John Kerry's Yacht "The Scaramouche"

1 posted on 04/26/2004 5:07:38 PM PDT by Califelephant

To: Califelephant

Somebody checked up on what a 'Scaramouche' was. Turned out to be a standard operatic charachter for a 'boastful coward'.

2 posted on 04/26/2004 5:10:01 PM PDT by Riley

- If the name fits, sail it!

Scaramouch also Scaramouche (skàr´e-m¡sh´, -m¡ch´, -mouch´) noun

A stock character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime, depicted as a boastful coward or buffoon.

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3 posted on 04/26/2004 5:13:34 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Uday and Qusay are ead-day)

To: Califelephant; Mo1; StriperSniper; Howlin; Peach

4 posted on 04/26/2004 5:15:30 PM PDT by OXENinFLA

To: Califelephant

Gulfstream 5 ,just like Theezaaaaaaaaaaa Heinz' private jet "The Flying Squirell".(Named after her favorite ski run in Sun Valley,not Bulwinkles sidekick)

5 posted on 04/26/2004 5:17:25 PM PDT by Redcoat LI ("help to drive the left one into the insanity.")

Can you do the fandango? Very, very frightening indeed!

6 posted on 04/26/2004 5:19:44 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy

To: Califelephant; Mo1; StriperSniper

That paperwork looks questionable.

I'd want to see a pic of Kerry on the boat w/ the name showing.

7 posted on 04/26/2004 5:20:32 PM PDT by OXENinFLA

To: Califelephant

8 posted on 04/26/2004 5:20:36 PM PDT by rs79bm (Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)

The New Hinkley???

Nice name

9 posted on 04/26/2004 5:20:45 PM PDT by Mo1 (Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)

To: pittsburgh gop guy

10 posted on 04/26/2004 5:21:07 PM PDT by Riley

To: Califelephant

Scaramouch, how fitting.

Bohemian Rapsody, by Queen.

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality
Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see,
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go, Little high, little low,
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun,
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, Didn't mean to make you cry,
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die,
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo figaro
Magnifico I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go (Let me go) Ah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows

11 posted on 04/26/2004 5:21:16 PM PDT by Leisler (Everything is forbidden except when expressly permitted.)

To: Califelephant

John "I N-E-V-E-R sail anything under 35 ft" Kerry.

12 posted on 04/26/2004 5:22:14 PM PDT by soozla (1-877KARZFORKIDZ - makeitstop!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

"I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me"

Schwing!

13 posted on 04/26/2004 5:24:53 PM PDT by Checkers

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

14 posted on 04/26/2004 5:24:55 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)

Gulfstream 5 ,just like Theezaaaaaaaaaaa Heinz' private jet "The Flying Squirell".(Named after her favorite ski run in Sun Valley,not Bulwinkles sidekick)

the wasp

15 posted on 04/26/2004 5:25:16 PM PDT by al baby (Hope I don't get into trouble for this)

To: Califelephant

Scaramouche
stock character of the Italian theatrical form known as the commedia dell'arte; an unscrupulous and unreliable servant. His affinity for intrigue often landed him in difficult situations, yet he always managed to extricate himself, usually leaving an innocent bystander as his victim.

16 posted on 04/26/2004 5:26:42 PM PDT by CyberCowboy777 (I am in school, studying and working 10-12 hours a day. So you might not get a response quickly.)

To: Califelephant

Clearly, if JF'nK has it, it is the yacht of the common man...

17 posted on 04/26/2004 5:26:42 PM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! Oh, and W in 2004!)

18 posted on 04/26/2004 5:28:00 PM PDT by al baby (Hope I don't get into trouble for this)

19 posted on 04/26/2004 5:29:50 PM PDT by al baby (Hope I don't get into trouble for this)

To: Califelephant

Kerry obviously did not understand the historical meaning of Scaramouche and probably just watched the movie by the same name in the 50s.

Scaramouche was a stock character in a form of improvisational theater during the 16th to 18 centuries.
The character usually wore a black velvet cape, a mask, black trousers,shirt and hat.

I'm sure Kerry thinks of himself as a Zorro type ,when in reality,he's a Zero. Photoshop, anyone ??

Scaramouche was usually the servant of another character and is usually described as a boastful coward.

For comparison:
President George H Bush has an Aronow Cigarette boat, named " Fidelity."
President George W. Bush has a bass boat in Texas, IIRC.

20 posted on 04/26/2004 5:30:16 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue

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