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...a plant, from the Little Shop of Horror...maybe!

well done Peter.

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Thanks, Candy. After two months of thinking it impossible, the solution came to me as I was drifting in pre-sleep, and I grabbed my phone and typed it out before I could forget it.

Little Shop is so last year! I'd forgotten it already.

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Good show, Trombo.
It must be fun having a subconscious mind like yours. Mine only helps me remember things I've forgotten, like; "The Capital of Montana is Butte" while yours rhymes peduncle with skunk'll.

Buy your subconscious a drink on me. smile


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If you go around claiming that Butte is the capital, some Montanan will send you to Helena handbasket!

Much of the time I find that my mind is a fun place to be. Thanks for the drink.

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Funny, you two!


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FEMALE – FERRET

I once had a female ferret called Eden
Her teeth were lovely and white and even
But she contracted rabies
and ate all her babies
So the next day, I figured.....she's leavin.

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Good goin!
I like it: lots. Who says you can't do it??
You've inspired me, I may just have to get back in the game.


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All right, Candy! See? All you need is a warped imagination.

How about some words for the next round?

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Here's two..but if you are still working on the last ones, Luke post yours as well.

GYM GYNAECOLOGIST

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An old Gynaecologist, Pete Pym,
When asked how he kept himself neat and slim
Said to this questor of his
“A hard day at the orifice
Ends with a workout down at the gym.”
MARGRAVE - MARKER


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"Said to this questor of his
“A hard day at the orifice"


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Superb, Rhubarb; we expect quirky rhymes like this from our great Commando.

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Thank you, jj: I've been searching for an opportunity to use the "hard day at the orifice" gag for nearly three years, so ta also to Candy for giving me the cue!


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Ah, Rhuby. You mean that she gave you the opening.

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I think I may be in a hole. I shall stop digging.


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Yeah, I can dig it.

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I dig you guys LOL

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Ay - Ah'm a plain spoken chap - I calls a spade a spade ...


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It's a sad tale of David the Margrave
Whose march was re-zoned as a car grave.
They took his rank marker,
He's now a wreck parker.
You'll find sympathy down at the bar, Dave.

PORTMANTEAU – POST

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I weep for poor Dave - well done, Peter.


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A northern Brit fellow called Rhuby
Said to forumers, "I ain't no newbie.
I am certain a spade
Hasn't aught but a blade
And a handle. I'm sure. Wouldn't you be?"

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ROFLMAO


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Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando
I weep for poor Dave - well done, Peter.


I'm sure a pint or two shared will make you both feel better.

Yes...well done Peter...with both works.

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You are a posting device in Rhubarb's guise
He left his posts in a portmanteau
You post them to show that he is you
You machines have no respect when someone dies.


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laugh

Great, jj!


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To offer jenny
But a Penny
Just to hear her thought?
Wisdom's pearl
From this bright girl
T'were far too cheaply bought.

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Clearly, RC, you first wrote "dearly" then changed it to "cheaply" because you are cursed with a redemptive heart. laugh

But you forgot to give us two dictionary words so I will...

hitchhiker - hoe

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My little panegyrifc to you jj - which was certainly not changed from my first thoughts (apart from editing typos!) - was not part of the game, so we are still working onn Peter's words:-
PORTMANTEAU - POST

I shall bend my mind to it in a while, if someone else doesn't pip me to the post by using a Humpty-Dumpty style portmanteau word!


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Like this:-
Tromboniator is our host
So I’ll make an attempt at a post
And see if I can show
A wordy ‘Portmanteau’
Which ain’t just a feeble falboast*


*Falboast: n. an unsustainable claim to prowess (Eng. portmanteau wd, fr ‘false,’ ‘boast’)


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Leave it to wordsmith's Rhuby Commando
to rhyme a word with portmanteau
in Sparteye's post
he can boast
maestro gusto vibrato......bravo!

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Good one, Candy! The last two lines are much stronger than mine!

and the next two words are:-

QUADRATIC - QUAINT


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HITCHHIKER – HOE:
Lone Sam was an old-time hitchhiker
Who would ride with a trucker or biker.
In a pickup he'd go
In the back with a hoe,
Wheelbarrow, and sow – and he'd like her!

QUADRATIC – QUAINT:
He taught how to solve the quadratic,
The difficult, the enigmatic.
He's been put in restraint
For his methods too quaint –
He kept undergrads in the attic.

RIFLE – RIM

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smile I like 'em both!

If you’re at the world’s outer rim,
And your prospects of eating are dim,
It don’t do to trifle
So take down your rifle:
Fill your bag full of birds to the brim.

GEARING - GENERAL


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Sally rode with Peter to make love at Lovers Leap
Sally was impatient and Peter was a geek
She grabbed Pete's gearing
He forgot he was steering
In general top to bottom they saw all of Lovers Leap

CASINO - CATACOMB

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Nice one, JJ - very clever!


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What now, RC? Should I post two new game words or wait a certain term so others can post? confused

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either or Jenn...we will post what we have anyway smile
We are clever enough to follow...even if the words get out of order

I loved your limerick and it reminded me of this joke


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laugh laugh laugh


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Go on, jj - give us a couple of words to chew on!


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