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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 23 of 51 1 2 … 21 22 23 24 25 … 50 51 Go to page... Re: Aural fortitude [Re: Tromboniator] #210457 04/16/13 12:03 PM 04/16/13 12:03 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK 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." GANTRY – GARDEN Nursery rhymes re-told. [Re: A C Bowden] #210459 04/16/13 01:56 PM 04/16/13 01:56 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK 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 Last edited by Rhubarb Commando; 04/16/13 01:58 PM. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Carrie Nation lives on through our attitudes [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #210496 04/18/13 11:09 AM 04/18/13 11:09 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi 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 HARD-BITTEN - HARBINGER Re: Carrie Nation lives on through our attitudes [Re: jenny jenny] #210505 04/18/13 07:38 PM 04/18/13 07:38 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK 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 Last edited by Rhubarb Commando; 04/18/13 07:39 PM. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Unreliable memoirs [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #210547 04/21/13 04:52 PM 04/21/13 04:52 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK Retired politicians' capacity For bending the truth shows audacity; They garnish their stories With fictional glories – We gasp at their lack of veracity. THERMODYNAMIC – THESIS A reality of fluff and stuff in transition. [Re: A C Bowden] #210560 04/22/13 09:14 AM 04/22/13 09:14 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi 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. CHAPERONE - CHASE Re: Unfair handicap [Re: jenny jenny] #210626 04/24/13 09:54 PM 04/24/13 09:54 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK 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 Re: Unfair handicap II [Re: A C Bowden] #210630 04/25/13 12:21 PM 04/25/13 12:21 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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. HOMESPUN - HEARTBEAT Re: Unfair handicap III [Re: BranShea] #210632 04/25/13 08:58 PM 04/25/13 08:58 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi 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 Re: Unfair handicap III [Re: BranShea] #210633 04/26/13 12:04 AM 04/26/13 12:04 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK A A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,069 London, UK Originally Posted By: BranShea 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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