Dwarf Poetica News Posted by Phil on 1st May 2005, 05:04 Accidental (?) poetry in Red Dwarf… Like a blind old incontinent sheepdoghe’s had his dayTake him out to the barn with a double-barreled shot-gunand blow the mother away. How do you do?How do you do?So you must be ListerAnd you are too. But I am not humanand 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.
@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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
@ 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.
sexually I realised how much that Inquisitor line was delivered like poetry today, strange coincidence.
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?
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? Nice. Like this one. This is between Carol Ann Duffy and John Cooper Clarke in the GCSE poetry anthology.
