Tim Minchin looted my brain
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Did you ever come across a piece of writing that so perfectly encapsulates who you are and what you think, that you become convinced the writer is either your doppelganger or must have dipped into your skull and pilfered your thoughts?
We’ve been discussing homeopathy and other quackery on my website forum and someone posted this video. I watched (well, listened and read) in awe: This is me. I’ve been in this situation and, when no one’s been there to give me a warning look (because they know what’s coming), I’ve responded with an eerily similar skeptical rant (except not so elegantly, or with rhymes, or a British accent).
Spooky.
Check this out whether you’re a skeptic or not
‘Cause it’s s laugh-out-loud funny in spots,
But it’s also true, oh, so true.
Tim Minchin, I tip my calvarium to you.
(Now you all know why I’ve never committed poetry.)
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Correction: Minchin is an Aussie. My bad.
Hooray for Tim Minchin! As always, poets and comedians can make an argument far better than anyone who works in mere prose.
This guy keeps popping up at me – my niece recommending his warm small-pub video at the Fringe festival, singing “Hallelujah”, friends send me his comedy/political songs. He’s a treasure.
This time, I swear: I’m looking him up on Amazon and “sending him positive signals” as the economists say. He deserves some incentive to keep it up.
Let me challenge others to do the same. YouTube should be great advertising for the artist, not a substitute for supporting them as they deserve.