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- From: olounela@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Olli Lounela)
- Subject: A Finnish go song
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.132401.1714@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:24:01 GMT
- Lines: 102
-
- Hi all.
-
- This is the very first posting of a go song to this newsgroup that I've
- ever seen. About time, too, I'd say.
-
- This song is _the_ highlight of a long (6 years now?) tradition of
- Finnish go songs, and was described by some as "the only good thing of
- the European Go Congress 1990 in Vienna", which comes from the fact that
- it was created in a flash of inspiration there and then, and first sung
- there, but also from the fact that the 1990 EGC was organized in a less
- than optimal way (some would say less than satisfactory, or use even
- stronger expressions, like 'f*cked up', and not without a reason).
-
- *** WARNING: everyone please note this song contains things that can be
- *** considered insulting. Read it _ONLY_ if you think you can stand a
- *** person who can be considered a go beneficiary insulted. YES! YOU
- *** CAN STILL SKIP THIS! If in doubt, please don't read it.
-
- (Now that I'm through with this warning, I can say more... :-) Everyone
- who's still reading please enjoy this!
-
- An important thing: the people who created this song (yes, there are
- more than one) wish to remain anonymous for now. The name of the author
- is a pseudonym, and is actually a joke on a Finnish performer's name.
-
- Some background: all things in this song are literally true, except for
- some wishful thinking for which it was expressed by one of the authors
- "we hope it were". For example the verse about the winner of a
- tournament not knowing the rules is a fact: there was an "Ing's Cup"
- (actually a round robin of limited invitatory players) in 1990 won by
- Rob van Zeijst, and I know for a fact that he did not know the rules, he
- had to ask a referee about some certain points of Ing's rules. In the
- very same tournament several games were 'solved' by the ing's timer when
- it did not recognize a keypress but continued to take time (in byo-yomi)
- and thus resulted in a loss. (Now that I think of it, it actually must
- have been this Ing's "cup" that was the inspiration for the song)
-
- Also, I have heard that the song is no longer accurate: last summer I
- heard a rumor that mr. Ing had given up the counting of fractional
- points in a seki (and that's a Good Thing, for some *very* unseemly and
- tedious fractions may produce).
-
- For any lucky souls who have no idea as to why of this song and have had
- no experience of these things, I beg you to try and remain that way; I
- wish I also was that innocent... but no, I know all the horrors however
- much I wished it otherwise.
-
- Please enjoy the song:
- -----klippeti-----klippeti-----klippeti-----klap-----
-
- Ing's Timer Blues
- -----------------
-
- Melody: Ghostriders in (of?) the Sky
- Words: Vesa-Matti Olli
-
- A game is now in progress and the speed is terrible
- the beeping of Ing's hell machine is truly horrible.
- I cannot stand the noise of it, that f*cking little clock
- as fast as can I play my moves to end this constant shock.
-
- Chorus: Beep-beep-beep-beeeeep
- beep-beep-beep-bee-eeeep
- Ing's timer blues
-
- Bowls of stones so miserable Ing has invented
- the patent of fulfill-Ing stones in widely lamented.
- The worst thing one can imagine is Ing's timer hoard
- while Ing's beep-beep hell machine is chiming next to the board.
-
- CHORUS
-
- Whenever you hear rattling noise, the Ing's bowl is there
- the nightmare of play-Ing with these might be anywhere.
- The money there is big and sweet, you just can't resist
- otherwise these tournaments would no more exist.
-
- CHORUS
-
- The winner of the tournament does not know the rules
- after every single game it's Ing's timer blues;
- when fractions of points solve the game, it is not the end,
- easily there'll be a fight, even with a friend.
-
- CHORUS
-
- The first time I saw Ing's gadgets, it was a tournament;
- after that the booze I take, well, it is permanent.
- After tournament I woke, I wasn't feeling well,
- the timer was in pieces -- I hoped it was in hell.
-
- Final chorus (*2):
- Beep-beep-beep-beeeeep
- beep-beep-beep-bee-eeeep
- Ing's hell machine
-
- -----klippeti-----klippeti-----klippeti-----klap-----
- --
- Olli, 3 dan
-
- E-mail: olounela@cc.helsinki.fi ! .sig still under construction.
- Blame me only for any opinions expressed. ! Never you mind, I don't either.
-