Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> "Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 25 May 2002, Steve Sloan II wrote:
> >
> > > "Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
> > >
> > > > Pancakes?
> > >
> > > It *would* be fun to see Edgar Allen Poe try to order
> > > the "rooty-tooty fresh and fruity." ;-)
> >
> > "Waitress, I find myself oppressed by a mood of silent and sickening
> > gloom. Prithee, 'fore this dank and dread New England clay devours us
> > all, fetch me the breakfast special and cup of coffee."
>
> I give it a 7.3. If you can manage to actually incorporate "rooty-tooty
> fresh and fruity" into a Poean (?) construct, I'll give you a higher
> score. :)
>
> Julia
How about:
(note: this only works if you prounounce "t" lazily, making it
sound like like "d", as in the standard US dialect.)
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over a menu simply teeming with
breakfast selections galore,
While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
My waitress, gently rapping
her foot upon the diner floor
"I shall place my order, Trudy:
Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity --
Only this, and nothing more."
-- Matt
