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Summary

In August 2023, the "Tamarinds Taken!" incident sparked a series of poetic parodies and discussions on the internet, primarily centered around the theft of fruit and the famous William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say."

Abstract

The "Tamarinds Taken!" article from August 2023 discusses a series of parodies inspired by the poem "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams, which were shared on the blog MakingLight and other internet platforms. The incident involves a character known as the "Scoundrel" who "steals" fruit and leaves apologetic notes, mimicking the style of the original poem. The article references various parodies, some of which are archived on the Internet Archive and others that are no longer accessible. It also highlights the community's engagement with the parodies, the cultural significance of the original poem, and the playful nature of online discourse. The piece encourages donations to the Internet Archive and points to a revival of a visualization project by Illuminati Ganga related to the fruit-theft theme.

Opinions

  • The author expresses a sense of humor and playfulness about the "fruit-filching" incident, treating it as a lighthearted internet phenomenon.
  • There is a note of nostalgia and a touch of regret for the "disintegration of the Internet of old," as some URLs no longer lead to the expected content, highlighting the ephemeral nature of online material.
  • The article conveys a sense of community and shared enjoyment among internet users who engage with the parodies, suggesting a collective appreciation for the original poem and its adaptations.
  • The author seems to appreciate the creativity of the parodies and the way they have been used to comment on various topics, from political figures to personal amusement.
  • There is an underlying respect for the preservation of digital content, as evidenced by the encouragement to donate to the Internet Archive.
  • The revival of the "Scoundrel Steals Fruit, Apologizes Profusely" project indicates the author's support for ongoing engagement with the theme and its cultural relevance.

Tamarinds Taken! August 2023

That scoundrel Fantomas on a Tamarind taking spree!

Again, another parody from MakingLight not currently findable, because lost somewhere in a Movable Type DB or something.

This was however available in the Internet Archive

Which I suggest you donate to

https://archive.org/donate

The Parodies that went into it

This is just to say we have fired the Berlusconi you were keeping in your Parliament and which you were probably saving for perdition. I am sorry, it was so inevitable he was such a buffoon so laughable, and crude.

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This is just to say I have eagerly translated a poem about preserved fruit in your storage device which you were probably saving for later consumption. Forgive me, it was out of copyright and parodies are protected by decree of court.

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This is just to say I have grown tired of the parodies of that dratted little poem, which you most probably thought so refined and enjoyable. Forgive me the were boring me far past the point of tears.

Which the sentiment of that last poem was really the sentiment that caused the Scoundrel to initially sally forth on his mission to steal all the fruit he could find!

Also

This is just to say that I have shattered the logic puzzle you put up on your blog. I am sorry, it was so Aristotelian honest and cold.

So 4 poems by Fragano (obviously a half-French, half- Italian nobleman of some sort) — note that one of them was one of the poems that I said had not been wordclouded in my previous article on this outrageous incident of fruit-theft

More MakingLight, gosh sometimes it seems all those folks did was parody this one poem all day long and sometimes write in archaic English.

This is just to say I have put the old wine That you were saving Into the new I CAN’T DO IT

That’s the spirit Kip W. I couldn’t do it either, it’s wrong, wrong to steal the fruit. That fruit has rotted long ago I tell you!

But even so —

This is just to say I’ve taken the cake You took so long to make And left it out In the rain It was wrong, but I just had to watch The icing flowing down, So green. So sweet.

Wow, so much depends on the green icing of the cake in the rain.

THIS IS JUST TO SAY I’ve surrendered freedoms from the Constitution which you probably were expecting to cherish. Don’t worry we’re going to be secure and safe any minute now

How can anyone be secure in a country where someone can just come along and steal the fruit and then leave one of those non-apology letters on the fridge.

This is just to say I took that bag of plasma…

Hey, don’t make an effort Kip W. or anything here. Geez!

This is just to say, “This is just to say, ‘This is just to sa LOOP TERMINATED

IF ONLY!

This is just to say I took your poem.

Finally, some truth from these miscreants!

This Is Just to Say I have removed the vowels that were in your last post and which you probably intended to be read No regrets you were offensive so rude and so smug

This refers back to an arcane and vanished tradition of this mysterious tribe of fruit-filching internetians. If a visitor to the tribe disturbed its revels in some discourteous way they were still allowed to speak but their vowels were removed as punishment.

Finally a NON-MAKINGLIGHT Parody!!!!

I was getting tired of romping through the same orchard, new grounds have been conquered.

But once again we see the disintegration of the Internet of old. This url http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/28885.html no longer leads to a collection of parodies, evidently you are required to identify yourself to get in to this orchard to steal the hidden treasures therein.

And that collection of parodies was at

HAH HAH, he thought he was stealing the fruit but I crept up and took off his picanic basket

Scoundrel Steals Fruit, Apologizes Profusely was a past visualization project from Illuminati Ganga that is being revived.

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