{"id":2016,"date":"2009-10-01T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2009-10-01T00:27:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T04:27:17","slug":"aquamans-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/01\/aquamans-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaman&#8217;s Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aqua_figs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Aquamans Lament\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/aqua_figs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m not usually a fan of people mocking Aquaman, however, I thought these two music videos were humorous.\u00a0 I still believe the King of the Seven Seas is a majestic ruler who deserves our respect, but I can also enjoy a good joke from time to time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This first one is by a band called <a title=\"The Motion Sick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themotionsick.com\/\">The Motion Sick<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out their website by <a title=\"The Motion Sick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themotionsick.com\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ueeySSBI1J0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video above, please <a title=\"Aquaman's Lament by The Motion Sick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ueeySSBI1J0\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This second one is by <a title=\"Mark Aaron James\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markaaronjames.com\/\">Mark Aaron James<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out his website by <a title=\"Mark Aaron James\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markaaronjames.com\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Twyrmr4sMow&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video above, please <a title=\"Aquaman's Lament by Mark Aaron James\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Twyrmr4sMow\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" 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