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There's a song in the first episode of Flight of the Conchords, a new HBO show about aspiring folk rockers in New York, that captures the heat of courtship better than anything by Shakespeare or Barry White: A guy (thirtysomething, with deep social anxiety) sees a girl (blond) across the room and makes his approach. "You're so beautiful," he sings, "you could be a waitress." From there, the song builds ("You could be an air hostess in the Sixties. . . . a high-class prostitute . . . ") until its...

I love this show, cracks me up. Embedded is the vid described in the article.
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Reply:299 days 18 hours 32 minutes ago
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Those guys are from New Zealand (as am I). They are a total crack up!
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Yes they really are, the show cracks me up every time. The songs they make up are a riot. BTW You're country is #2 on the global peace index, you should be proud: http://www.visionofhumanity.com/rankings/
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Reply:287 days 22 hours 15 minutes ago
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Woah waddya know. You wouldn't think it from what's on the news these days...
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end-of-earth. One of the souhernmost townsn, Invercargill, was once described by Mick Jagger as 'the arsehole of the world'
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