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Pea and Honey Recipes
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I Eat My Peas With Honey
And tales of derring-do.
Four lines, they can be rhyming
(That's Glow Worms to me and you).
Ending line is as usual.
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Rosie
And is fluent in Urdu.
penelope
A Monday morning task for me
Bismarck
Is started in the afternoon;
Rosie
This may seem paradoxical
penelope
But Mondays come around too soon.
Mercy
Software
I think somebody's pulling the wool
Scansion Police
Now then, Mr Software, how many feet does a glow-worm have? de-Dum de-Dum de-Dum Dum, remember? I
wish
I
were
a
glow
worm
. So...
I think somebody's pulling
Kim
The wool over our eyes
Rosie
'Cos we know what they're up to
Raak
Despite the lizards' lies.
Raak
(UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS.)
Kim
Un-altered reproduction
Rosie
No mutations, please
Hidden text
Even in Welsh
Bismarck
Important information
Superman
Online, not on trees.
Rosie
I wish I were a bouncer
Raak
Like my friend Zebedee
Software
I'd round them up for bedtime
penelope
"Brush teeth and have a pee!"
KagomeShuko
In Glasgow there was a cow
Raak
Ee-aye-ee-aye-oh
Kim
Sadly, it isn't there now
Software
so I just won't go
Bismarck
I wish I could do scansion
Kim
Just like a real poet
Software
But do you know what?
Juxtapose
I tend to write whatever rhymes and just add a line below it.
Kim
I wish I were a lemur
Raak
With a stripy, fluffy tail
Software
I'd hang around the jungle
Giertrud
And drink a pint of ale.
KagomeShuko
I've never been to Glasgow
Bismarck
Nor said "Och aye the noo"
Software
Because I live in Edinburgh
Rosie
And have a broader view.
Kim
I wish I were a Scotsman
Raak
I'd eat haggis every day
Superman
And many a
deoch an doruis
Bismarck
Would send me on my way.
I wish I were a Geordie
Kim
Just like Ant or Dec
Software
I'd pretend to be all cheery
penelope
While miserable as feck.
soz
drquuxum
I wish I weren't a Yankee
I prefer the demonym "Yinzer" these days
Rosie
Well, mate, try being Welsh
(drqu) According to Wikipaedia that refers to Pittsburgh only, whereas Yankee.....
penelope
Or festering or manky
This one seems to have taken a terrible turn. Sorry about that
Kim
Just like Sir Toby Belsh.
tch...
Rosie
(Kim) What are my initials doing sitting there after your posting? Would you like my phone number?
Kim
(Tch) No, but you can have mine if you can suggest a word that rhymes with "Welsh".
Superman
Now Lloyd George knew my father
penelope
Father knew him back
See what I did there?
Raak
But Lloyd George would rather
Giertrud
Scratch at his itchy sack! (sorry not sorry...)
penelope
Losing pluck on a slack afternoon
I want to go home to tea and the sofa
Rosie
The arms of Morpheus beckoned
(Kim) Um, er .... Not one of my better ones. (Giertud) My mother met LLoyd George.
Software
The metre's slightly wonky
Kim
I was tireder than I'd reckoned
penelope
I wish I were a fairy
But knowing my luck I'd be like
Mavis in Willo the Wisp
.
Phil
With Edna as my foe
[pen] What a great programme.
[Superman] L G actually did know my great-grandfather.
Giertrud
I'd dance upon the flowers
Software
Then stamp upon your toe
Kim
I wish I were an ombudsman
Raak
At bureaucrats I'd glower
Rosie
And rap their knuckles till they bled
Software
Because I'd have that power!
Giertrud
I wish I had a sailboat
Raak
To sail the Seven Seas
Software
But hang on, I get seasick
Rosie
In the slightest breeze.
Phil
I wish I lived in Yorkshire.
Kim
On Ilkley Moor I'd roam
Rosie
Neglecting hypothermia
Raak
Baht 'at I'd ne'er come home.
Software
I wish I were a busker
drquuxum
Showing all my artistic skill
Superman
By plucking my guitar strings
Rosie
On top of Blueberry Hill.
penelope
I wish I were a busker's cap
Raak
Filling up with money
Software
I'd please my strumming partner
Rosie
'Cos 'e needs the ackers, du'n 'e?
Superman
I wish I had three wishes
drquuxum
And three wishes for each wish
Software
And so on ad infinitum
Bismarck
Very genie-ish.
Software
I wish that I'd been Guy Fawkes
Rosie
With gunpowder, treason and plot
Bismarck
'Cos I would have succeeded
penelope
'Cos it turned out, he did not.
Simons Mith
The natives all get restive
Raak
About this time of year
CdM
They're unready to be festive
Rosie
And won't even drink beer.
penelope
I do enjoy an autumn gale
The Xmas-tree-in-a-pot fell over this morning
Bismarck
That blows the leaves clear off the trees
Here it carried the fumes from the burning waffle factory over the South of the city.
KagomeShuko
The birds don't need a winter home.
Software
So let them freeze their knees
penelope
I wish I felt like working
Kim
But sadly I do not
Raak
I've spent the whole day shirking
penelope
And haven't done a jot.
Software
I wish I were a Christmas elf
Raak
A slave in Santa's grotto
Rosie
Keeping dark thoughts to myself
Bismarck
And working 'cos I've got to.
CdM
I wish I had a sinecure
penelope
I'd like to do f*ck all
Software
I'd be just like a Tory
Rosie
As in the House I sprawl.
Bismarck
A good cure for stomach ache
Raak
Is hair of t'dog that bit you
Rosie
I don't mean too much Christmas cake
penelope
Or else your clothes won't fit you.
Kim
My New Year's resolution
Rosie
Is not the usual thing
CdM
It's to find a solution
Kim
To all this Brexiting.
[
Oblig., and with apologies for posting out of turn.]
Juxtapose
I'm going to be a hermit
Rosie
'Cos I'm an ugly sod
penelope
Unless it needs a permit
Phew - only took me threre days to trhink of something that wasn't 'Kermit'
Raak
To sit upon yer tod.
Rosie
I wish I were a traffic light
Kim
In Balham's High Road, yon
KagomeShuko
I'd stop all the birds in flight
Software
But would then be sh*t upon
penelope
I'm not a first line hogger
Raak
The second's fine for me
Software
Then again I am a blogger
Kim
Of abysmal poetry
Superman
I wrote some poems lately
Raak
I think they're rather good
penelope
The metre goes sedately
Rosie
Like semolina pud.
Kim
I wish I were a trochee
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