Sunday, October 23, 2011

Remember the All Blacks - parody of a scene from Remember the Titans

Coach Henry: It's all right. We're in a fight. You boys are doing all that you can do. Anybody can see that. Win or lose... We gonna walk out of Eden Park tonight with our heads held high. Do your best. That's all anybody can ask for.
Richie McCaw: No, it ain't Coach. With all due respect, uh, you demanded more of us. You demanded perfection. Now, I ain't saying that I'm perfect, 'cause I'm not. And I ain't gonna never be. None of us are. But we have won 75% of all our matches and every single game we have played at Eden Park since 1994. So this team is almost perfect and ranked number 1 in the world. We won the World Cup in 1987. And, uh, if it's all the same to you, Coach Henry, we want to win it again.

Why a try is called a try

The Rugby World Cup 2011 is nearly coming to an end as the All Blacks prepare for the ultimate showdown against the unpredictable French. Of course we want the All Blacks to score lots of tries and waste those frogs but, if you're like me, you may ask yourself why a try is called a try when you've succeeded. Shouldn't they be called successes? Actually there's a good reason why they're called tries. When rugby was first invented in England in the 1800s what we call a try didn't actually give you any points. Back then, when you scored a try you just got the opportunity to "try" to kick a goal ie "convert the try" into points. Tries didn't give you any points until 1886 when you got 1 point for a try, 2 points for a conversion, 3 points for a penalty and 3 points from a drop goal. The value of a try increased to 2 points in 1891, 3 points in 1894, 4 points in 1971 then finally 5 points in 1992.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

That's The Race You Are - Asian parody of Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make dental floss the perfect blindfold
Her hair, her hair, is black (not grey) unless she is old
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday.
Yeah, I know, I know I can buy some things from her real cheaply
But it's so, it's so sad that they're usually bad quality
And every time I send an item back her way
I say

When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.

And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are.

Her rice her rice
She can eat it all day when she's hungry
Her lunch her lunch consists of hot dogs and I mean literally
She wears spectacles
And she studies everyday
Oh you know you know you sound like you just got off the plane
Can't understand a word you say.
It's hurting my brain.
So don't bother asking if your English is okay
You know I'll say

When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are.

And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are.

The race you are
The race you are
Girl you're an Asian.
That's the race you are

When I see your grades
There's not a doubt about your race
Cause you're an Asian
That's the race you are

And when you drive
The whole world's shocked when you can survive
Cause girl you're an Asian
That's the race you are

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Jesus Christ - Christian parody of Dynamite by Taio Cruz

I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!

I I I II come to church church church church.
I grab a bible and I search search search search.
I'm looking up my favourite verse verse verse verse.
Sent his son to save the Earth Earth Earth Earth.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on.
Yeah.

I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!

Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once
He won't warn us twice
We gon give it up
All for Jesus Christ

I came to prove prove prove prove
He isn't just the King of Jews Jews Jews Jews.
He is the way, the life and truth truth truth truth.
I'm gonna spread the gospel news news news news.
You you.
Cause he rules on and on and on
And he rules on and on and on
Yeah!

I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.

I'm gonna take my sins out.
God's gonna judge me while I'm standing.
I'm atoned for all my
Sins that I have still got outstanding.
Cause I I I believe in him
And I I I, I just give him all.
I just give him all.
I'm gonna put my hands close in prayer.
Ha-hands close in prayer.
Put your hands close in prayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer-ayer.

I throw my hands up to the Lord sometimes
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
I wanna emulate him in my life.
Saying ayo! Praise his name-o!
Cause he died on the cross
Then came back to life.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.
Cause he warned us once.
He won't warn us twice.
We gon' give it up
All for Jesus Christ.