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the poetry of life

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Poetry is everywhere.

Walking back from the cafe at university, two phrases jumped out at me, textual ones anyway. Sometimes you hear some wonderful phrases, on the participant observation of daily life.

The first a poster 'We have your homestay!', which made me think of 'we have your homestay parents!', and we are holding them hostage, or all your base is belong to us.


The second, a simple sign outside the languages department at university:

MODERN LANGUAGES

access through English (with an arrow beside it to the English department)

It's so true at this university.
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  1. 1n50mn14's Avatar
    'all your base is belong to us.'

    This is a wonderful and cheery entry. Poetry is indeed everywhere, if we're willing to look for it.
  2. kevinthediltz's Avatar
  3. Silas Thorne's Avatar
    Thanks kevin!
    I don't want to see the sentence any more for the rest of my life now.
  4. kevinthediltz's Avatar
    I thought you might like it.
    "Someone set up us the bomb"
  5. skib's Avatar
    Kevin- WTF?

    Silas- Have you ever been fortunate enough to find poetry in a textbook?
  6. The Comedian's Avatar
    I love this kind of stuff Silas -- the second one in particular, MODERN LANGUAGES. . . was both amusing and telling of the role of English, language, and modernity.