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Tom Lehrer has been my go-to source of acerbic wit and brilliant satire since I first encountered him when attending the Norwegian University of Tecnology and S
by lb1lf 1y ago
Tom Lehrer has been my go-to source of acerbic wit and brilliant satire since I first encountered him when attending the Norwegian University of Tecnology and Science; a group I joined there held Lehrer in high esteem and I, too, was blown away by how timeless a lot of his songs were; a lot of satire ages very quickly, but chances are my unborn grandchildren will laugh hysterically to 'Who's Next?' or 'Wernher von Braun' after doing the mid-21st century equivalent of googling to find out who WvB was, of course.
Godspeed, Tom. This has been a rough week - three of the heroes of my formative years have checked out of existence - Lehrer, Ozzy and author Ingvar Ambjørnsen. Sigh. Who's next?
- philodeon 1y agoOne wonders how seriously this tribute should be taken given that the educational institution referenced has the acronym NUTS.
- selimthegrim 1y agoWait until you hear about what the institute is called in the translation of Monday Begins on Saturday
- meling 1y agoHa, that’s funny! I got my PhD from NTNU, but never actually noticed that in English it becomes NUTS… NTNU is a Norwegian acronym for Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet.
- lb1lf 1y agoBack in the day when the Internet was still full of whimsy, the computer club at my alma mater had acquired nuts.edu. I still have a T-shirt somewhere proudly sporting the domain name under the NTNU (Norwegian abbreviation for Norwegian University of Tecnology and Science) logo, slightly modified - the real logo is a circle bounded by a rounded square; the T-shirt has a hazelnut standing in for the circle.
- fastasucan 1y agoThey have officially nade their acronym NUST to avoid the nutty one. E.g https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2014/may-britt-moser/facts/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2014/may-britt-mo...