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EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING
Those cats we fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightning …
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Oh man, shouldn’t this be attributed to Carl Douglas…?
After all, it is a direct quote.
Definitely should.
Should be, but come on this one is actually funny(the last few have sucked)
No it’s not. It’s plagiarism.
Yeah but we all know the source, so is it really plagiarism?
Technically uncited, so yes it is.
Am I the only one who learned it as “Those KICKS were fast as lightning”? Cats seems a bit ICHC….
Where did you learn from, exactly? “Cats” would make a lot more sense, because it would be a substitute for “guys” in the lyrics. This is from way back when, remember.
wtf? they moderated my comment? cause it had links in it? i was just discussing the possibilities of cats vs kids
You can’t put links in your post unless you stick in the website portion of the reply, or separate it with spaces so the site doesn’t pick it up.
You can also bracket it: {http://www.google.com/} For some reason the bracketing confuses it. Of course it’s not actually a link, but it’s easily copied & pasted. I’ve had PK eat posts with links in the website box (other than the one I normally have) which is weird; but normally they post ok.
Why do they hate links here? Couldn’t they at least check them and if they’re clean, secure sites then let the link stand? It’s a political website- letting us site our sources would be a big help.
I think it’s just a programming glitch in wordpress. Of course I don’t actually know that, but it’s the most likely solution. Last fall, for a while, it was eating posts with smileys.
But diss, mine was posted and had in italics “Your post is awaiting moderation.” Is it weird that fail commenting machine ate THAT up, just cause it had nice squeaky-clean links in it?
Also, OwenKellog got a link in on the Sotomayor discussion. Lucky bast*rd?
Awaiting moderation? Was that on PK or over on Failblog or one of the other ICHCs? I’ve seen that on some of the other sites, but not here. And, yeah, sometimes they post; and I don’t know why. Like I said, most of the time putting the link in the “website” box works, except, um, when it doesn’t. It’s worth a first try, anyway, and then if it gets eaten you can geek an alternate method of getting people the link. Oh, and when we’re linking to something specific in the “website” box, we normally add [link] to the post so people know something connected is linked to your name.
>.> I know THAT much, dissim
It was on PK, which surprised me.
I hate it when my comments get eaten. It’s horrid.
but what is more sensible; kicks or guys?
I think “those kicks were fast as lightning” is a lot more realistic than “those guys were fast as lightning”
No, it doesn’t. The lyrics are clearly listed as “cats”, as they were originally listed and printed as on the record. Those guys were fast as lightning also makes more sense because it implies the writer doesn’t know their opponent and means to say that they are fast. Kicks is unlikely because I can’t think of a situation where they would say “those kicks” without having specified who was giving the kicks. “Our kicks” or “the kicks” maybe. Also, Merkin states that cats makes more sense below.
Sorry, but yes, yes you are.
Spoken as one who’s pre-adolescence was involved roller skating to that song.
Well, I was sixteen when it came out, but my friends and I all sang it wrong, because we would kick on that line. Cats, as in guys, (or funky Chinamen from funky Chinatown) does make more grammatical sense when you consider the rest of the song. Stupid.
Everyone does it. They’re called “mondegreens” and there’re whole websites devoted to these misheard lyrics.
At the link.
Personal favorite:
“Might as well face it you’re a dick with a glove.”
PM, did your pre(or early)-adolescence also involve roller skating to “Fly Like an Eagle”? One of those songs that always takes me right back to the roller rink when I hear it.
Ooh, and a few years later “We Will Rock You.” 75 teenagers doing the stomp-stomp-clap beat to that on a hardwood rink floor in skates? Deafening. And awesome.
That song was terrific for clapping to. People today do it a lot too, but if I ever sing the lyrics to myself, they just look at me like they don’t have any idea what I’m talking about.
I think (and I can’t take credit for this, I think a comedian said it first) we should consider making “We Will Rock You” the national anthem. At least we can all sing it, and those who can’t can clap. Way more fun than the Star Spangled Banner.
Diss, you are full of win.
My roller-rink song is “Roam” by the B-52’s. It’s an all-skate, ladies and gentlemen!
Ahh…thank you for posting that. It was bugging me.
Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the “use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”
Yeah but is macgeek800 really representing this words as his own? I don’t think so. For instance, below I posted a direct quote from Anchorman without citing it, but it’s obviously a quote, so.
So you plagarized.
It only becomes an issue if you are taken to task for doing so.
So what do you think? A paddling or an over the knee spanking for punishment?
1852 Copyright Infringement—Penalties—17 U.S.C. § 506(a) and 18 U.S.C § 2319
A defendant, convicted for the first time of violating 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) by the unauthorized reproduction or distribution, during any 180-day period, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, or 1 or more copyrighted works, with a retail value of more than $2,500 can be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined up to $250,000, or both. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2319(b), 3571(b)(3).
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I say paddle her. With Ron Burgundy’s toupee.
I was thinking the paddle used on us in Middle School. It had holes in it.
Teh hack board… *shudder*
Oddly enough, I really respected my principal in Middle School. Mr. Duke. Good man.
I moved too damn many times to establish rapport.
Everywhere I went, I embraced my inner Jimbo.
Hence, hole-shaped perma-welts on a@@.
Linkey.
Can’t say I’m not a wee bit jealous, though
I was there for three years and only saw him once for my own wrong doing. I mostly just tried to lay low once I realized that nobody thought I was as cool as I thought I was. That personal revelation always sucks.
Ah, yes…my middle school principal called his “The Board of Education.” He thought he was a funny, funny guy.
Ya, I definitely lucked out with principals with Mr. Duke. He had a calm conversation with me about what I had done, we talked a while, and he asked if I was ready to accept responsibility for my actions.
I said yes, we got it over with, and that was that.
Sadly, I can’t remember what I did. I do remember him being level with me. Good, good man.
I had the occasional run-in with Mr. Heath…our biggest issue was his tendency to issue new rules without considering the results and my tendency to think I was smarter than him.
The biggest trouble I got in was when they notified us (in January) that as they’d waxed the gym floor over winter break, everyone had to take their shoes off OUTSIDE. Yes, in January. I started a petition to change the rule for health and safety reasons. I wasn’t even passing it around in class, but I got sent to the office anyway. He called me “subversive and defiant.” I considered it a great compliment. 
There is a reason that you are my Attorney General.
According to Plagiarism.Org: You do not have to cite sources for facts that are not the result of unique individual research. Facts that are readily available from numerous sources and generally known to the public are considered “common knowledge,” and are not protected by copyright laws. You can use these facts liberally in your paper without citing authors. If you are unsure whether or not a fact is common knowledge, you should probably cite your source just to be safe.
I’ll still take the paddling, but I want it to be with Ron Burgundy’s glorious moustache.
FACTS. Not song lyrics.
…unless you’re insinuating it’s s known fact that:
“There were funky china men
From funky china town…”
*grabs a confused Ron Burgundy and beats SB’s ass with his face*
That was just… Weird.
Oh, I lol’d. I lol’d my face off… linkey.
Well I was certainly aware of it.
It’s a well-known fact that those are well-known song lyrics!
Agreed, but from plagarism.org:
Copyright laws exist to protect our intellectual property. They make it illegal to reproduce someone else’s expression of ideas or information without permission. This can include music, images, written words, video, and a variety of other media.
At one time, a work was only protected by copyright if it included a copyright trademark (the © symbol). According to laws established in 1989, however, works are now copyright protected with or without the inclusion of this symbol.
Anyone who reproduces copyrighted material improperly can be prosecuted in a court of law. It does not matter if the form or content of the original has been altered — as long as any material can be shown to be substantially similar to the original, it may be considered a violation of the Copyright Act.
Interesting plagiarism lawsuit in progress… linkey.
i don’t think she actually did use copyright infringement. 1 quote is not enough to infringe a copyright. and the poster uses less than 10% of a song that i’m willing to bet is in public domain by now.
\Geek
Well actually, it’s the life of the author + 70 years in the US. So…not so much….
/Geek
There’s no mandatory /geek on PK that I know of.
Let your Geek Freak Flag fly high and proud, ner vod!
If you want people to see your fish avatar you just need to go to gravatar.com and register your email address, you know.
Yeah, public domain is only constituted by 70 years after the author dies here in the US. MLibby, I’m proud someone else knows that.
Too many buttons and lights. It confuses me.
Besides, I’ve always like deserts.
Thank you for defending me S_B
Even if I plagiarized, it is done in parody, So legally I’m protected
but I just quoted. so nyah nyah nyah to the haters (sticking tongue out)
This my 7th Front Page since joining. Click on my name look at some of my other LOLs
Jonathan
macgeek800
When you quote someone/something you attribute it to that someone/something.
It’s not a parody, since there’s zero comic effect here.
You plagiarized, and since this website makes a profit it likely doesn’t fall under the Fair Use Doctrine.
If this were my song lyric, I’d sue the sh!t out of you for acting like a dick about it.
HST – I understand you comment, I don’t understand the anger.
I am not a employee of ICHCB, I am a contributor to it.
And If I made someone laugh, I have been paid in full.
Why not make someone laugh too?
Jonathan
Angry?
pfft.
And I just hate everybody according to their need.
By equal measure, I have a lot of love to give to.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You speak true, grasshopper. That.
Well, technically it’s not so much “love” as it is “personal physical attention”, but tomaito, tomoto…
Excuse you?
Naw, I’m good.
@HST: sad news today. RIP grasshopper.
Ya, I has a sad and his wandering is over. T_T
So that would make it be plagiarism…..sue, sue, sue, sue….
“No it’s not [funny]. It’s plagiarism.”
Come on. No matter how you choose to interpret “fair use” I can’t see any sensible reason for complaining about this.
Using one extremely well-known line from a song to achieve comedic effect by connecting it to a picture is not something that people in general would consider plagiarism. It’s something we see all the time.
I’m sure we’ve all seen very similar things done by people like Stephen Colbert. You know, they play a clip of something serious, and suddenly it looks like a cop is doing a freaking high-kick all of the sudden and the person commenting chimes in with “Everybody was kung fu fighting” to achieve some comedic effect, by both paying tribute to a piece of culture and implying that police officers use kung fu.
On the other hand, if macgeek800 wrote a song and included this text, that would be typical plagiarism. This is just a reference to something out of popular culture connected to an unrelated image to achieve what is technically known as “teh funneh”.
i think they know that, but were just debating the *technical* aspect of it.
I think they also missed the obvious part of Hairy Sexy Troll’s name…
that hairy most definitely equals sexy?
Close, real close, but no.
One of the most horrifically awful songs the world has ever known.
Worse than this (with all apologies to those trekkies out there)???? {link}
LOL, I loved that song because of the level of silly.
The video is CLASSIC!!!!
I looked up the lyrics. OMG obscene!
Dildo (Dildo)
Dildo Banging
It’s only three feet tall
Dildo (Dildo)
Dildo Banging
The bravest little Rabbit of them all
*facepalm*
*palmcrotch*
j/k, I’m having lunch and just saw HST’s very barfy link, above. ew!
*facecrotch*
Wait…whut?
I was a tad disturbed myself and glad I recognized what it was and closed the window before anybody else in the office around me noticed.
…just doing my part to spread the wealth, Death…
This stupid machine of mine refuses to go to the link. Waahh! I need teh funny.
Dear God…the last time I needed two years to forget that I ever saw this. Now it will stay burned in my memory for ages.
Oh. My. God.
Those little dancers work hard to sell the ridiculous choreography, I’m glad they have no shame!
Oh, wait. Little dancers with no shame… oh man, I’ve gotta get a new ad into the Craigslist personals now…
Now you can have the video without that excruciating music! (Click me!)
OMG….link works now. Wish it didn’t. Or maybe I’m just trying to forget how really, really silly parts of the 60s were. But still….it has a certain kind of dumbass charm, like the Shatner Horrors….and Tommy James and the Shondells. But Kung Fu Fighting-just plain awful. McArthur Park awful.
while everyone else rags about it being blatant plagiarism… can i complain about the fact that it’s another LOL in the poster format that shouldn’t be?
poster format use: 1 out of every 5 lols
poster format used correctly: 1 out of every 237 lols
*headdesk*
Yeah, I was ragging on that in my head, too.
It’s just bad, all around.
Balls.
… cried the Queen.
“If I had ‘em, I’d be King.
“Balls!” said the Jack.
“I have them but I’m still not King!”
“Balls!” said the Jester.
“If I had five, I’d be a pinball machine.”
…and the King laughed.
Not because he wanted to,
but because he had two.
Note to young males:
“You have bigger balls than me,” while I appreciate the sentiment, is not the sort of thing I am going to thank you for.
And a sign of cancer. Also a sign that the guy isn’t getting any, thus the build up of sperm is swelling the size.
So if a guy tells you he has big balls, ask if it is because he discusses his ball size instead of impressing a girl by being worth a damn.
a sign that the guy isn’t getting any,
Really?
Yes, yes it is. Men produce sperm every day. It has to go somewhere, so it accumulates in the testes. Thus they swell.
Fun anecdote. Lynn’s mother’s first husband was a piece of idiot shit. He was a control freak who beat her and banged her whenever he felt the urge. Naturally having sex that often meant that his balls would reduce their supply and the swelling would go down.
He got concerned when he could see that his balls were noticeably smaller and went to the doctor. The doctor checked him out, puzzled a moment, then asked “Are you having sex regularly or at least more than usual?” After the obvious answer of yes, he was told he was fine.
…. -hugs- Lynn is the wife, right DWN? I feel bad that a guy like that is a member of my species. Is he still alive today? Cause I will literally punch him in the back of the face. Anyway, just here to convey my sympathies to you and your wife that that piece of crap human being was ever born.
Yea, Lynn is my wife or will be very soon, depends on how you count time.
The guy was somebody her mother was forced to marry. It didn’t last long and her mother is on her third husband. The second husband was Lynn’s father.
As for his continued breathing, I haven’t a clue and never met him. I just remember Lynn telling me the story as it was told to her.
Uhm Death >.>
You had me really, really confused there… Try rereading your original post i was talking about, with the whole first husband thing >.> “Lynn’s mother’s first husband was a piece of idiot shit. He was a control freak who beat her and banged her whenever he felt the urge.”
I TOTALLY thought that you meant he raped your fiancee as a child. Still a horrible thing to have happen, but wow do I feel relieved that wasn’t what I thought it was.
Also a great AC/DC song… {link}
Yeah, I don’t even generally care for AC/DC yet I smile whenever that song comes on. Having brothers made my sense of humor distinctly juvenile.
I have a slight fondness for them, but I am part of their demographic so I can see women being unamused. Lynn shares your lack of fancy for them as well as your regard for the Balls song. It is fun to sing it with her.
Jailbreak rules all… Linkey.
Also Given the Dog a Bone
She take you down easy
Going down to her knees
Going down to the devil
Down down at ninety degrees
She blowing me crazy
’til my ammunition is dry
She’s using her head again
She’s using her head
She’s using her head again
I’m justa giving the dog a bone
Giving the dog a bone, giving the dog a bone
Giving the dog a bone, giving the dog a bone
She’s no Mona Lisa
No she’s no playboy star
But she’ll send you to heaven
Then explode you to Mars
She’s using her head again
She’s using her head
She’s using her head again
I’m justa giving the dog a bone
Giving the dog a bone, giving the dog a bone
Giving the dog a bone, giving the dog a bone
She’s got the power of union
She only hits when it’s hot
And if she likes what you’re doing
She’ll give you the lot give it everything I got
Just giving the dog a bone
THUNDER….. THUNDER…. THUNDER….
YOU BEEN……………………………THUNDERSTRUCK!!!!!!
I was quakin’ at the knees
Would she post again please?
The ladies here are too kind
You’ve been… PKstruck
THUNDERCATS!
/dork.
I was thinking AC/DC… now I’m kinda worried that Angus Young is a Liono substitute.
SG of Rock, give me Riffs beyond Riffs!
That’s where I think my sense of humor was tailored as well… 2 older brothers…
Embrace your inner 12-year-old male child, I always say!
*farts*
*giggles*
*burps*
*giggles some more*
TEH GEH!
*ROFLS!*
*plays an armpit tune while giggling as we fade to black*
I have always said that I don’t care if I live to be 100…a fart is still going to make me giggle…or gag, depending on who does it
True enough, MG, true enough.
There was a time, a time before cable. When the local anchorman reigned supreme. When people believed everything they heard on TV. This was an age when only men were allowed to read the news. And in San Diego, one anchorman was more man then the rest. His name was Ron Burgundy. He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo. In other words, Ron Burgundy was the balls.
Hey… no worries here. I’d never tell a woman that. It’s just… weird.
Oh, and I linked to the original poem above.
A well rounded point, AC.
I thought it was swell.
Edema is a girl’s best friend …
Well, I dermis here, sometimes…
And yes, I laughed HST. Good job.
What is it that you’re quoting?
Poem called “The Night of the King’s Castration.”
Linked to it. There are several versions, and they’re all nasty!
I especially like:
“Where’s the Princess?” someone asked.
“Oh, fu(k the Princess!” replied the King.
And fifty thousand loyal subjects were killed in the rush,
for in those days the King’s word was law, he ruled with an iron hand,
and besides, the Princess was a comely wench.
Waitaminute! Pinball machines don’t give five balls any more!
Anyone know where this was taken?
somewhere in Germany
Yeah, I see the “Berliner”, but haven’t been able to find it yet…
Oh, yeah, now I can see it to [ignore my comment below]. So it’s most likley at May 1st
maybe Hamburg, some hooligan fight after a derby at St. Pauly
Thank you! I figured out the country, but not the exact location.
This picture must have been taken in Berlin, Germany, because the sign says “Berliner Bank”, and they only have branches in Berlin. Looks like a place called “Kottbusser Tor”. Should be one of the riots that take place in Berlin-Kreuzberg every year on May 1st!
We’ve secretly replaced a riot policeman with a ninja… let’s see if they notice…
I noticed, but I’m mostly just surprised. I wasn’t aware even a ninja could bend their leg past 180 degrees.
I’m waiting for the sound of the officer’s pants-seam splitting. NOT that I want to see the result!
Blarg. WTF is Bonehead doing in “new pictures to caption?”
Did he buy and save a Congolese rain forest or something?
Careful… them’s fightin’ words…
Love the music. Hate the me-centered bullsh!t.
By “me-centered bullshoot” do you mean using his status as a celebrity for promoting love and world peace? I would think if he’s so “me centered” he’d be a hollow shell like Paris Hilton and have a reality show.
Have you seen the South Park episode about him?
It’s to ROFL for. Link to plot.
I’m out for the day to play and vacay, so I’m not ignoring you, okay?
No prob….saw it and thought it was hillarious!!! Have a good day and vacay!!!
Pfft, he’s a twit and I am in my MG proof bodysuit, complete with forcefields and a tommygun filled with tranqs.
*Shows DWN the patent she holds for creating the MG proof suit*
Ahhh…but I know how it REALLY works, grasshopper…
*presses button on remote and suit fills up with Brazillian Rainforest Leaches, as helmet fills with nitrous Oxide*
*looks around as I wrote that false patent and snickers*
You aren’t as clever as you think… Enjoy the contact hallucinogen I put on that false patent and apparently the cucumber in your hand.
*shoots MG in the leg and disappears*
*sees flying bunny rabits and flying angelic Bono’s as she drifts off into stuporville*
(We’ve got this whole Spy vs. Spy thing going on, and I’ll get you yet, DWN)
{forgot to attach link…the tranq started kicking in too soon}
Ooooh, good analogy. I like it!
*falls into simple pit trap that MG set beforehand, then has to run from rolling boulder*
Are those Bono’s in bathtubs?
What’s the difference between Bono and Jesus?
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Jesus doesn’t think he’s Bono…
Q: How many members of U2 does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Just one. Bono holds it and the world revolves around him.
Careful… them’s fightin’ words…
damn nesting fail
No, no, no.
Truncheon to the head first.
Then when they are down, kick them.
Rookie riot cops.
THIS IS PO PO!!!!!
I thought it was “kicks” or “kids”
i posted some links above to the same question, check it out
Hmmm, looks like Pundit Kitchen on a good day.
He can’t get his boot off… they’re just giving him a hand.
BTW… pull my finger… heehee
it should be so obvious, riot police……
Dunno why he’s doing such a karate move, but these are Berlin police officers, and since the other guys look like punks, I suppose it was during the “customary” May Day riots this year.
Captain Falcon becomes a riot cop. He learened that from Chuck Norris
According to some college essay”that kung fu is Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially those forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.