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Wdot wrote:The short story The George Business written by none other than Roger Zelazny, was one of my favorites in the book. While Dragonheart treated the concept very well, I would much have preferred a movie based on Zelazny's short story.
Reminds me of a short story in a children's literature anthology I read, when I just a wee lad. Most of the stories were standalone, but some were chapters of larger works (The Call Of The Wild, Moby Dick, The Wind In The Willows, etc). Anyhow, the short I'm thinking of actually had - as NOTDilbert mentions - a reluctant dragon, a small boy who befriends him, a town convinced of the dragons villainy, and THE St. George as the dragon "slayer."
Dang, I have to dig up that book now; I rather enjoyed all those tales.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." - Nim the chimp Animation courtesy of shadowinthelight (thanks again!)
I wonder... could it be possible that these two are part of Euryale's backstory?
Accidentally turned to ice, but then accidentally melted(maybe by an irate dragiraffe?) before Euryale could restore them? Maybe ages ago, before she learned to control her powers.
Could be she's been holding onto the guilt ever since, and Bud's tongue-lashing brought on flashbacks.
OR- (and more likely) I'm WAY off, and this is just a totally unrelated bit of fun.
Whoever coined the phrase "more fun than a barrel of monkeys" obviously never spent an afternoon cramming the little buggers into one.
There was a Hoppity Hooper segment that involved a dragon, staged dragon fights, and the small country of Eubetchia, which was (well, became) a nation of cobblers...
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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Peace through superior firepower - ain't nothin' more peaceful than a dead troublemaker.
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mike weber
MerchManDan wrote:Anyhow, the short I'm thinking of actually had - as NOTDilbert mentions - a reluctant dragon, a small boy who befriends him, a town convinced of the dragons villainy, and THE St. George as the dragon "slayer."
Dang, I have to dig up that book now; I rather enjoyed all those tales.
Very likely the story that Disney's short was based on...
Interestingly, "The Reluctant Dragon" is by Kenneth Grahame, who also wrote Wind in the Willows. I didn't know that.
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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Peace through superior firepower - ain't nothin' more peaceful than a dead troublemaker.
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mike weber
NOTDilbert wrote:The classic Disney cartoon The Reluctant Dragon was about a knight, a squire, and a reluctant dragon, who decided they rather liked each other AFTER the townspeople had hired the knight to off the dragon. Might take some hunting to find; it's at least as old as me...
MerchManDan wrote:Anyhow, the short I'm thinking of actually had - as NOTDilbert mentions - a reluctant dragon, a small boy who befriends him, a town convinced of the dragons villainy, and THE St. George as the dragon "slayer."
Very likely the story that Disney's short was based on...
Almost definitely! I'm glad I sought that video out; even if the knight was Sir Giles, not St. George.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." - Nim the chimp Animation courtesy of shadowinthelight (thanks again!)
And, of course, it's been so long I got some of the details wrong - eh, so what. One o' you young whippersnappers find my teeth for me.....
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" - Albert Einstein
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme" - Mark Twain
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MerchManDan wrote:Heh, no sweat; if I ever find that book, I'll probably think the same thing. "...what? THAT'S not right, I don't remember THAT, etc..."
As for your teeth...you didn't drop them in the Pun Vault, did you?
Don't remember doing any punnage lately, so I haven't paid any punnagement......OH! THERE they are!
(Drops an old silver filling into the Pun Jar)
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" - Albert Einstein
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it DOES rhyme" - Mark Twain
"Always. Expect. Ninjas." - Syndey Scoville
stjen wrote:I always liked the Stan Freberg classic...
I remember that. My grandmother has the original on a 45 rpm record. I believe the other side is "Little Blue Riding Hood." The Youtube one sounds much better. Hers was kinda scratchy from being played so much, I think. Oh yes, and I also recall me and my friend doing our own version called "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas." It was rather dark ,but funny to us, being the evil little girls we were.
A society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals... ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky.
stjen wrote:I always liked the Stan Freberg classic...
I remember that. My grandmother has the original on a 45 rpm record. I believe the other side is "Little Blue Riding Hood." The Youtube one sounds much better. Hers was kinda scratchy from being played so much, I think. Oh yes, and I also recall me and my friend doing our own version called "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas." It was rather dark ,but funny to us, being the evil little girls we were.
Yes, the flipside of that 45 was "Little Blue Riding Hood". My favorite most memorable line from that was "We took a shortcut thru a strawberry patch, kind of a strawberry shortcut."
stjen wrote:I always liked the Stan Freberg classic...
I remember that. My grandmother has the original on a 45 rpm record. I believe the other side is "Little Blue Riding Hood." The Youtube one sounds much better. Hers was kinda scratchy from being played so much, I think. Oh yes, and I also recall me and my friend doing our own version called "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas." It was rather dark ,but funny to us, being the evil little girls we were.
Well, shoot! I just realized the "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas" thing was not because of "St George and the Dragonet." I had two things in my mind when posting, the other was "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas," which I noticed and listened to when I went to listen to the Dragonet video. Anyway, my Grandmother also had that one. So, not that it's particularly meaningful, but the "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas" was a parody of "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas," and not "St George and the Dragonet."
My favorite line went something like; "But I don't have a mustache ma'am. I know, but grandma does." Cracked me up every time.
A society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals... ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky.
stjen wrote:I always liked the Stan Freberg classic...
I remember that. My grandmother has the original on a 45 rpm record. I believe the other side is "Little Blue Riding Hood." The Youtube one sounds much better. Hers was kinda scratchy from being played so much, I think. Oh yes, and I also recall me and my friend doing our own version called "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas." It was rather dark ,but funny to us, being the evil little girls we were.
Well, shoot! I just realized the "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas" thing was not because of "St George and the Dragonet." I had two things in my mind when posting, the other was "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas," which I noticed and listened to when I went to listen to the Dragonet video. Anyway, my Grandmother also had that one. So, not that it's particularly meaningful, but the "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas" was a parody of "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas," and not "St George and the Dragonet."
My favorite line went something like; "But I don't have a mustache ma'am. I know, but grandma does." Cracked me up every time.
"The following story is true, the color has been changed to prevent an investigation."
MrFireDragon wrote:HA! like I said, Dragons, we are suckers for busty cute girls and will do anything for them...... these two pics also remind me of me and my wife and yes I'm a lucky bastard, I get to see all of the "busty girl problems/perks comic" situations in real life.
As I recall, from myths and fairy tales, cute young nubile girls (virgins) are like suckers for dragons--or maybe hors dourves--and dragons will do about anything to have for them over for dinner.
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A society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals... ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky.
stjen wrote:I always liked the Stan Freberg classic...
I remember that. My grandmother has the original on a 45 rpm record. I believe the other side is "Little Blue Riding Hood." The Youtube one sounds much better. Hers was kinda scratchy from being played so much, I think. Oh yes, and I also recall me and my friend doing our own version called "I'm Getting the Chair for Christmas." It was rather dark ,but funny to us, being the evil little girls we were.
Yeah, well, I know some church choir members who like to sing (in practice), the "Gory is god in the highest, and pieces of people on earth" . . .
bmonk wrote:
Yeah, well, I know some church choir members who like to sing (in practice), the "Gory is god in the highest, and pieces of people on earth" . . .
Gory, gory paratrooper
Gory, gory paratrooper
Gory, gory what a helluva way to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more
Not even duct tape can fix stupid. But it can muffle the noise.
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Peace through superior firepower - ain't nothin' more peaceful than a dead troublemaker.
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mike weber
