Philadelphia: The Cheese Isn't Just on the Steaks

I took the kids to the Philadelphia Museum of Art yesterday, which they enjoyed-- there is a good collection of armor and halberds and pikes and swords and old guns and a decent sampling of all the masters, modern and ancient, including a great painting of Prometheus with his liver being eaten by a giant eagle-- and they also enjoyed the famous view of Philly from the terrace, but when I showed them the clip from Rocky when he runs up those same steps, they didn't seem to enjoy that very much-- maybe because the 70's keyboard in the theme song is exponentially cheesier than you remember.
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17 comments:

  1. WhitneyMay 15, 2009 at 7:15 AM

    No Bosch? I know how you enjoy depravity and damnation in your classic art.

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  2. robMay 15, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    first person to create a rap lyric rhyming bosch, nosh, and pish-posh wins today's daily sentence of dave prize package.

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  3. eric-cubeMay 15, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    Reading Dave's sentence
    makes me pish and a posh,
    Like eating tasty cakes
    when I feel like a nosh,
    and I know it don't make sense
    and it seems like I'm lost
    in some Earthly Delights
    Like Hieronymus Bosch.

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  4. robMay 15, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    bonus points for using bosch's full name, but disqualified for separating pish and posh. the judges are sticklers.

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  5. robMay 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    chillin’ at the club with my man H. Bosch
    met him at the deli for a seltzer and a nosh
    shorties on his jock like tall chris bosh
    deep in his mood, homie mutters pish-posh

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  6. eric-cubeMay 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    How can the creater and judge of the competition throw his hat in the ring? This competition has been rigged from the get and the go.

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  7. robMay 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    i'm ineligible to win. merely offering a sample verse. slow day at the rock factory.

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  8. DaveMay 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    this contest is not in any way affiliated with "the sentence of dave." dave in no way endorses the words "nosh" and "pish-posh" and has in fact, until this time, never included these words in his lexicon.

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  9. robMay 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    nice try, sentence boy. you can't renege now after building all those shelves as a prize for your readers.

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  10. WhitneyMay 15, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    I was hangin' with some demons and my man Hiery Bosch
    Had a few beers to wash down my mackin' nosh
    Turned to the Spice Girl and said, "Oh my gosh,
    Let me out this booth, I gotta take a pish, Posh!"

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  11. DaveMay 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    that's good, very very good-- especially your familiarity with the spice girls . . .

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  12. robMay 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    i think we've demonstrated conclusively that the sod audience wants more hip hop-related content. this may well be the most comments ever.

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  13. DaveMay 15, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    this will be duly noted. word up, it's hippity hop time.

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  14. eric-cubeMay 15, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    I'm sorry. I can't get over being dq'd over separating pish and posh--I thought the whole spirit the hip and the hop revolved around poetic license; I personally thought it was brilliant and some of my finest work.

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  15. robMay 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    great artists break all the rules, eric. much like clay aiken, i fully expect you to bounce back from this setback and reach great heights.

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  16. WhitneyMay 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    Comparing E to Clay Aiken . . . a low blow by any standard. I'd like to see Clay Aiken eagerly make the long haul to the Corner Tavern to humor Dave's clowny college friend. (No, I actually wouldn't.)

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  17. ericMay 16, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    Clay might tag along, but your evening would end with more than just a fat cat.

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