That 'modern major general' one makes me genuinely angry it's so shit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Back then it was satire
being put in charge of the Navy purely for being upper class, having no practical experience other than polishing the door handle.

hmmmm, maybe not so irrelevant...
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 10:44, Reply)

They could have made their point without doing so via the medium of massively irritating smartarse twee wanky am-dram song.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 10:51, Reply)

True, but Twitter hadn't been invented yet

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 10:54, Reply)

I'm fairly sure they aren't to blame for the am-dram part of that.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 10:55, Reply)

They fucking invented it. Without G&S that shit wouldn't even exist.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 11:15, Reply)

I quite like it tbh
I'd half like to see some of the faster rappers nowadays see if they could do it at full pace.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 11:27, Reply)