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May 28, 2009 8:11 AM Subscribe
In Cory Branan's song "Miss Ferfuson," he mentions "a town where you can sum up every girl with just one sentence/give or take the subject or the verb."
What's the sentence?
What's the sentence?
This post was deleted for the following reason: nothing personal but AskMe isn't really for party games. You might find people who wanted to play with you over at metachat, or elsewhere. -- jessamyn
Response by poster: Absolutely, but the other interpretation is also valid. And when I read poetry, I assume that all possible interpretations and ambiguities are intended.
posted by Number Used Once at 8:17 AM on May 28, 2009
posted by Number Used Once at 8:17 AM on May 28, 2009
I read the same thing as amro. "Give or take the subject or the verb" implies that each girl can be summed up like, "Stacy likes to play piano," "Jill runs on the school track team" and so on.
posted by muddgirl at 8:17 AM on May 28, 2009
posted by muddgirl at 8:17 AM on May 28, 2009
I would guess the sentence is something along the lines of:
Subject - verb - description.
Where the subject is any girl in the town, the verb doesn't matter, and you can pick one (probably unflattering) adjective or adverb that can apply to any of them.
So something like:
{Jenny/Amy/Rachel} {is/looks/dresses/acts/sounds} boring.
posted by specialagentwebb at 8:30 AM on May 28, 2009
Subject - verb - description.
Where the subject is any girl in the town, the verb doesn't matter, and you can pick one (probably unflattering) adjective or adverb that can apply to any of them.
So something like:
{Jenny/Amy/Rachel} {is/looks/dresses/acts/sounds} boring.
posted by specialagentwebb at 8:30 AM on May 28, 2009
As Amro said. There is no magic sentence. It means they're uncomplicated.
I mean, changing the subject and verb changes the whole sentence anyway. So if you insist, the sentence is just "[girl] [verb] [noun]."
Jill waits tables. Sue is a meter maid. Jo-Beth eats everything.
posted by rokusan at 10:57 AM on May 28, 2009
I mean, changing the subject and verb changes the whole sentence anyway. So if you insist, the sentence is just "[girl] [verb] [noun]."
Jill waits tables. Sue is a meter maid. Jo-Beth eats everything.
posted by rokusan at 10:57 AM on May 28, 2009
Response by poster: I suppose I should chastize myself for not asking the question properly. I was hoping for clever and inventive sentences that would fit an unlikely interpretation of the lyrics, not elaboration on the plain meaning of the line.
More "party game" and less "English class," in other words.
(English class party game would probably be best.)
posted by Number Used Once at 1:26 PM on May 28, 2009
More "party game" and less "English class," in other words.
(English class party game would probably be best.)
posted by Number Used Once at 1:26 PM on May 28, 2009
Response by poster: I'd hoped to be given answers that consisted of sentences that fit the most absurd interpretation of the quoted lyric. That is not chatfilter. It's a proper question that can be answered.
Albeit a question I must not have framed properly, and that now is a waste of everyone's time. Wonderful.
posted by Number Used Once at 2:07 PM on May 28, 2009
Albeit a question I must not have framed properly, and that now is a waste of everyone's time. Wonderful.
posted by Number Used Once at 2:07 PM on May 28, 2009
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posted by amro at 8:15 AM on May 28, 2009