It’s too long. This thread is about quotes, not about making others read a whole piece of work you like. Perhaps use the monthly media thread for that purpose?
For this thread you could have perhaps reduced the quotable to this:
But every time I read the papers, that old feeling comes on, We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy And the big fool says to push on.
or perhaps possibly even two verses would be acceptable like this:
The Sergeant said, “Sir, with all this equipment, No man will be able to swim.” ″Sergeant, don’t be a Nervous Nelly,” The Captain said to him. ”All we need is a little determination. Men, follow me. I’ll lead on.” We were neck deep in the Big Muddy, And the big fool said to push on.
All at once the moon clouded over. We heard a gurglin’ cry. A few seconds later the Captain’s helmet Was all that floated by. The Sergeant said, “Turn around, men. I’m in charge from now on.” And we just made it out of the Big Muddy With the Captain dead and gone.
and just linked to some other page where one could see the whole song.
It’s too long. This thread is about quotes, not about making others read a whole piece of work you like. Perhaps use the monthly media thread for that purpose?
Quick question: Is this getting downvoted because of the quote or because I talked about downvoting?
(The song itself is a rather amusing lesson in escalation of commitment and sunk cost fallacy, among other things...)
It’s too long. This thread is about quotes, not about making others read a whole piece of work you like. Perhaps use the monthly media thread for that purpose?
For this thread you could have perhaps reduced the quotable to this:
or perhaps possibly even two verses would be acceptable like this:
and just linked to some other page where one could see the whole song.
But not the whole damn thing.
Thanks.