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Model of a Russian Major General…

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Clever poem sent to me:

I am the very model of a Russian Major General

My standing in the battlefield is growing quite untenable

My forces, though equipped and given orders unequivocal

Did not expect the fight to be remotely this reciprocal

I used to have a tank brigade but now I have lost several

My fresh assaults are faltering with battleplans extemporal I can't recover vehicles but farmers in a tractor can

It's all becoming rather reminiscent of Afghanistan My ordnance is the best but only half my missiles make it there

I would have thought by now that we would be controllers of the air

But at the rate the snipers work my time here is ephemeral

I am the very model of a Russian Major General

edit: tried to resolve format issues

Posted Mar 31, 2022, 7:50 AM UTC · edited

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panzerfanCanada•

Format, man, bloody format the chunk!

Yes, the modern Major General is not the same as a Russian Major General.

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MiXNLEAN•

Yeah man, It seems like a fucking AI is publishing some posts sometimes.

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AlternativeQuality2•

Now all we need is a riff on ‘I’ve Got a Little List’.

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the_wheel_of_4chanUnited States•

As some day it may happen a scapegoat must be found, Putins got a list, he’s got a little list

Of the public officials who did not follow him underground, and who never will be found, they never will be found

There’s state security, who lied and told him “It’d be over in a snap”

They knew better than most, that was utterly bullcrap

There’s Defense who claimed that Russia is the best,

They’re on the fence now, ab-out running off to Brest,

Add more, here’s what I wrote up so far

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dangerwookie•

Love it!

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Civil_Nectarine868•

They sure ain't no Salarian Scientist.

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theretortsonthisguy•

Is it me or is

"I would have thought by now that we would be controllers of the air"

missing two syllabic beats?

Probably just me, To me the meter 's perfect otherwise.

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grippgoat•

Are you mentally contracting "I would" and "we would"? It seems OK to me.

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theretortsonthisguy•

no it's not that,it's not grammatical

it's the syllables by line. Iambic pentameter from memory.

I might have ADD or something and/or I might just be wrong

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grippgoat•

I don't remember exactly how iambic pentameter works, but it fits the music in my head.

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theretortsonthisguy•

That's the main thing. :) I'm 2 off which doesn't surprise me.

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Juvor•

For those who don't know. This is adapted from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Pirates of Penzance (from 1879) song "Modern Major General".

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Sailbad_the_Sinner30•

Can anyone tell me why I got censored when I posted this same spoof on this sub last week?

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amerkanische_Frosch•

The mods appear to be inconsistent on this point, but some feel that parodies, memes, etc., do not serve what they consider to be the principal goal of the sub, which is to provide relevant information on the status of the invasion and the resistance to it.

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hat_eater•

Source.

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