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OP Many years ago, I think at a college Christmas party, someone recited some lines apparently from some unpublished papers of Robert Burns. I have proposed this to a couple members over a month ago, and not heard from them since, although RC did sent me some lines so good I thought he had found the xource.
Allegedly Burns was at a gathering of some notables, and an English poet challenged him to a contest. He recited some lines, to which Burns was to add an appropriate ending.
I cannot remember the authentic lines, but have a reasonable facsimile of the English poet's lines:
"Should the King, by his Royal command
Bid a naked maid walk down the Strand
How could you ensure
She need no laugh endure?"
The challenge is to recreate Burns' reply. The essence of it was that
he would persuade the King to order the English poet to walk behind
the young lady, with his nose between her buttocks, so that the court
would laugh at the English poet, and not at the young lady.
Perhaps a a couple teams of several members each could try their hands at writing the required lines.
I hope you will think it a fun thing to do.
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