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316.1 | | CLT::MALER | | Fri Feb 06 1987 12:45 | 3 |
| Oh, my. That's...interesting.
@V@
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316.2 | A word from you sponsor | TSG::KELLEHER | | Fri Feb 06 1987 16:09 | 21 |
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Now, I've been told this happens, but this is the first time
I've ever experienced it. I'm new to DEC, I've not
acclimated myself to its weird ways, or all
the ins and outs of working here.
So I sent this little song
off to the editor of
DESPERADO, and
while blithely
looking through this
Notesfile, my name flashes
across the screen. 'dat's pretty
weird. I'll have to check my last issue
of DESPERADO... 'cause the guy who sent the
song in...he ain't the editor.
And I'll have to let Steve know about this.
He will go nuts when he finds he's hit the charts.
Tom
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316.3 | Another word from your sponsor | TSG::KELLEHER | | Fri Feb 06 1987 16:13 | 11 |
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...oh, and another little fluke, making this
all-in-all a very interesting
day for me:
Mr. John Mitchell...
I'm from Piscataway...
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316.4 | One for the Man from Piscataway... | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Fri Feb 06 1987 19:19 | 11 |
| TUTANKHAMEN, RABID RAT!
LIQUIFY YOUR KITTY CAT!
RONALD REGAN, CHEVROLET!
DRINK CAT, THEN PISCATAWAY!
LOW CAL....!
HIGH CAL...!
NO CAL.....!
CALIGULA...!
John M.
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316.5 | One for the man who's HEARD of Piscataway! | TSG::KELLEHER | | Fri Feb 06 1987 19:46 | 9 |
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EATING MICE ON HALLOWEEN
MICROWAVE A SUBMARINE
HIEROGLYPHIC MANNIKEN
SKUNKS DEBUNK von DANIKEN
TOO SOON----!
TOO LATE----!
TO PRUNE----!
PATTI AUSTIN----!
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316.6 | Patti Austin? | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Fri Feb 06 1987 21:16 | 8 |
| KANGAROO IN KATMANDU!
555-1212!
CALL THAT NUMBER JUST FOR FUN,
BURP INTO THE PHONE AND RUN!
BE CALM....!
BE NICE....!
BE MEAN....!
BEATITUDE..!
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316.7 | Somebody stop me! | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Sun Feb 08 1987 23:51 | 11 |
| STOCKARD CHANNING, LOGAN'S RUN!
NANCY AND HER "TINY GUN!"
SURGEONS GRAFTING COMPOUND EYES,
MAKING PEOPLE LOOK LIKE FLIES!
BOUGHT THIS...!
BOUGHT THAT...!
BOUGHT A HAT..!
BOTULISM......!
John M.
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316.8 | More! More! | USMRM2::MGRACE | Riding the Celestial Omnibus | Mon Feb 16 1987 12:13 | 1 |
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316.9 | Is this what he would have wanted? | BAEDEV::RECKARD | | Mon Feb 16 1987 12:43 | 13 |
| I can't, for the life of me (or anyone else for that matter), determine
any method to the madness of the "chorus" section of the ORIGINAL verses.
Each line, usually consisting of two or three syllables, betrays SOME
relationship to the previous, but, whatever else this relationship is,
it is at least obtuse. This is its charm and is something with which
one should not trifle.
Then, along come some neo-Kelleher-mumble-ists, and, while adopting
the original FORM, determine that there IS a discernible pattern to
the chorus lines, and that this pattern makes sense, and, is even
repeatable! I ask you, was this the original intent? Should we permit
this outrage to continue? What would the founder of this beloved verse
form, may he rest in peace, say about this plagiarism?
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316.10 | | DECWET::SHUSTER | Writers on the storm... | Mon Feb 16 1987 14:00 | 10 |
| FRANZ LISZT, EGG NOG, PLAGIARIZE?
PIANISTS AND GREEN FRENCH FRIES!
OUTRAGE, REAGAN, R.I.P.!
SHOSTAKOVICH BIT MY KNEE!
DOG DAYS-----!
DOG GONE-----!
DOG DOO------!
DOGGEREL-----!
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316.11 | Yet another | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Mon Feb 16 1987 17:08 | 8 |
| BAR FIGHT, TOADSTOOL, MARMALADE!
MASOCHISTIC BUGS SNIFF RAID!
BARGAIN-COUNTER ELEPHANTS!
WOMBATS WALK IN SPANDEX PANTS!
SICK ROOM...!
SICK LEAVE..!
SICK JOKE...!
SYCOPHANT...!
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316.12 | Kill me before I stop again! | DRAGON::MCVAY | It's always darkest before it turns pitch black. | Wed Feb 18 1987 21:22 | 9 |
| Hayfoot, strawfoot, forward march!
Siffen your backbone up with starch!
Strut like Hercules or Hector,
Ready for the income-tax collector.
-- by Ogden Nash
Pity, he came so close to immortality, but missed it. It remained
for the NOTEr Tom Kelleher to plum the depths of this art form...
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316.13 | | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Thu Feb 19 1987 01:42 | 5 |
| I'm afraid Ogden's meter is off.
John M.
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316.14 | | ERIS::CALLAS | So many ratholes, so little time | Thu Feb 19 1987 11:41 | 3 |
| That's okay, the meter in most of these is off.
Jon
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316.15 | Enraged poet | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Thu Feb 19 1987 12:55 | 12 |
| Re: .14 (Jon)
WHAT?!!! My meter is FLAWLESS!
I *challenge* you to show me where my meter is off (It's OK for
it to be off in the last four lines). If you're right, I'll quack
like a duck.
John M.
P.S. Anyway, why should we listen to someone who can't even spell
"John" right? ;-)
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316.16 | Ah, I see, add new rules... | ERIS::CALLAS | So many ratholes, so little time | Thu Feb 19 1987 16:10 | 4 |
| Well, if you're not going to listen, there's little sense in
continuing, is there?
Jon
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316.17 | | DECWET::SHUSTER | | Thu Feb 19 1987 18:08 | 6 |
| Meter on the subway,
meter writing rhyme
meter in the tub (hey!)
but meet her right on time.
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316.18 | Stupid new political form | PSTJTT::TABER | D'ye nae ken the wunda owit? | Wed Feb 25 1987 10:28 | 20 |
| Uzi, Luger, M-16
PLO and Fedayeen
Contradora Lebanon
Who-kills-who goes on and on
Widdow's........!
Kiddos..........!
Kill those......!
Who killed those!
Nicaragua, Salvadore
Commies knock at our back door
We sell to the Ayahtolla
Contras eat off our payolla
Regan's ......!
Paid gun's....!
Say "fun!"....!
Raygunomics...!
>>>==>PStJTT
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316.19 | | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Wed Feb 25 1987 21:24 | 6 |
| RE: .18
Hey! Those are good! This could be the start of a new genre.
John M.
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316.20 | One from my line of work | POTAK::LEVITIN | Nihil spaghetti carbonara | Sun Mar 01 1987 21:34 | 8 |
| Flip-flop, XOR, PLA
Standard cell and gate array
Semi-custom, EMP
Channel route and PCB
INPUT
OUTPUT
THROUGHPUT
SPUTNIK
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316.21 | Two more silly ones ;-) | POTAK::LEVITIN | Nihil spaghetti carbonara | Wed Mar 04 1987 22:29 | 21 |
| Two more ditties.
Xanthum gum and polysorbate
Sodium erythorbate
Aspartame and carageenan
Locust bean and saccharine
Low score,
Low key,
Low cal,
Lo mein!
Bobcat, leopard, tiger, lynx
Beavers, muskrats, otters, minks
Catch the beastie, skin it bare.
Now you're wearing Bambi's hair.
Fur coat,
Fur hat,
Fur gloves,
Ferocious!
Sam
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316.22 | | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Wed Mar 11 1987 20:42 | 11 |
| Brontosaurus, trilobite!
Giant ground sloth, troglodyte!
Mammoths frozen in the snow!
Ronnie says, "I didn't know!"
Detune........!
Derail........!
Defuse........!
Connie Chung..!
John M.
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316.23 | ...all this acclaim...I could cry...{SNNNNFFFF!} | TSG::KELLEHER | | Mon Mar 16 1987 18:02 | 10 |
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ISOTOPES WITH CURLY HAIR
HARI KRISHNAS USING NAIR
MONATOMIC MOUSKETEERS
KADDAF' N' RONNIE CHUGGING BEERS
GO SLOW------!
LOW BLOW-----!
STOW DOUGH---!
EPISTOMOLOGY-----!
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316.24 | Give him an Oscar | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Mon Mar 16 1987 21:13 | 8 |
| Incubate an incubus!
Doctor's office--hear the fuss!
Duckie with a heart attack:
"Quack quack quack quack quack quack AAACK!"
Bedlam.........!
Bed mate.......!
Bed bug........!
Star Trek IV...!
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316.25 | Taxi! Taxi! | REGENT::EPSTEIN | Bruce Epstein | Thu May 14 1987 22:44 | 5 |
| Can't believe noone caught this...
Re: several back:
Ogden Nash's meter has been off for near 50 years now...
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316.26 | one strawberry tart without so much rat in it later.... | CALS::GELINEAU | | Wed Jul 07 1993 08:15 | 12 |
| SECANT TANGENT COSINE SINE
3.14159
EULER'S NUMBER ASYMPTOTE
RHO RHO RHO RHO RHO YOUR BOAT
LOGON
LOGIC
LOGJAM
LOGARITHM
--angela
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