) JUN 25 (2021) SINGABLE SATIRE: 'MACADAMIAS'

 ORIGINAL SONG: "Desperado", The Eagles, 1973.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2014.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE: 

On December 5, 2014 at JFK Airport,  Korean Air Flight 86 to Seoul returned to the gate before take-off. An executive vice president, also the daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, had demanded the removal of a crew member from a flight for failing to serve macadamia nuts in a ramikin, rather than in a bag.
This episode provoked outrage concerning the ongoing role of the chaebol or family conglomerate in South Korean society. The CEO later appeared on television to apologize, announcing the dismissal of his daughter from further roles within the company.

MACADAMIAS

(to the tune of "Desperado")

         

Macadamias, when they get served before take-off,          

It’s a breach you can’t  shake off --  in the bag’s a disgrace.  

Flight procedure -- 

I know that you’ve checked the entry,

So do it correctly or

I’ll surely lose face.

Don’t offend the Inflight Service Veep

(Perhaps a tad unstable),

The CEO of airline is my Dad.

Now your manual lists how first-class snacks

Should be laid out on tray-tables -

But your short-cut variations make me mad.

Desp’rate outburst? No, it ain’t ‘cause I’m thirsty,

I’m pained that this purser

Won’t obey protocol.

And cockpit,  the cockpit follows my orders,

We’re delaying departure

Have them radio Control.

Though Daddy might apologize

If he feels this action’s not too wise,

We all must keep respect for Cho chaebol   

You’ll lose access to KA flights,

It ain’t funny, you’ll need days to get to Seoul.

 Macadamias, when they get snarfed on the runway,

 There’s only the one way, the bag just ain’t right. 

 It may be ‘nutrage’, but as the Airline’s chief nutcase, 

 And as Korean Airlines heiress,

 The airline-chief’s heiress,

 And as Korean Airlines heiress,

 I’m aborting this flight.

OCT 15, 2026: ReDUPLICATIONS, claptrap #4 [3]

     

This post represents the continuation of a collection of verses about the grammatical device, REDUPLICATIONS, as displayed on this blog on October 15, 2023 (claptrap #1), October 15, 2024 (claptrap #2) and October 15, 2025 (claptrap #3).

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" as of 2024).

(claptrap #1): cootchie-(cootchie-)coo, claptrap, dilly-dally, fuddle-duddle, fuddy-duddy.  

(claptrap #2): hanky-panky, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hilbilly.

(claptrap #3): hobos, hocus-pocus, hodge-podge.

CURRENT CONTENTS: (#4 -- October 15, 2026) 
Hoi polloi
Holus-bolus
Hubba-bubba. 

Authors' Note:

bubba: stereotyped male inhabitant of the southern US with an upbeat, but macho attitude

Bubba: frequent nickname for a specific male, as used by his buddies

rubba: rubber (American slang for condom), with typical non-rhotic pronunciation

chick: southern girl

hubba-hubba: intriguing (re)duplication, presumably originating in the US a century ago; an expression of approval voiced by males when viewing a sexually attractive chick.

 The previous page is sending you to https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/06/hubba-hubba.html.

OCT 10, 2026: PINKOS: FORWARD THINKERS [3]

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Communist church

Vegetarianism

Gamophobic socialist

Authors' Note: Liberal thinking seized Europe towards the middle of the nineteenth century. Emboldened by the partial successes of the politically-targeted Chartists, intellectuals were drawn to idealistic social movements such as communitarianism. According to Wikipedia, John Goodwyn Barmby (1820 – 1881), one of its principals, introduced the term 'communist', based on the French le communisme and founded a revue called The Communist Chronicle. Seeking a spiritual path, he later founded the Communist Church, a sect that had congregations numbering in the teens at its peak. When the church folded in 1849, Barmby became active as a Unitarian minister.

Authors' Note: The authors, Ontario anapestrians, have not eaten meat in two decades. The restaurant scene in Ontario, as in some other world-wide destinations, has gradually become more hospitable to vegan and vegetarian preferences, such as Theresa's and the authors'. This development can be attributed in part to our influx of newcomers from south and east Asia. Meat-eaters can still be readily accommodated, however.

Authors' Note:   Gamophobia is an irrational fear of getting married, or of interpersonal commitment. Gamophobic individuals, or gamophobes, whatever their political views, are people who harbour such neurotic anxieties.

The slogan "better red than dead" was mentioned in a book that British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote in 1961, in the face of a potential East-West nuclear confrontation; it was subsequently adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, an organization that Russell helped found. The slogan has been used in both directions, with hardline rightwingers sometimes proclaiming "Better dead then red".

Note that a related disorder, gynophobia, is discussed in another of our intriguing and informative verses.                                                                                 

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OCT 5, 2026: Limericks and locks: The Poetry of CANALS

Swan guiding barge,
lower end of St-Martin Canal

The current offering meshes with a developing slew of map-art blogposts by Giorgio Coniglio and Dr. GH. With all this mental energy focusing backwards and forwards on palindromes, it is hard to avoid the subject of canals. And to help wordplay-buffs focus on palindromes about canals, here is an ancient blogpost on the subject: CANALINDROMES


...

Also, check out these collections of wordplay-maps by Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym)
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #4
and...
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #4
 - INTRODUCTORY CONCLUSION: The Tourists' Palindromic Guides  
as well as a didactic post explaining the origin and rationale of 

"Magical Palindromes"

To read more about the origin, creation and listing of magical palindromes, click or cluck here to get to Giorgio's original blogpost on the topic.

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) SEP 25 (2026) singable satire: 'STARTING POINT 1948'

MUSICAL UNDEPINNINGS: "Born Free", Matt Monro, 1966
ORIGINAL DOCUMENT: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 , 1948. * 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2016.



* "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." 


STARTING POINT 1948

(to the tune of "Born Free" - these first 4 verses fit best with the melody of the 2nd and 3rd verse of the original)

All human beings are born free,

Of dignity worthy

And equal in basic fact.

Endowed with reason and goodness

A spirit of brotherhood

Should motivate their acts.

Tous les êtres humains naissent libres

En droits ils sont égaux

Ainsi qu’en dignité

Doués de conscience et de raison

Ils doivent se comporter dans

Un esprit de fraternité.

Todos los seres humanos nacen libres

En derechos están iguales

Y también en dignidad

Dotados de razón y conciencia

Deben comportarse

Con ánimo de hermandad.

Vse ljudi rozhdayutsya svobodnymi

Dostoyny uvazheniya

I ravnymi v osnovnykh pravakh

Nadelennyy prichine I dobra

Dukh bratstva

Mozhet vdokhnovit’ svoi deystviya.

(sing to verse#1 pattern of the original song, then continue )

Some schemed, six decades before us
Their voices implore us
Hold course until we’re all free.

Their world had huge imperfections

They craved free elections,
Disbanding of colonies.

East, West: great walls did divide them
And victims of apartheid -
Disparities so wide.

Dreamed free, they helped us to get there
Their efforts we’ll all share
‘Til we’re ‘born free’.

(Instrumental bridge)
They dreamed of our works-in-progress
Abuses to be redressed
Whatever race or sect.

They framed a great Declaration
To challenge each nation -
We’re all born free.

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