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Song Parodies -> "A Geeky Hobby (Geography - part 1) Europe"

Original Song Title:

"I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General"

Original Performer:

Gilbert & Sullivan

Parody Song Title:

"A Geeky Hobby (Geography - part 1) Europe"

Parody Written by:

Andy Primus

The Lyrics

A Geeky Hobby (Geography) - The Nordic Countries & Eastern Europe.

This parody is done to match the Delacorte Theater version with George Rose as the MG (from YouTube).
(There are other versions – this is the one where he is wearing a white uniform with a red sash).
All words or phrases marked with * have a meaning listed in the table below the parody.
A lot of UK slang will mean something completely different to someone from the US.
Some words have been added because they can have other, more obvious, meanings as well.
There are a few pacing anomalies in the song that are also explained below the parody.




I have a geeky hobby: I like countries an’ ge-ography
I also dig the solar system; into that cosmography
The winter times of Finland; boy, the length of nights ain’t comical
In Helsinki, a blizzard blew; my gas bill: astronomical

In Sweden, well, complaints are due: the weather’s diabolical
I should’ve worn a beanie: I’ve not even one hair follicle
I’m in Stock’olm an’ it’s freezin’; it’s down to minus thirtyish
(Spoken line)
Ooh, thirtyish, thirtyish…hate it!
(Resume singing)
My pate is full of chaps, for I’ve no hair; it’s feelin’ hurtyish

(Too late for woollen caps, but I don’t care; I’m feelin’ flirtyish)
(A date, with fuller baps; oh, what a pair: appealin’; pertyish)
(A mate I’ll *pull, perhaps; I’ll have her bare an’ squealin’; pert an’ dirtyish)

I had no luck in Sweden, so the travel lass said, “Take ya pick”
Was in the sky; Icelandic plane; then touchin’ down in Reykjavik…(pr. rake-ya-vick)
They spurt: those geysers; hot: their waters; sprayin’ some; seen gushin’ out
My breed: a wacky tourer; tried to see ‘em; had a rushin’ bout

(They hurt: those *geezers; hot: their daughters; prayin’ some: been flushin’ out)
(My need: a quacky curer; tried to flee ‘em; had a crushin’ rout)

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I flew to Oslo, jus’ to see if Norway’s long an’ mountainous
Then off to Copenhagen; saw the *Danish boy piss: fountainous
I booked a flight to Moscow, but I went to inner Siberia
The pilots are so poor: the *ruddy Russians all fly beerier

It…was swell in Riga, Latvia; their hookers were *less bonier
A blow was great in Tallinn: got my rocks off in Estonia
Then I had fun in Vilnius: more head, in Lith-u-ania
(Spoken line)
Ooh, lucky me, mucky me…love it!
(Resume singing)
Then off to ol’ Kiev, where hookers are a touch Ukraine-ier

(In Warsaw, I’m aware that hookers are so much more brainier)
(Of course I had a pair of lookers; wow, I’s much more veiny-er)
(So, Poland is a yeah; the hookers wow; I’ve such whore bonkin’ mania)

Then had a fright in Hungary: a *botty nip in Budapest…(pr. boo-da-pest)
For two days, I was in jail; I was misconstrued a ruder pest
Then short on groovy: crud, an’ suckin’; soak-ery: gone rainier
The liquid was a torrent; chill in Bucharest, Romania

(Then caught some movie: blood an’ suckin’; Stoker-y; Lon Chaney-er)
(The sick vid was abhorrent: killin’ chicks in Transylvania)

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I shagged a whore in Moldova; said, “What a pong, you fishy cow”
An’ I got robbed that night: a trouser rifle-through in Chisinau…(pr. kishy-now)
For rougher whores, it’s Zagreb in Croatia; mine’s one scary cat
My one-eye ho’s a monkey; back is like some ruddy hairy mat

Well, I have bonked in Skopje: I’ve been laid in Macedonia
But when I saw her crack ticks, I was pukin’; she got moanier
Oh sh!t, now I’m s-stuttering; a brutish pimp is slappin’ me
(Spoken line)
Ooh, I say, that’s a hard one, *innit; ‘chap-in’ fee; crap; ow, ow, ow, ow…stop it!
(Resume singing)
He said, “You want the honey”, or else he won’t jus’ be tappin’ me

(He said, “I want the money”, or else he will put a cap in me)
(He said, “Do nothin’ funny”, or else he will soon be wrappin’ me)
(He said, “Do nothin’ runny”, what else could I do but have a crap an’ pee)

So much European shaggin’; I’m so lucky, I’m not in the crap
A scary STD would mean a cotton bud is in the *jap
Of course it mattered: crave the nookie; like a bull, in china shop
One’s hot: the purry *Fiddle, an’ I note she’ll really shine atop

(If coarse an’ matted, shave the Wookey; likeable, if finer crop)
(One’s got the furry middle; on her coat, there is a line o’ glop)



A few points on pacing anomalies – don’t know if all versions are the same:
(a-BOUT bi-NO-mi-al THEO-rem) = (I’m in Stock’olm an’ it’s freezin’)
(all the CRIMES of HE-li-o-GAB-a-lus) = (but I went to inner Siberia)
(I…can TELL un-DOUBT-ed RAPH-a-ELS) = (It was swell in Riga, Latvia)
(for my MIL-i-TAR-y KNOW-ledge) = (So much European shaggin’)
There are 2 extra syllables (in the last lines only) in each section of triple repeated lines (in brackets)

Pull = win the affections of (a possible partner)
Geezer = UK slang for a man (not the US slang for an old man)
Danish boy piss = The Fountain of Charity in Gammel Torv (Old Square)
Ruddy = used for emphasis
Less bonier = Latvian hookers undergo monthly health checks, so are generally fitter and healthier than those from countries in which prostitution is illegal
Botty nip = bottom pinch
Innit = isn't it
Jap (japs eye) = the hole in the end of a man’s…
Fiddle = pure coincidence that there’s a hooker in Poland called Fiddlegirl

Geography lesson - capital cities mentioned (1-5 the Nordic countries; 6-16 Eastern Europe):
01) Helsinki = Finland
02) Stockholm = Sweden
03) Reykjavik = Iceland
04) Oslo = Norway
05) Copenhagen = Denmark
06) Moscow = Russia (Siberia = the region of central & eastern Russia)
07) Riga = Latvia
08) Tallinn = Estonia
09) Vilnius = Lithuania
10) Kiev = Ukraine
11) Warsaw = Poland
12) Budapest = Hungary
13) Bucharest = Romania (Transylvania = a region in the north of Romania)
14) Chisinau = Moldova
15) Zagreb = Croatia
16) Skopje = Macedonia

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Mark Scotti - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Longitude 5 degrees to lattitude 55 degrees locates a very clever, funny and most informative parody!!!
Old Man Ribber - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Gilbert and Sullivan never had it so good. Fine job, Andy. ;D
Old Man Ribber - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
BTW, Zagreb is nice this time of year. ;D
AFW - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
It shows that you've done a lot of research in preperation of this parody. Extremely well done
John Barry - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Great parody, rhyming, AND great travelogue.
Euro_Trash - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Love it... Ditto JAB, but would have spelt it 'travel log'!
Fiddlegirl - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
LOL! Andy Primus may be "Pole-ish"; Fiddlegirl is not ... but a wonderful take on MG. [And you punctuate *just* like TT!!!] ;)
Phil Nelson - February 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Really written well, 555'S
Christie Marie M - February 13, 2010 - Report this comment
Another enjoyable travelogue parody if I ever read one! You must have worked extra hard on a hard to pace parody. Heck you've been writing for a long time anyways! Take some cool 555's!!
Should Be Banned For (geo-)Grapic Sax(on)uality - February 14, 2010 - Report this comment
Waay TMGLTM ... or as Dante would say, "Oh, Hell, they're all good"... but would single out the whole "bonier-mania" set as a cu()t above..

555++ ... no points deducted for the fact that "Budapest/ruder pest" was used in TOS "You Did It" from "My Fair Lady". ["Nudie pest?" "nude, undressed"]. Looking forward to Vol. LXIX, as well as LIX.
"Graphic" - February 14, 2010 - Report this comment
Get the complex pun right, then typo it (sigh)
Andy P - February 15, 2010 - Report this comment
Late thanks to all for v/c's (hectic weekend)

Mark - remember the Zagreb line in case you ever come over for a Euro ho-fest

OMR - unless you get the one-eye monkey ho

AFW - didn't have to research because geography really is a hobby of mine. Also, because I'm European, this is as easy for me as it would be for you to name the states of America)

JAB - Thanks

Euro_Trash - LOL

FG - so I presume I'm finally starting to get the punctuation right at long last

Phil - thanks

CMM - two years exactly
BR> TT - LOL @ nick. Hope to do a geography Vol. II, but I'd have to be a JAB to do that amount

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