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(Variety)   Woe to you, o'er Earth and Sea. For the Devil sends the mail with wrath because he knows the time is short   (variety.com) divider line
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    More: Cool, Rock music, Heavy metal music, Britain's Royal Mail, Such stamps, legendary British rock band, Royal Mail, David Gold, Queen  
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1048 clicks; posted to Entertainment » on 05 Jan 2023 at 5:20 PM (10 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Jack Sabbath
2023-01-05 5:24:59 PM  
Unfortunately, all mail with the stamp will automatically be delivered to 22 Acacia Avenue.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-01-05 5:33:39 PM  
Nice.  Maiden is one of the stalwarts of British Metal.  Old school.
 
apathy2673
2023-01-05 5:40:46 PM  
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FormlessOne
2023-01-05 5:53:02 PM  
Run to the post!
Run for your wife!
 
ToastmasterGeneral
2023-01-05 5:54:16 PM  
TWO!  Kilos to Maaaaail.
 
7th Son of a 7th Son
2023-01-05 5:56:30 PM  
Username checks out?
 
H31N0US
2023-01-05 6:05:44 PM  
Saw Maiden in October, and they surpassed Rush as the band I have seen the most times (I don't like girls distracting from my concert experience lol). They are still awesome.

I can't think of any clever postal related lyric puns. I just like Maiden. And their ale was really good a couple years ago but haven't seen it lately. It makes a mean black and tan,

Up the irons!
 
Alphax
2023-01-05 6:09:14 PM  
Nice headline.
 
Dr Dreidel
2023-01-05 6:47:28 PM  
Note to the subs: "o'er" is a contraction of "over"; "O" is (per the OED, which seems fitting) a vocative - a word taking the place of a sigh, sort of like an emphasis on/address to the noun(s) which follow it. You find it all over old poetry (and English translations of the Bible), e.g.: "O Rose, thou art sick!", "if I forsake thee, O Jerusalem, I forsake my right hand..."

The line is not "woe to you over earth and sea", he's addressing the earth and sea: "woe to you, O earth and sea..."

In most cases I can think of, you could omit the O and still have a grammatically correct sentence: "if I forget you, Jerusalem, may I forget my hand...", "Rose, you are sick", "woe to you, earth and sea...", etc.

And speaking of the sea:
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2015 - Remaster)
Youtube T1P3HDSVogg


// this has been another riveting installment of "Esoteric Grammar With the Dr"
// Steve Harris is part of the reason I play bass
 
Thank You Black Jesus! [BareFark]
2023-01-06 12:00:42 AM  
i want some
 
Dansker
2023-01-06 4:55:02 AM  
Screw the Rock-'n'-roll Hall of Fame, this is the real stamp of approval!
 
Internet Meme Rogers
2023-01-06 7:32:35 AM  

H31N0US: Saw Maiden in October, and they surpassed Rush as the band I have seen the most times (I don't like girls distracting from my concert experience lol). They are still awesome.

I can't think of any clever postal related lyric puns. I just like Maiden. And their ale was really good a couple years ago but haven't seen it lately. It makes a mean black and tan,

Up the irons!


This girl still has her 1982 Number of the Beast shirt she got at the show.
 
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