Posted by James Blast on 23 September 2011 - 2:32pm.
As of today, Aspidistra Hatstand are bigger than the Beatles. I took a screenshot and moved parts of the their names to line up the lower case 'a's, here's the proof:
you can thank me later, down the Aspidistra & Hatstand :D
For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot
On the whatnot, near the 'atstand in the 'all
It didn't seem to grow 'til one day our brother Joe
Had a notion that he'd make it strong and tall
So he's crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree
And he's planted it against the garden wall
It shot up like a rocket, 'til it's nearly reached the sky
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
We couldn't see the top of it, it got so bloomin' high
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
When father's had a snoot full at his pub, 'The Bunch of Grapes'
He doesn't go all fighting mad and getting into scrapes
No, you'll find him in his bear-skin playing Tarzan of the apes
Off the biggest aspidistra in the world
We have to get it watered by the local fire brigade
So they put the water rates up half a crown
The roots stuff up the drains, grow along the country lanes
And they came up half a mile outside the town
Once we hired an auditorium for a hot house
But a jealous rival went and burnt it down
The tom cats and their sweethearts love to spend their evenings out
Up the biggest aspidistra in the world
They all begin meowing when the buds begin to sprout
From the biggest aspidistra in the world
The dogs all come around for miles, a lovely sight to see
They sniff around for hours and hours and wag their tails with glee
So I've had to put a notice up to say it's not a tree
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
...obviously, TMFTL - that's TAG CLOUD, friends, TAG CLOUD.
You heard them here first - TAG CLOUD, the sound of the future, the name on every billboard, bus-stop and tag cloud. Yes, folks, TAG CLOUD - say it loud, say it proud, say it several times over and before long it'll be on the TAG CLOUD: that's TAG CLOUD.... (continues into infinity... or at least as far as the Oort Cloud...)
Does this mean...
...that Aspidistra Hatstand are bigger than God?
That would make it...
The Biggest Aspidistra In The World!
(cue for a song)
For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot
On the whatnot, near the 'atstand in the 'all
It didn't seem to grow 'til one day our brother Joe
Had a notion that he'd make it strong and tall
So he's crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree
And he's planted it against the garden wall
It shot up like a rocket, 'til it's nearly reached the sky
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
We couldn't see the top of it, it got so bloomin' high
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
When father's had a snoot full at his pub, 'The Bunch of Grapes'
He doesn't go all fighting mad and getting into scrapes
No, you'll find him in his bear-skin playing Tarzan of the apes
Off the biggest aspidistra in the world
We have to get it watered by the local fire brigade
So they put the water rates up half a crown
The roots stuff up the drains, grow along the country lanes
And they came up half a mile outside the town
Once we hired an auditorium for a hot house
But a jealous rival went and burnt it down
The tom cats and their sweethearts love to spend their evenings out
Up the biggest aspidistra in the world
They all begin meowing when the buds begin to sprout
From the biggest aspidistra in the world
The dogs all come around for miles, a lovely sight to see
They sniff around for hours and hours and wag their tails with glee
So I've had to put a notice up to say it's not a tree
It's the biggest aspidistra in the world
Bigger than the Jesus
and Mary Chain anyway, Fraser.
However
were the two cloud tags 'Beatles' and 'The Beatles' to be combined, would The Fabs be restored to their premier position?
However pt.2
if Aspidistra hatstand, Aspidistra Hatsand and Aspidisdra handstand were combined, I think we we know who would be the winner.
Damn your eyes, Blast
You always have to have the last however! ;)
My work here is done...
Hip hip
Hurrah!
Might slip in for a nifty pint or two later.
I think the cleaners may need some overtime clearing up the broken glass tomorrow............
Bigger than
Rod?
Aspidistra Hatstand - ATM
Layjennelmen, I am sorry, dont have a clue what Aspidistra Hatstand is all about.
Could a kind member of the massive please enlighten me.
Many thanks.
Les.
It was just a nonsense band name
that I used when I wanted to see how many mentions it would take to get a tag onto the tag cloud.
Tag Cloud?
...obviously, TMFTL - that's TAG CLOUD, friends, TAG CLOUD.
You heard them here first - TAG CLOUD, the sound of the future, the name on every billboard, bus-stop and tag cloud. Yes, folks, TAG CLOUD - say it loud, say it proud, say it several times over and before long it'll be on the TAG CLOUD: that's TAG CLOUD.... (continues into infinity... or at least as far as the Oort Cloud...)
Nonsense -
I'll have none of it.