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Manohonor Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Mines = made
Hi,
Came across something. I'm guessing it's wordplay, but I'm not sure,
so that's why I'm being here
Imagine Kuweit 1991, a platoon of soldiers in the desert, captain talkin' with a guide:
So why don't we just go directly in. Right up this route, straight in.
Yes, well, I see the captain
enjoys the road less traveled.
No, the captain enjoys
not going down the highway,
dragging his *** so every Tom, ***
and Qaddafi can take a whack at it.
It's very bad here. It's bad here, it's still bad here.
And I've heard it's bad
right down here.
Bad everywhere, huh?
Yeah
MINES?
TRICKY. SWEDISH-MADE (Pronounced /myd/ (like my)
The man didn't say anything
about mines to me.
What are they talkin' about?
Caves or things that explode?
And how about the phrases I emphasized?
Thanks.
Came across something. I'm guessing it's wordplay, but I'm not sure,
so that's why I'm being here
Imagine Kuweit 1991, a platoon of soldiers in the desert, captain talkin' with a guide:
So why don't we just go directly in. Right up this route, straight in.
Yes, well, I see the captain
enjoys the road less traveled.
No, the captain enjoys
not going down the highway,
dragging his *** so every Tom, ***
and Qaddafi can take a whack at it.
It's very bad here. It's bad here, it's still bad here.
And I've heard it's bad
right down here.
Bad everywhere, huh?
Yeah
MINES?
TRICKY. SWEDISH-MADE (Pronounced /myd/ (like my)
The man didn't say anything
about mines to me.
What are they talkin' about?
Caves or things that explode?
And how about the phrases I emphasized?
Thanks.
Top answer
Given the context, I'd say the "mines" here are the devices that explode... Made in Sweden ( a country famous for its steel), and here the "maYd" must come from the specific accent of the person who's speaking/singing. And yes mines are tricky, hard to handle, you never know when they may explode...
- Given the context, I'd say the "mines" here are the devices that explode...
- Made in Sweden ( a country famous for its steel), and here the "maYd" must come from the specific accent of the person who's speaking/singing.
- And yes mines are tricky, hard to handle, you never know when they may explode...
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Given the context, I'd say the "mines" here are the devices that explode...
Made in Sweden ( a country famous for its steel), and here the "maYd" must come from the specific accent of the person who's speaking/singing.
And yes mines are tricky, hard to handle, you never know when they may explode...
Made in Sweden ( a country famous for its steel), and here the "maYd" must come from the specific accent of the person who's speaking/singing.
And yes mines are tricky, hard to handle, you never know when they may explode...
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The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for
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It's a VERY interesting poem, MrP, I think I'll keep it, along with the quote...
Yet, I must be quite thick here, but i don't understand the relationship with the mines?
Yet, I must be quite thick here, but i don't understand the relationship with the mines?
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So why don't we just go directly in. Right up this route, straight in.
Yes, well, I see the captain
enjoys the road less traveled.
I suppose the guide wants to take the main road, but the cautious captain prefers a more discreet route. But the discreet route appears to be mined.
Though it's difficult to tell without more context!
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Yes, but HERE YOU' RE IN A MINEFIELD, not in the source ot "road less traveled"... !
By the way, it's interesting to see that the title of the poem is "the road not taken", as if Frost was talking ot the OTHER road, the one he has not taken.
By the way, it's interesting to see that the title of the poem is "the road not taken", as if Frost was talking ot the OTHER road, the one he has not taken.
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MR P!!!
I think you should contemplate posting these in "Poetry"...
I think you should contemplate posting these in "Poetry"...
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Au petit coin ?
LOL!
But I'm grateful, I wouldn't have come upon this poem otherwise, and I like it...
LOL!
But I'm grateful, I wouldn't have come upon this poem otherwise, and I like it...
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