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A catacomb’s a grave affair,
But when my mog has ruffl’d hair,
I give the messy cat a comb.
I gamble when away from home:
The Casino is my lair.
CHARACTERISTIC - CHARM
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Thinking of you, jj, and hoping that Aberdeen is far enough up-state to miss the worst of the storm. Let us know how you get on.
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Thats was quick..must be the truth LOL
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Thinking of you, jj, and hoping that Aberdeen is far enough up-state to miss the worst of the storm. Let us know how you get on. Yes, do!
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Tornadoes; spin-off tornadoes and flooding are usually the main worries for Monroe County Mississippians. Aberdeen is two-hundred or so miles inland as a hurricane flies, but we still batten down our hatches. Thank you folks for your concern.
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Hurricanes are small potatoes here in Mississippi
We remember the Cretaceous when times were iffy
A big meteor crashed in the Gulf
And killed the dinosaurs not us
Today our characteristic charm is considered quite nifty
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To strong winds you’re habituated
Although they may blow, unabated,
For a month and a day
You can just hide away
An eat chocolate cake ‘til you’re sated
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People are always telling me, "You're as old as you feel!"
My usual reply is, "People don't live as long as I feel today."
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What is my main characteristic?
Ev'rybody knows I'm pacifistic:
It's just part of my charm,
Till they note with alarm:
If they rub me wrong, I go ballistic!
FOREJUDGE – FORM
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jenny jenny ....so glad you are not letting isaac blow you down, nifty little limerick there too.
and Rhuby...dont encourage her to eat all the chocolate cake!
Peter...is that you or RC you have composed so eloquently about?
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Let's see: if we look really carefully, maybe we can find a clue… Aha! Look at this – the last line has the word rub, which is way too close to Rhub to be coincidence.
Or is it?
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jenny jenny ....so glad you are not letting isaac blow you down, nifty little limerick there too.
and Rhuby...dont encourage her to eat all the chocolate cake!
Things will slowly return to their norm Now that Isaac’s a tropical storm. Those who hastily fled Can exchange cake for bread; So do not forejudge – it’s bad form!
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Mister Rhubarb Commando: Dear Sir:
I sincerely hope you won't demur,
But I'd like to request
Two more words to digest,
To turn into fine literatur.
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This is what I think, Mister Tromboniator: My rub with the Rhub is his claim to be immortal The Rhub is a limerick machine with an Awad portal Yet not to forejudge his formBe him cold or be him warm If Rhub can prove he is alive then I'll prove he's mortal.
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I think you have that the wrong way around jenny jenny
The Rhub is immortal until proved otherwise.
Limerick machines you all seem to be.
Spewing them out takes more time for me.
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Mister Rhubarb Commando: Dear Sir:
I sincerely hope you won't demur,
But I'd like to request
Two more words to digest,
To turn into fine literatur. My omission I beg you’ll forgive My memory’s just like a sieve! It is my life’s fetter But it will not get better However long I may live! ESPIAL – ESTIMATE
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I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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The balloonist could not estimate
How much time till his bag would deflate.
Ever since his espial
Of his altitude dial
He's had other things to contemplate.
AMOUNT – AMUCK
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The amount of rainfall we've had around here,
is causing farmers and treelovers a lot of fear.
The weather has gone amuck,
global warming it's a great upchuck.
With more than one eye to shed a great big tear.
BALLOON - BOMBAST
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That Balloonist was sure in a predicament, Peter. And Luke, welcome to the game A subject close to your heart....well done.
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I have a few back in these 87 pages. But have to be in
the mood to sit and think. I sort of gave up thinking
as a New Years's Resolution after I quit teaching. Along
with cooking and cleaning.
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And close to my heart. It's getting worse, and this is supposed to be a temperate climate zone. Something is definitely off base: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
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An empty young man from Cancun Spoke nothing but gloom and high doom This world will not last He said with bombast His head a hot air balloon SOMEWHERE - SOMBRERO
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A sombrero's a kind of a hat
You can wear whether skinny or fat.
Get a nice one somewhere
They sell Mexican flair;
You can't ask for better than that.
or
Now, where did I leave my sombrero?
I've absently put it somewhere. OH!
I remember tequila
And a fast-handed dealah –
It was lost in a rigged game of faro.
or
The gunman pushed back his sombrero.
His cold eyes froze me to the marrow.
His aim was somewhere
'Tween my nose and my hair…
But I'm bald! Now he lies in a barrow.
ROBIN – ROCOCO
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That was the first one I wrote.
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I cant choose, I like them all.
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ROCOCO - ROBIN
An ornithologist from Acapulco
Built a fancy birdhouse a la rococo
But when the red red robin
Didn't come bob bob bobbin
Hobos moved in filling it a la in toto
GORILLA - GRABBING
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You've beat me to it, JJ! I had nearly got the following when you pipped me to the post!
When the postman is lobbin'
Cards with snowflake and robin
Through my door, I go loco!
They're all so roccoco
In style - I start sobbin'.
So - here goes:
A grabbing old Hun named Attila
Whose manners were like a goriila
'Til he visited spain
Where the locals did train
Him to savour a fine Manzanilla.
ROPEY - ROSETTE
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The artiste tried to make a rosette
Out of tar, acetone, and fishnet.
The results were so ropey
He gave up all hope. He
Now tests razor blades for Gillette.
FAERIE – FAKE
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This one really has had me laughing out loud!
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Than which there is no higher praise.
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Yes, good one Peter.
I can just "see" the rosette.
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Too sad for a mere Limerick - so you get a eight line versicle.
The Faerie Queen appears on stage
With wand and sequins – and a page!
Her elbows creak, her knees both ache
Hair and bosom, both are fake.
People leave when curtain falls;
Just empty wrappers in the stalls.
With make up off and dressed in beige,
Exeunt: A Woman of - “a Certain Age.”
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and the next two -
LIBERAL - LICH (or LYCH) [as in lych gate]
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