Mallette's a Bald Faced Liar!

[thebes]

I suspect he's one of those Single Ended Terrestrials sent to counter-act a non-existant threat from the peace loving people of Discoville.

Here's what he wrote:

"I felt that, perhaps, a bit more background on the threat posed by
the so-called "Swingle Singers" was in order. This material has been
declassified recently in order to bring about final removal of this
threat. The government feels that you are now ready to be able to
handle this.

About 30 years ago, Earth was threatened with
occupation by the forces of the Cacaphonian League. One of their spies
had, purchance, landed right in a theater showing Saturday Night Fever
and fed heavily on the music. It seems that their evolutionary process
had created within them a deep and fundamental need for such music.
Their greatest and most beloved composer, the immortal Beezgeesh, was
considered the father of their cuture. This spy had returned with
glowing tales of a rich planet filled with what the Earthlings called
"Discoteques," where Cacaphonians could feed and grow fat for free.

In
fact, their invasion armada was nearing Earth when their scanners
picked up, amongst other things, WRR in Dallas. The sublime sounds of
Mozart filled their ships and created untold agony for the
Cacaphonians, nearly killing them before they were able to shut it
off. The confused Cacaphonian Command, however, responded immediately
with a clever and cunning plan. Working with ears heavily shielded,
they created the ultimate weapon, a perversion of Earths' great
composers so devastating that it would spread throughout the planet and
completely wipe out the threat. Thousands upon thousands of the
"Swingle Plan" discs were transported directly to discount stores on
Earth identified by a hole cut in the upper corner. Unsuspecting music
lovers, seeing their beloved Bach and Mozart listed on the covers, took
them home and were immediatly overcome by the nanorobots who promptly
destroyed all ability to find sustenance in great music. They spread
with rapidity through the populace, leaving the victims staring
blankly about and mouthing "na, nana, nanananaNAH!"

However,
there was a weakness in the plan. Some resistive Earthlings were
fortunate enough to only overhear this insidious weapon from other
rooms. While still damaging, they were forewarned enough to get away.
Once the coast was clear, they investigated and found the source of
this extraordinary pain. While they did not understand the source or
real implications of the threat, they knew what to do and immediately
destroyed the offending record.

Swingle Singers records
gradually disappeared all over the globe into landfills where they will
remain as threats for thousands of years. However, the immediate
danger was gone and, with time, the number of discoteques dwindled as
people gradually came to their senses. With no source of free food and
the shield from WRR and other classical and jazz music stations holding
them at bay, the Cacaphonian Fleet moved on to easier pickings.

However,
a few of these "cut outs" still remain shrink wrapped in their covers
at Goodwills, Half-Priced Books, and many other stores. Even after 30
years they are fully armed and capable of destroying all ability to
appreciate great art.

Beware. If you see one, do NOT remove the
shrink wrap. Purchase it, take it home and feed it into your
shredder. These were secretly developed by the US government to deal
with the threat without alarming the public. Once shredded, the
nanobots are permanently disarmed.

You have been warned.

Dave"

I love Disco! Look at my avatar. It's never done me any harm.

As a matter of fact I think TheBes is going to put on a little BeeGees.

Whose with me!

[Groomlakearea51]

And I thought the Cacaphonian League was my children and the Cartoon Network on Saturday morning...[:|]

[oldtimer]

Thebes I'm normally with you but I have to draw the line somewhere. I think the BeeGees is that line. I'll be on the sidelines, if you get desperate give me a call.

[Klipsched with Yamahas]

Disco gets a bad rap!

Best wishes

Leif Garrett (muhahahahaha)

[jacksonbart]

middle notch

[oldtimer]

Oh jeeze K with Y! I have a friend who as a pre-teen or teen won one of those contest drawings for a day or something with that guy. I think it was Tiger Beat. Anyway, the pics are hilarious and she said he was clearly wanting to be anywhere else than where he was.

[thebes]

So OT, you're one of those are you. Anti-Disco Conspiracy Group.

Hah! It's disco. It's nothing but good old fashioned fun. Yes let us return now to those halychon days of merriment.

What's that in back of my closet? Why some white platform shoes. Gee. I wonder if they still fit?

Is is to early for Donna Summer?

[oldtimer]

You got me there thebes but I am a member of several interlocking and often contradictory underground cells, unweave the web only at your own peril!

[synthfreek]

Ok this is the second time in two days that I've seen someone referred to as a "bald faced liar". Have I been wrong my entire life? I've always thought the term of endearment was "BOLD faced liar". How can your face be bald? Unless you have a severe case of alopecia.

[oldtimer]

It has nothing to do with the face. it refers to the lie. The lie is bald-faced, not the speaker of the lie. A bald- faced liar tells a bald faced lie. That's pretty much it. But it's american english wait ten minutes for news from the ghetto and it will all change.

[synthfreek]

I always thought that it referred to the person telling the lie's face. Like not only is this person telling a lie but he/she's doing it with a bold look on his/her face. I still don't get how anything can be bald-faced.

[synthfreek]

I'm so anal I just looked it up and I see all sorts of contradictory explanations. According to the American Heritage Dictionary both are acceptable.

[dtel]

middle notch

Now I like that JB, different grades of notch !

Disco is not that bad, compared to Coytee's Marie Osmond ! [+o(]

[oldtimer]

Yeah I hate that dictionary. Like I said, it will change in ten minutes when the new forces of culture make up an entirely different usage.

[oldtimer]

Come on dtel, paper roses versus i just want to be your everything? Can there really be a choice here other than avoidance? I would be more extreme about it but I'm trying not to ruffle feathers, since it's the spring migration season.

[oldtimer]

Thebes you're losing your thread coherence at this point. Not that I would instigate or anything...

[oldtimer]

I always thought that it referred to the person telling the lie's face. Like not only is this person telling a lie but he/she's doing it with a bold look on his/her face. I still don't get how anything can be bald-faced.

Let me try it this way since you live in Austin with all those lawyers. A lie can be bald-faced because that is another way of saying it's prima facie a lie. Now I know prima facie means first face but remember we are going all the way from latin to english here, and english itself has gone from old to middle to modern english. You see, it's not even a lie that is hidden behind a face. The face of the lie itself is bald. That's it for me tonight.

[Arky]

I absolutely love this place...have to get my daily fix.

[thebes]

Look. It's simple I'm bald and a liar. Put the two together.

Oops! I mean Malette is a liar, philanderer, mayhap a Philadelphian .... etc.

Philosophy pause, "What life boils down to is .....

"Saturday NIght Fever"

[dtel]

Come on dtel, paper roses versus i just want to be your everything? Can there really be a choice here other than avoidance? I would be more extreme about it but I'm trying not to ruffle feathers, since it's the spring migration season.

See I don't like her enough to even say I know what paper roses sounds like. Back when I was younger and were in disco's all I remember was the beat the drinks and the main reason I was there, women, there were words on the disco music, I don't remember that.

To tell the truth I met my wife at my best friends wedding I was the dj at, 29 years ago, and I remember all people wanted to hear MJ Thriller, Donna summer and Santa Esmeralda.