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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

by Julianne Dalcanton

In honor of the holiday, I offer you a Muppet-ized version of “Danny Boy”:

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March 17th, 2008 1:14 AM
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5 Responses to “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day”

  1. 1.   The AstroDyke Says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Aw, yeah, Muppets.

    Am I correct in assuming you are raising your children w teh Muppet Show? About half the new grad students at my institution had never seen the Muppet Show — we ran remedial education sessions.

    Because if one doesn’t know Beaker, how can one survive grad school?

  2. 2.   Matt Says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    It’s tragic, I tell you, the lack of awareness. I’m in advertising, and almost sold a great PSA with beaker and Bunson as spokespeople, but the head client wouldn’t go for it, cause she preferred “more recognizable” muppets. The muppets need their own awareness PSA.

  3. 3.   charles Says:
    March 17th, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    Ah ,m’lad ,would y’be carin’for a little blessin’now :

    Benedictio Dei omnipotenti descendat super te et maneat semper .Pax tecum !

  4. 4.   hegemon359 Says:
    March 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    this makes me happy every time I watch it.

    I work in a chemistry lab, and I wear my Beaker shirt quite often!

  5. 5.   malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » random links: march 23, 2008 Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 12:07 am

    [...] (Via Cosmic Variance.) [...]





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