One day, after school was over, a teacher walked up to one of her students.
For a school assignment she asked him to find four phrases, write them down then give them back to her the next day.
So, the student reached home and asked his mom if she had a phrase.
"Shut up!!!", exclaimed the mom.
Next, the student went to his brother and asked if he had a phrase.
"Bada bada BATMAN!!!", laughed the brother.
Next, the student went to the neighborhood janitor and asked if he had a phrase.
"Garbage, garbage, garbage, nothing but garbage all day long!", complained the janitor.
Finally for his final phrase the student asked the town baker if he had a phrase.
"My buns are burning, my buns are burning!", shouted the baker.
The next day at school the student waltzed up to his teacher's desk.
"Do you have your four phrases", asked the Teacher?
"Shut up!", shouted the student.
The teacher felling very hurt asked, "Who do you think you are!?"
"Bada bada BATMAN", laughed the student.
"What are you getting out of all this school?", asked the teacher.
"Garbage, garbage, garbage, nothing but garbage all day long!"
Then the teacher spanked the student and he went around yelling
"MY BUNS ARE BURNING MY BUNS ARE BURNING!"
Link:
https://www.cleanjoke.com/humor/Misunderstood.html
Wait a minute! Corporal punishment in schools isn't allowed any more.
Lol, T(h)ink, it looks much like a story from the past, and you know that "things" were a bit rougher ...
But, but... "Bada bada BATMAN!!!" sounds pretty contemporary to me.
Lol, T(h)ink, there was a Batman movie in 1966, and by then ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1966_film)
But, but, but... did they say "Bada bada BATMAN!!!" in that movie?
And did they have corporal punishment in schools as late as 1966?
Well, it looks much like the theme music (there's a "badabadabada ...." in the end):
And sadly, in the sixties, depending on countries, regions and places, corporal punishment was still more or less used - (even in present times).
But, but, but, but... the lyric finder seems to think it's na-na-na-na-na-na...
https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/batmanlyrics.html
(maybe in Germany it's a-a, a-a, a-a......)
Lol, T(h)ink, in this case, I must have misunderstood.
In Germany? No idea about their style (a-a-a, ah-ah-ah, ha-ha-ha, la-la-la, na-na-na, etc. seem international)
On the other hand, I remember an exceptional voice, singing without lyrics, Danielle Licari (Concerto pour une voix):
("badaba" or "dabada")
and Concierto de Aranjuez:
("a-a-a" or, better, "awawa")
And there's a "na na (na) hey he (ey) (kiss him goodbye)
Steam: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Na_Hey_Hey_Kiss_Him_Goodbyeand, with a very different theme, about colonialism in Africa and hope:
Richard Anthony: Na na hé hé espoir
As to corporal punishment in schools, legislation, rules and law enforcement vary much between countries, regions, places, cultures, communities, societies or schools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment
Yes Danielle Licari's songs are extraordinary.
The special meaning I was ascribing to the German a-a, a-a, a-a, a-a referred to the usage we discussed a few days ago.
Lol, T(h)ink, but wait a minute, German a-a, a-a, a-a, a-a ? Or was it something naughty ?
What was the theme? I am confused ...
BTW:
As to corporal punishment in schools, legislation, rules and law enforcement vary much between countries, regions, places, cultures, communities, societies or schools.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment
@ Marianne, yes it was something naughty, and it could otherwise be sung as ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka.....
I had no idea that corporal punishment was so recently abolished in the English-speaking world, and not at all in parts of the USA.
I never heard of anyone being punished like that when I was in public school.
Oops, T(h)ink, but "kakaka ...." doesn't sound much better
(Myth 475: A baby smells always good! - WRONG!)
Middle - (Baby: PAPA!)
Right - (Mum: Err ... I think that he said 'papa'.)
Left - (Dad: Err ... I think that he pooped.)
Well, how about "lalala" ?
Geez, kind of sounds like me when I was a kid! LOL
Lol, Rooster, I must have messed up my answers.
I lost a comment with this picture.
Well...preparation for life's comedy of errors!
Lol, Virginia, that looks like preparing with the hard way.
