And we have been moving from poetic to bureaucratic technology. Allan's poems are as bad as Scotland's greatest:
They will one day yet rear him monuments of brass, and weep upon his grave, Though when he was living they would hardly have give him the price of a shave; But his peerless, priceless “Poetic Gems” will settle once for all The claim to immortality of William McGonagall. Mine are worse. I rarely like the stuff. Yet we have to beat bureaucracy with something! On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 3:21:12 AM UTC+1, archytas wrote: > > Graffiti in the women's closet is rumoured worse than ours Don, but I > haven't seen any decent stuff in ours for years (the beer in here reminds > me of making love in the bottom of a punt - fucking close to water). I > always though poetry was what a poncey git used to get into women's > knickers. > > On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 1:21:47 AM UTC+1, Don Johnson wrote: >> >> I wasn't going to post here 'cause I don't write or particularly >> subscribe to poetry in general. That is I don't seek it out and I don't buy >> poetry books etc. I, of course, studied in school somewhat and learned to >> appreciate it somewhat but also learned it's not really my thing. However, >> while in seedy bars draining swill embibed in the pursuit of debauchery us >> gentlemen are forced to read what passes for poetry in men's bathrooms, I >> am quite certain, across the world. Since I have an international >> readership here(impresses the chicks when I tell them this) I'd love to >> know first, if girls have rude/bad poetry in their restrooms and if so >> share please, and second, how badly are Americans trashed in foriegn >> bathrooms? >> >> Here's a little ditty from the 70's that's still in style. >> >> Here I sit, gruntin' and strainin' >> Giving birth to another Iranian >> Mullah >> >> Of course, various Presidents over the years are trashed as well. Bush >> got his fair share during his day. Apparently "bush" is an synonym for a >> woman's vagina. Fun stuff, eh? >> >> dj >> >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Coffee offer is still open. (",) >>> >>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: archytas <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 9:22 AM >>> Subject: Mind's Eye Re: Poetry >>> >>> I was going to call you worse Allan - but then remembered the coffee >>> offer! >>> >>> Portree lines of two >>> Cocaine addiction Scooby Do. >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 7:21:37 AM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: >>>> >>>> Repeat to change subject >>>> >>>> Have been called far worse. >>>> I actually wrote out the rules years ago so I could write poetry. . >>>> Also how to break them.. then it became easy.. never could figure out >>>> the >>>> guidelines for other formats of poetry.. >>>> But it is both easy and fun to write. >>>> >>>> Poetry >>>> With lines of three >>>> Middle longer >>>> >>>> Bending >>>> To fit language >>>> Needs >>>> >>>> Ideas >>>> Ever expanding >>>> Thoughts >>>> >>>> Minimum >>>> One set of three >>>> Growing >>>> >>>> Occasionally >>>> Fourth line added >>>> Emphasis >>>> >>>> Variable >>>> Fitting mood >>>> Variable >>>> >>>> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >>>> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
