The indefatigable Nikki Stafford yesterday shouted out Lost Valentines made by
Lee Bretschneider in her unending battle to direct readers’ attentions to every quality parody of, tribute to, or riff on the show in existence.
At some point, students of French will learn that the word for seal in that language
is phoque — which is pronounced roughly as you think — and they will laugh. I’m using that word in place of the English word it sounds most like for the sake of sensitive readers. The following links, however, are unvarnished in sound and image.
I don’t know what it is about the women in my family, but my sister, mother, and stepmother all heartily enjoy Lily Allen’s lilting rebuke “Phoque You”. Me too, actually.
What brings it to mind right now is a link from the indigestible Joan Crawford that finds legendary DJ Casey Kasem in a foulmouthed mood. I’ll caution you to not click through unless you’re prepared to hear the voice of Shaggy and Robin the Boy Wonder, the man who exhorts us to keep our feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars, kinda lose it a bit. Although he does have a point.
That link in turn recalled to me not only the aforementioned song but Matthew Gasteier’s delightfully absurd website Phoque You, Penguin. I quote the author in describing it as a blog wherein he tells cute animals what is what.
Closing out the post are the Lost bingo cards offered by Sci-Fi Wire for those of you who need yet another excuse to follow the show more closely than is medically sound.
Related: Isle of Lost • What the F---? • Lost Last Look
These are the best valentine day cards ever.
ReplyDeleteI love the Locke one. I am surprised Jack didn't add the pathetic "maybe" box on his card.
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ReplyDeleteI actually stumbled across Phoque You, Penguin a few months ago. It is great! But you failed to mention one of its side effects: I now find myself "phoque you-ing" random things, daily, in the tone/spirit of that blog.
ReplyDelete"Phoque you breeze, for wreckin' my hair," "Phoque you cat, for eating the cheese off my pizza," "Phoque you car, for turning out in front of me," etc. etc. etc.
:)
Yeah, I've known about Phoque You, Penguin for a while too. I meant to link to it in December when I mentioned The Phoquing Weather and Phoquing Movie Reviews.
ReplyDeleteBut you failed to mention one of its side effects:
ReplyDeletesob... I'm a failure!
Actually, I already hear my mom's voice in my head cursing things out for me when things get screwed up. What I think is funny about the site is, ugly or weird as the animals may be, they didn't actually do anything but evolve that way, which ain't their fault. I just realized that I read it (silently) in the voice Andy Sandberg uses for his Mark Wahlberg impression on SNL when he talks to animals: "Look, it's a donkey. Cool. Hey, donkey. Say hi to your mother for me. No, really, say hi to your phoquin' mother for me, donkey."
But it sounds like you're writing an R-rated version of Goodnight, Moon, which frankly would sell like hotcakes.
But it sounds like you're writing an R-rated version of Goodnight, Moon, which frankly would sell like hotcakes.
ReplyDeleteHaha! It's true! Have you seen Goodnight, Keith Moon? I think Nikki had it up on her blog awhile back.
Ah Blam, don't beat yourself up. Please tell your mom's voice inside your head to stop cursing now. You've done your best:) LOL
ReplyDeleteI, as well, have always ONLY read F U Penguin in that Andy Samburg/Mark Walburgh (sp?) tone. Strange.
As well, should you decide to go ahead and write the R-rated version of Goodnight Moon, I will surely buy a copy. :)
Ah Blam, don't beat yourself up. Please tell your mom's voice inside your head to stop cursing now.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I wasn't clear. I meant that I hear my mom's voice in my head saying all the stuff you were saying. One of her immortal sarcastic lines out on the road is "Nice turn signal, schmucko!"
Upon re-reading your comment, I see that I absolutely misread it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough it was sort of a funny misunderstanding, I feel bad as I am sure that your mom is a super-nice lady that doesn't curse at you inside your head (LOLZ on that being how I first read this).