Show 830 Friday 19 September
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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today’s song is: Everyday Normal Guy.
This song is a parody of typical American hip-hip – where the lyrics are often guys bragging about how great they are, how tough they, how much money they have and how many beautiful women they can score.
This song … he sings it in hip-hop style – with the rhythm and beat and the clothes and he throws in the word motherfucker at the end of sentences – but the lyrics are all about how he’s a normal guy.
So it’s that disparity between the genre and the content that makes it very funny.
Here are some of the lyrics:
I work at customer service for a phone company.
I make 12 bucks an hour, but that’s all I need.
I live in a small apartment on a quiet street.
I don’t go out too much, I like to watch TV.
I can’t afford a car, I use public transportation.
I think it’s a great song to study because it’s funny and the vocab is actually a lot more useful than most songs.
Because it’s not like we usually fall in love and have our hearts broken and kill people every day.
I think these are my two favourite lines:
My parents are really nice people, motherfucker.
And I’m pretty good at making paper planes.
STICK NEWS
Kia Ora, in Stick News today, 26 blind masseurs have been arrested in South Korea after threatening to jump off a bridge to protest a government decision.
Since 1963, it’s been illegal for sighted people to work as masseurs in South Korea.
Only blind people can legally practice the profession.
But thousands of sighted people do it anyway. CNN reported the Massager Association of Korea represents 120,000 unlicensed masseurs who work openly and in defiance of the law.
Those people usually receive fines, but by law could be imprisoned for up to three years.
The Association wants the law to be changed.
The president said: "It breaks my heart when I think that what I am doing every day, what I consider my calling, is a crime."
The South Korean health ministry has recently decided they will grant licenses to sighted masseurs to practice certain kinds of massages.
Blind masseurs are protesting the new policy. They say it puts their jobs at risk
One of the protestors said: "Medical massage is almost the only profession that is open to blind people. The ministry's decision is threatening our right to live."
And that was Stick News for Friday the 19th of September.
Kia Ora.
Word of the Day
Today’s word is buck.
Buck is an informal word for a dollar.
Everyday Normal Guy says he makes 12 bucks an hour, which means he gets paid 12 dollars an hour.
friday joke
On the first day of college, the Dean addressed the students, pointing out some of the rules. "The female dormitory will be out of bounds for all male students, and the male dormitory to the female students. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 the first time,” he said.
"Anybody caught breaking the rules a second time will be fined $60. Being caught a third time will cost you a fine of $180. Are there any questions?"
A student then raised his hand asked: "How much for a season pass?"
conversations with sarah
#512 Have you seen any movies lately?
Step 1: Repeat Luke’s lines.
Step 2: Read Luke’s lines and talk to Sarah.
Luke Have you seen any movies lately?
Sarah Yeah, I have actually. I saw No Country For Old Men the other day.
Luke Oh really? I want to see that. What was it like?
Sarah Crap.
Luke Really? Didn’t it win lots of Oscars?
Sarah Yeah, it did. I have no idea why.
Luke Why didn’t you like it?
Sarah It was so boring, nothing happened. Just this guy found some money and these other guys wanted the money and so they chased him and lots of people got shot. And that’s it.
Luke Wasn’t it made by those famous brothers?
Sarah Yeah, something like that. It’s funny when you watch movies that have won lots of awards and you don’t really like them … you’re kind of like, maybe it was really deep and I’m just too stupid to get it.
Luke That’s probably true.
Sarah Thanks.
Everyday Normal Guy
by Jon Lajoie
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
Nothing special about me, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
When I go to the clubs I wait in line, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I got $600 in the bank, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And my sexual performances are average
I work at customer service for a phone company
I make 12 bucks an hour, but that’s all I need
I live in a small apartment on a quiet street
I don’t go out too much, I like to watch TV
I can’t afford a car, I use public transportation
I don’t mind, I read till I reach my destination
Sometimes a newspaper, sometimes a book
The amount of money I save, this shit is off the hook
And I’m not very good with the women
I’m a pretty shy person and I’m average looking
Last time I had sex was in 2003
And I’m ashamed to admit, but it wasn’t free
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I get nervous in social situations, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I get constipated once a month, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I make pretty good spaghetti sauce, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I get scared when I go see the dentist
I’m the Pauly Shore of everyday life -
easily forgettable and I’m not very liked
I have an According to Jim personality
I’m as entertaining as a fucking STD
If you wanna mess with me
I think you probably can
because I’m not confident
and I am weak for a man
I’ll just roll up in a ball
while you kick me in the back, yeah
honestly I probably won’t fight back
And I don’t have any friends
that would back me up
My friend Steve would
but he doesn’t look very tough
You want some of this bitch?
If you rarely get laid
put your hands up
If you’re not well paid
put your hands up
If you got a pet cat
put your hands up
And if you got a bad back
put your hands up
I hurt my back two summers ago moving a fridge and ever since then it’s just not the same. You know it, it gets pre … It gets pretty sore!
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
My parents are really nice people, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I’m somewhat afraid of heights, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I like the show Grey’s Anatomy, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I’m pretty good at making paper planes
I could do this all day! I could do this all day! I could do this all day!
links
today's news
today's STICK NEWS pictures
music
show start
artist: Boom Tschak
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: More Chocolate, Please
from: Former Yugoslavia
MySpace
WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
cws start
artist: Wolfgang S.
album: Indietronic CCBit.
track: Dynamite
from: Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia
artist site
MySpace
qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
qa bgm
artist: Ensono
album: Night Culture
track: Toralla Island
from: Vigo, Spain
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
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