[extropy-chat] FWD [Skeptic] Re: weird al takes on rap

[Terry Colvin]

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>On 9/27/06, Graeme Kennedy <graeme at seercom.com> wrote:
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>> Trying to remain on topic: has Yankovic done other skeptical-ish covers?
>
> Not a cover (so far as I know), but there's his song "Your Horoscope
>For Today":
>
> There's a fan video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=tdmZA64homs where
>you can hear it.
>
>Aquarius
>There's travel in your future when your tongue freezes to the back of a
>speeding bus
>Fill that void in your pathetic life by playing Whack-A-Mole seventeen hours a
>day
>
>Pisces
>Try to avoid any Virgos or Leos with the Ebola virus
>You are the true Lord of the Dance, no matter what those idiots at work say
>
>Aries
>The look on your face will be priceless when you find that forty pound
>watermelon in your colon
>Trade toothbrushes with an albino dwarf, then give a hickey to Meryl Streep
>
>Taurus
>You will never find true happiness - what you gonna do, cry about it?
>The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go
>back to sleep
>
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>
>Gemini
>Your birthday party will be ruined once again by your explosive flatulence
>Your love life will run into trouble when your fianc� hurls a javelin through
>your chest
>
>Cancer
>The position of Jupiter says you should spend the rest of the week face down in
>the mud
>Try not to shove a roll of duct tape up your nose while taking your driver's
>test
>
>Leo
>Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt and staple it to your boss's
>face, oh no
>Eat a bucket of tuna-flavored pudding, then wash it down with a gallon of
>strawberry Quik
>
>Virgo
>All Virgos are extremely friendly and intelligent - except for you
>Expect a big surprise today when you wind up with your head impaled upon a stick
>
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>
>Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the
>relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep
>significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give
>you my assurance that these forecasts and predictions are all based on solid,
>scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not
>to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true.
>
>Where was I?
>
>Libra
>A big promotion is just around the corner for someone much more talented than
>you
>Laughter is the very best medicine, remember that when your appendix bursts
>
>next week
>
>Scorpio
>Get ready for an unexpected trip when you fall screaming from an open window
>Work a little bit harder on improving your low self-esteem, you stupid freak
>
>Sagittarius
>All your friends are laughing behind your back (kill them)
>Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you've got hanging in
>your den
>
>Capricorn
>The stars say that you're an exciting and wonderful person, but you know
>they're lying
>If I were you, I'd lock my doors and windows and never never never never never
>leave my house again
>
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today
>That's your horoscope for today-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
>That's your horoscope for today