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Now you should give two words to be used by the
next person. Usually, tho' the roolz change
here everytime someone posts them, are the first
and last words on a paper dictionary page.


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Yep - I just realised that and have come back toot sweet to remedy the ommission - mea culpa and sorry to y'all. blush

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YOUTHFUL - ZENITH

Prude alert.

Click to reveal..
The fact is, I'm well past my zenith,
Not a popular guy to be seen with.
You see, to be truthful
My equipment's not youthful:
I just can't get a rise from my penith.

Edit: I jutht can't get a writhe…


LOPE – LOTTERY

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If a lope’s now your usual gait
And love’s lottery’s made you sedate
You your member can agra-
vate using viagra
And find, once again, you can mate!

ANNICUT - ANOTHER


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ANNICUT – ANOTHER

Daniel drove to the stream, to the anni-
Cut built to be sold to his granny.
He was starting another
To sell to his mother.
He did not give a dam, did our Danny.

PRINTOUT – PROBABLE

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The computer made a printout for our friend Bill,
but the ink ran out and the machine went still.
"That's so probable", he said in a rush,
"Always happens to me, makes my work all mush.
Coming to work today just ain't no thrill"!



SACKFUL/SADDLE

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But not in Limerick, this time!

A sackful of Presents
A team of reindeer
Some snow-covered land and
A hint of mulled beer,
Saint Nick in the saddle
Beaming with good cheer:
All’s right with the World
Merry Christmas, My Dear!

CHARACTERISTIC - CHARM


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CHARACTERISTIC – CHARM

St. Nick has an interesting characteristic -
Which, I suppose, only adds to his charm:
He arrives at a speed not much short of ballistic,
Causing the dogs to sound off with alarm.

He lifts to the roof by a force that is mystic,
Then grinds to a stop, to my shingles does harm.
If yet again he shows up to do this trick,
I'm climbing up there and busting his arm.

DIGRESS – DIN

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Kipling’s Indian friend, Gunga Din,

Decided to visit his kin.

But he rode on a tigress

And from his trip had to digress

When no-one would let the pair in.


SPLENETIC - SPOKE


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Luke, Peter and Rhuby...good posting grin you guys sure have the gift for humour and rhyme.

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Rhuby's word choices made me splenetic:
Every limerick I tried was pathetic,
I would splutter and choke
Like I'd swallowed spoke.
All the humor I found was synthetic.

MODEL– MODIFY

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Hurrah!! Thank you. Peter - a splendid effort! smile


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A young lady aspiring to model
Who thought that the job was a doddle
Exclaimed with a cry
“I’ll my views modify!
“They expect me to pose wearing sod all!
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GILL - GIRAFFE


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(You want synthetic humor? I'll give you synthetic humor!)

Consider the fish-cum-giraffe.
The thought if its gills makes me laugh:
...With the length if its neck
...They must stretch out like Heck
And measure a foot and a half!

HONOR - HORSE-COLLAR

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At least it's good quality S.H.


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Superb!


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I’d like to honour the Cumbrian Lad
Who’ll do owt fer a laff*, without being a Cad
Who’ll gurn** through a horse-collar
And not ask half-a-dollar***
Nor mind being thought to be mad!


* Northern English dialect = do anything for a laugh
** Gurning
***English slang for two-shillings-and-sixpence (old money) – dates from the long-past time when the US dollar was worth five GB shillings

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Gurning: any of those lads be ye?

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Well done all and that clip of funny faces=torturous laugh

If I can choice a favourite..I'd pick, the fish giraffe..how did you ever come up with that idea Wofa?

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Just think of those index words: GILL - GIRAFFE.

It wasn't that much of a stretch, really. (Do I dare trot out that old Pooh quotation again, about a Bear of Very Little Brain?)

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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Gurning: any of those lads be ye?


Certainly not!! I'm an Ex-pat Londoner, living in Lancashire - the folks up in Cumbria are a rum lot, even at the best of times; and I guess World Gurning Championships are hardly the best of times, if not exactly the worst of times.


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Good! They left me with a "bad taste" in my mouth of a sort.
Not actually, just trying to imagine a real face again.


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Hmmm the guy who won had a fairly repulsive face even when not competing, I must say.


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Perhaps that is the source of his inspiration. I can imagine
him doing things in front of the mirror for hours.
Cut when shaving and then cringing would also inspire.
I really enjoyed the looks on the faces of the kids watching
the competition.


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Yes, they really are a study, aren't they laugh

Now, don't be sidetracked!!

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sidetracking does work: forgot what thread we were in.


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I got up to watch the sun rise
Twas the usual sight for sore eyes.
...and I saw a green flash
...as I looked through the sash!
Can you say what that might signalize?

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When Mary, the Dowager Queen*,
Was told a green flash had been seen,
Said, “I’m told that a clear
Pelucid atmosphere
Is a prerequisite for this scene."


TRANSLITERATE - TRANSPORT

*Mother of Edward VIII and George VI - died just before Coronation of Elizabeth II, so she was Dowager Queen Mother for almost a year.


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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

green flash
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Very witty Wofa....and nice tie in with the link. I hope I'm lucky enough to see one....one day.

Oh...yours is good too Rhuby....but the words you offer up next... look impossible frown

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Notice seen in Parts Department: -
"The Impossible we do at once; Miracles take a little longer."
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Though professional singers renounce 'em
Der Spiegel most likely will trounce 'em [SHPEE-g'l]
...And transliterate Lieder [LEE-d'r]
...To transport the reader
Who otherwise couldn't pronounce 'em.


LULLABY - MAGAZINE

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I really do like that one, wofa! Thanks!


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Addlestrop Faddlestrop
Rock in a tall tree top
Lullaby sung ‘til you fall from the tree

Ladies in bombazine,
reading “Vogue” magazine,
Throw up their hands and say, “My Goodness Me!”

(Cross-threading to the Double Dactyl spot!)
-- and I challebge you to get more synthetic than the load of rubbish above, wofa!


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Rhubs, your gauntlet's thrown on words unknown.
Edit: luckily the Gauntlet's for wofa. - just read this http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl . *wipes brow*.
How may whole double dactyl words do I know? *counts on fingers* none! Further edit: is any and every six syllable word a double dactyl? I think so.

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Originally Posted By: Avy
[I]s any and every six syllable word a double dactyl? I think so.

After a not-quite-exhaustive search I conclude otherwise, he argued indefatiguably.

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Couldn't resist:

"I never get tired of fishing the French Fries out of the deep-frier," he said indefatiguably.

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Of course! Why shouldn't that pest Ana have a few words to call her own, she said irrately.

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Of course! Why shouldn't that pest Ana have a few words to call her own, she said irately.



IRATELY is an amphibrach.
AMPHIBRACH's a dactyl.

ANAPEST's a dactyl,
DACTYL is a trochee,
TROCHEE is a trochee, too.

For that matter, IAMB is a trochee.

There's gotta be a poem in there somewhere.
Or maybe just a jump-rope chant...

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Wofa, I don't think I've ever seen indefatigably with a u in it.

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Well, we've seen it twice, now!

I have to admit that I didn't notice it until you pointed it out, Peter. - It is amazing how we readd what we want to see.


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