Comments on: "I do indeed in greed explore the plump mellow yellow smellow melons of her rump."

"I do indeed in greed explore the plump mellow yellow smellow melons of her rump."

obscurator — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:20:22 -0800

Who Said It: James Joyce or Kool Keith?

By: griphus

griphus — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:23:47 -0800

8/10! Apparently my "if it's about fuckin', it was Joyce" strategy paid off.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:24:08 -0800

I got 8 of of 10, mostly by figuring that whenever a word was just insanely made-up ('allhorse'), it had to be Joyce.

By: howfar

howfar — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:28:03 -0800

9/10 employing both of the above strategies (before looking at the thread, I might add). Also because anything with an elegant rather than wilfully childish rhyme was unlikely to be Joyce.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:29:15 -0800

7 out of 10, I must be a little off... Apparently my "if it's about fuckin', it was Joyce" strategy paid off. Obligatory

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:32:51 -0800

It said I got ZERO out of 10, but I KNOW I got "the yellow smellow melons of her rump" right because I just read it in ULYSSES last year dammit

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:34:43 -0800

8/10. Next up they should do "Finnegans Wake" or "cat stepping on keyboard".

By: griphus

griphus — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:37:33 -0800

Moby Dick or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale

By: The Hamms Bear

The Hamms Bear — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:37:59 -0800

10/10. I'm going to pretend this score is based on my knowledge of James Joyce.

By: Trurl

Trurl — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:38:33 -0800

I was way ahead of them on this one.

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:40:52 -0800

10 out of 10! Yes! Yes I said yes!

By: Eyebeams

Eyebeams — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:40:59 -0800

10 out of 10. I am weirdly proud of this.

By: Hartham's Hugging Robots

Hartham's Hugging Robots — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:48:52 -0800

8. Fun. Thanks!

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:59:11 -0800

0/10 what

By: jimmythefish

jimmythefish — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:01:23 -0800

Hmm this doesn't seem to be working for me. I just selected all Joyce and it gave me 0/10. Then, all Keith and it gave me 0/10.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:07:24 -0800

6/10 with it being eons since I either read Joyce or listened to Keith.

By: grog

grog — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:07:32 -0800

Hmm this doesn't seem to be working for me. I just selected all Joyce and it gave me 0/10. Then, all Keith and it gave me 0/10. Maybe if you didn't mess with it, it wouldn't mess with you.

By: RobotVoodooPower

RobotVoodooPower — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:15:02 -0800

This would have been a very different quiz if all the songs were from Sex Style instead of Dr. Octagonecologyst.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:20:10 -0800

Joyce got rhymes.

By: lathrop

lathrop — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:46:32 -0800

10/10. Who's this "keith"?

By: swift

swift — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:11:19 -0800

"Kissed the plump mellow yellow smellow melons of her rump" is my new band name.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:11:35 -0800

If you pay attention to the rhyming, you can get at least 8/10. It said I got ZERO out of 10, but I KNOW I got "the yellow smellow melons of her rump" right because I just read it in ULYSSES last year dammit That is Ulysses. I think you and jimmythefish probably have the same problem. Ad or script blocker?

By: spacewaitress

spacewaitress — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:15:43 -0800

I also got 0 out of 10, and I'd like to think I know my Kool Keith from my James Joyce. I've listened to a few of Keith's records, in his different incarnations, several times. and, um, I have a copy of "Dubliners" on a shelf somewhere... and I once read (part of the first page of) Ulysses.

By: Hoopo

Hoopo — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:18:09 -0800

whenever a word was just insanely made-up ('allhorse'), it had to be Joyce. If it had been "allduck" on the other hand...

By: dontoine

dontoine — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:38:00 -0800

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:43:20 -0800

10/10. They're so different that the quiz doesn't really make sense. Joyce makes up words and can't shut up about shagging. Keith does that thing where every line goes wonky and a bit too long, plus two words in close proximity rhyme almost every time.

By: scose

scose — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:05:50 -0800

One is the most innovative writer of the 20th century, the other is James Joyce.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0800

7 outta 10? Damn. But when I critiqued my errors through the insight of jack_mo, I would have scored 9/10. lathrop: 10/10. Who's this "keith"? Dammit. Add another bio post to my list of posts-to-make.

By: newmoistness

newmoistness — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:29:15 -0800

I got 0 out of 10 also and I know at least 4 of those Joyce quotes beyond a doubt. What's up with the scoring?

By: crazy_yeti

crazy_yeti — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:05:11 -0800

10/10. Concept better than actual quiz, which was too easy. I know Joyce, don't know much about Kool Keith, but his flow makes it pretty obvious. (Read the quotes aloud: the ones that sound like rap, are).

By: ubiquity

ubiquity — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:06:26 -0800

Also obligatory. Yes, I know someone already posted it here once, but it was more than 5 years ago. And while I'm here: 9/10. :-)

By: Jpfed

Jpfed — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:10:18 -0800

I don't have time to take this quiz- there's a horse in the hospital!

By: symbioid

symbioid — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:54:04 -0800

Sure it might be allhorse, but it ain't no halfsharkalligator.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:56:35 -0800

Took this again at home - hah! 9/10! (Missed one from Finnegan's Wake.) That's more like it!

By: Splunge

Splunge — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:18:50 -0800

9/10. I am disappoint.

By: $0up

$0up — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:50:04 -0800

10 for 10, thanks to my passing knowledge of Ulysses and my in-depth knowledge of Octagonecologyst. The kinds of things I'm good at, no one will ever pay me for.

By: axiom

axiom — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:23:11 -0800

9/10. The rump one got me, I've not yet gotten around to tackling Ulysses. Obvs I did not read this thread first.

By: flippant

flippant — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:59:04 -0800

I'm the same as the mellow yellow smellow axiom above.

By: andraste

andraste — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:03:22 -0800

10/10. The rhythm of rap and unJoycean words like 'paramedics' make it easy even for someone who hasn't read Ulysses.

By: drowsy

drowsy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:17 -0800

This is a worthy pursuit. They both do the same for me, lifting me out of language for long enough for a reboot.

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:04:13 -0800

"Coffined thoughts around me, in mummycases, embalmed in spice of words." This one actually sounds to me (a Joyce neophyte) like it was plucked straight out of an Illogic song. It's the type of imagery he would use, and he has the same habit of shoehorning eclectic diction into a very regular meter for stretches.