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Greg wrote:There once was a Limerick thread that wouldn't die"
The brainchild of some Scoobie Tuba guy
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:
Greg wrote:There once was a Limerick thread that wouldn't die"
The brainchild of some Scoobie Tuba guy
Pull the plug we all cried
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pg wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
Greg wrote:There once was a Limerick thread that wouldn't die"
The brainchild of some Scoobie Tuba guy
Pull the plug we all cried
Nothing worked that we tried
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
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I didn't "change" the meter. I just put it into proper meter. Now, where were we....
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the elephant wrote:I asked for advice on ole' TubeNet'
Not knowing, of course, what I might get
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Greg wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:
the elephant wrote:I asked for advice on ole' TubeNet'
Not knowing, of course, what I might get
And suddenly there came from left field
Greg, I hate to say it, but your third line is out of meter. Since I got the what for when I tried to fix another line earlier, all I can say this time is please fix it. I will offer a suggestion: delete either the word "suddenly" or the words "there came" from the line. Then the meter fits.

That said,

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bloke wrote:I'll make (at least) the second person's job easy on this one:

1/ A 14K player whose tone
Was lower and more mellow than trombone.
We pronounce it Guf Coast
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tubatooter1940 wrote:
bloke wrote:A 14K player whose tone
Was lower and more mellow than trombone
The sound was "World Class"
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windshieldbug wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote:
bloke wrote:A 14K player whose tone
Was lower and more mellow than trombone
The sound was "World Class"
They said so en masse
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote: Was lower and more mellow than trombone
The sound was "World Class"
They said so en masse
Was his dream as he pulled the wishbone.
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Scooby Tuba wrote:The piccolo's lighter than the tuba
though much less desired in Aruba
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Scooby Tuba wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
Scooby Tuba wrote:The piccolo's lighter than the tuba
though much less desired in Aruba
You can twitter and tweet
As you leak on your feet.
Good signature lines: http://tinyurl.com/a47spm
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SplatterTone wrote:
Scooby Tuba wrote:
windshieldbug wrote: though much less desired in Aruba
You can twitter and tweet
As you leak on your feet.
All hail the great woodwind pooh-bah!
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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the elephant wrote:A little off topic, but still relevant . . .

A haiku for Michael:

Image
Makes sense to me! :D
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Post by tubatooter1940 »

I have found some nice moments in this thread.
How about:
There once was a viola player named Lena
We pronounce it Guf Coast
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Though they shared the same beau,
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I meant that to be an alternate 3rd line of the limerick...
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the elephant wrote:I hear they have pills for that, now.
polkas, or concertinas !? :wink:
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duckskiff wrote:There once was Tuba by King...
that took part in O.J.'s "sting"
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