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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: D'oh #8054 12/01/00 11:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Just spotted this thread. I had no idea of the things that go on here. I just tried to answer a simple question then I hit "show all" and found a cacophony of contributions. Amazing how y'all get around this board! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I blame Whitman #8055 12/03/00 11:30 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia >Perhaps you'll need to come to London and take a tube trip with me to spot 'em. I'd tread carefully, bel. "Tube trip" sounds positively illicit to me. I do, however, concede that some of the world's best poems, music and paintings have been produced by people on "tube trips". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I blame Whitman #8056 12/04/00 08:07 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I keep all my promissory posts. (I'm not sure about the promises, though... hmmmm - I think I keep most of those too.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by musick #8057 01/08/01 12:39 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ballroom #8058 02/08/01 11:04 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin I've heard it called a mirror-ball before, or a disco-ball too Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ballroom #8059 02/08/01 12:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 17 gladstone,delta county,michiga... S spelchkr stranger spelchkr stranger S Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 17 gladstone,delta county,michiga... years ago i heard it referred to as a star ball, alluding to the image of shooting stars flying around the venue in question Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Retraction #8060 02/21/01 04:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Wrong sized athletic supporter has insufficient ballroom. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I blame Whitman #8061 03/10/01 06:36 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Like the Japanese haikus which evoke such wonderful images for the imagination and the mind to dream on wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I blame Whitman #8062 03/10/01 08:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This is "Words from Medicine"? Rx One cup of Leaves of Grass Well chewed and ruminated Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I blame Whitman #8063 03/29/01 07:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12 Earth L lastday stranger lastday stranger L Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12 Earth I believe the form of poetry you are describing is not free verse, but prose verse (yeah, a contradiction in terms I know). 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