The Sibling Below Me...

[Griffin NoName]

The obvous connection is they are all lies.

TsBM always lies on Sundays.

[Swatopluk]

After sitting all week and standing on Saturday.

The sibling below jogs around the house at midnight

[Sibling DavidH]

Pursued by the phantom hedgehog, glowing a ghastly, ghostly green in the gloom.

The Sibling Below Me realises that 'ghastly' and 'ghostly' are the same word.

[Swatopluk]

aghast! avast is the abyss of my ignorance

The sibling below me is free of false modesty

[Griffin NoName]

False modesty is as bad as false idols. I know I am the greatest.

TsBM thinks being the greatest means an ever expanding torso.

[Swatopluk]

and abridged extremities.

The sibling below me does not like Zen answers

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I'd prefer the master told me I'm an idiot once and for all.

TSBM thinks nothing makes sense anymore.

[Opsa]

Did it ever?


The Sibling Below Me thinks the only good sense is nonsense.

[Sibling DavidH]

That's my core belief.

The Sibling Below Me has also learned more from Spike Milligan than from a dozen philosophers. 

_{(Although the Whoople philosopher Fazzlemut at Fooplegloop University has done some good work on the existential noumenon of baked beans.)}

[Opsa]

Spike Jones is another philosopher I follow. I regard his "Clink! Clink! Another Drink!" as words to live by.

The Sibling Below Me wonders if the phrase "to spike the punch" came from Spike Jones.

[Swatopluk]

No, it derived from someone in the 17th century who really disliked the Punch and Judy Show and consequently impaled the perfomer.

The sibling below me will explain the connection between pikeman and piker

[Sibling DavidH]

A pikeman is very tall and thin, with a pointy head.  A piker is one who makes a living catching pike and blackmailing pond-owners with the threat of dropping them in among the goldfish.

The Sibling Below Me also worships Spike Jones and the City Slickers, but feels that Cocktails For Two was his greatest masterpiece.

[Swatopluk]

I'll leave that for others more knowledgeable to answer.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Are we talking about two cockatiels?

TSBM does actually know something about Spike Jones.

[pieces o nine]

That I do. My dad liked him and I grew up hearing his musical stylings.


TPBM would apply "stylings" to a different composer.