random stuff you have memorized

[ilya]

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Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

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So raunchy, I love it

[FlyWf]

I thought I remembered the entire St. Crispin's day speech from Henry V, but a quick googling shows that I randomly omitted one line. Which sucks, because I totally wrote it all out in this post before deciding to doublecheck.

Anyway,
Cruise: Colonel, Lt. Kendrick ordered the code red, didn't he, because that's what you told Lt. Kendrick to do...
Bacon: Object!
Cruise: And when it went bad, you cut these guys loose. You had Markinson sign the phony transfer order, you doctored the logbooks, you coerced the doctor..
Judge: Consider yourself in contempt.
Cruise: Colonel Jessup, did you order the code red?
Judge: You don't need to answer that question!
Jessup: I'll answer the question. You want answers?
Cruise: I think I'm entitled to them.
Jessup: You want the answers?
Cruise: I want the truth!
Jessup: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible, to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.
We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said "Thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

[Spladle]

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i can recite all 50 states in alphabetical order

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Me too! [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[jay b.]

ezekial 25: 17. the path of the righteous man is beset...

[Spladle]

Also, the Pokerap.

[metrognome7]

At one time I could name the capital of every nation (and quasi-nation) on Earth. Then Eastern Europe fell apart, I started doing drugs, etc.

I can still properly identify nearly any national, US state, or Canadian provinicial flag.

[timex]

If I could just figure out whose on first, I'd have it all memorized.

[matt2500]

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive. Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full with what looked like huge bats all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, and a voice was screaming Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?!


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Winner. I had this one memorized for a long time, but couldn't have pulled off more than the first two sentences until I read your post.

As for me, the poem 'Chanson D'Automne' by Paul Verlaine (in French). Beautiful poem, and was used as a secret message to the French Resistance that D-Day was about to happen when broadcast over Free French Radio from London.

[ActionJeff]

the "To be, or not to be" Hamlet speech

the poem Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

every song I have heard. If I hear it once, I can usually get most of it. If I've heard it a couple times or more, I know all the lyrics as long as I can understand what the singer is saying.

I am pretty sure I remember all the notes also, but for some reason I have never tried to learn an instrument. I also have trouble remembering names and basic stuff.