, I'd originally had 'poured' over, instead of 'pored' over [before I so conscientiously corrected it, that is], and so I wondered what one Dr. F. would have made of my little faux pas. "Spilled milk" comes to mind, but seems less deliberate than something "poured."

.. let's see now.. [how to write this]..

.. "having pored over the entire collection of Faulkner's short stories, and finding nothing that truly evoked the promise of its title.. [Go Down On Moses, that is] [since it was re-titled for a recent edition, it turns out] [given publishers (especially) pore over this site].. anyhow, given the obvious disappointment, he took the remainder of his brandy [that he likes to snift while doing his late-night reading], and poured it over the open tome.. something he surely would regret in the morning, given that--okay, well, since he thought he'd be poring over certain, uh, "references" in the book [in keeping with said trashy title], it seems he'd taken out the good stuff [brandy wise, that is], as opposed to the usual so-so fare he normally indulged in."

Thus, class, I think we've all learned [the hard-liquor way, it seems like] the decided difference between: spilled milk, poured brandy [as brought about by unfruitful poring].. oh, and poor Faulkner. [with Freud left out of it entirely] [or, no, actually, he'd no doubt say the "pouring" was a substitute for--oh, never mind] [he can be such a dick sometimes]

Dr. V.D. Flowers [chick lit critic, par excellence] [a designation which I believe derives from the French] [the "V.D." part, I mean]

[nonnymonster]

Poor Moses! You weren't supposed to be offended. Violet is highly educated but clearly suffers from Tourette's syndrome. This trait makes her much more adorable than babies and fluffy puppies (both of which just poop everywhere). I think everyone in here enjoys the finer and subtler things in life, but I apologize if the ladies in this community like our men in the Biblical sense.

[Violet]

Poor Moses! You weren't supposed to be offended. Violet is highly educated but clearly suffers from Tourette's syndrome. This trait makes her much more adorable than babies and fluffy puppies (both of which just poop everywhere). I think everyone in here enjoys the finer and subtler things in life, but I apologize if the ladies in this community like our men in the Biblical sense.

.. actually, as opposed to "Tourette's".. [a disease in which only a very small portion of its sufferers verbally act out in the way we've all come to think they do] [by the way] [according to "wiki," at least].. anyway, I tried to think of a word I preferred over "Tourette's," and my mind came up with "Babette's" [must be a sound thing], which is from a Danish film that no doubt speaks to the "finer and subtler" things in life: Babette's Feast. I haven't seen it in some time, and the trailers for it on youtube are just miserable, probably since it's really and truly the sort of film that you have to watch from beginning to end. Anyway, I recall it's being a completely wonderful film, in fact--and I highly recommend it.

There. I hope I salvaged something. [I confess, once the--uh, "untoward" side of my brain gets going, it really does take a Nonny Monster to put a stop to it, probably since that's what Nonny Monsters are for] [pretty sure]

My sincere apologies to all I may have offended [including Moses],

Violet (flower)

[Go Down, Moses]

I wasn't offended, but amused ---- and surprised that anybody would make the association that Violet did.