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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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penelope
And crusty, warm French bread
*rumbles*
Kim
I wish I were a salmon
[Pen] Nicely topped and tailed
irach
Swimming to my spawning ground
Rosie
And though I'm going 'gainst the flow
Software
My methodology is sound
I wonder why some "stick"?
Kim
I wish I were a stick insect
[Software] I think it has to do with the movement of the stick market
Rosie
Just like Peter Crouch
Phil
I'd stick one in the Kazakh's goal
Software
I really am no slouch
Kim
I wish I were a Two-toe'd Sloth
irach
I just hate having five
Software
I'd spend each day just hanging on
Rosie
To prove that I'm alive.
Kim
When I switched on my telly
Software
The news was far from good
irach
I've lost a lot of money
Rosie
So let's play Robin Hood.
penelope
When I switched on the wireless
Software
To hear Evan Davis drawl
Irouléguy
I sat and quietly panicked
irach
It made my skin just crawl
Rosie
I wish I were an ingot
Phil
Locked up in Fort Knox
Software
Safely away from mayhem
irach
In Uncle Sam's steel box
penelope
It's not the way I planned it
Raak
It's not like it should be
Rosie
Alas, it's all gone pear-shaped
Software
But it suits me to a tee
irach
I wish I was a chimney sweep
Software
Just like Dick Van Dyke
Rosie
I'd stick my brush right up your flue
penelope
And shake it, if you like.
My coat? How kind......
Software
I wish I were Italian
Rosie
Ruthlessness plus charm
irach
I'd cruise Roma on Lambrettas
penelope
A
compare
on my arm
Compare n. crony, close pal, buddy. Literally, "godfather" in Italian.
Kim
I wish I were a
compère
Compère n. master of ceremonies. From old French, meaning "godfather".
Rosie
Oozing wit and charm
Software
I'd denigrate the other acts
irach
And call Queen Lizzie "Marm"
Kim
I wish I were a Comice Pear
Software
A female shape for sure
penelope
Narrow here and wider there
Rosie
Luscious, juicy, phwooar!
Er, sorry. Saw a copy of
The Sun
in the Co-op.
irach
I wish that baleen whales had teeth
Rosie
(irach)
Have you started a limerick?
irach
(Rosie) No. It's exactly the same format as earlier one in syllables and scan...)
Raak
And roamed upon the land
penelope
But wouldn't want to stand beneath
Software
As they walk down the Strand
Kim
[i,R,p,S] Lovely. Qualities of Lewis Carrol about it.
I wish I were a vendor
Raak
Of pies and potted meat
Rosie
And with the cash you tender
irach
My bookie I would meet
CdM
I wish I knew exactly
Rosie
How I would react
Software
But I am so uncertain
penelope
So that wish I'll retract
Rosie
I wish I were a bishop
Raak
With mitre, cope, and crook
Software
I'd stand out on a chessboard
irach
From queen and knight and rook
Kim
I wish I were the President
Raak
I'd set the whole world right
Rosie
From my perspective, obviously,
Software
I'd be neck-deep in the shite
Kim
I wish I were a cheeseboard
irach
That smelt like gorgonzola
Software
An aroma
sooo
Italian
penelope
Like Monza and Imola
Har har
Bigsmith
I wish I was in Magny Cours
Software
In a Citron set to go
Kim
My lemon-powered vehicle
CdM
More juiced than a Poiregeot
Simons Mith
I drive a Massey Ferguson
Software
A farmer's boy I am
Rosie
It is a strange attractor
Juxtapose
To every little lamb
Rosie
I wish I were a tube of glue
irach
I would be stuck on you
Software
In fact I am quite super
penelope
and sticking's what I do
Phil
I wish I had a bus pass
Rosie
Alas, I'm far too young
Hur, hur, hur...
Software
But never mind, I can wait
irach
Until I am well-hung
Yes, coat please....
Kim
These days there's no denying
Rosie
That we eat far too much
Still haven't finished me birfdy choccies.
Software
So let's all check our diets
irach
With low-fat meals and such
Software
I wish I could be Santa
Kim
If only for a day
Tuj
Let's say the 25th of June
irach
Or else the 4th of May
Bigsmith
Genius...
Bigsmith
I wish I could write poems
Kim
Of elegance and style
Simons Mith
That touched the reader's very soul
Raak
And left them with a smile.
irach
I must not be unwary
Raak
Of opportunitee
Bigsmith
So when the chance arises
Software
I grab it all for MEE!
Rosie
I wish I were a hosepipe
Software
Connected to a tap
irach
Instead I'm just a drainpipe
Phil
I'm really rather crap
Juxtapose
I think my phone is dying
blamelewis
Its number has come up
Kim
I'm ringing for a doctor
Software
But he can't think of a suitable rhyme for 'up'.
Mercy killing
irach
I really wish that Camembert
Software
Did not smell quite so strong
Raak
I'd like to gobble down a pound
Rosie
Despite the awful pong.
oblig.
penelope
I wish that influenza
ack ack
Kim
With whisky could be cured
[Pen] Get well soon.
Rosie
But this, I fear, is fanciful
Software
But drink it if your bored.
Get well soon, pen.
irach
I wish that pen feels better
Botherer
Than pencil in my hand
What?!?
Rosie
Abhor all things hexagonal
Software
We live in circle land
Tuj
I wish I were a hedgehog
Rosie
Scuttling 'cross the road
Software
I'd swerve between the traffic
CdM
Till permanently slowed
penelope
I wish I was a kerb stone
irach
I just love to be stepped on
Rosie
And scraped by fancy wheel-rims
CdM
And occasionally slept on
Rosie
I wish I were a conductor
(CdM) Nice one.
Software
Feeding voltage to a train
Kim
Trundling up the District Line
penelope
My job's a shocking pain
Kim
I wish I were a Christmas card
[pen] I was half expecting the rather more prosaic "and trundling down again."
Rosie
Sold for charitee
irach
For orphans or for UNICEF
penelope
With love for you from mee
irach
I wish I was a Dundee cake
Chalky
A-fill with fruitiness
Rosie
Scoffed in no time - yum yum yum
Software
Then thrown up - what a mess
Simons Mith
Each day I feed my pussy cat
Rosie
It grows a little fatter
Raak
And when I think it's grown enough
Darren
I'll fry it in some batter
Rosie
I wish I were a lighthouse
(Darren) You
BASTARD!
. Welcome back, BTW.
Software
Standing firmly on a rock
Darren
So everyone who saw me
[Rosie] Thanks!
irach
Could sail in and safely dock
Simons Mith
It seems the harbour's frozen up
CdM
And though it looks quite nice
.
easyfeeds r us
Rosie
I think there'll be some fun and games
Software
if someone has the dice
irach
I wish I were a slithy tove
Raak
A-gimbling in the wabe
Phil
I'd stick one to a borogove
Bigsmith
Then frabjously outgrabe
Bigsmith
I wish I were on the Ning Nang Nong
irach
Where the teapots jibber joo
penelope
My flannel's got a funny pong
Was that from washing you?
Rosie
I wish I were a domino
Software
Then all these spots I've got
Kim
Would mean more than just acne
irach
They'd be right on the dot
Chalky
My life is like a pack of cards
Darren
And fate is playing poker
Kim
I've only got a pair of eights
Simons Mith
And Mr Soot the Stoker
irach
I wish I were a roulette wheel
Juxtapose
I'd take you for a spin
Raak
And if you said
"Rien ne va plus!"
Rosie
I'd still ask for your PIN.
Simons Mith
And now alas, I'm stony broke
Darren
I've frittered all my cash
Rosie
On booze and birds and lines of coke
Hidden text
Rude alternative:-On booze and birds I didn't poke.
Pablo -
You pay the bill - must dash!
irach
I wish that Amy Winehouse would
Chalky
Put on a paper bag
Phil
She really is an ugly, skinny,
Bigsmith
Tone deaf, pissed up hag.
penelope
Fin
dus
fish fingers are no more
Some spiffing ones in the last week, well done!
Software
The Firm's be frozen out;
iCPB - excellent
Chalky
Captain Birds Eye rules the roost
Rosie
Such gastronomic clout.
irach
I wish my unicycle had
Phil
An extra wheel or two
Fogey
For I'd prefer to bi- or tri-
Raak
-cycle along with you.
Simons Mith
To drive an eighteen wheeler
Chalky
Needs a beefy set of pecs
Software
Unless there's power steering
Darren
Or warp drive (like Star Trek's)
Rosie
I wish I were made of perspex
irach
I just love acrylic glass
Software
Every part of me'd be see-through
Phil
But not my clothes, alas.
Chalky
I've just received a box of cheese
Bigsmith
Tilsit and Bel Paese
penelope
My cheesy habit they will foster
Replacing Brie and Double Gloucester
Don't get me started on cheese...
irach
I wish the folks of Limpopo
Darren
Would choose a better name
Bigsmith
And Peneloopij's scansion
Rosie
Is OK. What a dame!
Software
I wish I were a hedgehog
Raak
Curled up into a ball
irach
A compact spiky little sphere
Rosie
Impeneteraball.
....apologies....
Kim
I wish I were elastic
Software
Your highly flexing friend
penelope
Our friendship is fantastic
Juxtapose
But plastic in the end
penelope
[K, S, p (me), J] That one is exciting and sad at the same time.
irach
I wish I were a Velcro strip
Software
I'd stick where I'm not wanted
Raak
And when you ripped my sides apart
Rosie
I'd be non-orthodonted.
....difficult....
Simons Mith
I swim beside my manatee
irach
She's such a gentle soul
Rosie
Without a trace of vanity
Darren
We queue up for the dole
Rosie
I wish I were a High Court Judge
Software
I like to dress in wigs
penelope
With toupée tape they shouldn't budge
irach
On my Old Bailey gigs
Software
I wish I were a magistrate
Continuing the legal theme
Bigsmith
Sitting on the Bench
Kim
Dispensing justice all day long
BTW; we had magistrate twice before
irach
To every wanton wench
Simons Mith
At last I've found my one true love
Juxtapose
I found her in a cave
Darren
She dropped upon me from above
Simons Mith
… It's been a
splendid
rave
!
Software
I wish I were a botanist
irach
Researching
Cannabis
Rosie
I'd take samples home with me
Finisher
And hallucinate in bliss
Raak
I wish I were the very last
Rosie
On which my shoes were made
irach
A boot I'd seek, a sole-searching soul
Software
One that could be laid.
coat!
penelope
I wish I wasn't left-hand-drive
gah, I'm struggling with it - and often set off on the wrong side of the road, despite a new easy-to-drive car and a helpful sticker on the windscreen.
Software
It's clearly just now right;
Software
now = not :o(
Phil
I can't change gear with my right hand
penelope
Not since I had the fight
moicy
Simons Mith
For fifty miles I chased the Stig
Rosie
In my Cooper S
Software
But just as he was in my sights
Darren
I span off - what a mess.
Simons Mith
They once put Clarkson in a tank
Rosie
Of boiling caustic soda
...dream on...
Software
But the b*stard's really so thick skinned
penelope
We wait to write his coda
irach
I wish an anaconda could
Rosie
Wear a feather boa
Software
On the catwalk it would slither
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