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	ms_treesap 2008-04-14 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	First thing: o_O Second: A stupid move, but not really to do with fandom- maybe random_lounge would be better. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-14 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Monty Python is suddenly not fandom? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_treesap 2008-04-14 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	fails And it's one of my favourite films too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-14 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	See, that's what I thought: it's this enourmous disconnect between the fannish and the unfannish that the song would be used for his holiness, and all that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	msilverstar 2008-04-14 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	oh my god, talk about misunderstanding context! Linky please? (Reply to this)(Thread)

frequentmouse
2008-04-14 09:01 pm UTC (link)

I've been picking it up mostly from KUOW; the song was performed at the Saturday gathering at Qwest field, and either every print reporter who was sent to cover it is too dumb to get why it was a surreal choice of music, or I'm just that bad at google.

Kuow.org may have a podcast of today's "the conversation" up tomorrow; they used a recording of the song as an outro before the half-hour break.

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	scifantasy 2008-04-15 12:35 pm UTC (link)
	http://seedsofcompassion.org/webcast/index.html is the webcast of the event. I suspect it's somewhere in the two hours of footage of the "Compassion In Action" event, and I'm listening to the end (because that's an outro if every I've heard one, eh?) to see if I can find it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	scifantasy 2008-04-15 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	And http://www.kuow.org/programs/theconversation.asp?Archive=4-14-2008 has the podcast you referred to. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	scifantasy 2008-04-15 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	Hah! There it is. At 14:00 in the "Conversation" podcast. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	photosinensis 2008-04-15 02:55 am UTC (link)
	This is almost as strange as American Express using "Gimme Some Money" by The Thamesmen (later and better known as Spinal Tap--you can put the umlaut on the 'n' there yourself) in a business-class credit card commercial. Almost. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	queencallipygos 2008-04-14 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Honestly? The vibe I get from the Dalai Lama, it strikes me that he probably laughed uproariously. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-14 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I have no doubt that it amused the hell out of him; I suspect, however, that it was not meant to be a moment of irony. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	prettypinkkitty 2008-04-14 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Have you seen Michael Palin's Himalaya? If I recall correctly, Palin is chilling in Dharamsala the day before he's to interview the Dalai Lama, when he (and we) hear someone calling him - "I know you from television! Monty Python!" and it's the Dalai Lama with his huge smile on his face. Short answer: I agree! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pariforma 2008-04-16 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	This makes me so, so happy, especially because I just took refuge and formally became a Tibetan Buddhism. [prostrates to His Holiness and then ROFLs 'cos the floor's right there] (Reply to this)(Parent)

	missm 2008-04-15 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I'm sure he loved it, and probably also enjoyed the fact that most of the press didn't get it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2008-04-15 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Well, Buddhism is one of the few major religions on Earth with a laughing "god-figure" (pardon my ignorance, I'm not up on my comparitive theologies). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	t_boy 2008-04-15 02:46 am UTC (link)
	Well, not exactly god-figure as much as an a manifestation of an eschatological messiah-figure, but hey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	t_boy 2008-04-15 02:48 am UTC (link)
	Huh. The grammar is weak in me today. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2008-04-15 12:05 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I was close. It's been a while since that class. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mistressrenet 2008-04-15 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's my guess too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	seiberwing 2008-04-15 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Buddhist monks seem to have some of the best senses of humor. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	soupspooks 2008-04-14 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	bursts out laughing That's so awesome. I salute them for actually knowing the song. (Reply to this)

	chaimonkey 2008-04-14 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	This is one of those moments where I wish the Dalai Lama didn't speak English so well. (Reply to this)

	hanncoll 2008-04-14 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	I totally read your subject to the tune of "What do you do with a drunken sailor." And then I was picturing a children's chorus singing /that/ to the Dalai Lama. It's been a long day, apparently. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ymfaery 2008-04-14 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	... Wow, that totally works. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-14 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	That was not... entirely unintentional. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hanncoll 2008-04-15 12:13 am UTC (link)
	A-ha! See, and I just thought it was my work-addled brain entertaining me. Good to know. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	icedark_elf 2008-04-15 05:31 am UTC (link)
	Damnit! is now humming that song (Reply to this)(Parent)

	scifantasy 2008-04-15 11:41 am UTC (link)
	"What do you sing to the Dalai Lama? What do you sing to the Dalai Lama? What do you sing to the Dalai Lama? Early in the morning? Sing him a chorus of Monty Python Sing him a chorus of Monty Python Sing him a chorus of Monty Python Early in the morning!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

rosehiptea
2008-04-15 12:39 am UTC (link)

That is freaking hilarious. And I do tend to think the Dalai Lama got a laugh out of it.

Still... you do wonder what someone was thinking.

On an almost entirely unrelated note, I was once reading a Very Religious Jewish newspaper, with a target audience of people who don't watch TV or possibly even read ordinary newspapers. The article was about landscaping a park in Jerusalem and the title was "Bring Me a Shrubbery." My ex-husband and I were wondering and laughing for days.

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	frequentmouse 2008-04-15 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Nobody expects the stealth fannishness? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	laerwen 2008-04-15 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Oh my. I think he'd find it really hilarious, to be honest. He always seemed to be about having a sense of humor about these things. :D (Reply to this)

	smashingstars 2008-04-15 02:50 am UTC (link)
	I think "always look on the bright side of death" would be a terrific lyric for a Buddhist song. The "life's a piece of shit" part, though... not so much. Did they keep all the original lyrics? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	singe 2008-04-15 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I hope so. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	t_boy 2008-04-15 03:01 am UTC (link)
	lulz (Reply to this)

	luxshine 2008-04-15 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Hey, at least it wasn't "Every Sperm is sacred" for the Pope, right? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	splorch 2008-04-15 04:10 am UTC (link)
	That would be the lulziest thing in the history of ever, and I wish to see it done immediately. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	youngcurmudgeon 2008-04-15 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Is Anonymous going to be in DC for the papal visit? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2008-04-15 06:31 am UTC (link)
	Your brain! it shines and sparkles ever so nicely! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2008-04-15 09:13 am UTC (link)
	This needs to happen. Closely followed by a special show at Temple Square in Salt Lake city. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	scifantasy 2008-04-15 11:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm with the echoes of "I cannot think of a better choice." Also, I'd love to hear that. (Reply to this)