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Once, life was entirely pelagic;
Then land beasts developed by magic.
It led to humanity,
Madman's insanity,
Greed, war, extinction...How tragic!
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Nice work. I had gotten as far as "pelagic" in my attempt, then got called away by a deadline.
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Thank you.
By the way, I suggest that the rather lengthy title of this thread be changed to something snappier, e.g. "Sparteye's Game II".
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I agree AC, maybeso wofahulicodoc can make the change.
Will ya, Wofa?
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Dunno. I've seen ways to change the text of posts I've made but never the names of threads. Maybe a Moderator can, or perhaps it requires the Grand Moderatrix.
Jackie? Do your powers go that far? There's a motion on the floor to change the title of this thread to "Sparteye's Game II." Is this do-able?
Of course, we always have Plan B available, which would be to close out this thread and continue on a new one, perhaps to be called "Sparteye's Game III"...
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When Anagrams reach 100 posts we get a notice and start
a new name, don't we wofa? Why not here?
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Actually I've been restarting them at one thousand posts, believe it or not. Which is the reason I renewed this one; it had gotten up to 1200. (Consider what that means about the thread "Anagrams VIII" !)
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Well--I Edited the OP but saw that the change didn't carry over to other posts. AFIK, any Reply can change the title. Eh?
I got back home from rehab yesterday with my new knee; haven't had a great deal of time to be online yet.
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Speedy recovery Jackie.
Nice to see you back.
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A few minutes here would bring anyone to their knees. Nice to see you, Jackie!
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I genuflect in awe to those who have this done.
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Glad you're back, Jackie. I hope the procedure wasn't too uncomfortable/painful and that you will soon be high-kickin' again!
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Welcome back, Jackie, and thanks for fixing the title.
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For those who wish to rein-in the lofty rein of man
Remember that man-so-kind is Nature's only plan
Lo, the tree; a much loved relative
Dumb though; only barely cognitive
Who can stop the Ice Age and the Comet? __ Only Man.
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Effete Paris types say élan
With a nasal sound as in penchant.
Southern Frenchmen say -an
To rhyme with 'Cézanne'.
Répétez les mots, mes enfants!
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Next two words:
MAGGOT – MAGNETIC
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Many multi-million maggots will morph this spring to fly
Horny humpers and eager rumpers; magnetic sex in the sky
Do the math:
Each female begets 100 and they beget every hour
Soon we run out of room (100 to the 100th power)
And tho' you'll think there's more than that in July - some will die.
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Thanks, y'all. I am being forcibly reminded that I do much better if I take the pain reliever regularly whether I seem to need it or not.
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OUTRUN-OVERRULE
The judge said, "I'll not overrule
The piffle proffered by this fool.
Though his tongue can outrun
Swiftest sense, he's my son,
And he's just gotten out of law school.
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The officer's voice sounded gruff:
"A soldier needs ears that are tough.
For a Guardsman to stifle
The noise of his rifle
Is quite frankly not good enough."
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You have beaten me to it, AC: I was about to post the following
“It is certainly more than enough”
Said the Senior Billy Goat Grough
“That this bridge-guardsman Troll
Asks from us as a Toll!
His demands are excessively tough!”
So.
I must essay another tack
As the Goat crossed the stream on the gantry,
Said the Troll said, “You will do for my pantry!
Come into my garden!”
Said the Goat, “Beg yer pardon!
I’ll not come any place where you can try!”
TEMPERANCE - TENACIOUS
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Carrie Nation chopped up a bar with her little hatchet
Carrie Nation was not cool unlike the nice Nurse Ratchet
Big Carrie was seldom gracious
Her temperance being tenacious
Drop that drink -I hear her I think- chopping in her casket
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A hard-bitten Temperance Queen,
C.A.Nation was oft to be seen,
A harbinger of woe
To the hard-drinking Joe
On whom she would vent her vile spleen!!
GARNISH - GASP
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Retired politicians' capacity
For bending the truth shows audacity;
They garnish their stories
With fictional glories –
We gasp at their lack of veracity.
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THERMODYNAMIC – THESIS
The stuff of this world is semantical, to wit;
Science is made of anomalies re-arranged to fit
Yesterday's thermodynamics
Are today's quantum mechanics
That's my thesis and I'm sticking to it.
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In the Roman Fertility Chase,
Athletes of both sexes could race.
But the girls seldom won,
For few dared to run
At more than their chaperone's pace.
DUEL – DUMBSTRUCK
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In the Home Base Settings however
The girls felt free to endeavor
Fierce tirades that stuck
And left the men dumbstruck
As the athletes were strong but not clever.
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Girls are gracile when they walk with voices high and sweet Men have big heads and when they walk they walk on clumsy feet Hear this saying honed and homespun The math of sex is one plus one is one Which sex is smartest let me think...men -in a heartbeat  LARVAE - LAVISH
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In the Home Base Settings however
The girls felt free to endeavor
Fierce tirades that stuck
And left the men dumbstruck
As the athletes were strong but not clever.
The other word was "duel". Can you work that in?
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Yes, I'm slightly overworked and a full year older so I overlooked the duel  But at home 't was a different duel Where the ladies became downright cruel Fierce tirades that stuck Left the athletes dumbstruck And it drained them of all of their fuel LARVAE-LAVISH
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The buffet looked enticingly lavish,
Which I planned rather quickly to ravish.
The main dish, which looked marvie,
Turned out to be larvae,
So I gagged, and decided to have fish!
THERMOPYLAE – THINKING
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At Thermopylae, doubters were thinking
That the Greeks' battle fortunes were sinking.
But by their exertions
They held off the Persians
For two entire days without blinking.
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When tasked as the day's hallway monitor,
Little Willie might say, "I'll get on it," or
Since it was Monday
(Which isn't a fun day)
He might reply, "Heck, no! Gosh darn it, Sir!"
SAFETY - SAGACIOUS
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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HEY BECK123
Long time, no see.
Great to have you back. How's Florida?
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The great Beck is back both sagacious and classy A prude is Beck; salacious and somewhat sassy Beck's prime rule is safety first But boring poems he finds worse He marks his poems [Oh my Eyes!] only if they're trashy  HUM - HUN
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When Attila the Hun met the Pope,
The Pontiff applied the soft soap:
"If you take your troops home
And don't attack Rome,
Then...hum...God will save you, I hope."
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The giant Kraken haunts the seas from Iceland to far Thailand
A crack at disguise; mates not et argue its proper phylum
My kudos to the Kraken
And if I'm not mistaken
It's a squid, it's a dragon, a whirlpool, a small island
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Whilst supposedly under hypnosis,
I heard the doctor's diagnosis;
"When he's out of his dream,
Give him some ice-cream -
He'll be just fine: that's my prognosis."
OMISSION - OMPHALOS
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The Greek scholar descried an omission
From her stocking: a Christmas tradition.
There was no citrus fruit;
In her soul, destitute,
For an omphalos orange she's wishin'.
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