Forwarded message: >From vanhoose Sat Oct 16 18:59:29 1993 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 93 18:59:28 -0400 From: Todd E. Van Hoosear <vanhoose> To: todd Subject: Barney SongDate: Mon, 7 Jun 93 17:12:15 -0400 From: Todd E. Van Hoosear <todd> To: &friends Subject: Barney Song (fwd)
Geoff J. pulled this off of Usenet. Everyone knows Barney, right? The big purple dinosaur creature who has worked his way into the minds of millions of young impressionable tots? Well, wait 'til you read this...
:) Todd (:
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> From jenkinsg Wed May 26 14:09:27 1993 > From: Geoffrey Jenkins <jenkinsg> > Subject: Barney Song > To: jenkinsg (Geoffrey Jenkins) > Date: Wed, 26 May 93 14:09:26 EDT > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] > > Path: > msuinfo!uwm.edu!wupost!CSM560.smsu.edu!umn.edu!uum1!mac.cc.macalstr.edu!bull > From: bull@mac.cc.macalstr.edu > Newsgroups: alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die > Subject: Barney Song is ABSOLUTE EVIL. (I've proof) > Message-ID: <1993May21.164759.6354@mac.cc.macalstr.edu> > Date: 21 May 93 16:47:58 -0600 > Organization: Macalester College > Lines: 42 > > Horrific discovery! Having transcribed the lyrics to the Purple Freak's, "I > Love You" song, I've made some bizarre and freakish observations. Let me > illustrate: > > (donning protective goggles and earphones) > > I love you, > you love me > We're a happy family > With a great big kiss and hug > from me to you > Won't you say you love me to? > > (removing protective goggles and earphones, but still vomits) > > Bad enough, you say? That's just the tip of the dung-heap, loyal campers. > Let's transcribe the lyrics BACKWARDS, and their phonetic translations... > > uoy evol I *Ooh, evil eye > em evol ouy I'm evil, ooh > ylimaf yppah a erew Eely mafia power > guh dna ssik gib taerg a htiw Goodness is sick, give target, ew! > uoy ot em morf Ooh, atom-morph > oot em evol uoy yas uoy tnow Ooh, them evil, ooh, yes, ooh, now.... > > Ghastly. Here Barney reveals his evilness, and his slimy underworld > connections. He goes on to reveal his contempt for goodness, and wants to > target all goodness for destruction. I'm still trying to figure out the > "atom-morph" phrase, but I suspect it hints at nuclear devastation and the > rebirth of a nuclear race (purple and green mutants?) The very last phrase ha > the purple lizard-scum going into an almost orgasmic revelry, as he lapses > into his love of all things evil. > > No wonder this song is sung at the end of every show! No wonder the fat purpl > slug wields so much power! Those that oppose him openly are subject to > mysterious disappearances or execution-style shootings! All the while paving > the way to a new, unholy nuclear age where all that will exist are nuclear > demon-spawn singing that horrid song, propagating the evil that is BARNEY. > > Don't listen to the song, whatever you do! Free the Bedrock Seven!
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