A Summer Diversion

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,755]

I'm truly grateful for all the reports from our track watchers at this time of year. But, let's face it. Summer is boring. So, we need diversions. I'd like to ask Demonlanders, which famous first line best sums up your feelings about the MFC. I've proposed three below, but feel free to add your own from any written work whether it's a book, play, song, etc. My top three, in order, are:

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." (from "The Go-Between", by LP Hartley)

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." (from "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy)

"Now is the winter of our discontent." (from Richard III, by William Shakespeare).

[Skuit 10,031]

'Yesterday I woke up sucking on a lemon' - from Everything in its Right Place by Radiohead. 

Edit: Bonus points for the first line of second verse: 'There are two colours in my head' 

Edited December 2, 2019 by Skuit

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was given an MFC membership."

 

 

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

"It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the co-captain he fell madly in love with him."

 

Yes I know it's 2 lines

[joeboy 3,166]

Shakespeare;

’as flies to wanton boys are we to the Gods, they kill us for their sport’

[Demonland 72,192]

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

But mostly the worst of times.

[58er 6,439]

19 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I'm truly grateful for all the reports from our track watchers at this time of year. But, let's face it. Summer is boring. So, we need diversions. I'd like to ask Demonlanders, which famous first line best sums up your feelings about the MFC. I've proposed three below, but feel free to add your own from any written work whether it's a book, play, song, etc. My top three, in order, are:

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." (from "The Go-Between", by LP Hartley)

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." (from "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy)

"Now is the winter of our discontent." (from Richard III, by William Shakespeare).

Shakespeare sums up 40 years of the last 55! Unfortunately !!

Made Finals 13 times and missed closely  out in last round in 1976 and 2017 which I think caused far more discontent than any of the 40 years many which F was only a dirty word to Dees fans:

[Skuit 10,031]

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

But mostly the worst of times.

The whole first sentence would be even more befitting for our preseasons on Demonland; '. . . it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

 

[sue 9,106]

Thomas Hardy - The Darkling Thrush last lines:

 

Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew

And I was unaware.

 

Demonlanders can insert the appropriate forum members' names for 'he' and 'I'

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,755]

8 minutes ago, Skuit said:

The whole first sentence would be even more befitting for our preseasons on Demonland; '. . . it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

 

 

[Engorged Onion 10,215]

Manic Street Preachers ' Of Walking Abortion'

I knew that someday I was gonna die. And I knew before I died
Two things would happen to me. That number one, I would regret my entire life. And number two, I would want to live my life over again

 

 

Edited December 2, 2019 by Engorged Onion

[hemingway 7,627]

Cohen's lyrics in Anthem:

".....Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be...."

".....Ring the bells that still can ring ........there is a crack in everything that's how the light gets in,"

or closer to home, old Ernie wrote in the Old Man and the Sea:

"It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin..."

[ManDee 7,148]

And you may find yourself 
Living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself 
In another part of the world
And you may find yourself 
Behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house
With a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, well
How did I get here?..  

How did I become a Melbourne supporter?

Brian Eno Talking Heads 

 

[Damo 3,356]

This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice...

Nancy Sinatra

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

"Your mission is to proceed up Punt Road, pick up coach Goodwin's path at Gosch's Paddock, follow it, and learn what you can. When you find the coach, infiltrate his team by whatever means available and terminate the coach's command. He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct, and he's still on the field commanding players."

[Fritta and Turner 4,415]

I am quoting from schoolboy memory

 

'Oh judgement thou art fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason'

JC by Will

 

[Demonstone 22,522]

"I was born in a crossfire hurricane"

Jagger/Richards

 

[In Harmes Way 7,782]

“If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” — Barack Obama

Story of the 2019 season.

[Master Deebater 492]

"Falling off a cliff"

Ilene Dover

[Guest]

"Fisted Forever" Supermercado

[grey wolf 226]

The 2019 season...

”I woke up this morning with stones in my mouth

Said those were only the lies you’ve told me”

Springsteen..

[Redleg 40,925]

You guys should all be on the No T$ No BS thread.

[Gator 17,353]

The boy stood on the burning deck, a pocket full of crackers...

[Spud 288]

"He's just no good for you why are you going back, you deserve a whole lot better than that!!

Sounds like each preseason to me...

Greedy Smith and the Mentals - Pretty apt today!!

[Slartibartfast 17,279]

2 hours ago, ManDee said:

And you may find yourself 
Living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself 
In another part of the world
And you may find yourself 
Behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house
With a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, well
How did I get here?..  

How did I become a Melbourne supporter?

Brian Eno Talking Heads