five questions part the first

[ironymaiden]

buhrger gave me a set of five questions that contain a few hardballs. here's the easy ones...

2. your name "ironymaiden" - did you actually listen to iron maiden at some point, or did you just pick it for fun?
i first encountered it as the name of a Daria fan site, and i used it once on a whim when my usual handle was taken. since then, it's become my usual handle...and it amuses me.

3. what's your favourite Bloom County quote?
after "i'm appalled with two p's"...
"t'aint corn, it's dope"
"the cat's drinking unleaded from now on"
i encourage old Bloom County fans to check out its spiritual descendant, Goats.

footnotes:
to #2 and #3: for years, my e-mail .sig included the line "Savour the Irony" - can you cite the source? alas, it's tantalizingly familiar, but it eludes me. i was amused that when i thought the internet might knock it loose, google found the email .sig :)

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[buhrger]

[goes off to remind himself what the "hardballs" were... hmmmm...]

"t'aint corn, it's dope"
[snicker] hadn't thought about that one in a few years. it's a good'un, yup.

i could always unleash my test of the True Bloom County maniac: for a possible two points, identify the source of the quote: "Dunno. Don't have any ears."

alas, it's tantalizingly familiar, but it eludes me.
admittedly, it was probably spelled without the "u" in the original. think oliver wendell jones's dad and dandelion extract...

hardball.

[ironymaiden]

i should say, requires thought.

[ironymaiden]

Brooke Shields. right.

i was inspired to flip through the collection here and realized that "Billy and the Boingers Bootleg" is missing. i'm a little sad since i have a new turntable since i last tried to play the little square record.

[buhrger]

"u stink but i love u" and "i'm a boinger" must be available as mp3s somewhere....