Rum Doings Episode 46

Episode 46 of Rum Doings begins with confusion over Ghostbusters cartoons. It turns out that Nick was talking about this, while John was talking about this. Not being discussed this week: Staycations. But Nick does want to discuss synthesised theme tunes. After quite a long diversion into this week's vile drink, John steers the conversation toward the Insane Clown Posse. This video being key: This was inspired by a wonderful article by Jon Ronson, which you can read here. Then it's time for Nick's polemic against Poetry, which gives John an excuse to rage about how much he dislikes Poetry Please. And now here's your homework. A full critical analysis, and what it means, sent to our email address. By Tuesday morning, please.

An ode to the tcp/ip protocols. A war of ice but doomsday thaws beneath A map of ink, once breached, a world unsaved; A frigid winter beckons, deadly wreath To words not launched, so bombs subsume the grave. But missiles questing on their morbid route Still need some tangled speech to guide them through A chain of words in terminal pursuit But wordly packets glitter forth like dew They spread themselves betwixt the frosted blades Fecundity of knowledge jumbled up Re-formed at every end in liquid braids Of speech now flowing into Man's shared cup For Cerf and allies thought it for the best That flames be naught but datagrams of text

We consider if accents can be racist, ban "How are you?", and complain about dreaming. Then Nick sings for us. And then completely ignores John's attempt to sing back. There's a teaser for a future discussion of CAP Alert, and then thoughts on Mary Poppins.