The Idiossey
Once again Iowahawk attempts to impress us with his passing knowledge of the great works of literature … and succeeds. In Iowahawk’s mitts, the blind old Greek’s ramblings soar. The Idiossey is a stunning tour de force of boring old stuff made funny. Bravo, maestro.
Book the First: A question for the Muse
Speak to me, O Muse, of this resourceful man
who strides so boldly upon the golden shrine at Invescos,
Between Ionic plywood columns, to the kleig light altar.
Fair Obamacles, favored of the gods, ascends to Olympus
Amidst lusty tributes and the strumming lyres of Media;
Their mounted skyboxes echo with the singing of his name
While Olbermos and Mattheus in their greasy togas wrassle
For first honor of basking in their hero’s reflected glory.
Who is this man, so bronzed in countenance,
So skilled of TelePrompter, clean and articulate
whose ears like a stately urn’s protrude?
So now, daughter of Zeus, tell us his story.
And just the Cliff Notes if you don’t mind,
We don’t have all day.
The rest here.
Previously, Heere Begynneth the Tale of the Asse-hatte.
Topics: Obama, ancient mysteries, literary
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:21 pm on Monday, September 1, 2008
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September 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
As a Master of Humanities, I applaud Iowahawk’s take on the classics. He has updated them with genius, while subtly eviscerating the empty-headed and foolish. All the classics should be put to this use.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:39 am
One little quibble - the name is misleading; the parody above is modeled after Virgil’s Aeneid, not Homer’s Iliad or Odyssey.