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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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Tuj
I like to dress in orange garb
blamelewis
and paint my buttocks blue
Juxtapose
Then storm the pitch at Boundary Park
Rosie
And entertain the few.
Chalky
I smeared my shins with marmalade
Phil
Said Paddington one day.
blamelewis
Mr Gruber frowned and shook his head
Software
"Sticky little bears can't play."
...there.
penelope
I wish I could be somewhere else
Software
And even then, not there
Rosie
Where'er it is I seem to go
Raak
I'd rather be elsewhere.
Simons Mith
I've just come back from nowhere
Rosie
Or Redditch, as it's called
Software
Up there they talk quite funny
Tuj
As they think "called" rhymes with "carpet".
Eh?
blamelewis
I wish I had a time machine
CdM
Like that I once had soon
Simons Mith
This time I'll read the user guide
Phil
No matter how jejune
Rosie
I wish I were a molecule
(Phil) V good!
Kim
Of purest anthracite
[Rosie] I used to have a chemistry teacher who pronounced it "mow-lay-queue-all",
Quendalon
I'd rule a landscape miniscule
irach
With my atoms all packed tight
nights
If I had much more money
Tuj
I'd buy myself some friends
Raak
I'd bask in sycophantic praise
Quendalon
In my Mercedes-Benz
Juxtapose
April makes me happy
Raak
September makes me sad
Phil
April is quite crappy
[Rosie] Ta! [Quendalon] Minuscule is the correct, if widely unknown, spelling
Tuj
But September is rad!
bipolar?
[Phil] Even I've fallen for that one... classic Graeme Garden new definition for it though =)
irach
I wish I was the Taj Mahal
Software
All marble pure and white
Rosie
Best Asian grub in Colliers Wood
Quendalon
It hits the spot just right
[Phil] You are correct! I'm so embarrassed. I feel small -- nay, minuscule. :-)
CdM
I wish to find Nirvana
blamelewis
Or any sort of grunge
Software
Maybe AC/DC
Raak
Or Napalm Black Death Gunge.
Chalky
I'm off to visit Shangri-La
Raak
And learn the secret truth
Rosie
Of jet lag, crap food, cancelled flights
Software
LHR T5 forsooth!
Tuj
I've been around the world again
Raak
But when I got back home
Phil
My bags were still in Cairo
penelope
My underwear in Rome
Rosie
I'm glad I'm not a terminal
penelope
With baggage all astray
Software
And I'm glad I'm not an airline
Kim
In terminal disarray
irach
I wish I was a marmoset
penelope
In marmalade or jam
Software
'Cos I am a real sweet tooth
Phil
Don't like green eggs and ham.
Quendalon
I wish I had some oobleck
Raak
To spread upon my toast
Software
To eat with my Green Eggs and Ham
Irouléguy
While I'm reading next door's post
The Cat with the Line
Tuj
I wish I manned a tower crane
CdM
Armed with a wrecking ball
Quendalon
I'd be every building's bane
Rosie
In Telford, first of all.
Pandering to popular taste, though Swindon, Basingstoke and Crawley would have done.
Simons Mith
A nuclear bomb and Bracknell
Software
Go like toast and jam
Rosie
This should be known more widely
(SM) I used to work there (Met Office) 1964-66. A soulless dump even then.
Chalky
So I'll set up Auto Spam
-
which gets rid of that one - phew
Chalky
I have a proposition
Simons Mith
To end this sentence with
penelope
That's such a supposition
From mister Simons Mith
Oblig.
Rosie
I wish I were a lumberjack
Software
Hanging round a bar
Raak
I'd wear long frilly dresses
Chalky
Just like my dear mama
-
oblig.
Simons Mith
A fact that few consider
Quendalon
Regarding soccer moms
Kim
Is that their little poppets
Software
To matches carry bombs
Simons Mith
Rule one is that Thou Shall Wear Socks
Raak
Rule two is to not catch the Pox
Raak
Ah, this is a limerick, yes?
Scansion Gestapo
Nein.
Rosie
I wish that I were hosiery
irach
Wrapped 'round a woman's thighs
CdM
Instead (here's full disclosury)
Software
I just dreams and sighs
Kim
I wish I were a proper noun
And not a proper twit
Bigsmith
I wouldn't mislead my online friends
Software
By pretending I'm a wit
Tuj
I wish I were a raspberry
[Softers]
Precisely
the line I nearly put in yesterday!
Rosie
Blown in your direction
Software
Then I would really signify
Chalky
Contempt for your complexion
Chalky
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Rosie
So whack him with a kipper
penelope
The little sod has run quite wild
Software
Who'd ever have a nipper?
Tuj
I wish I were a bumblebee
Raak
I'd bumble hither-thither
Chalky
Up to the point when you might say
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go on - swear out loud. You know you want to.
Rosie
Fuck it, then. Why dither?
(Chalks) Oh, I do, but actual invitations are scarce.
irach
I wish I was a potted plant
penelope
A fern or aspidistra
Software
I'd live in conservatory
Chalky
De-dum te-tum de-dah
-
life's too short to faff around with impossible rhymes and nonsensical third lines :-)
Chalky
I wish I had more patience
Bigsmith
With Software's last third line
penelope
I wish I'd thought before I wrote
My fault - I must have had a brain fart
Rosie
Contrition, thus, is mine.
(pen) Which orifice is involved in these eruptions?
Quendalon
I wish I owned a parrot
Software
I wish I owned a parrot
[pen] confession is good for the soul ;o) + More brain farting!
Raak
Oh I wish I owned a parrot
Juxtapose
But I don't.
penelope
I've thought a lot about this line
Tuj
Perhaps I've over-thought
Quendalon
But when I think about my thoughts
irach
I get really overwrought
Rosie
I wish I were a beer mat
Software
For real ale not for lager
Darren
Anything that I soaked up
CdM
Would serve to end this saga
(mercy killing)
Quendalon
I wish I were a Riesling
CdM
Or maybe a Gewurz
Chalky
Instead I'm just a pale Soave
Chalky
Life's
so
unfair, it
hurts
irach
I wish I was a
mezcal
worm
Rosie
Condensing boozy vapours
Software
In stasis there I would remain
penelope
A source of mental capers
CdM
I would I were a pint of ale
Raak
As clear as amber dew
Software
I'd sit upon my beermat
Chalky
Anticipating you
Chalky
As swift as Summer Lightning
Raak
Your cooking passed through me
Rosie
The thunder rumbles on, though
Darren
As does the smell of brie
Tuj
I wish I were an antelope
penelope
An ungulate or deer
Rosie
I'd skip across the grassy plains
Do I sound like a lumberjack?
Hello, Darren. Where have you been, then?
Software
And wonder why I'm here
Raak
I like to play upon my oud
irach
Or my didgeridoo
Rosie
But as for my soprano sax
Phil
it always leaves me blue
Kim
I wish I were a tangerine
Software
I really don't know why
Chalky
They say I'm prone to whimsy
Darren
My head floats in the sky
Rosie
I wish I were a dicky-bird
penelope
A-sitting on the fence
Chalky
I'd then uncover what occurred
Phil
If I were not so dense
Simons Mith
To wait and watch and listen
Irouléguy
While drinking whisky sours
irach
Is, I think, a great fun way
CdM
To while away these hours
Simons Mith
To fart and belch and chunder
Raak
Is what every Aussie loves
Bigsmith
So is it any wonder
Rosie
They don't quite sound like doves.
v few rhymes
Chalky
I wish I was the Ace of Spades
Phil
So black and curved, yet pointed
CdM
We aces all are renegades
Rosie
When trumped we're disappointed.
Tuj
I wish I were a saxophone
Rosie
All levers, pads and keys
irach
I'd be blown and fondled
Rosie
Is no-one going to finish this bugger? It's not that difficult, surely, and it has stood here for 4 days.
Quendalon
Right between the knees
Kim
For hours I stood and waited
Raak
For any sign of you
Chalky
I sighed and contemplated
blamelewis
Stalking someone new.
Rosie
I wish I were a chainsaw
(Quen)
That's the 'cello, surely. :-)
Phil
I'd really get a buzz
Raak
From taking part in massacres
irach
And perplexing Texas fuzz
Tuj
I wish I were a plank of wood
irach
With no termites around
Quendalon
By carpenters I would be nailed
Rosie
By creosote be browned.
Chalky
I booked a flight to Katmandu
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Last three - neat :-)
Phil
It seemed a good idea
Raak
I then went on to Timbuktu
Rosie
Tomorrow, Llwynypia.
It rhymes, it scans. Look it up. Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
Quendalon
I traveled to the Isle of Man
Phil
(The third leg of my trip)
irach
I spent three days in fun Milan
Chalky
Some tw*t put me in knip
- I dunno - I'd barely uttered the word
scaloppini
... and there he was, brandishing his Mario Batali Oil Drizzler ...
Rosie
Begone, vile
knippieri!
(Phil) V good
blamelewis
You've blighted my whole game
[irach] Very nice Texas line above, especially the internal "x" repeat
CdM
(My mother said: Be wary
Quendalon
If Maelberg's and Beck's are the same)
Tuj
This isn't quite a poem
Raak
Although it rhymes and scans
irach
The words just come a flowin'
Rosie
And look best in Gill Sans.
CdM
I wish I were a sonnet
Raak
That perched upon a tree
Software
But then would someone read me?
irach`
Yes, arborists certainly
Quendalon
O! if I were a petal
Raak
And you a honeybee
irach
I'd love your sweet antenna tickle
Software
As you crawl over me
Simons Mith
All things that squirm and wriggle
Raak
Are a delight to me
irach
Ooh, how I love those maggots
Rosie
How they enhance a brie!
Tuj
I wish I were a paper bag
[Rosie] Deft!
irach
For airsickness on a plane
Software
I'd catch all those nasty bits
Rosie
Your loss - recycling's gain.
(Tuj) Cheers.
Simons Mith
To loop the loop is my delight
Chalky
All on a springtime morn
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[Rosers] neat finishing on last two
Raak
When up is down and down is up
Phil
Invertedly airborne
Tuj
It started in the treehouse
irach
It continued in the shed
Chalky
It traumatised my wee mouse
Raak
Which came into my bed.
Software
I wish I were a critic
Kim
Of literary works
irach
I just love lambasting authors
Rosie
Solipsistic berks!
Simons Mith
I swung my axe with gusto
irach
I chopped something in half
Raak
I put the vid on YouTube
Rosie
Please add an epitaph.
Kim
Three cheers for "last line" Rosie
He's really on a roll
Juxtapose
No matter what our prose be,
irach
With Rosie, it's not droll
Rosie
I really am most flattered
. . . no last line this time . . .
Phil
And so you should be, chum!
irach
Because you have a way with words
Software
Stand up to roll of drum!
Kim
In spite of all the plaudits
Rosie
Pride's a Deadly Sin
Quendalon
Some rank it first of seven
Simon Mith
But
I
think Sloth should win
CdM
[Simons] I was going to post that line. But then I couldn't be bothered.
Software
I wish I were a sinner
Rosie
Evil of intent
irach
I'd take my cues from Lucifer
Kim
On chaos I'm hell-bent!
Simons Mith
A-sitting cross-legged on a cloud
Kim
Reciting a Lim'rick out loud
[SM] Are you in the right room?
Software
With my head lowly bowed
go with the flow
Phil
(I've no right to be proud)
CdM
I wonder if this is allowed
Phil
I'm glad I'm back to normal
Chalky
Whatever 'normal' is
CdM
It's less than semi-formal
Software
Just not quite the biz
irach
I'm glad I've regained consciousness
Raak
I thought I'd be dead forever
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