Accidental (?) poetry in Red Dwarf…
Like a blind old incontinent sheepdog
he’s had his day
Take him out to the barn with a double-barreled shot-gun
and blow the
mother away.
How do you do?
How do you do?
So you must be Lister
And you are too.
But I am not human
and neither are you.
And it is not our place
to judge them.
I wonder why you do.
There’s at least one other I’ve noticed but it’s not coming to me right now.
John Hoare / May 1, 2005 at 10:41 pm / #
(Comments now working on this entry.)
Pete Martin / May 1, 2005 at 11:32 pm / #
“How do you do?
How do you do?
So you must be Lister
And you are too.”
Shouldn’t that be ‘Rimmer’?
Karl / May 1, 2005 at 11:34 pm / #
Without trying to sound like too much of a git…..It doesn’t have to rhyme to be poetry.
Phil / May 1, 2005 at 11:35 pm / #
No…the “how do you do”s were spoken by the Rimmers. The other two are the Listers.
Phil / May 1, 2005 at 11:36 pm / #
@Karl: no, of course it doesn’t. I’d welcome anyone to post other forms of accidental poetry in the show as well. I’d like to see if anyone else found something.
Pete Martin / May 1, 2005 at 11:41 pm / #
“No…the “how do you do”s were spoken by the Rimmers. The other two are the Listers.”
You’re right, of course. *Stupid mode cancel.
The third one is great, btw.
Karl / May 1, 2005 at 11:57 pm / #
It is. Infact I found the whole thing pretty amusing. Glad I didn’t come across to git-like.
Am watching some Dwarf tonight I shall keep my ears open.
Phil / May 2, 2005 at 12:34 am / #
Actually, I was going to post a bit of Holly dialogue from Parallel Universe…the bit where he’s booting up the Hop Drive…because it’s an example of Chiasmus (a non-rhyming lyric with a reflective structure).
But it’s such a tiny fragment that it really felt like a cheat.
Phil / May 2, 2005 at 12:40 am / #
Ah hell, I’ll post the dialogue anyway.
Engage drive
drive engaged.
Initiating ignition sequence
ignition sequence initiated.
Each one is chiasmatic because of its reflective construction. Still, it’s far too brief and is pretty standard space-travel jargon so I can’t include it in good conscience.
Mr Flibble / May 2, 2005 at 7:33 am / #
There’s one in Series IV which I spotted yesterday, but as comments weren’t working at the time, I’ve forgotten it now.
I don’t think they’re necessarily accidental.
Seb Patrick / May 2, 2005 at 9:45 am / #
White
Yes
Hole
Right
Spewing
Yes
Time
With you
Engines dead
Oh
Air supply low
Ah
Advise please
Right
Cor, it’s like something out of a GCSE anthology…
Phil / May 2, 2005 at 1:39 pm / #
@ Flibble:
Yeah, I’m not sure if they’re accidental, personally, seeing as Robert delivers his “but I’m not human” line LIKE poetry. If you can find that series IV one I’d be delighted.
@ Seb:
Either I’m really a nerd or really tired, but that absolutely made my day.
antipodean / May 6, 2005 at 7:14 am / #
The third had occured to me, but I didn’t even notice the first two. How’s that!
Dave Wallace / October 6, 2017 at 4:47 pm / #
I’m not really me!
Don’t you see?
I’m a computer simulation of me!
CB3 / October 6, 2017 at 7:51 pm / #
Better dead
Than Smeg
Dave Wallace / October 7, 2017 at 7:59 pm / #
This is a Black Card situation
End of conversation
Jonsmad / October 9, 2017 at 1:03 am / #
Now, weary traveller, rest your head,
for just like me, you’re utterly dead.”
flanl / October 11, 2017 at 4:42 pm / #
Baa, flsh.
Baa, flsh.
CB3 / October 11, 2017 at 6:26 pm / #
Does not help
Does not clean
Will have sex with
A-ny-thing
Warbodog / March 14, 2018 at 11:31 pm / #
Ben Saunders / March 15, 2018 at 12:32 am / #
sexually
I realised how much that Inquisitor line was delivered like poetry today, strange coincidence.
Ben Saunders / March 15, 2018 at 12:33 am / #
If I save you
You won’t die
So I won’t die
And you won’t be dead either
And neither will I.
Warbodog / March 15, 2018 at 1:15 am / #
Warbodog / March 15, 2018 at 4:38 am / #
Let’s just hope
you don’t get an overload.
What happens if I do get an overload?
You’ll explode.
I’m not asking you to do
anything I wouldn’t do.
You?
You’d sacrifice your life
for the good of the crew?
GlenTokyo / March 15, 2018 at 6:48 am / #
Nice. Like this one. This is between Carol Ann Duffy and John Cooper Clarke in the GCSE poetry anthology.
Dave / July 9, 2019 at 8:04 pm / #
Guys, relax – I’m with the AA
You just tap
The app
And help’s on the way