Are you kidding? This is PACKED with pathos. Will those clouds turn into more clouds that bring a slow drizzle? Maybe with thunderstorms? Will the weather get so bad the traffic at O’Hare will be snarled for days and will little Jimmy then miss his plane and not get home in time to see Grandpa pass into the next world? I’m on TENTERHOOKS!
Take Cover
7 years ago
OK, so not exactly suspenseful, but the buildings are slightly leaning. Might they someday perhaps fall?!!?!1!!
Srsly though, the most exciting thing about this is the typo.
Apostrophes? Chicago?
Viper’s Vipers’ Schmipers.
Apostrophes are for wimps from Waukegan.
Chicago dont need no stinkin apostrophes.
Lydia
7 years ago
The vipers could be giant snakes nesting in the city behind the buildings. Those are leaning because the brood is about to hatch and wreak havoc! Maybe.
seaturtles
7 years ago
the suspense involves wondering who is going to vipe all of those vindows
Hoooo, no. Tiny Time may have done the skit, but my parents used to tell that bit when I was a nipper–before Tim ‘ere arrived on the scene. Oldy but goody.
Definitely “Chicago Skyline from Lake Michigan”.
How can we ask for anything any more noir than Chicago?
Chicago, city of
fleecy white white clouds on blue skies,
green trees on the shore line,
jaunty little sail boats on Lake Michigan,
with a title that evokes Tiny Tim’s “I am the Viper…” skit.
That’s noir, guys, soul of suspense and darkness.
Are you kidding? This is PACKED with pathos. Will those clouds turn into more clouds that bring a slow drizzle? Maybe with thunderstorms? Will the weather get so bad the traffic at O’Hare will be snarled for days and will little Jimmy then miss his plane and not get home in time to see Grandpa pass into the next world? I’m on TENTERHOOKS!
OK, so not exactly suspenseful, but the buildings are slightly leaning. Might they someday perhaps fall?!!?!1!!
Srsly though, the most exciting thing about this is the typo.
The missing apostrophe really upsets me.
Maybe it’s a verb. What do vipers do? They lie around and brood…
Apostrophes? Chicago?
Viper’s Vipers’ Schmipers.
Apostrophes are for wimps from Waukegan.
Chicago dont need no stinkin apostrophes.
The vipers could be giant snakes nesting in the city behind the buildings. Those are leaning because the brood is about to hatch and wreak havoc! Maybe.
the suspense involves wondering who is going to vipe all of those vindows
Did it make you think of that funny old ghost story too?
…okay, so I have just learnt from Naaman’s comment that it was a Tiny Tim bit….! I first read it in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
i’m pretty sure i first heard of it in animaniacs, so that’s where i’m coming from
Hoooo, no. Tiny Time may have done the skit, but my parents used to tell that bit when I was a nipper–before Tim ‘ere arrived on the scene. Oldy but goody.
Right up there with “tankety-tank-tank-tank!”
I hate the versions that start “I am the Vinder Viper….” they telegraph the punch line.
Me, too. Some folks just do not know how to tell a joke or deliver a punchline.
“I am the Viper Vender. Got snakes?”
You’re killin’ it brother, in the good way.
Definitely “Chicago Skyline from Lake Michigan”.
How can we ask for anything any more noir than Chicago?
Chicago, city of
fleecy white white clouds on blue skies,
green trees on the shore line,
jaunty little sail boats on Lake Michigan,
with a title that evokes Tiny Tim’s “I am the Viper…” skit.
That’s noir, guys, soul of suspense and darkness.