Oh, you're fine. It's an in-joke with some other friends. I'd thought about writing instead "our new Cylon overlords," but then I thought that's too geeky! ;-)
(That's because I have no idea who they are. I'm hoping they entered the cultural lexicon in the mid-90s to mid-00s so I can say, "Oh, I was out of the country" and sound romantically adventurous instead of stupid.)
(And you know, I seem to be ending this thread the same way I began it: clueless.)
Well, The One may have only been president of the Harvard Law Review but some other One was the editor or the Daily Crimson! Or would the latter be The Two?
Insect? I actually don't get that.
ReplyDeleteGee, lose an election and suddenly the world stops making sense. Or is it that I haven't had my coffee yet?
Oh, you're fine. It's an in-joke with some other friends. I'd thought about writing instead "our new Cylon overlords," but then I thought that's too geeky! ;-)
ReplyDeleteBlogfriend James Chen had thought of the insect overlord idea a while back, too:
ReplyDeletehttp://jameschen.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-insect.html
Of course, he was referring to Nancy Pelosi!
But The One was editor of the Crimson--why are you such haters?
ReplyDeleteWell, that's good then.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the link! But, you know, you covered that as well ...
Lumpenscholar-Think Kent Brockman, Kang and Kodos.
ReplyDeleteOkay, but what should I think about them?
ReplyDelete(That's because I have no idea who they are. I'm hoping they entered the cultural lexicon in the mid-90s to mid-00s so I can say, "Oh, I was out of the country" and sound romantically adventurous instead of stupid.)
(And you know, I seem to be ending this thread the same way I began it: clueless.)
Try this, Lumpen-san:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Homer
Indeed, it's from the mid-1990s -- 1994, to be exact! Simpsons-mania!
For an example of use in pop culture, here's just one example:
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2007/06/british-government-welcomes-our-new.html
Aw, MJ, are we really haters? Or just obsessed with the Simpsons? ;-)
ReplyDeleteLumpen-san, video here!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.videosift.com/video/I-for-one-welcome-our-new-insect-overlords
Well, The One may have only been president of the Harvard Law Review but some other One was the editor or the Daily Crimson! Or would the latter be The Two?
ReplyDeleteThanks, MM! Never say you aren't a true Educator!
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