Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Bubbahemian ½Rhapsody (in dough)
Whimsy
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There is no real world
Only this fantasy
Caught in the 1/2B
My excuse for reality
Open your eyes
Check in on the pies and see
I'm just a poor baker, I need some sympathy
Because I'm trapped in here, I can't let go
Can't log out, can't let go
Whether it's night or day now, doesn't really matter
To me

jutta, I just baked an idea
For a gun made out of bread
Linked on egnor, now I'm dead
jutta, voting had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away.
jutta oo-oo,
Didn't mean to be so wry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late,my time has come,
Sends a fishbone down my spine
Annotating all the time,
Goodbye everybody-I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the world
jutta oo-oo-(any way the crumbs blow)
I don't want to leave, but
I sometimes wish I'd never come here at all

I see a little glimmer of an unbaked idea
PeterSealy, PeterSealy will you bake a Rubber Mango
Susen and Mephista fighting-very very frightening me
mihali, oh mihali,
mihali, oh mihali,
mihali, waugsqueke and beauxeault
But I'm just a poor baker and nobody loves me
He's just a poor baker from a faroff country
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go
Halfcroissant! No-,we will not let you go-let him go
Halfcroissant! We will not let you go-let him go
Halfcroissant! We will not let you go-let him go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no
Dog Ed, gt, Dog Ed, gt, Dog Ed, gt, let me go
AfroAssault has a devil unleashed just for me,for me,for me

So you link and fishbone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can BAKED! me and leave me to die
Oh bakery-Can't do this to me bakery
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here

Nothing really matters
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, except halfbakery

Any way the crumbs blow....


UnaBubba, May 31 2001

Rubber Mango http://www.trademe....auction-3581742.htm
[PeterSealy] has left the building [UnaBubba, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

(?) The Best Halfbake....... The_20Best_20Halfba...World_2e_2e_2eEver!
A great idea in need of a shorter name. Some possibilities are listed to the right. [wagster, Jun 08 2005]


Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)







       I vote FOR this on the grounds that it has my name in it

AfroAssault, May 31 2001
  

       ...gee....I wonder how I'll vote.... ;-)

Susen, May 31 2001
  

       fantastic!

benfrost, May 31 2001
  

       ....I just realized that my annotation in "Exercise Machine Powered Gyms" about the "real world" was part of the inspiration for this....now I am completely humbled, IRL. Thanks, UB.

Susen, May 31 2001
  

       Oh my...

PotatoStew, May 31 2001
  

       ok so i'll repeat myself:   

       oh man! that was amazing ub! you've done it again! wow! standing "o"!   

       :::::::::applause::::::::: :oD   

       ...your honour.

mihali, Jun 01 2001
  

       Nah, you have enough now. (Halfbakery: Culture just wasn't full enough for me to worry about breaking it up.)

jutta, Jun 01 2001
  

       Thank you Peter. I knew you would find a way. I think you should open a Searchitsu dojo. You could coach the Olympic team in freestyle netsearch, not to mention vaguely related association, though this one is on the money.

UnaBubba, Jun 02 2001
  

       Well, I was sitting here singing to myself as I read, as I imagine (and hope) that most of you did before reading the annotations, playing drums on my desk as I sang, and I sang all the way through the whole thing, playing and making rhythmic thumpings, and everything was going very well indeed, and I was highly amused. But then... THEN, I get to the bottom and see Peter's link! Gentlemen, I applaud you both, for your combined efforts actually made grab my chest cross-armed, middle fingers dutifully placed carefully, albeit hastily, as in reflex, over each nipple, and roar a laugh that shook the entire room, and I *almost* *literally* fell out of my chair. Very, very, very nice job. The part that really killed me was just how I read the words "baked", "rubber dog toys", "rubber mangos", and "PeterSealy" in just that order, all in a blink, the juxtapositioning of the related gestalts, and the near-instantaneous recollection of the request in the very song that I had just performed for myself. wheee-hew! I don't smoke, but I feel like I need a cigarette after laughing so hard.

absterge, Jun 02 2001
  

       We're not worthy....we're not worthy.....
I think this knocks the half-bakery Song into a cocked hat though. I'd be voting for singing this one at the Half-bakery convention instead...

goff, Jun 05 2001
  

       waugs, Faroukh Bulsara sounds more like some sort of exotic Middle Eastern loaf, doesn't it?   

       This is the second single released from the new 1/2B album, which will be entitled ...   

       Crumbs?
Making a Crust?
Bread upon the Quarters?
The Meaning of Halflife?
  

       Have at it, ladies and gentlemen. A free copy of the CD for the winner. Judging of the competition is to be performed by none other than the Commissar-General of the halfbakery, jutta. This is because she gets to make all of the decisions around here.

UnaBubba, Jun 05 2001
  

       But surely UnaBubba, you'll need some more tracks for the first album? How about:
  

       The Number of the Yeast (Iron Maiden)
Ficelle (The Beatles)
Ciabbatta You Bet (The Who)
Lovely Danish (Bill Withers)
This Jam Tart of Mine (The Isley Brothers)
Rise (Herbie Hancock)
Little Red Baguette (Prince)
  

       And so on...

goff, Jun 05 2001
  

       "never mind the croissants, here's the halfbakers!"

mihali, Jun 05 2001
  

       Pitta-Panther-Patter
Half of the Rising Sun
Pizza the Action
Anything by David Gates.

angel, Jun 05 2001
  

       [goff], the tracks are written. I will release them to the schedule recommended by my agent. I just need a suitably halfbaked name for the album.

UnaBubba, Jun 05 2001
  

       Well I'll work on that one. I hope it will contain a cover of that great Beatles Sgt Pepper Classic, though, "A Dough in the Loaf".
  

       (Must say Ieven tickled ,my own funny bone with Little Red Baguette"....)

goff, Jun 06 2001
  

       Yes, I liked it too.

UnaBubba, Jun 06 2001
  

       Baker's Treat.

UnaBubba, Jun 07 2001
  

       and for some Jethro Tull (ok so they're *my* favorite band...):   

       Loafing in the Past
Too Old for Pastry Rolls, Too Young for Pie
Underground Locomotive Party Breath
Pedant in the Gallery
(and you can throw in straight-up -- for Susen -- Heavy Horses)

globaltourniquet, Jun 07 2001, last modified Jun 08 2001
  

       UB, for the title of the CD, could you call it "A Halfbaker's Dozen" and include 6.5 songs?

beauxeault, Jun 08 2001
  

       Excellent idea BX. I think we have a winner. I'll submit your suggestion to the other Queen, jutta.

UnaBubba, Jun 08 2001
  

       UnaBubba is God.   

       We can't forget the Barenaked Ladies in the collection of HB covers. The band would love the idea, but you'd run the risk of them doing it themselves. They're already halfway there, what with "It's All Been [Baked] Before", "Pinch Me", and of course, "One Week":   

       It's been one week since you baked for me
Turned the oven off, and said 'I'm angry'
Five days since you laughed at me, saying
"'You're' is a contraction, spell it correctly'
Three days since I was egnorized
Tried to flame him back, but I was tongue-tied
Yesterday you croissanted me
But I'm still convinced your banter's beyond me

1percent, Jun 08 2001
  

       I guess I missed this on Headbakers Ball.

thumbwax, Jul 16 2001
  

       Can't believe I missed this one...   

       HOLD ON!!! Who fishboned this??   

       (I apologise for multiple use of '!' and '?'. This is the one thing that really cannot be voted down.)   

       1percent, you have unwittingly set me a challenge with your "1 week" start. I hereby promise to have the rest of the lyrics on 1/2B by this time next week.

CoolerKing, Aug 10 2001
  

       On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of bagels Rising up through the air   

       Up ahead in the distance I saw a strange little site My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night   

       I chose my user name and I saw the ideas there And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell Then they voted up my idea And they showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say   

       Welcome to the Hotel Halfbakery Such a lovely place Such a lovely place Plenty of room at the Hotel Halfbakery Any time of year You can find me here   

       And now mind is twisted It seems it never ends I’ve got a lot of pretty, pretty posts I calls friends How they posts those comments But I’m not top ten yet Some post to remember Some post to forget   

       So I called up the PeterSealy Please don’t use your line He said I’ve been marking ideas “baked” since 1969 And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say   

       Welcome to the Hotel Halfbakery Such a lovely Place, Such a lovely place They're livin' it up at the Hotel Halfbakery What a nice surprise, Bring your alibies   

       Mirrors on the ceiling Depict champaign on ice And UnaBubba said We are all just prisoners here Of our own device And in the waugsqueke's chambers We gathered for the feast We try our best to leave the site But they just can't kill the beast   

       Last thing I remember I was running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before Relax said jutta, We are programed to receive You can check out any time you like But you can never leave

futurebird, Aug 31 2001
  

       ::::::::::applause::::::::::

st3f, Aug 31 2001
  

       That really should be a separate idea... then I would have noticed it earlier and I would be able to vote for it...

RobertKidney, Oct 22 2001
  

       I'll never be e-famous because my name doesn' t rhyme with anything. [sighs]

bobofthefuture, Apr 15 2003
  

       Release an album, "Bobbit, Unsutured". Then it will.

UnaBubba, Apr 15 2003
  

       Or “Slobbering Smoocher” (no reference to Bobbit film implied).   

       Yours is easy, try rhyming something with 'Shz'.   

       BTW [UB] – a belated crumb is blowing in your general direction.

Shz, Apr 15 2003
  

       Surely any "Songs in the Key of 1/2B" album would have to include a "House of Pain" cover?   

       Other possible songs:
Are you gonna dough my way? (Lenny Kravitz)
One 'baker, one post, one idea (John Lee Hooker)
This brain don't stop (Elton John)
Oven your love (Transvision Vamp)
We're halving a party (Sam Cooke)
You can leave your (tall, white) hat on (Tom Jones)
Come rye with me (Frank Sinatra)

friendlyfire, Apr 16 2003
  

       //So, are there other categories where valid ideas are not necessary?//
“halfbakery: song n-z"

angel, Apr 16 2003
  

       YES YES YES!!! I love it!!!

Bakeman129, Aug 22 2003
  

       +1

po, Oct 24 2004
  

       Just to pop this one up the list so no one gets carried away and does it again ...

Soterios, Jun 07 2005
  

       An oldie, but goodie.

UnaBubba, Jun 07 2005
  

       I notice, [UnaBubba], that [harderthanjesus] wasn't the first guy to suggest an hb album, you were. I also notice:   

       - You spoke (maybe in jest) about releasing an album
- You have penned more hb songs than anyone else (possibly more than everyone else)
- You seem to have a broad knowledge of music and a good ear for a pastiche
  

       How long are you going to keep writing this stuff without doing a recording? Go on, don't put it off any longer. Sing us your favourite and link it into "The Best Halfbakery Album In The World...Ever!". It is your destiny.

wagster, Jun 08 2005
  

       The answer is simple: I was kicked out of the school choir for fraud. I couldn't sing in tune if it would save me from a firing squad. My singing voice is like a power saw cutting an empty oil drum in half, in a public toilet block.   

       I don't mind writing parodies, but I have no intention of being the cause of anyone's industrial deafness.

UnaBubba, Jun 08 2005
  

       Bugger. Oh well, you have made your contribution already.

wagster, Jun 08 2005
  

       Just heard Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio. Looked this one up and sang along. Now, I have to go... to apply dressings to my wife's bleeding eardrums.

UnaBubba, Jun 15 2006
  

       :)

pertinax, Jun 16 2006
  

       .....you da man!   

       ++ put these croissants on your wife's ears.

xandram, Jun 16 2006
  

       <jealousy oozing from every pore> Pfff! <j.o.f.e.p.>

squeak, Jun 16 2006
  

       UB, either your mind works much faster than mine or you have way more time on your hands that I do.   

       Loverly... just loverly...

James Newton, Jun 16 2006
  

       My mind works way faster than mine does.

UnaBubba, Jun 17 2006
  

       Mind, the gap.

Ian Tindale, Jun 17 2006
  

       Widens.

UnaBubba, Jun 18 2006
  

       .

xandram, Nov 30 2006
  

       Simply amazing!

quantum_flux, Dec 10 2007
  


 
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