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Jeff Reuben - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

You'd get a kick out of George Carlin (if you haven't already) =)

Stuart McArthur - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

yes Jeff - George Carlin AND Michael Leunig - thanks for the 5s ( I mean the 5!!) :-)

2nz - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

Good rhyme scheme, Stu. George Carlin reference thirded.

John Barry - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

I can identifive.

karen - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

This is so me as well!

alvin rhodes - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

count me in with the packrats as well...i love this one...5s

Dude - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

Ya, I feel your pain. You should see my house, though.

Arwen - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

I'll throw some fives down for a fellow packrat!

Stuart McArthur - December 17, 2004 - Report this comment

thanks 2nz, john, karen, alvin, dude and arwen - I don't know the expression "packrat" - what does that mean? - this was actually inspired by a Michael Leuning (Australia's brilliant cartoonist/poet) cartoon about "stuff"

Meriadoc - December 21, 2004 - Report this comment

Give it a few more years - the next stage is when you are on Ebay rebuying all the childhood stuff your parents pitched out.... ;-D

Stuart McArthur - December 21, 2004 - Report this comment

worse, Merry - last month I was on Ebay rebuying my daughter's Polly Pocket house that I threw out - true story - but she was quite understanding in her centre-of-the-universe my-dad's-horrible! way

Leo Jay - December 21, 2004 - Report this comment

Excellent!

Peregrin - December 21, 2004 - Report this comment

That was great Stuart!

Kristof Robertson - December 24, 2004 - Report this comment

Brilliant, LOL parody, Stu. Shit, man..I forgot about Michael Leunig (I've got some of his collections back in OZ)...you've inspired me to track his stuff down...cheers mate...oh btw, 5555

Phil Alexander - December 24, 2004 - Report this comment

Caught this one thanks to Kristof's comment - as a fellow hoarder of stuff I can relate to this one... but maybe the reason's here: http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/paulyoung1.shtml

Scathe - January 08, 2005 - Report this comment

(sotm) You can still use the old fashioned diving suit to organize your stuff. :-)

Rick D - January 09, 2005 - Report this comment

What happens to us all is that we're gone and the stuff remains.

Agrimorfee - January 10, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM)"Maybe you could sell some your stuff on Eee--bayyyyy?. (At least you found a place for THIS "Stuff"! )

Know 1 can hear you dream - January 10, 2005 - Report this comment

Take it from someone who has moved four times in two years, and actually managed to throw stuff away each time, it's amazing what you can live WITHOUT! :-)

Stuart McArthur - January 10, 2005 - Report this comment

thanks, K1 - I'm sure you're right, but I wouldn't know!

Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) - January 12, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) Get stuffed.

Spaff.com - January 16, 2005 - Report this comment

No one's answered your packrat question yet? It's a term to describe those of us who save needless STUFF. I still have my high school English papers in a box somewhere.

Well done, Stuartiste. Fave bits: "I'm 'discard-stuff inept," "dust on dust on dust on dust on du-ust," and "I might use it one day." And I like Aggro's suggestion; problem is, when I get on eBay to sell stuff, I find so much more stuff I have to have.

Arwen - January 16, 2005 - Report this comment

I, too, have my high school English papers...but I wouldn't call them needless. I KNOW one day I'm going to use them again...

Claude Prez - January 17, 2005 - Report this comment

I used to have stuff. Now I'm the only guy in a house with three females, so all my stuff had to go to make room for their stuff. Also, I share your deep loathing for Polly Pocket. I know you didn't actually say that, but I think I know *exactly* why you threw those zillion tiny pieces away. Anyway, great stuff.

Paul Robinson - January 24, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) Stu, I'll trade you MY piles of useless, outdated, ridiculous crap for yours...I wonder who would be stuck with more shit? Uh...give me a few minutes, I know I've got some "fives" around here somewhere or other...hmmm...let me check under the dining room table...no, unless it's in the still-packed (I don't know with what) suitcases underneath it...uh...OH...here's a "Have a Nice Day, Asshole" business card someone gave me in 1976 at a card game in Van Nuys (I'm serious)...uh...OK...here's 9 drafts of a parody I decided wasn't worth finishing...uh...let me just click out a new set for you...OH, very fine job here.

Chris Bodily TM - January 25, 2005 - Report this comment

MacArthur's Par'dy's really off the hook! All I laughs I'd give if I weren't ill. Someone gave my fives out to the song! I can't believe I forgot a bit of how "Help" goes ("When I was younger," etc. ...), but you nailed the parody, if not justed used the original lyrics in an original way. Well, I guess I'll quit my yakkin', and quit my witty crackin' and finally give those fifty 5's to yooooouuuuu! Oh noooooooooo!

Stuart McArthur - January 25, 2005 - Report this comment

thanks spaff, arwen, claude, paul and chris! (I think!)

Peregrin - January 26, 2005 - Report this comment

Refer previous comment, still likin' it!

Johnny D - January 27, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) Me got too much stuff too!

Packrat Arwen - January 27, 2005 - Report this comment

SOTM--I have accumulated 8 pairs of shoes and 32 new celebrity gossip magazines since I last commented on this song. Wait...make that 9 pairs of shoes...=)

Stuart McArthur - January 27, 2005 - Report this comment

yes the Brad/Jen/Angelina circus has doubled the height of my "trashy magazine" pile too - some nice pics though - might come in handy one day...

Jeff Reuben - January 27, 2005 - Report this comment

This was great, but I'm sure the other one you were thinking of would have done better. You should suggest a contest or something =)

Stuart McArthur - January 27, 2005 - Report this comment

LOL, Jeff. Yes, this month's SOTM did inspire my suggestion, but as it's only my third SOTM, I thought 'I bet that happens all the time' - hence the d'OH Comp idea

John Jenkins - January 30, 2005 - Report this comment

I think that "discard stuff" ineptness is contagious, and I hope we all recover. Well done, Stuart.

2nz - January 30, 2005 - Report this comment

Good rhyme scheme, Stu. Still catchy the second time around. George Carlin reference fourth...-ded.

Tim Mayfield - January 31, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) Great Stuff!! 5's!

Meriadoc - February 01, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) See above.

Kristof Robertson - February 01, 2005 - Report this comment

(SOTM) Still love it, Stu...still haven't found any Leunig stuff

Rod Worden - April 21, 2005 - Report this comment

Less is more. So why is so hard to let go of the crap? Brilliant and funny piece, Stuart, perfectly paced.

Rick C - September 27, 2005 - Report this comment

Nicely done, Stu. HIgh fives...:-)

Smeg And The Heads - December 12, 2007 - Report this comment

You must have been looking in my garage when you wrote it. Wonderful parody, perfect pacing, highly laugh-worthy - well done! Interestingly, my security code is JUK ... someone leave out the N?

littleCupCakes - December 13, 2007 - Report this comment

I'm descended from a long line of 'Austrian' pack rats! ~not Austrailian~ guys. This ~'Merican~ term is Not to be confused with the 'Rat Pack' of Frank Sinatra's gang in the early 60's.

Matthias - December 14, 2007 - Report this comment

Stuart.... I can tell that this was one of your earlier works simply because you rhymed "Today" with "Today" and "Day"... Which is something you are so beyond today, other than that I enjoyed it though especially the "But now there's dust on dust on dust on dust on du-ust" line.

bobpiecheese - December 14, 2007 - Report this comment

(Dec 2.0) I also LOL'd at the dust line. Quite good for an early work of yours, Stu.

Agrimorfee - December 17, 2007 - Report this comment

(Dec2) For this comp., too many keywords of the original in verse 2...otherwise still a good heap o' stuff. (security code BAD! but this was still good)

Kristof Robertson - January 02, 2008 - Report this comment

(DEC 2.6) Couldn't come with anything new for this round either, huh? ;-) I remember this well...and I STILL haven't found any ML stuff!

Phil Alexander - January 02, 2008 - Report this comment

Wow... I knew this felt kind of familiar when I read it, but three years seems like such a long time in some ways, and the blink of an eye in others. Like revisiting an old friend :-)

Arwen - January 02, 2008 - Report this comment

Decathlon...I did some early "spring cleaning" over my holiday break, and I think I should have been singing this one with every load of trash I finally convinced myself to get rid of. =)

Below Average Dave (badave.com) - January 02, 2008 - Report this comment

(DEC2) Dang, not to many new parodies in this round. . .it's still probably the best "Help" parody I've read, and I guess you didn't need to write a new one for this round. . .my favorite thing about this parody is you took the time to actually accentuate the words that were held in the OS, that helps immensely with following the song and even more so if I get lost.

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