Posted by Salawa on July 21, 19100 at 13:56:14:
> > Clearly, Gilbert & Sullivan are still popular in the 23rd century.
> > However; maybe what Marcus should've sung something like this -
>
> I am the Very Model of a Fervent Babylonian
> by some guy on the usenet
> (to the tune of: I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General)
>
> I am the very model of a fervent Babylonian,
> And all who mention Trek to me face punishments draconian.
> I'll list you Londo's wives as quickly as the lawyers mount a suit,
> And tell you what Kosh looks like when deprived of his encounter suit.
> I'm very well acquainted too with shadows and their geometry,
> (Which I have calculated with the help of trigonometry)
> I dream of the Centauri, with their vestments and regalia
> And sometimes wish I too could have prehensile genitalia.
> I'll tell you in great detail why conditions Down Below are bad,
> And sneer in scorn at those who think an arc's the ship that Noah had;
> In short I am a true fan, not a pseudo- or a phoney 'un,
> The image and the model of a fervent Babylonian.
>
> I'm very keen on Vorlons and I think their suits are pretty neat;
> I like the way they're made up from a modem and a toilet seat.
> I love the scene when Vir looks up at Morden's head upon a pike
> (A ref'rence to the episode where Morden asked him what he'd like)
> I'm half in love with Susan, who's as proud as Queen Zenobia;
> The Shadows scare me rigid ^Ñcos of my arachnophobia.
> I know that Sinclair's Valen, though it isn't very logical,
> Because of some anomaly in matters chronological.
> I know the true signifigance of Lochley's password, "Zoe's dead";
> I know what Mr Bester did to Mr Garibaldi's head;
> And Narns all have a spotty scalp, Minbari have a bony ^Ñun;
> In short, I am the model of a fervent Babylonian
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