I Wanna Know What Meme Is

A lot of people have been wanting to know what a meme is, so I thought: What better way to explain memes than through song? Hopefully these lyrics should clear up any questions you might have once and for all:


I WANNA KNOW WHAT MEME IS - by Foreigner

Lets talk about Memes
I wanna know what Meme is, the Memes that you feel inside
I want you to show me, and I’m feeling so much Meme
I wanna feel what Meme is, no, you just cannot hide
I know you can show me, yeah

In my life there’s been heartache and pain
I don’t know if I can face it again
Cant stop now, I’ve traveled so far
To change this lonely life...

Chorus:
I wanna know what Meme is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what Meme is
I know you can show me

Oh, Bless Those Miserable Rainy Days

Lately I have noticed a new kind of political correctness creeping in regarding the weather. It seems to have become socially unacceptable to complain about rainy days. You must always speak of them with the utmost favor. And if you do happen to mention the rain with a less than enthusiastic tone, it is then necessary to add: ‘oh, but I guess we really need it.’ Not only that, but I have noticed on sunny days people who have remarked ‘what a lovely sunny day it is’ who then immediately feel guilty and quickly add ‘oh yeah, but we really could do with some rain.’

There is nothing wrong with this of course, but I just wonder how far this new brand of political correctness will go: ‘Well our wedding was completely ruined, but on the bright-side we do need the rain.’ ‘Yeah, the storms destroyed our home, our business and everything we hold dear, but just think, all that rain has got to be good for the farmers.’

That Crazy Little Lovable Meme - a poem

I was reading something the other day about blogging and it said that the all the best bloggers these days talk about memes. According to the article, you're not a real blogger unless you talk about memes all the time. Naturally, when I read this I was appalled and disgusted - at myself!! How on earth had I managed to have over thirty posts, and not even once broach the topic of memes? So I decided to rectify the situation, and hopefully restore some semblance of credibility to my reputation as a blogger, by writing a poem about memes (hoping also, in the process, to be counted among that glorified inner-circle of esteemed bloggers with their fingers firmly on the pulse of the Zeitgeist - ooh yeah, that's right baby, all you cultural elites better watch out! Enthusiastic Hack is about to crash your cultural hegemony tea-party!).




That Crazy Little Lovable Meme - a poem (about memes)

There once was a crazy little lovable meme
Who had a crazy little memey dream
She was drowning in a pool of chlorinated steam
Oh, that crazy little lovable meme


There once was an ambitious visionary meme
Who devised a multi-level marketing scheme
And embezzled all the funds and moved overseas
Oh, that crazy little lovable meme

There once was an unstable, volatile meme
Who was interested in extreme right-wing ideologies
He spent eight highly traumatic years in the military
Oh, that crazy little lovable meme


There once was a wealthy patriarchal meme
Who was African-American and named Akeem
But it's not the character played by Eddie Murphy
In Coming to America - that's just coincidental and arbitrary
Oh, that crazy little wealthy, patriarchal, lovable old meme

Quote of the Day

If you set aside Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the safety record for nuclear energy is really very good.

~ Paul O'Neill, secretary of the Treasury