Step right up and give your favorite holiday song a new coat of PPC-themed paint! Or heck, even make your most hated holiday nemesis more bearable!
There are pretty much no rules to this. You don't need permission, you can use whatever song you like, even if it's already been done before, and I'll add the lot to the PPC Holiday Songbook (unless you don't want me to for some reason).
I'll offer up the same challenge as last year, or possibly the year before... hm. Anyway: it's good fun to write carols about Sue-slaying, but there are lots of those. My challenge is to pick a different theme. If the filkbunnies have other ideas, though, that's cool. {= )
I have two offerings to get us started. The first is yet another version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," inspired by certain activity on the Board before the Thanksgiving holiday:
"The Twelve Days of Spamming" by Neshomeh and Phobos
Sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
On the first day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the second day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the third day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the fourth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the fifth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the sixth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the seventh day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the eighth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Eight ads for Cialis,
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the ninth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Nine accusations,
Eight ads for Cialis,
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the tenth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Ten banhammers swinging,
Nine accusations,
Eight ads for Cialis,
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the eleventh day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
An eleven-year-old schoolboy,
Ten banhammers swinging,
Nine accusations,
Eight ads for Cialis,
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
On the twelfth day of spamming, the spammers gave to me:
Twelve spelling errors,
An eleven-year-old schoolboy,
Ten banhammers swinging,
Nine accusations,
Eight ads for Cialis,
Seven Mickeys *censored*,
Six bogus data,
Five fake IPs!
Four stolen names,
Three word-salads,
Two shady links,
And some pics of a Ypur stampede!
(If you remember all the individual events we're referring to, you've probably been here a while.)
Second, to completely change it up, this next one is an homage to DoDAEG based on a Chanukah song called "S'vivon." If you aren't familiar with it, you can see the lyrics and translation here and listen to the arrangement I've sung before here. It's a lot of fun, and the slightly dark sound makes it perfect for this slightly dark theme.
"Spin Spin Spin" by Neshomeh
Sung to the tune of "S'vivon"
J. R. R., spin spin spin
Light the dark halls within
Light the dark halls within
J. R. R., spin spin spin
Canon love sets you free
Badfic's end is the key
Badfic's end is the key
Canon love sets you free
Brian Jacques, spin spin spin . . .
C. S. Lewis, spin spin spin . . .
Anne McCaffrey, spin spin spin . . .
(Substitute your favorite dead author! Morbid fun for the whole family!)
Okay, your turn! {= D
~Neshomeh, who noticed that it's eleven days until Christmas today, and would have started this yesterday if she'd been thinking about it then. Oh well.