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The posters revolting
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gave the thread one last jolting
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And it rose back to the top of the list.
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Greg wrote:
Scooby Tuba wrote:The tuba is full of hot air
and the sound free from err
If the player is sober
We pronounce it Guf Coast
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tubatooter1940 wrote:
Greg wrote:
Scooby Tuba wrote:The tuba is full of hot air
and the sound free from err
If the player is sober
and suitably somber
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Greg wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote: If the player is sober
and suitably somber
Listen if you dare
What happened to the meter on that last line?
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Post by Todd S. Malicoate »

Was it too long, or too short, or just fine?
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"I thought it was odd",
I am not Mr. Holland, and you are not my opus!
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Metrecal ;-)

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Captain Sousie wrote:
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:
iiipopes wrote:What happened to the meter on that last line?
Was it too long, or too short, or just fine?
"I thought it was odd",
We all mused (with a nod),
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
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As we wonder if the next poster is really going to understand the meaning of meter and how a limerick is really tied together by the last line like a fork with 5 tine(s) :twisted: :wink:
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We're now whining in limerick meter,
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pg wrote:We're now whining in limerick meter,
A behavior that's all self-defeater;
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
pg wrote:We're now whining in limerick meter,
A behavior that's all self-defeater;
Though we wax all poetic
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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windshieldbug wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:
pg wrote:We're now whining in limerick meter,
A behavior that's all self-defeater;
Though we wax all poetic
(And drink dietetic)
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote: A behavior that's all self-defeater;
Though we wax all poetic
(And drink dietetic)
To pen a line that's a rhyme beater!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Re: Metrecal ;-)

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Greg wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:
Captain Sousie wrote: "I thought it was odd",
We all mused (with a nod),
(Gotta write the last line) When the fifth line meter was misaligned. :D
toots

As we wonder if the next poster is really going to understand the meaning of meter and how a limerick is really tied together by the last line like a fork with 5 tine(s) Twisted Evil Wink
Or even add a 6th with absolutely no rhythm to a form of five lines. :twisted:
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Post by pg »

It's . . .

"been some days since we've had a new entry" :)
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pg wrote:It's . . .

"been some days since we've had a new entry" :)
(it's a good thing we posted a sentry :wink: )
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Post by eupher61 »

with mouthpieces done wrong
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
pg wrote:It's . . .

"been some days since we've had a new entry" :)
(it's a good thing we posted a sentry :wink: )
eupher61 wrote:with mouthpieces done wrong
and bad transcripts of songs
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