Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>
> 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."
I give that one a 9.
Julia
